Monthly Archives: December 2012

Free Motion Quilting Designs…

It is time to decide how to free motion quilt all this negative space.  That is the reason I designed this quilt with lots of solids and large pieces.  I want to start by picking one FMQ design for the … Continue reading

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Quilt applique, and lousy photographs…

Have you ever been so involved in the stitching that you’ve lost track of the equipment?  On my forth ‘snowflake’ style appliqué I apparently was so mesmerized from guiding the appliqué under the needle that I had no idea I … Continue reading

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Cutting table

A funny thing happened on the way to the farm.  Well, actually, after we picked up our monthly winter share box from our CSA.  We were headed to Alfredo’s to buy some fresh lasagna pasta sheets, when we found ourselves in … Continue reading

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On my design wall (floor)

Here is the quilt top, mentioned in my last blog entry, in pieces on my design floor.  I’m not in the mood for symmetry, but I want balance…so I am not sure where to place  my snowflake appliqués.   This is … Continue reading

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Snowflakes

I have been experimenting with appliqué for a quilt I’m working on.  My experiment is part paper snowflakes and part Hawaiian quilt.  I started with paper, made my diagram and cut. . I moved on to the ugliest fabric that … Continue reading

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Quilts are Everywhere

So I thought I would not have any quilt related activity this weekend because we went to Stockbridge, MA for a Christmas Concert.  However, low and behold a log cabin quilt was draped across the bed in our room at … Continue reading

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