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The eyes quilt, continued
I started thinking about this quilt last Monday. I started working on it on Wednesday, and I finished the binding this morning at 1 AM. I’m not quite done yet. I might sew on some beads. I need to ship the … Continue reading
Posted in Improvisational piecing, Machine applique, Quilt Shows, sewing with silk, Work In Progress
Tagged Eye Contact, Sacred Threads
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The eyes have it!
I’m working on a 23″ wide by 5″ tall eyes challenge. Since that doesn’t make much sense, here’s the info: Sacred Threads Eye Contact Project Sacred Threads 2019 “Eye Contact: creating a connection“ We need your Participation! Samples made by … Continue reading
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Tagged Sacred Threads
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I’m teaching Circular Squares on June 9th!
Circular Squares and Rectangles Improv Quilt Class At Hello Stitch Studio on June 9, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 1708 University Ave, Berkeley, CA Sign up at www.hellostitchstudio.com or (510) 982-6549 This class explores curved piecing in both square and rectangular … Continue reading
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Tagged Circular squares and rectangles, Claire-Sherman, Hello Stitch, Hellostitchstudio, improvisational quilting
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Annual library quilt show!
The 38th annual Berkeley Public Library quilt show is up from now until June 29. It’s on the 2nd floor in the cases in the lobby and hanging above the reference desk. I have 2 quilts in the show: a … Continue reading
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Shibori, felting and fulling class
Last weekend I took an EBHQ workshop with Yoshiko Wada. Here is a photo of some of our experiments. Above is master shibori artist Yoshiko Wada showing us how to brew natural indigo and demonstrating shibori. Since shibori is a … Continue reading
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Tagged East Bay Heritage Quilters, EBHQ
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Free motion quilting
I took Mel Beach’s EBHQ workshop on free motion quilting a week ago. Here’s one of my 2 samples, above. I was very out of practice. It’s been at least two years since I did any free motion quilting. Since … Continue reading
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I’m teaching how to make Cathedral Window quilts this Sunday!
Three Ways to Make a Cathedral Window Quilt Sun, Mar 24 Mar 24, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hello Stitch Studio, 1708 University Ave, Berkeley www.hellostitchstudio.com [510] 982-6549 | hello@hellostitchstudio.com Cathedral Window is a beautifully intricate quilt block pattern. Traditionally … Continue reading
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Last quilt finished in 2018
This quilt, titled Inspired By Sujata, was the last quilt I finished in 2018. I just realized I never posted a photo of it. I started it in Sujata Shah’s EBHQ class. I started laying it out on a design wall in … Continue reading
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Baby quilt finished at the last minute!
I stayed up until the early hours of the morning two nights in a row to finish this baby quilt. Then I took BART to San Francisco to hand it to the grandma who commissioned it for her new grandson … Continue reading
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When your quilt isn’t working…keep working on it.
This was the hot mess on my design wall, a few weeks ago. My artist friend Lila Wahrhaftig looked through the photos on my phone. She liked the one with negative space, which was just slices separated by an inch … Continue reading
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