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Elizabeth’s Wedding Quilt

Posted on June 7, 2014 by fortquilt

In June 2008, I completed this quilt as a wedding gift for my niece, Elizabeth: The design was inspired by a design from Jan Krenz’s book, “Lone Star Quilts and Beyond.” It is basically a Lone Star quilt where eight … Continue reading →

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“Five Half-Square-Triangle Hills” Completed

Posted on May 17, 2014 by fortquilt

My entry for the Quilters’ Blog Festival is this recently completed bed size quilt featuring half-square-triangles collected in a quilt group exchange. The completed quilt: The five “half-square-triangle hills” running along the center of the quilt: Machine quilting in the … Continue reading →

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“Princess Vickie” has been sold….

Posted on April 22, 2014 by fortquilt

I made “Princess Vickie” when I was first getting back into quilting a few years ago. She was pieced in 2007 and quilted in 2008. The quilt measures about 92″ x 92.” This was early in my long-arm quilting efforts. … Continue reading →

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“Five Half-Square-Triangle Hills” Progress Report

Posted on April 15, 2014 by fortquilt

I loaded this quilt top seen in my previous post . I stitched in the ditch along all the chevron elements, that is the red, brown, white and HST chevrons. Then, with a water soluble pen, I marked the white … Continue reading →

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Half Square Triangle – Fat Quarter Tutorial

Posted on April 3, 2014 by fortquilt

In a previous post I promised a tutorial for making lots of half square triangles (HST’s) from fat quarters, so here goes. First, I would like to emphasize that accuracy is of the utmost importance, in marking, sewing and cutting. … Continue reading →

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My Long Ocean Waves Journey

Posted on March 30, 2014 by fortquilt

In the summer of 2009, almost five years ago, I attended a trunk show by Bonnie Hunter where she displayed and discussed a number of her quilt creations . Among these was this “Ocean Waves” quilt: I was inspired! So, … Continue reading →

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The Quilt Show’s 2014 Block of the Month

Posted on February 21, 2014 by fortquilt

Several of my friends and I decided to do the “A to Z for Ewe and Me” BOM quilt designed by Janet Stone for the online quilt show and group called “The Quilt Show.” This is Janet’s completed quilt: I … Continue reading →

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AQS Quilt Week in Phoenix, Arizona

Posted on February 16, 2014 by fortquilt

I had two quilts juried into the AQS quilt show in Phoenix, AZ, February 5-8, 2014. Since we were having such a brutal winter here in northern Michigan I was really happy that we had decided to fly out for … Continue reading →

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Red and White Winding Ways

Posted on February 3, 2014 by fortquilt

I am participating in Sew Cal Gal’s “A Year of Red and White Quilts” Challenge. My entry is my “Red and White Winding Ways.” Here she is, quilted and bound: I quilted the concentric circles using the Gammill Work Station … Continue reading →

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Mimi’s Pineapples

Posted on January 22, 2014 by fortquilt

A couple of years ago I made a pineapple quilt using a special tool (ruler) marked with the lines for one particular sized rounds. I wanted to make a pineapple quilt with narrower rounds and I did not want to … Continue reading →

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