When Janice and Beth asked me to submit ideas for their Modern Medallion Workbook they were putting together, I was a little stumped as to what I would do. I had never seriously thought about making a medallion quilt, let alone designing one. It was a challenge, and I love challanges. My life was really hectic at the time, and I wasn’t sure if I could fit it in, but i’m glad they convinced me to send along some sketches. I designed Graphical to be both modern and minimal. I love lots of white background in my quilts, and with a…
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Improv Diamonds Quilt
I started this quilt two years ago as a baby shower gift. I don’t have a lot of friends from my school days, but Betsy is one i’ve known since she came to our high school as a Freshman. I was a year ahead and a teacher assistant in one of her classes, and it was through that class we became friends. I can’t remember the reason, but I wasn’t able to make her baby shower two years ago, but I figured I should probably get Reid’s quilt done before he turned 2. I reached my goal, and when I…
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AGF Stitched – Birchen Quilt
I had this lengthy post all written up about his quilt, and using the Triangles on a Roll, and how Art Gallery Fabric and Fat Quarter Shop have teamed up to do a video series called AGF Stitched….and then the post decided not to auto save and I lost it all. I really hate when that happens. I’m going to do my best to reconstruct what I said, and ignore the fact that I spent about an hour trying to write that first post and really just want to head into bed now. So, as I was saying, Fat Quarter…
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Quilting A Fight Song
As Christmas was approaching I had an email asking if I was still accepting quilts returned in time for Christmas gifting. It just so happens that I was, but just barley. Jennifer asked if I could quilt the chorus from the University of Michigan fight song onto a quilt she made for her son, who is currently a student there. I just love being a part of a gift like this. Quilting a quilt that will be loved and cherished is always special, but a quilt like this is just a little more special and to quilt it specially with…
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Gallifreyan Quilting
I’m a huge Doctor Who fan. I’ve been watching it since I was a little girl and it aired on PBS. I don’t remember much of the original Doctor Who, but i’ve watched all of the newer ones since they began airing. I’m actually a season behind right now. I hate to watch knowing it will end. I also have a hard time watching, knowing that I will need to do nothing but watch. There is no working on other stuff while I watch that show. It just sucks me in! Needless to say, I was thrilled when Caroline emailed…
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Star Quilt Custom Quilting
I just finished quilting this beautiful star quilt that Beca made. This was a custom quilting job – boarders, sashing and blocks were all quilted separately. The fabrics were just beautiful and I especially loved that the “background” fabric was a tiny print. It was such a sweet quilt. I took many photos of it and the quilting. Unfortunately, my SD Card must have a bad sector and almost all of the photos I took are corrupt. So sad. This was one of just a few images on my camera that turned out, but I did manage to take a few photos on my iPhone…
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Geometric Quilting
I just had the opportunity to quilt an amazing quilt for a good friend. It is so hard not being able to share the quilt and it’s quilting with you! I am grateful for friends that like my quilting ideas and let me run free with them. This was a beautifully graphical quilt and I loved how the graphical quilting turned out. Even more than that, I love getting to be a small part of something big for a friend.
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Quilting The Day Away
It has been cold and snowy here these past few days, but I didn’t mind one bit. I have been thoroughly enjoying quilting on my new machine. It has opened up so many more possibilities for me and i’m so excited to explore them all. I’m really glad to have a quilt waiting in the wings that needed some custom quilting attention. I am so excited to see this one quilted, and it’s such a bummer I have to wait a little while before I can share it all with you. I may not be able to share the whole…