Category Archives: Quilting

Wonky Baskets Encore

It’s Bloggers Quilt Festival:Fall 2011 time. Below is my Wonky Basket quilt I started last summer in a Gwen Marston workshop and completed within just a few days. It was so much fun to do because nothing much is pre-planned … Continue reading

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Asterisk Quilt Completed

I finished the quilting in time to show this quilt in our little quilt show in August. This is the second project I have completed on my new Gammill Vision 26-10. The quilting was really very simple. I just quilted … Continue reading

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Celtic Pillow

I finished this little quilted pillow last week. I started it in a workshop with Mary Lou Hallenbeck in November 2010. Mary Lou demonstrated her technique for appliqueing bias strips in Celtic patterns. Close-up of appliqued strips going around a … Continue reading

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A Wedding Quilt

My niece was married this past weekend. I made this quilt for her and her new husband. The overall design is traditionally called “Sunshine and Shadow.” The colors are teal, navy and pale aqua. Each of the paler colored pathways … Continue reading

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Wonky Baskets

Earlier this summer I took a workshop with Gwen Marston, a world famous quilt artist. She taught the class a technique for creating pieced basket quilt blocks without a pattern and without measuring the fabric. Gwen calls these “liberated baskets.” … Continue reading

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Borders Added to Asterisk Quilt Top

I added the 1 1/2 inch dark brown print inner border, the 1/2 inch turquoise batik inner border, and the large floral mitered outer border, so the quilt top is complete. I have some ideas for the quilting which is … Continue reading

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Center of Asterisk Quilt

When I finished the center of the asterisk quilt, I took this photo with it placed on my living room floor(That’s rug to the left and hardwood and hearth to the right.). The problem I am having with this quilt … Continue reading

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Progress Report on Asterisk Quilt

I have been working on the asterisk quilt. As you recall, you start with stacks of 7-inch squares. Insert 1-inch strips. End up with stacks of blocks to be trimmed up. Here are some finished blocks. I will need 81 … Continue reading

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Quilts of Valor – Stars and Stripes

I just finished my second quilt for the Quilts of Valor foundation. The mission of the QOV Foundation is to cover ALL those service- members and veterans touched by war with Wartime Quilts called Quilts of Valor (QOVs). I started … Continue reading

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Quilts of Valor – Battle Stars

I just finished up a new quilt for the Quilts of Valor foundation. The mission of the QOV Foundation is to cover ALL those service- members and veterans touched by war with Wartime Quilts called Quilts of Valor (QOVs). I … Continue reading

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