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Library Quilt Show

Posted on May 22, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

Yesterday there was a celebratory walk through of the quilts in the currant library show. Mine is the orange one. The show will be up through June 4th at the main/central Berkeley Public Library on the 2nd floor. This is … Continue reading →

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Eight 12 x 12s finished or almost finished

Posted on May 4, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

For the April meeting of my 12 x 12 group, we brought in everything we’ve done since we started in Sept. This is the half way point for the group. I’m fairly pleased with my progress. My goals for this … Continue reading →

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Flying Birds of Paradise

Posted on April 26, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

Here it is, all quilted and ready for its debut in the Berkeley Public Library (main branch) Quilt show, opening May 1. It will be up until June 4, so there’s lots of time to see the show. It will … Continue reading →

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Accidental 12 x 12

Posted on April 20, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

I wanted to audition quilting options for the quilt I’ve been working on. So I made a nine-patch version of the quilt. It just happened to be 12.5″ x 12.5″. So, after trimming it would be perfect for my 12 … Continue reading →

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Black and white is quilted

Posted on April 4, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

  Here it is, quilted, but you can’t really see the quilting lines in the photo above. Here’s a detail:

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Ready for quilting

Posted on March 28, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

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

Posted on March 27, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

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!

Posted on March 22, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

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 →

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Mizrach quilting finished

Posted on March 17, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

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

Posted on March 15, 2017 by silvert@catskill.net

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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