Category Archives: EBHQ

First finish of 2024

  This week I finished quilting and binding my Seed Pods quilt. I used a facing, sometimes called an infinity binding rather than a traditional binding. It’s such a relief to have finished it! This is one of my quilts … Continue reading

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New photos!

  I’m preparing a slideshow of the quilts that were in my solo show at St Albans for EBHQ Quilters Gather on 1/11/24. I’ve been taking new photos because my old photos aren’t up to my current standards. If you … Continue reading

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My quilt top from Sarah Goer’s class

I took a Zoom workshop with Sarah Goer on making an improv quilt with squares. Each of us cut out random squares of fabric- mine ranged from 7.5″ down to 2.5″. I decided that I didn’t want to deal with … Continue reading

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Quilting!

I’m almost done with the quilting on this quilt. I started out by using orange thread on the orange and blue thread on the blue. But mostly I’m doing orange thread on the blue as well.

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I took a Zoom workshop with Irene Roderick!

Irene Roderick’s workshop was called Dancing with the Wall. It was an improvisational process class. We were limited to using only two solid-colored fabrics. Each of the quilts that the students made were very different from each other. This is … Continue reading

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Postcards!

As one of the leaders of EBHQ’s Quilters Gather, i’ve said that i’m always willing to be added to the postcard exchange if there is an uneven number of registrants. This month i sent a postcard to someone in Ohio … Continue reading

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Eight different layouts for Chunk of the Month!

Now that the 6th and last Chunk of the Month has been revealed, I’ve been playing with layout possibilities. Here are eight of them. I’m sure there are more!   I really like this last one, but i’m going to … Continue reading

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Playing with the chunks!

  I’ve been having fun, playing with the chunks! I think the first one looks like a string of beads. Here are two more options: The middle one is my favorite! I like the diagonals!  

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5th Chunk of the Month!

When Julia first told me about Chunk of the Month, she was hoping I would do wonky versions, that would contrast with her more traditional ones. I did curved triangles for the first chunk, but none of the other chunks … Continue reading

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4th Chunk of the Month!

I have now finished the 4th Chunk of the Month. Here are all four of this month’s chunks. I played around with chunks #3 and #4, not sewing them together, but just exploring the possibilities. I really like this combination!

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