tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88671523181503317462011-08-01T16:45:09.388-05:00Quilting to enhance and finish your design!Deb Geyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06555180501750409807noreply@blogger.comBlogger1811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8867152318150331746.post-3429828883733789082010-10-19T09:08:00.001-05:002010-10-19T09:08:20.933-05:00

I’m moving my blog over to Word Press… I hope you’ll follow me over there.

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A customer has asked me to design a quilt using her daughter’s dance costumes from 15 years of dance lessons. I have on the design wall a small sampling of the variety of costumes in the collection. Initially, I have decided to work with blocks using 4” multiples; for example, 4”x 4”, 4”x 8”, 8”x 12” and so forth. I made up some poster board frames so that I see what sizes work with the

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I’ve made a little progress on The Old Maid. She continues to be a challenge that I am enjoying. I had removed the house at one point but I decided to put it back in, only more simplified. As I have been working on it I realized that I missed an opportunity to plan ahead the grains of the fabric so they could represent the folds the her dress better. Hmmm… next time!

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Finally got hardwired into the internet so I can upload some photos of the new studio! Welcome to my little corner of the world! Piecing area; sewing machine, cutting/ironing table, design wall and fabric. My dad built this awesome design wall for me! There is a little walk way to another room where the Long Arm is. Lots of closet space… And lots of windows with a

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I saw the Muse, dancing in the fountain at the park across the street! Maybe she will come upstairs soon.

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I’ve been busy the last week or so moving into my new studio. I don’t have photos of my space yet, but here are some photos of the exterior and building. The building is in the downtown district and was constructed in 1902 in a Sullivanesque style.   The muse hasn’t visited me here yet. I think she is waiting for the design wall to be installed.

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For this quilt top I am quilting dot-to-dot; following the dots printed on the top. It is a nice design that compliments the cross stitch design. Where I can, I am adapting the designs to be done in a continuous line, such as the design below. Some of the areas though cannot be adapted so I am doing a lot of knotting and burying. It will be worth it though. And as a side note, I will be

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I started the quilting on an old Cross Stitch top today. I love the variety of tops that come across my table!

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Here are some photos of the completed quilting on Brown Bear, Brown Bear. I didn’t want the quilting to distract or compete with Mr. Carle’s illustrations so I stuck to stitch in the ditch with matching threads. I used Quilter’s Dream “Dream Puff” batting so it is a very puffy quilt!

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A friend of mine on Facebook posed the question, “Is it accurate that “crazy quilts” were maps for the Underground Railroad?” That is a very interesting- to me fascinating- question. Unfortunately, there is no absolute answer. In asking the question you open a quite a controversy. Supporters claim that quilts were hung out on clothes lines, fence lines or window sills. To the casual passerby

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One of my favorite programs that my quilt guild sponsors is Storybook Quilts. Quilts are made that reflect the spirit of story books. Then the quilts and their companion story books are loaned out to the local schools and libraries to be used during story time or however they want to use them. Today I am starting the quilting on the quilt that goes with the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill

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I made some more progress on the old maid last week. She’s starting to take on her own personality!

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I put together this block for my guild’s monthly block drawing. We were all given the blue fabric for the pot. White or white on white is required for the background, green for the leaves and then any colors/ patterns can be used for the Posies. I love this block and I would love to make a quilt from the pattern some day…

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Grandma Mary would look over my shoulder and say, “Cutting fabric up into little pieces and sewing it back together again… what a waste of time.” Some days I would agree with you, Grandma Mary. But not today. This project has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done.

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In Central Texas… in July?!!

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I had a lot of fun with the Old Maid yesterday. I was trying out the method of piecing that Ruth McDowell details in her book, Piecing, Expanding the Basics. It’s a great book. She goes into a lot of detail on piecing; piecing straight seams, matching corners, piecing curves, piecing S curves, piecing insets, and sewing Z seams. She also gives a lot of great advice on design and how to change

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Yumm-yumm!!!

