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Lone Robin with the 4th element

Posted on September 16, 2020 by admin

The 4th element to be added to the Lone Robin is squares. The squares can be regular squares or wonky squares. I’m adding a lot of squares to the bottom. I haven’t sewn the squares to the rest of the … Continue reading →

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Fast baby quilt

Posted on September 13, 2020 by admin

This is the baby quilt I’m almost finished with. I’ve already put the binding on. All it needs is the label, which will be heart shaped. It’s a two sided quilt and I don’t want the label to detract from … Continue reading →

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Second EBHQ workshop with Latifah!

Posted on September 2, 2020 by admin

Since I’m the co-chair of Workshops for EBHQ (East Bay Heritage Quilters), I get to take the workshops for free in exchange for my work. In the before times that meant setting up tables, buying the teacher’s lunch, making coffee, … Continue reading →

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I took a Zoom workshop with Latifah Saafir!

Posted on August 30, 2020 by admin

Today EBHQ had its first Zoom workshop since Shelter In Place. Latifah Saafir was the teacher. This is her paper pieced Molehills pattern. Since I never make want to make someone else’s pattern or make a quilt that looks like … Continue reading →

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Continuing to add to my hamsa quilt

Posted on August 22, 2020 by admin

I had so much fun with the string blocks on the Lone Robin that I decided to add larger ones to this quilt. My question is what 4″ block to put in the corners? I was thinking of a liberated … Continue reading →

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Lone Robin with the third element

Posted on August 20, 2020 by admin

Here’s my Lone Robin with the third prompt, stripes or strips. I used a foundation piecing technique that uses newspaper as the tear away foundation. The first strip was 1.25.” The rest of the strips are either 1″ or 3/4″ … Continue reading →

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It’s exactly 100 years since women won the right to vote!

Posted on August 20, 2020 by admin

Here’s my quilt for the online show 100 Years of Women’s Progress. Follow this link to see the whole show: https://www.centuryofwomensprogress.com/claire-sherman Here’s what I wrote about this quilt: Still No ERA I remember when the first issue of Ms. Magazine hit … Continue reading →

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Lone Robin, round #2

Posted on August 1, 2020 by admin

Here is my Lone Robin with the second element: flying geese blocks. I chose to put them only along the top. There are now 100 quilters signed up for the Lone Robin with EBHQ, and possibly an equal number at … Continue reading →

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More postcard swap

Posted on July 27, 2020 by admin

  Here is the postcard I made and sent to Fredda. I used some of the fancy stitches I rarely use on my machine. Above is the lovely postcard that Fredda mailed to me! She put a lot of hand … Continue reading →

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Postcard swap!

Posted on July 3, 2020 by admin

In the EBHQ Meet Up group next Thursday, we are going to have a postcard swap. People will be grouped into pairs and send each other postcards through the mail. Here are some postcards I’ve made over the years.

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