I recently played in my sewing studio creating an improvisational flamingo tote bag all from scraps. My daughter’s friend was having a 12th birthday party and she loves flamingos. I wasn’t directly asked to spend two and a half days creating the flamingo tote, but I had an idea and was also very in the …
Oh my, it has been a long time since I made an entry in regards to the Lana Bates Memorial Quilt Project. In fact, it has been about a year since I first wrote about the Birdhouse Quilt and project plan. Whoops! I am not sure why I lost steam with the LBQP, maybe lack …
Unfortunately, we had a significant death in the family at the beginning of December. I used this time to create a moment of pause in my life and generally took a break from all things business and social media. Now I am so happy to be able to begin again in a new year. I …
The beginning of April is always the start of a new growth season here in the northeast. Along with the snowmelt and new growth comes a lot of wind and showers, hopefully leading to a May full of flowers. All of the birds begin to sing their uplifting songs throughout the day and especially in …
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March was the designated finish date for the first quarter of the Lana Bates Memorial Quilt Project and the Spring Floral Quilt as You Go Quilt and I am happy to report, not only did I finish on time, I actually finished this one early! Once I got going with the appliqué and all of …
All month I worked on the Spring Florals Quilt, the first quilt in the Lana Bates Memorial Quilt Project, piecing applique and stitching the floral and butterfly elements in place. Honestly, I have not worked too much in the quilt as you go (QAYG) style, so it was a fun departure. This article is the …
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The first quilt I plan to tackle for the Lana Bates Memorial Quilt Project is the one I believe was intended to be a quilt as you go (QAYG). With quilt as you go quilts, the backing and binding are worked on with each square, essentially making several (dozen) miniature quilts which are then all …
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One of the first encounters I had with quilts as an art form was when I was about 10 or so. I remember in the foggy way of a several-decades-old memory just snippets of the experience. Walking through the pavilion hall with my mother and aunt, we browsed the hanging textiles as though they were …
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