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Quilting with Patches and Shadow: Nowhere to sit

19. March 2006

You know, awhile back I bought a nice new office chair to replace the chair that was falling apart and bad for my back. So now I have two office chairs in my sewing room, one for the machine and one for the computer and I still have nowhere to sit, thanks to the [...]

Off the Bookshelf—Quilt Savvy, Gaudynski’s Machine Quilting Guidebook, by Diane Gaudynski

18. March 2006

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Quilt Savvy: Gaudynski’s Machine Quilting Guidebook,by Diane Gaudynski I just got this book from Amazon yesterday, and I read it cover to cover last night. What a great addition to my machine quilting library! This eagerly awaited â€œsequelâ€ to her first book, Guide to Machine Quilting, is in a special new smaller [...]

Why the torture, you ask?

16. March 2006

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After yesterday’s post about stippling, you may be wondering why I do this to myself. Here’s why: on the left, the quilt section before stippling, and on the right, after stippling (click on the picture to see it bigger). Sometimes we do things that are crazy, but the results speak for themselves. Enough [...]

Eye on the Machine—Stippling, Day One

15. March 2006

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Here’s the view from my quilting chair: I’ve just started down the long road to stipple the background of a king-size quilt. I’m hoping to get the stippling done in about 12 days and I’ll probably go through about 3,000 meters of thread.

Off the Bookshelf—Quilting Makes the Quilt, by Lee Cleeland

14. March 2006

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Quilting Makes the Quilt,by Lee Cleland Need help with quilting patterns? Get this book, now! In this amazing book, Lee Cleeland presents much food for thought with regard to how the quilting can affect the overall look of a quilt. She’s made a total of 12 quilts, 5 times each! In [...]

Inspiration: Dreams

13. March 2006

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Where do great designs come from? Sometimes they come in dreams! Really, no kidding. I was working on my entry for the New Quilts from an Old Favorite contest last fall, and I woke up one morning after dreaming that I was working on a completely different quilt! You know how [...]