Modern Quilts Wanted…for QuiltCon 2016! Are you a member of the Modern Quilt Guild? Are you busy making awesome quilts for the 2016 show!?! Well, QuiltCon entries are now open! Not a member? Go here for information on joining MQG as an individual member OR to find MQG affiliated guilds in your area. MQG is […]
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This week I am… Cleaning my rotary cutter and being thankful that I bought a retractable rotary cutter handle–go here for the post! Thanking Kitty at NightQuilter.com for posting my tip about threading multiple needles when hand sewing. Sometimes it’s the little things that make hand sewing and binding just a bit easier! Lovely photos
Well, both of my rotary cutters were starting to skip and drag. I assumed it was dull blades. Welll….not just that!! Do you ever do a rotary cutter clean up? We all clean out our sewing machines to get rid of lint, but what about our rotary cutters? When I went to replace the blades,
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African American history has been documented in story quilts for many years. I recommend a wonderful new book on story quilts that documents a powerful exhibit touring many museums. Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi’s latest book is now available for sale on Amazon and in some bookstores. If you have a chance to see the exhibit, I
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Jules at Procrasticraft has been posting weekly about the events in her quilty/home/travel life. It’s a lovely practice so I’m jumping in! This week I am… Honoring.. the service of U.S. women service members by making a quilt. My Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild was introduced to a wonderful initiative by Linda
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The Pacific International Quilt Festival will have a Modern Quilt Category in the Quilt Show! The theme is ‘mid-century modern’. Click HERE for entry information. I’ll be teaching modern quilt workshops and registration is open now! Here are images of what I’ll be teaching.
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My mini quilt is now with my secret partner. [click here to see it in progress] That’s the cool thing about these swaps. Usually, you don’t know who is making one for you. So when the swappers are sharing in progress and completed photos, the excitement just builds. And, here’s the wonderful miniquilt and lovely
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Instagram is a wonderful social media site that I love exploring on my phone. Mini Quilt Swaps are very big on Instagram and after admiring several of them, I took a deep breath and plunged in earlier this year. It’s been a lot of fun already. My first swap this year was the Alison Glass
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Quilt pattern design is an activity that I wanted to ‘conquer’, especially after getting my patterns published in a magazine in 2014. I design a lot of my quilts in EQ7 and I really like the program for the way I can plan, play, make changes before cutting a single piece of fabric. But, when
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Hey Quilt Peeps! I posted an updated list of my favorite podcasts. Click HERE to check it out!
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