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I am in the process of exploring different methods of piecing so that I can decide which method to use to assemble my design, Old Maid’s Puzzle. I made one more hat this weekend. I used Cynthia England’s method for Picture Piecing from her book Picture Piecing. Ms England’s method changes all of the curved lines into straight lines which adds a certain dynamic to the piecing. I like this method

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On the quilting table this week: eye candy sweet and colorful!

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Old Maid’s Puzzle is the only thing I have on the design wall this Monday. Over the weekend I decided to enlarge her. Some of the pieces were just too small to deal with. I also left the house out… for now. The size is now about 18” x 36”. I also decided to do a little experiment. I have 5 or 6 books that have methods for doing pictorial quilts. I am going to make a hat using each of those

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  I used a panto called Feelin’ Groovy on this one with Isacord Polyester thread.  This one has a panto design on it called Autumn Oaks and I used Superior's Rainbows thread. See the oak leaves and acorns?

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I managed to put together a hat for the Old Maid last weekend. This was a very difficult step for me. It was not so much that the physical doing of it was difficult but that it was difficult getting past those voices arguing in my head. “You can’t do this. You’ve never done anything like it before. This is way out of your league!” “No I haven’t done anything like this but I’ll just take

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I’m playing around with some ideas for a quilt for a friend using one of the Indiana Puzzle patterns. It’s not there yet though…

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The design wall got a good cleaning this weekend and is ready for the next project. I started this design about 4 years ago. At the time I was feeling a little overwhelmed by it so I packed it in a box and stashed it in the closet. I’m wondering if I’m up to it now? I pulled the drawing from a Dover Clip Art book. She looks to me like she is puzzled about something on the paper she is holding

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I bought our first watermelon of the season this week! Yumm, it was delicious! So-o-o-o sweet. They do grow good watermelons in Texas. It reminded me of this quilt that I made in 2001. It is from a Debbie Mumm pattern. I had a lot of fun collecting the fabrics for this one. I zig-zagged the edges of all the appliqué and quilted it on my DSM . The seeds are made from a clay that I baked

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I bought a new sewing machine about a year ago which has an embroidery unit that attaches to it. I love working with it. I am so hooked on machine embroidery. What fun!!   I’ve been slowly learning how to use all of the embroidery software that I got with it. Last week I stitched out the first image that I had digitized myself; this Christmas tree, which will be one of the blocks in Warm

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It’s getting bigger!! I especially like how these two blocks turned out. The instructions call for one more row… but I’m thinking three more rows.

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I’m currently quilting a quilt for a student at Auburn University. The piecing pattern uses the fabrics and colors well. I am quilting a pattern called Popcorn on it.

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More of the same… I didn’t make as much progress the last couple of weeks. I’m not sure if it is because I have been busy or if I’m slowing down because it is the same thing over and over and over…

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My loquat tree is heavy with fruit and the birds and squirrels are enjoying it. Loquats are an interesting fruit. The flowers appear in the autumn or early winter, and the fruits are ripe in late winter or early spring. The loquat is similar to its distant relative, the apple, and are good for making pies, tarts and crumbles. The fruit is about the size of a ping-pong ball. They have a

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Kay over at Out of the Basement pieced this Lily Basket top. It is such a delight to have it on my quilting table as it is so beautiful! Enjoy the eye candy!

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Just more of the same! Related post: Warm Winter Cheer

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The Girl Scout organization is such a wonderful thing. My daughter gets the opportunity to do lots of things she otherwise would not get to do if she were not a Girl Scout. And the interaction with the other girls and leaders is so good for her. My sincerest thanks to all involved with Girl Scouts! We had a blast horseback riding with her troop this week!

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I recently did the quilting on this southwestern design quilt. If you look closely it now has Kokopelli dancing all over it. The thread is Superior Threads, Rainbows; color: Brass Band.

