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Blending Old and New …
I have a dilemna. Here it is: Emmie made this quilt over twenty years ago, sewing the dresden plates by hand. Amazing. She hates it. At the time, a friend offered to quilt it for her to see if she’d … Continue reading
Posted in quilted projects, Uncategorized
Tagged applique, quilt, quilt repair, quilting, sewing, vintage
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Choosing the best quilting…
To refresh your memory, this is the final quilt top from Lily’s bandanas, which were apparently her favorite accessory, next to her people, of course. Lily, was a lovely golden retriever who resided with her family on the coast of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged custom quilting, edge to edge, pantograph, quilting, quilting decisions
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Finished product
The charity quilts are finished. I quilted already pieced tops as discussed in my last blog. Here are the finished quilts. I need to practice machine binding, but I’m happy with the quilting. Again, I used the Double Dutch pantograph … Continue reading
Machine Quilters Exposition, Manchester, NH
I spent Thursday and Friday at MQX in Manchester. What beautiful quilts and quilting were on display! I had originally registered, months ago, with the intent of choosing a longarm quilting machine. However, as I, quite surprisingly, made the purchase … Continue reading
Changes…
The plague has been at our house the last few weeks, so I have not had the energy to turn Millie on and practice…or do much of anything for that matter. (Would anyone like to come clean my house?) I … Continue reading
Posted in Longarm quilting, Uncategorized
Tagged changes, longarm, pantographs, quilting, retirement
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Functional Art
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
Another quilt photo
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged blog photographs, photographing quilts, quilt photography, quilts
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Bob’s Quilt
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
Amerikakoffert or killing 3 birds with one stone
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Ameridakoffert, antique quilt, genealogy, Swedish adventure, Swedish Emmigration
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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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