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Cleaning up the design table…
I think most of us have done it – we start to clear or clean in one place and while putting something away we get side tracked. I was clearing off my design table yesterday having finally finished my mini flower art quilt tutorial project and there were lots of little scraps. Usually I would… Continue reading Cleaning up the design table…
Mini Flower Art Quilt Tutorial
I’m happy to announce my new YouTube video tutorial. It shows how easy and quick it is to make a little art quilt but mostly I hope it encourages others to make and donate a quilt or quilts to the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative for the Priority:Alzheimer’s Quilt project. If you aren’t into making little… Continue reading Mini Flower Art Quilt Tutorial
The AAQI April Auction raised over…
The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative Auctions run for just ten days each month and this month it raised over $2,400. Thanks to all the great volunteers who work tirelessly for this organization and cause – you are the best! And thanks to the quilt makers and buyers as well. My family has been touched too… Continue reading The AAQI April Auction raised over…
Something lost and something found
I was looking for a piece of my hand painted fabric the other day and came across these flower patchworks I created for a class I taught ages ago. I’ll have to figure out a way to finished them – maybe combine them or make each into a miniature art quilt. Never did find the… Continue reading Something lost and something found
Quilting has come a long way
I think back to when I began quilting over twenty years ago and how it was pretty much a needle, thread, thimble, a hoop of sandwiched fabrics and me. More recently there has been this fantastic cross over between artist genres; fiber, painting, photography, paper, etc. It seems there is no limit to what today’s… Continue reading Quilting has come a long way