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I made a little progress on Warm Winter Cheer last week. A few more stars: And a Christmas tree: That tree is going to need a bright star at the top and some embellishment!   Related post: Warm Winter Cheer

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Skye Daniels brought this colorful quilt top to me for quilting. Skye always works with bright cheerful colors! In the borders I am using a pattern from Darlene Epp’s Borders and Sashing pocket guide. Ms Epp’s pocket guides are a great source of inspiration. Here it is on the back. And in the sashing I am using a simple meander. I haven’t started quilting the blocks yet. I’m still

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I have almost three rows of Warm Winter Cheer finished. When I was in college one of my drawing professors always emphasized, “Bring the whole drawing up together!” By that he meant to never let one area of the drawing to get to a more advanced stage of completion than the rest of the drawing; keep the whole drawing at the same stage of completion. So, applying that to quilting I suppose

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Toby Lischko gave the presentation at the New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild yesterday. It was a great presentation. Toby had lots of wonderful tips to share with us and also lots of great quilts to show; my favorite being Geese on the Loose. If you ever get the chance to see her presentation I highly recommend going!

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One of my customers made this quilt for a Baylor University graduate. Since the Baylor mascot is a bear, the quilting is in the shape of bear paw prints.

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I got a few more blocks completed for my Warm Winter Cheer quilt. Take a look at the top left corner… how did that blue square get into the center of that gold star?!!! And further more, why did I not notice it until it was completed and hanging on the design wall? Sewing in my sleep again, I guess! Much better! And a few more blocks…. I’m considering using some sashing. What do

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One of my customers made this precious little baby quilt. I quilted a Baptist Fan pattern on it with a very light blue thread. Also, my daughter’s quilt is finished. I put a pieced binding on it. I thought it was going to be a very time consuming thing to do, but as it turned out it was not bad at all. I had lots of scraps cut to the right size left over from the quilt. So it was just

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There is a new quilt on my design wall this morning. This one is based on Lynette Jensen’s quilt Winter Memories, although mine will end up being quite different from it I’m sure. I worked on the snow men blocks first. I changed them from Lynette’s appliqué snow men to appliquéd and embroidered snow men from Anita Goodesign’s Snow Fun collection. And so far I have made one of the

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I love this slideshow of Vincent Van Gogh’s work set to the song Vincent by Don McLean.

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Eye Candy for today: A lovely Tree of Life quilt to be given with a Habitat for Humanity house.

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On my design wall this morning I have the Quilts for Kids kit that I received from Downy Touch of Comfort. For information on Quilts for Kids see their web page. All of the fabric in my kit arrived pre-cut. The red and yellow fabrics were cut in strips so all I had to do to assemble the 4-patches was sew the yellow strips each to a red strip,cut them into 2-patches and then sew two 2-patches

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This cute baby quilt features pieced frogs and appliqué dragonflies. I quilted it with the pantograph Feelin’ Groovy by Heart and Soul Quilts.

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My daughter T and I have been working on this quilt together. We finally got the borders on and are ready to quilt it!!   Related posts: T’s Quilt

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I had a great afternoon yesterday bowling with my kids! With the bumpers and a slide to roll her ball down, my daughter was able to beat us all!! What fun!!

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One of my customers made this cute quilt with pink elephants. I did some simple meandering and freehand roses for the quilting. The elephant embroidery designs are called Elepinks.

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I’m working on replacing another binding on an antique quilt. This quilt was also made by Leta Rauch in the mid 1920’’s. It features a 25 Patch block alternating with a blank block. The border is made up of Improved Four Patch. Leta used the same orange and blue patches in the centers of all of the 25 Patches and in the border blocks and scrap fabrics alternate with white in the remainder of

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Sh-h-h-h! Don’t tell anyone it is really Friday… Another project I have in the works is a binding replacement on one of my antique quilts. This quilt was made by Leta Rauch, probably in the 1920s sometime. It is completely pieced and quilted by hand. Leta did exquisite hand work. There is a variety of very difficult patterns in the quilt; all masterfully pieced.      The blank blocks are

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Congratulations to Kay of Out of the Basement!! Her quilt, Peppermint Stars, won Third Prize, Ensemble Bed Quilts, at the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show in Bloomington Indiana.

