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So long, farewell…

February 24, 2012 3 Comments
So long, farewell...

I'm off to a retreat with an awesome group of UBER talented ladies from the Front Range Modern Quilt Guild!  You think packing for a regular vacation is hard?  Trying choosing what to bring for a quilting retreat, and having this wonderful little rainbow to pick from: Yeah, I know.  Way too hard to decide.  So I'm basically bringing everything (in true female fashion).  There's a lot I'd like to accomplish this weekend, so I'm hoping to be held accountable through posting about it.  The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fabric, Quilt Guild

When Quilting is Plain FUN

February 16, 2012 6 Comments
When quilting is just plain fun.

This, my friends, is the Octagonal Orb quilt block. I'm in an online quilting bee (for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, you can find out what a bee is here), and February is my month, so I chose this block for my quilt.  Seven people in the Quilts for Cancer bee have made their Octagonal Orb blocks for me so far, and they are looking really great together.  This one happens to be mine. I decided as I was assembling this block that it is my favorite of any I've made.  This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bee Blocks

Circles! Or balloons. Bubbles? No… MARBLES!

February 11, 2012 9 Comments
Circles! Or balloons. Bubbles? No... MARBLES!

I am happy to report my first finished quilt of 2012. I don’t really have a cool name for it, I just sort of call it The Marbles Quilt. (“Oooooh, aaaaah.”) Most of these fabrics are from Amy Butler’s oh-so glamorous Lark collection, with a couple other basics thrown in there. The background fabric is Kona Ash. The idea for this quilt arose from my desire to do something with circles. With the help of my circle cutter (holy COW this thing is awesome—it’s like a compass you used … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Finished Quilts

Oh, hi.

February 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
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What does one normally write for a first blog entry? A statement of purpose? An overview of what to expect? A deep and personal life story that ultimately leads to the reason for starting the blog? I’ll start with a simple hello. I can’t give you a proper overview of what to expect from the blog, because I myself don’t know what it will become. I can tell you that, in general, this will be a crafty blog, and that the craft I will most often be posting about is modern patchwork quilting. … [Read more...]

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