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Progress on Marilyn’s Quilt

Posted on December 15, 2010 by fortquilt

I started the machine quilting on Marilyn’s quilt yesterday. It is going really well. I hope to finish it up in the next couple of days.

There will be “continuous curve” quilting in all the diamond shaped patches and feathers everywhere else.

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I have to tell you folks, Christmas came early this year. I entered an on-line sweepstakes sponsored by Quiltmakers Magazine Blog, Quilty Pleasures promoting Quiltmakers’ new publication, Quiltmakers 100 Blocks and I WON! Yeah! What a haul. Of course there was a copy of Quiltmakers 100 Blocks , but also lots of other quilting books, patterns, a quilt calendar, template, 5 spools of Blendables thread, and 100 Kaufman Prism batik fat quarters.

I have to admit, the fat quarters are my favorite.

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Progress Report on Marilyn’s Quilt

Posted on December 5, 2010 by fortquilt

I finished piecing together the center of Marilyn’s quilt. Now it needs an inner border of diamonds made of the primary dark blue fabric.

Diamond units for the inner border. All four sides will require a total of 216 of these units, all pin matched.

Enough diamond units sewn together for one side of the border. One of hese will be trimmed to a straight edge and sewn on each side.

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Gingerbread Trees with Lemon Icing

Posted on December 5, 2010 by fortquilt

My little quilting group, Loose Threads, is meeting at my house tomorrow, so I thought I would get into the spirit and bake Christmas cookies. The recipe for these little guys is in the December 2010 Everyday Food magazine.

Closeup.

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Quaking Convergence

Posted on November 26, 2010 by fortquilt

I just completed my latest wall hanging size quilt. It was inspired by Ricky Timms’ book, Convergence Quilts and nature’s quaking aspen trees.

Some details.

Displayed in my quilting studio.

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Thanksgiving Day 2010

Posted on November 25, 2010 by fortquilt

The candles are out.

The sage is dried.

The leaves are strewn.

The mantel is decorated.

The table is set.

I am ready to feast with my friends Up North!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone out there!

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Progress on Marilyn’s Quilt

Posted on October 27, 2010 by fortquilt

My DMIL requested I make a quilt of my choosing for use in her guest bedroom. She sent me a sample of the colors already used in the room and I came up with this design using EQ7 software.

This design is the traditional quilt pattern, Bethlehem Star. It requires 32 identical pieced diamonds. This is what a stack of completed 32 diamonds looks like from the top……..

……and the side!

Whew! Needless to say, there is still a lot of work to do to complete this little project.

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Petroglyph Convergence

Posted on October 4, 2010 by fortquilt

I wanted to try Ricky Tims’ technique called “convergence quilts”, so I started with a hand paint look batik and a gradient print. The result was not entirely satisfying, so I started adding borders with fat quarters from my stash. The first fabric added had native American petroglyph images in it. This inspired me to draw some of those images and applique the shapes along one of the convergence lines, thus the hand, the bear and the goat. One thing led to another, and I added a “lightning bolt” motif along the sides and traditional Navajo-looking blocks along the top and bottom. As long as I was in an experimental mood, I decided to use metallic gold thread to quilt the sun and lightning bolt motifs in several areas.