Category Archives: Improvisational piecing

You’re invited to my opening! 12/4/16

Posted on November 27, 2016 by admin

You’re invited to the opening of our show! I have eight small quilts hanging in it. Come say hi to me and 27 other alumnae of the “12 x 12 challenge.” The opening is 12/4/16 from 1-4 PM, 5327 Jacuzzi St. Richmond, … Continue reading →

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UFO continued

Posted on November 20, 2016 by admin

I made a little bit of progress this evening. It’s interesting that this UFO started out round and then I cut it up. And now that I’ve got most of the pieces sewn together, it’s back to being round again. … Continue reading →

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Cutting up an old UFO

Posted on November 18, 2016 by admin

I  was having a hard time getting started on a project, so I decided to make some fabric postcards for EBHQ out of an old UFO. (A UFO is an unfinished fabric object). These two postcards looked really interesting, so … Continue reading →

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Tree of life hamsa finished!

Posted on October 31, 2016 by admin

Last night I finally did the beading on this hamsa. It is now finished, and ready for a show at Bay Quilts in December. I’ll say more about the show when I have more details, but the opening is December … Continue reading →

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Alternate plans

Posted on October 31, 2016 by admin

Unfortunately the two classes I was supposed to take with Jacquie Gering were canceled. Instead, I worked on a new 12 x 12 for next week’s meeting. I haven’t decided which way is up for this quilt. Maybe this way, … Continue reading →

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Auditioning background fabrics

Posted on October 16, 2016 by admin

I’m taking 2 classes from Jacquie Gering http://www.tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/  in a couple of weeks, through EBHQ . I’m auditioning background fabrics for both classes. The first class is called Precision Lines. I know I want to insert orange strips as the lines, on … Continue reading →

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Matching fabric

Posted on October 5, 2016 by admin

I didn’t have enough of this light blue fabric, so I went shopping. There was only one fabric in the whole store that worked. The fabric on the left is the one I was trying to match. The one on … Continue reading →

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Wonky/traditional stars

Posted on September 28, 2016 by admin

I decided to go with a white on white background fabric for these stars, rather than the lavender in the previous post. However, I didn’t enjoy the process of making this quilt as much as the previous quilt.  I love … Continue reading →

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A slow beginning

Posted on September 20, 2016 by admin

I’m working on another version of the previous quilt. For the medallion format, I need 8 of these 4 pointed stars, which will surround an 8 pointed one. I’ve made two different color versions of the 4 pointed star, and … Continue reading →

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Improv star finished

Posted on September 19, 2016 by admin

Improv star is now quilted. Thanks for everyone’s advice on how to quilt it. I used the walking foot to quilt parallel lines, in various improvisational directions. I didn’t mark any lines on the quilt, but used the width of … Continue reading →

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