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Category Archives: EBHQ
Chunk of the Month #3
This is the third Chunk of the month. I made four of these blocks. In Julia’s example, all of the light fabric was the same white.
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Voices in Cloth quilt show is next weekend!!
Here’s the quilt I just finished quilting and delivered with my other quilts for the Voices in cloth quilt show! The East Bay Heritage Quilters’ show- Voices in Cloth is March 26 & 27. You can find all … Continue reading
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Amazing Abstracts with Julia Graves
I just spent two days in Julia Graves Amazing Abstracts EBHQ workshop. It’s foundation piecing on a muslin foundation. The whole quilt design is mapped out in advance with little snippets of fabric on double stick tape, on an index card … Continue reading
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Violet!
EBHQ has a new color challenge each month. Last month it was orange when I was coincidentally working on an all orange quilt! This month it’s violet. Here are two small quilts I made a few years ago, with violet. … Continue reading
Lone Robin top finished!
This is my Lone Robin quilt top finished, with all 6 elements completed. I added the three turquoise squares on the top by machine applique, since the top was already sewn together when I decided to add them. This is … Continue reading
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Lone Robin element #6 continued
Here I am auditioning two different squares, between the orange “mountains.” I didn’t like either version. Either way it looks like eyes and a frowning frog mouth. I decided to do more orange in a “V.” Above I’m auditioning a … Continue reading
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Lone Robin element #6 (finally)!
I’m working on element # 6 of the Lone Robin, quilter’s choice, which means I can do anything I want! I took some of the leftover strips from element #3 and cut them up on an angle. Now I’m … Continue reading
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dye experiments!
These are my dye experiments from two EBHQ workshops with Malka Dubrawsky from almost a month ago. I’ve been so busy with holidays that I never shared them. It was really exciting to work with soy wax resist for the … Continue reading
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Lone Robin element #5 continued
I’m working on the spaces between these squares. I decided to make wonky strips instead of the even ones in element #2. I think it would drive me crazy to make that many strips that were exactly the same. Below … Continue reading
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Lone Robin element #5
The fifth element for the Lone Robin is “gradations.” While I was visiting my sister in North Carolina, I visited 2 fabric stores. I bought about 8 different fabrics, all of which had some kind of gradation. I had no … Continue reading
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