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Debby over at These are pieces, too wrote yesterday about her journal in which she keeps pertinent quotes, lists and so forth. It has a wonderful quilt design on the cover too. I also keep a journal like that. One of the main things I make notes of in my journal is new words that I’ve learned and their meanings. I read a lot and am always coming across words with which I’m not familiar. I’ve

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I have not participated in Work In Progress Wednesday in a very long time. I’m going to try to get in the habit of posting progress every week again as I tend to do more when I know I have to post something!! :-) I have 5 quilts in various stages of completion. I also have 1 box of fabrics that has been pulled out for an idea. But that box of fabric is about half way to the point of being

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Would you like to take part in a FEEL GOOD PROJECT? Downy Touch of Comfort is sponsoring a quilting project. It is a "Quilts for Kids Challenge" and it is open to everyone who likes to quilt. Here is how it works: Downy has made up a kit for each quilt. All you need to do is go on line to www.quiltsforkids.org and request your kit. And the great part is the whole project is FREE. Downy will

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My customer Ann pieced this wall hanging. I quilted it with a panto from Willow Leaf Studio called Mozart. The fabrics all have a musical instrument theme. And I finished it off with a label on the back.

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Now you all will know that I am truly insane. What do you think of this edge treatment for the Irish Star? The black is not part of the quilt. The edge of the quilt follows the Irish chain around the quilt. Can you imagine binding all those little squares with a 1/4” binding? Ouch! But, oh how sweet it looks!

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My friend Vickie pieced this incredible wall hanging that looks like a Whirling Star. Most of the quilt top is made up of a star block. The placement of the colors then makes up the large whirling pattern. I quilted it with Rainbows thread and Jodi Beamish’s panto called Waterworld.

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Thanks for all the comments on the Irish Star. I appreciate them. But you know, y’all are scaring me with your comments about picking a difficult pattern. Yep, I probably do need my head examined!! I lightened the values in the chain and took some of the yellow out of the background. I’m happier with it but it’s probably not a done deal yet…

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This is a design I’ve been working on for a bed quilt for my guest room. It combines an Eight Point Star and a Triple Irish Chain. In the guest room I also hang all of my “antique-ish” quilts that my grandmothers made during the 1930s and 1940s. I want the bed quilt to be more contemporary looking but to blend with the older quilts. For the fabrics I am thinking of a scrappy combination of

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Remember the Eight Point Star I posted on last week? Here is a shot of the quilting on the back. The backing material is a cotton flannel and the batting is cotton also. I wish these computers had a touch feature so you could reach into your computer and feel how soft this quilt is! Related post: Eight Point Star

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Last week I looked briefly at using the automatic ruffler to make ruffles. This week I’d like to look at the settings on the ruffler to adjust the closeness and depth of the ruffles. The first setting I’d like to look at controls how close together the ruffles are. At the top front of the ruffler there is a plate that has four slots. The slots are marked “0”, “12”, “6” and “1”. A little metal

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Have you been to the Interpret This Reveals? A group of gals are revealing self-portraits this week for the Interpret This group. There is some awesome work coming out of that group. If you have some time stop by and take a look!!

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My friend Linda pieced this lovely lap quilt. It features an Eight-Point Star set on point inside a plain block with an Irish Chain surrounding it. I love the color scheme she chose for this quilt; cranberry reds, asparagus greens and a bit of cheddar cheese thrown into the border. Delicious!

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  The ruffler is a great little attachment I have for my sewing machine that makes ruffling fabric a breeze. The ruffler looks somewhat complicated, takes some effort to figure out and get used to and it can be pricey but, believe me, it is worth it. A ruffler is the easiest way to get the best ruffle. I have a Husqvarna Viking sewing machine so I bought the Husqvarna ruffler to go with it.

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I wanted to share with you this lovely design by my friend Libby Fife. I’ve always loved Amish quilts and Libby has done and especially good job with this one. It reminds me that I’ve always wanted to do an Amish Storm at Sea. Maybe one of these days… Please take a closer look at Libby’s quilt on her blog Libby Fife- Art Quilts. She has lots of other designs there too.

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This quilt top was very fast and easy to put together. The pattern is called Oh Henry and it is published by creative sewlutions. I used some very colorful fabrics with winter motifs. Any focus fabric would be nice with some support fabrics. This pattern would be great to use for a quick gift or service quilt.

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Quilting appliqué is really more fun than a person should be allowed… are you sure it is legal? Ha-ha! I hope you enjoy the photos!

