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Indiana Heritage Quilt Show
Last week I shared some of my favorite mini quilts from the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, and this week I thought I would post photos of a few larger quilts that caught my eye. All of the quilts in the...
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Marsala Mini: Mini Quilt #13
Pantone’s color of the year for 2015 is Marsala, a warm red with brown undertones. Every year, I look forward to finding out the color of the year, and I knew that this year I would explore the color...
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Graffiti Feathers: Mini Quilt #16
For a lot of my recent quilting, I have been creating designs that can be executed with a walking foot. I love the results, but constantly turning my quilt and having to bury threads was getting a bit...
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May Flower: Mini Quilt #21
This mini quilt is one of the most fun I have ever done! May Flower is my first attempt at a quilt which is pieced entirely using bias improvisation. The light teal center of each petal was cut free...
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Tiny Cottage Garden: Mini #25
After finishing my entry into the Modern Quilt Guild Riley Blake Challenge, I had quite a bit of fabric left so I thought that I would create a mini quilt using some of the extra fabric. For this mini...
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The Collection Quilt
This week I finished sewing The Collection Quilt by Carolyn Friedlander. This quilt is created as a “Block of the Month” style quilt embracing the slow sewing movement- most of the design is hand sewn...
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Moroccan Star: A Michael Miller Challenge Quilt
This summer, the Modern Quilt Guild (MQG) announced this year’s Michael Miller fabric challenge, and I couldn’t resist signing up. Those metallic prints are so much fun! I had an idea at that point,...
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Star Crossed Triangles: An EZ Quilting Triangle Challenge Quilt
When the Modern Quilt Guild issued a challenge sponsored by EZ Quilting, I couldn’t wait. I was in the midst of a “triangle phase” so this was perfect timing. I decided that if I was going to take on...
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This and That: March Edition
There has been so much happening in my quilt-y world lately, but not everything needs its own post, so I’m combining a bunch of cool stuff into a single post! Quilt Shows I had a wonderful time at...
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Sand Dollar Star: Paintbrush Studio New Block Blog Hop
Today I am thrilled to share with you my creation for the Paintbrush Studio New Block Blog Hop. The Ocean Sunrise palette of fabric inspired me to create a block loosely based on the five pointed...
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Crystalized Citrus: A Hoffman Challenge Quilt
Crystalized Citrus is my first Hoffman Challenge quilt, and I am thrilled with the result! I was cutting it really close time wise, so it was quite a relief when they extended the deadline by a week-...
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Hills and Valleys: 2016 Riley Blake Challenge Quilt
This year’s Modern Quilt Guild / Riley Blake fabric challenge was one of the best challenges I have ever participated in, and I am very excited about the resulting quilt! The print that was selected...
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Columbus Skyline for the Row by Row Experience
This year Dabble and Stitch, a fantastic local quilt shop in Columbus, Ohio asked me to design their row for the Row by Row Experience. It was their first time participating in this event, and it was...
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Columbus Skyline: A Blogger’s Quilt Festival Entry
Every year The Blogger’s Quilt Festival hosted by Amy’s Creative Side brings tremendous inspiration to us all- I love seeing so much lovely work collected in one place! I am thrilled to submit...
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Crystalized Citrus: A Blogger’s Quilt Festival Entry
Crystalized Citrus is my second entry into The Blogger’s Quilt Festival hosted by Amy’s Creative Side. I hope you will all set aside some time this week to look at all of the amazing inspiration...
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The Collection Quilt (Round 2!)
Last year, I was thrilled to teach Carolyn Friedlander‘s Collection Quilt through a local quilt shop, Sew to Speak. The first version I made as a class sample is similar to the overall aesthetic that...
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9 Patch Circles
I love using colorful thread. There is a good chance that you have gathered that if you have seen much of my work. I also have a tendency to use it the most in matchstick quilting. In the last few...
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Scatter
The same afternoon that I made the 9 Patch Circle Quilt, I also created Scatter. I wanted to explore the visual effect of all-over organic placement of the circles compared to the more regimented...
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National Backwards Day!
Today, January 31 is National Backwards Day! I decided to celebrate by taking a closer look at the back of some quilts and quilt tops. The backs of quilt tops hardly ever get the glory that they...
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Resonance: A 100 Day Quilt Project
My 100 Day Quilt project was a success, and I want to thank everyone who followed the progress on Instagram! Resonance is the ultimate result. It was named in reference to the quilting stitches which...
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