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All the best - Chris
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- A Bunch of Tutorials
- Burying Thread Ends
- Fabric Bucket
- Fabric Greeting Cards
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- French Seam
- Hanging Sleeve for Quilt
- Herringbone Quilt
- HST (half-square triangles)
- Machine Reverse Applique
- Machine Stitched Binding
- Melon Head Headbands
- Optic Squares Tutorial
- Painting Fabric with Glue Resist
- Painting Watercolor Fabric
- QAYG – Quilting in Sections, Adding Borders
- QAYG with Narrow Strips
- Simple Quilted Laptop Sleeve
- Simple Trapunto
- Stamp Carving
- Stitch and Flip Strip Quilt
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Category Archives: Fabric and Notion Choices
Slow and Steady . . .
It’s no surprise that my 15 minutes per day of quilting on this queen size baby makes for slow going. Yes, Mom, sometimes I do stretch it out to longer than 15 minutes, but some nights I can’t quite … Continue reading
Dyeing to Paint Tutorial!
The display is up in the gallery of our church and the reception was so wonderful! I met up with the nicest people – including Wendy and Charlotte with the Calligraphy Guild of Indiana. I had lots of fun looking … Continue reading
Mountain Vacation Time
The week before vacation is always crazy. I wish there was a way to just get the heck out of Dodge without all the micro-planning. Part of that planning is what kind of small projects I might want to haul … Continue reading
Posted in Basics, Design Choices, Fabric and Notion Choices, In Process, Inspiration
Tagged In Process, My Inspiration, Tangle, Travel Inspiration
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Crossroads Project – 100 Blocks Completed!
Yippee! Time for celebration, friends! I finished piecing the last of my Crossroads Blocks! Just like the proud quilty momma I am, here are some “baby” pictures – Here they are, all stacked together (offset so I could keep track … Continue reading
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Tagged In Process, Scrap Quilts
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Crossroads Project: Time to Assess Progress
Time to take a look at WIP(s) progress: Crossroads quilt: Total number of 10 1/2″ blocks needed: 100 Blocks completed: 81 Fabric inventory requirements: Will have enough of the proper prints. Barely. KF HST scrap quilt: Total number of 3 … Continue reading
Crossroads – Phase 2: Evaluating Good Scrappiness
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about my fabric preferences and what works best for my style and budget. In summary, I wrote that I found it easiest to work with tone-on-tone low contrast texture-y looking fabrics. I can … Continue reading
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A Small Finish – Fantasy Landscape
While awaiting a packet of fabric to arrive in the mail (surprised?) I finished off a small fused project that had been on my design wall for quite a while. Remember what it looked like last time you saw it??Something … Continue reading
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Tagged Completed!, Fused Quilts
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A New Start – Phase 1: Planning
I decided to take a step away from the wonderfully bold improv quilts that I’ve been working on and start a replacement for the decade-old patchwork quilt on our bed. I want to completely switch style gears and work into … Continue reading
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Tagged In Process, Scrap Quilts
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Purple Improv 2 Finished!
Tah dah!! Another finish under my belt – and I love the way this turned out – lots of strips, sliced and diced, squared off, and quilted. As much as I loved my other Purple Improv, I think I like … Continue reading
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Tagged Completed!, Improv, Scrap Quilts
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Improvisation and a Method to the Madness
This month started off kind of tough creative-wise. I’d taken down my exhibit at the Church and was feeling a little directionless. I started what I thought would be an improvisational quilt complimentary colors – purple and yellow – and … Continue reading
Posted in Basics, Design Choices, Fabric and Notion Choices, In Process, Inspiration, Scrap Quilts
Tagged In Process, My Inspiration, Scrap Quilts
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