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One of my favorite flowers is the Cyclamen. It is a beautiful plant that blooms in December and January. Mine are pink. They also come in reds and whites. The blooms have always intrigued me. They have an interesting way of unfolding. They emerge from the center of the plant on a long stem with the petals tightly wound. As they slowly unfurl the petals will spread much like a daisy. And

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I learned a neat trick lately to use when gathering fabric across a seam. When gathering stitches have to cross a seam that joins two pieces of fabric, that  extra layer of seam allowance fabric thickens the gathering and it will not lay as smoothly as the rest of the gathering. Here is a simple way of avoiding this problem. Stitch the two pieces of fabric together and press the seam allowance

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I’ve been enjoying quilting on my Dressed for Dinner quilt. I’m trying to keep the quilting simple so that it will enhance the appliqué. It looks like the quilting will be done this week. To finish the quilt then I will only need to do the binding and embellishments. With some luck it actually might be done by Thanksgiving 2010!!

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I wish the very best for all my friends in 2010!

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May your day be merry and filled with Peace.

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My friend Skye made this quilt using the Honey Bee pattern. A very lovely quilt!

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One of my customers brought this quilt to me for quilting . It is called the Be Attitudes quilt and comes from Art to Heart. I love the quilt so much I bought the book and started on a couple of the blocks in my spare time. Enjoy the photos…     

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I quilted this top for the local quilt shop. Isn’t it lovely? I like how the top seems to sparkle with all of the different colors and values. I quilted continuous cures in the center using light and dark green threads. The light green border has hibiscus-like flowers in it.

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I have some eye candy to share with you, but first I want to post a link to an interesting news article I read. In studying the History of Art I've always wondered why it is so many of the Masters were so disturbed, or disturbing (Van Gogh, Picasso, and others). Is the disturbing aspect what made them Masters or did being a Master make them disturbing? Or is it just that their disturbing work

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I recently finished quilting this Civil War Sampler for a friend. Isn’t it lovely?   I quilted a Baptist Fan on it using Signature 100% Cotton thread.

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My yard is sprinkled with Rain Lilies this week. Rain Lilies lie dormant for most of the year below the grass. A few days after a rain they appear like magic. The blossoms open slowly at dusk, gradually expanding during the night to appear in full flower the next morning. Both the rain and the lilies are welcome sights here in San Antonio.

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Someone asked how I prepare my Elmer’s Glue bottles with a smaller spout. It is very simple and here is how I do that… Supplies and tools: Elmer’s Washable Glue; any size bottle will work. Papermate mechanical pencils, 0.7 lead; only one pencil is needed per glue bottle. Sharp scissors. ________________________________________ The process: Remove the orange cap from the

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My guild has a special project every month. Those participating make blocks of the chosen pattern and then a name is drawn from a hat for the winner of all the blocks. This month’s block is called Whirling Sunflowers. I like it… it’s perfect for fall, isn’t it? And there are a variety of ways to set it. It also reminds me of some other sunflower blocks that I have designed. These are

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I got to spend a little time with my camera at the San Antonio River Walk this week. Here are some of the random photos that I took and random thoughts that I had: I have a little bit of a shady area in my yard where I’m having trouble getting anything to grow. So I took some photos of plants growing in the shade that I thought might do well in my yard.   The River Walk has lots of shady

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I just finished quilting an Egg Money quilt. The pattern comes from Eleanor Burns’ book Egg Money Quilts. My customer Jan did an awesome job of choosing colors and of piecing… as she always does. I love the sashing as it pulls it all together.

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I’ve been doing some mindless piecing with scraps from the stash! One of the neat things about posting a photo is that mistakes that I didn’t see on the design wall pop out at me in the photo. Can you find the two mistakes? I hope that you have a quilty day!!

