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About quiltify

Crazy about functional art: quilting; travel, family, and New England.

FMQ Circles on angry prints

Posted on February 23, 2013 by quiltify

Here is the quilt top before the FMQ circles were added.  As you know I was deliberating over the design to use on this print.  It turns out I am not crazy about this fabric as it strikes me as … Continue reading →

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Birthdays, quilts and memories…

Posted on February 15, 2013 by quiltify

I made a comment to B that it is my birthday today. B tilted his head, smirked his ‘What’s Jannie thinking now’ smirk, and said, ‘It’s C’s birthday’. However, in my crazy mind, it is as much my birthday as … Continue reading →

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Leaves and berries…

Posted on February 5, 2013 by quiltify

I have now added the leaves and berries…I really like them.  I put them in the orange and blue columns. I’m not sure what to use on the multi-colored geometric fabric.  Any ideas?  Still working on my photography so two … Continue reading →

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Swirls and Circles, FMQ

Posted on February 3, 2013 by quiltify

I’ve been practicing swirls and circles.  This is on the white negative space of the quilt shown in my December 31st post.  I think I was fairly successful for my first quilting attempt with this design.  I need to concentrate … Continue reading →

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Cutting Table and streamlining…

Posted on January 29, 2013 by quiltify

My cutting table has arrived.  I love it.  It does exactly what I thought it would do and more.  Already I have managed to properly square a quilt top as well as join backing, batting and quilt top on the … Continue reading →

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Functional Art

Posted on January 19, 2013 by quiltify

I ran across this quote today: “Democratic nations…will therefore cultivate the arts that serve to render life easy in preference to those whose object it is to adorn it.  They will habitually prefer the useful to the beautiful, and they … Continue reading →

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Another quilt photo

Posted on January 12, 2013 by quiltify

Here is my photoshopped picture from the raw photograph that was the base for the photograph in my prior post. Is there a difference?  Once a decent photograph has been shot, is the extra editing worth it for use on … Continue reading →

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Bob’s Quilt

Posted on January 11, 2013 by quiltify

This is Bob’s quilt, one of my early quilts.  This photograph is actually underexposed per my meter, but I prefer it.  The colors are deeper, slightly darker, as they appear in person than the other photographs.  This was taken with … Continue reading →

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Amerikakoffert or killing 3 birds with one stone

Posted on January 6, 2013 by quiltify

This is our family’s Swedish Chest. Note the remains of the shipping labels.  It came to the US with Farmar (father’s mother). This blog is killing three birds with one stone because I am taking a photography class so I … Continue reading →

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Free Motion Quilting Designs…

Posted on December 31, 2012 by quiltify

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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