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Posts Galore!
- A Bunch of Tutorials
- Burying Thread Ends
- Fabric Bucket
- Fabric Greeting Cards
- Fabric Paper
- Free-Motion Quilting (FMQ)
- 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
- Basics
- Done!
- In Process
- Inspiration
- Projects
- Sketchbook Challenge
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Tag Archives: Glue Resist
Mid-Century Modern Glue Resist and Back to the Sketchbook!
I am meeting with a library nearby to share some of my smaller pieces in the hopes that they will display them in their gallery sometime next year. The display area is too small for even lap quilts, so I’m … Continue reading
“Pretty Houses” Redux
All dressed up but sitting in my UFO’s. Such a waste of a perfectly cute glue resist project. Too small. Needs a border – or something. Too square. Pffft. What about something like this? (This is what I primarily use … Continue reading
Posted in In Process, Scrap Quilts
Tagged Glue Resist, In Process, Silk Painting with Resist
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Fabric Greeting Cards – a Loosey-Goosey Tutorial
I love to make my own greeting cards! And there’s lots of reasons to do so: You probably have just about everything that you need already on hand. Yippee for not spending more money on supplies! It can be a … Continue reading
Transformation Challenge – Finished! (finally)
There’s a very good reason that I don’t enter challenges more frequently. My goodness, I had a devil of a time with my Inner Critic! So here’s my challenge entry that I submitted this past weekend:I really like this incarnation … Continue reading
Quilting on the Side – Challenges with Challenges, ATC’s and Bottle Head Dolls
I’m at a standstill on the Stitch and Flip Strip Quilt with Bernina back in the shop again, so it’s time to pull out some small projects and you see what’s cookin’ on the side. Perhaps you remember the Transformation … Continue reading
Day 5: The Zen of Doodle
Since we’re on day 5 of Bernina’s spa week at the repair shop, let’s discuss the Zen of Doodle a bit. I firmly believe that the act of “doing” no matter how inspired (or not) is absolutely essential in the … Continue reading
Posted in Basics, Design Choices, Inspiration, Sketchbook Challenge
Tagged A Bunch of Tutorials, Doodle, Glue Resist, My Inspiration, Sketchbook, Tangle
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Sneak Peek – Painted Whimsical Leaves
I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at my current Whimsical Leaves project: I’m so excited! This one really looks great – and as much as I might like to paint the center stem and the edges of the … Continue reading
Posted in In Process, Inspiration, Sketchbook Challenge
Tagged Glue Resist, In Process, Trapunto, whimsical leaves
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Pretty Quilted Houses – Borders
I hope you’ve been enjoying the project that I’ve been working on here – the pretty painted houses project. I think it’s turning out great! This entire project works into this idea that you can try new techniques on a … Continue reading
Pesky fabric painting problem
It’s been bugging the dickens out of me. I’ve made several versions of my Whimsical Leaves project and I have the same problem each time I try to color them – the paints that give me the clearest, brightest, most … Continue reading