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The quilt top is finished!! Yeah!! Now it goes into the pile of tops to be quilted. It may just get bumped up in the line so that it will be done for fall… Related Posts: Dressed for Dinner: Progress Dressed for Dinner: Coming Along

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Today I’m working on one of Debra’s quilts for her Etsy shop. Libby over at The Quilted Craftsman pieced it. Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns calls the pattern Austin. I’m wondering if there might be another name for it though. It is pieced in lovely colors with a cream background and dark blue floral cornerstones and border. Of course it has lovely embroidered

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My customers are always bringing me interesting projects. T brought me this duvet and asked me to add batting to it and quilt it. So that is what I’m doing. I ripped out the stitched edges of the duvet, loaded it on the quilting table with the batting and stitched it following the pattern printed on the fabric. All I have left to do is finish up the binding. I think that this will work much

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This is a wall hanging that I made in 2000. As the name implies it is copied from a painting by Georgia O’Keeffe, Church Steeple. I used a frayed edge appliqué technique for it. All of the edges have been stitched down with a very small straight stitch and the edges have been deliberately frayed. I know that I learned about the technique from a book that I borrowed from the library. But I

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Sometimes I just don’t notice things that I should notice. Like how I used the same fabric for the squirrel’s background and for one of the bordering squares. It wasn’t until I got it all put together that I realized that I didn’t like it. That square needed to be a darker value. But not a problem… I ripped that offending square right out… Dabbed a line of Elmer’s Glue along the

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The 4th of July is one of my very favorite holidays. I love the concerts in the park, the parades and, of course, the fireworks! To all of my friends in the USA  I wish you a wonderful, patriotic day!

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Quilt Studio is calling for posts on storage this month. I have a couple of ideas that have worked well in my studio to share with you. The first is a new fabric storage system and the second is a book shelf with a cutting/ironing table on top. Last Christmas my husband gave me these wonderful drawers for my fabric. He got them at The Container Store. They are clear plastic sweater drawers

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Tina has been making slow but steady progress on her quilt. It is interesting that some days she just doesn’t have the patience to sit and work on it. Other days she works and works on it and doesn’t want to stop. That’s pretty normal, huh? At this point all of the strips are sewn together and I am cutting them into lengths to use as blocks. WOW! It is starting to look like a quilt!

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I haven’t done one of these games in a while so here goes… the things I have done are in bold type. 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii   *I even lived in Hawaii!!*  5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain

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I designed this quilt top some time ago in Electric Quilt. I used ideas from  Ruth B. McDowell’s book Pattern on Pattern to create the design. In the book, Ms McDowell suggests laying a pattern in different sizes on top of each other to create sub-patterns. I like the repetition of shapes.It looks almost as though the shapes are echoes of each other or maybe like they are ripples on a pond. I

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This quilt was pieced by Quiltnbee .  She did a lovely job with it. I especially like the fabrics she chose. The background fabric for the stars and the alternating fabrics in the 25 patch blocks are all black on white prints. That gives a continuity to the quilt but still allows for a variation that gives the quilt a touch of “sparkle”. I also love how she pieced the back. I imagine

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Blooms are not abundant here in my San Antonio garden this June day. According to the local newspaper, the past 21 months have been the driest in recorded history. The use of sprinklers and irrigation systems are to be curtailed to Stage 2 restrictions today.  What that means basically, is that each household can irrigate one day per week between the hours of 3 am and 8 am and between the

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Do you need some embroidery to add to a project you are working on? Debra has just the thing in her Etsy shop, Debra’s Design Store. And if she doesn’t have it she’ll make it just for you. Just send her an email. I’ve seen a lot of her embroideries come through my studio in the forms of labels and quilt blocks. They have all been professionally done and are lovely. I highly recommend Debra’s

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I’m almost done with the last appliqué block on my Dressed for Dinner quilt. It is the most detailed of all the blocks. It is currently about half done. This photo shows all of the pieces in place but some still need to be stitched down. Meanwhile with the top half of the quilt hanging on the design wall I’ve been thinking of quilting ideas. Here are a few of the thoughts that I have sketched

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Tina picked out some fabrics to make a quilt. She has made “mug rugs” before, but this will be her first quilt. So last night we sat down with Electric Quilt and designed these blocks and layouts. Tina decided that she liked the last one best because it looks like stairs. Later this morning I’m going to start cutting strips (I’m not sure Tina is ready to be using a rotary cutter… Or

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