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When Day Was Night

Posted on September 10, 2021 by admin

This is my 12″ x 12″ quilt, called When Day Was Night. Today is the one year anniversary of that day when the sky was a dark yellow/orange all day, from the smoke in the atmosphere from the wildfires. This … Continue reading →

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SAQA Prism Play

Posted on August 31, 2021 by admin

  SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) will have a juried show called Prism Play. I signed up to make 2 quilts, one in blue and one in orange. Each quilt will be one color, and 45″ long by 15″ wide. … Continue reading →

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Lone Robin element #5 continued

Posted on August 4, 2021 by admin

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

Posted on July 30, 2021 by admin

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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Asheville hamsa class part 2

Posted on June 28, 2021 by admin

In the hamsa class I also taught them how to make royzelach (Jewish snowflakes that have a Magen David in the center) for the holiday of Shavuot. Royzelach is the word for roses in Yiddish. According to midrash when we … Continue reading →

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Hamsa class at Beth Israel in Asheville, NC

Posted on June 28, 2021 by admin

While I was in Asheville visiting my sister, I taught a paper-cut hamsa class at Congregation Beth Israel. Here are some of the students’ work. The next two are from students who didn’t want their faces photographed.   Here’s the … Continue reading →

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The other ladder

Posted on June 2, 2021 by admin

Here’s the fairy door and ladder I made, installed on the tree in front of our house.  

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A tale of two ladders

Posted on June 2, 2021 by admin

I seem to have ladders on the brain right now. I’m piecing a ladder into my Lone Robin quilt. Prompt #4 is roads, paths, ladders, and steps. Each space between the  rungs on this ladder is at least 1/4 inch … Continue reading →

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Lone Robin 2021

Posted on May 31, 2021 by admin

I’m running behind in this year’s Lone Robin. However, I worked on it for a few days, and now I’m working on the current  prompt. Julia created the Lone Robin for the SF Quilt Guild. With her permission, I’m running … Continue reading →

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My first quilt

Posted on May 9, 2021 by admin

Here’s a detail of my first quilt: On Thursday, 5/13/21 at the EBHQ Zoom Meet Up meeting, one of the activities will be participants sharing their first quilts. Here is mine. I started this quilt at age 13, when I was inspired … Continue reading →

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