Category Archives: Improvisational piecing

Improv quilt

Posted on September 7, 2016 by admin

I’ve been working on this quilt top for a couple of weeks. It’s an idea for a class I’d like to teach. I’m getting ready to sandwich it and quilt it. Any suggestions for how to quilt it?

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Tree Of Life Hamsa, continued

Posted on August 22, 2016 by admin

I practiced cutting out hamsas with vines/trees in them out of paper until I was satisfied with this one. I fused the green fabric to fusible web before tracing the paper hamsa onto the paper side of the fusible web. I  cut out the … Continue reading →

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Tree Of Life hamsa, in progress

Posted on August 22, 2016 by admin

I’m working on a different hamsa than the one I blogged about on 8/4. That other one is still a work in progress. This new one has a subtle tree in the middle, so I’m calling it a Tree Of … Continue reading →

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Hamsas

Posted on August 4, 2016 by admin

I’m working on some small quilts with hamsas. A hamsa is a stylized hand for protection, from the Middle East. Hamsa is the number five in Arabic. I pieced a lot of orange scraps into a piece of “made fabric” then … Continue reading →

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Library show again

Posted on May 19, 2016 by admin

Here’s a not very good photo of my “quilt” in the central Berkeley Public Library’s quilt show. I say “quilt,” because it’s actually nine of my 12″ x 12″ quilts, fastened together with safety pins. It’s hanging above the reference desk, … Continue reading →

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Berkeley Public Library’s annual quilt show

Posted on May 9, 2016 by admin

I won the lottery (sort of)! The central/main Berkeley Public Library has a quilt show in the second floor’s original lobby, and by the reference desk. Anyone can have a postcard size quilt in the show, but there’s a lottery for … Continue reading →

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Stitch Modern

Posted on April 20, 2016 by admin

I have a quilt in the East Bay Modern Quilters’ show! The show, Stitch Modern, is at the Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Ave, Piedmont, CA, from now until May 8. For more info, go to http://eastbaymodernquilters.com . I took … Continue reading →

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Coasters

Posted on February 15, 2016 by admin

I’ve been working on some coasters for my daughter’s apartment. She wants them to be black and white plus one other color. These four are actually replacements for the ones that were lost when she moved. They are two sided, with “Fast2Fuse” … Continue reading →

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Four color placemats

Posted on January 4, 2016 by admin

My college aged daughter asked for two placemats for her new apartment. She specified that they should be black, white, blue and green. This is how I started. I did not have a plan. I just cut wedge shaped strips, … Continue reading →

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Orange Is the New Purple II

Posted on December 11, 2015 by admin

This is a quilt I made last spring as a wedding present for friends. These are some of their favorite colors. I had to buy a lot of new fabric for this quilt, because, I rarely used orange before making … Continue reading →

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