Category Archives: Quilting

“Five Half-Square-Triangle Hills” Progress Report

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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My Long Ocean Waves Journey

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

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

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

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

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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“Storm at Seaweed” Completed

I changed the name of the quilt top in this post from May 2013. I decided to use a familiar quilting design sometimes called “Fern” quilting. On my Storm at Sea I decided to call this “Seaweed” quilting and thus … Continue reading

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Pineapples Your Way Class

I was lucky enough to teach a little workshop at Delphines Quilt Shop in Gaylord, Michigan, last week. Five people showed up and I was surprised to see three of them were from a quilt guild I belonged to when … Continue reading

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“My Sedona Star”

I did it, I finally did it. The “Sedona Star” from the TQS 2012 BOM is finally completed. It has been on my longarm quilting machine since May! A View of the Whole Quilt: The central star has nine points … Continue reading

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The Berenstain Bear Quilt

Did I ever tell you about the quilt I made for my then 2 year old granddaughter last Christmas? I think maybe I forgot to do so. The quilt was made using a charm pack. I alternated the charm squares … Continue reading

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