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Month: April 2018
Beams #3
Since the “waste triangles” from the second Beams quilt I sewed failed to give the results I wanted to emphasize, I decided to make another. For this one I decided to use Christmas fabrics. I searched through my stash. I have all that lovely cardinal and poinsettia fabric with the gold accents. Unfortunately, I was […]
Smaller Beams
On Friday I finished the smaller Beams quilt. I have produced the perfect example of what not to choose for your fabric. For the Corner Beams I chose two fabrics that coordinated, one a small busy print, the other a larger, more open print. Unfortunately, they are so close that there isn’t much contract. That […]
A smaller Beam
This is the beginning of another Beams tabletopper.
Island Batik project
Last summer I submitted several proposals to Island Batik using their new Spring/Summer 2018 fabrics. One of them was accepted. This is Tied in Knots tablerunner featuring the Eclectic Garden line. A few views of the quilting. The center of the runner… An end… A corner… Back in 2015 when I first designed this quilt, […]
The second finish
This is the quilt I finished Friday. Again I’m only showing the quilting on the back. This isn’t the actual color of the fabric, but the quilting shows up much better this way. This was done entirely with the walking foot.
A finish – as yet unnamed
I’ve been working on patterns for two small quilts. Yesterday I finished quilting and binding one. Linda at the Old Creamery Quilt Shop told me I should teach a class using a Studio 180 ruler. Since I love those rulers, I immediately agreed. I looked through my EQ files and found several that could use […]