Category Archives: EBHQ

4th Chunk of the Month!

Posted on June 20, 2022 by admin

I have now finished the 4th Chunk of the Month. Here are all four of this month’s chunks. I played around with chunks #3 and #4, not sewing them together, but just exploring the possibilities. I really like this combination!

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Chunk of the Month #3

Posted on May 14, 2022 by admin

This is the third Chunk of the month. I made four of these blocks. In Julia’s example, all of the light fabric was the same white.

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Voices in Cloth quilt show is next weekend!!

Posted on March 21, 2022 by admin

Here’s the quilt I just finished quilting and delivered with my other quilts for the Voices in cloth quilt show! The East Bay Heritage Quilters’ show- Voices in Cloth is March 26 & 27. You can find all … Continue reading →

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Amazing Abstracts with Julia Graves

Posted on March 3, 2022 by admin

I just spent two days in Julia Graves Amazing Abstracts EBHQ workshop. It’s foundation piecing on a muslin foundation. The whole quilt design is mapped out in advance with little snippets of fabric on double stick tape, on an index card … Continue reading →

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Violet!

Posted on November 22, 2021 by admin

EBHQ has a new color challenge each month. Last month it was orange when I was coincidentally working on an all orange quilt! This month it’s violet. Here are two small quilts I made a few years ago, with violet. … Continue reading →

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Lone Robin top finished!

Posted on October 7, 2021 by admin

This is my Lone Robin quilt top finished, with all 6 elements completed. I added the three turquoise squares on the top by machine applique, since the top was already sewn together when I decided to add them. This is … Continue reading →

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Lone Robin element #6 continued

Posted on September 29, 2021 by admin

Here I am auditioning two different squares, between the orange “mountains.” I didn’t like either version. Either way it looks like eyes and a frowning frog mouth. I decided to do more orange in a “V.” Above I’m auditioning a … Continue reading →

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Lone Robin element #6 (finally)!

Posted on September 26, 2021 by admin

I’m working on element # 6 of the Lone Robin, quilter’s choice, which means I can do anything I want! I took some of the leftover strips from element #3 and cut them up on an angle. Now I’m … Continue reading →

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dye experiments!

Posted on September 23, 2021 by admin

These are my dye experiments from two EBHQ workshops with Malka Dubrawsky from almost a month ago. I’ve been so busy with holidays that I never shared them. It was really exciting to work with soy wax resist for the … 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 →