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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Ready for quilting
I’ve only been working on this for two days, but it’s now ready for quilting. I inserted a 3/4 inch black strip, and decided it was done. First I tried a red strip, but didn’t like how it stole the focus … Continue reading
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A gift of black and white pieced strips
At my small quilt group/bee we were going through the group’s stash, and getting rid of fabric we were unlikely to use in the group’s projects. I took home a bag which included many pieced black and white strips. You could call … Continue reading
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Quilt top sewn together!
It’s now sewn together. It was rather tricky because some squares got turned around, and I had to rip them out and do them over. I started at the top and sewed four-patches, then sewed the four-patches together. But it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Improvisational piecing, liberated stars, Work In Progress
Tagged stitch and flip stars
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Mizrach quilting finished
I finally quilted the background. It now looks as if the background is pieced, but it’s not. I might sew some seed beads on this one, but otherwise it’s finished! Instead of a binding this one has a facing on the back. I’ve been … Continue reading
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Almost finished, almost ready to sew it together
I’m almost finished with the layout for this quilt. Any day now I’m going to start sewing the squares together. I’m having a great time adding more little triangles, but I think I should stop really soon. I’m wondering what to … Continue reading
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Breaking my own rules
I read somewhere, maybe from Kaffe Fassett that when designing a quilt, you should make up some rules to follow for that quilt. Then, to add surprise and make it more interesting, every so often, you should break the rules! … Continue reading
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Lots of progress on improv star!
I got more time to work on this today than I thought I would. See how much I accomplished! I wanted to mention that one of the reasons why I don’t cut out all the squares at the beginning of … Continue reading
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Auditioning new fabric
I bought four new yellows at New Pieces. I’m auditioning them to see if they will play nicely with the colors already in this quilt. I’ve cut them into squares so that I can really see how they work. I … Continue reading
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Tagged New Pieces Quilt Store
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New improv star quilt
I’m working on another star quilt. I’m making it about 3′ x 3′. This will be my entry in the Berkeley Public Library quilt show. It’s not due until late April, so I do have enough time to finish it. … Continue reading
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The two classes I’m teaching!
Join me for two Lehrhaus classes: Beginning Israeli Folk Dance, and \ or Exploring the Hamsa- A Hands on Workshop At the JCC East Bay-1414 Walnut St, Berkeley, CA Preregistration required. Go to http://www.lehrhaus.org $36/$18 JCC members for either class. Beginning Israeli … Continue reading
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Tagged fusible applique, Judaica, Lehrhaus
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