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Some Swanky Quilting

27. February 2009

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Some Swanky Quilting

Here’s a little more “stream of consciousness” quilting on the Swanky quilt: I drew a loopy little quilt design to coordinate with the border stencil I chose, and then only used part of it! [...]

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Let’s Talk Machine Quilting (and a Giveaway!)

16. September 2008

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I treated myself today, and spent a little while machine quilting on a small quilt. Many of my projects these days are small-ish, and I’m really enjoying the machine quilting breaks that come along every few days. (If you’ve been following along, you’ll probably be able to figure out why most of my [...]

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All Night Parties and the Eternal Quest for Visibility

15. October 2007

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I was out half the night partying on Saturday and let me tell you, the body paid for it the next day. Talk about suffering! I had a headache, and my back was killing me, along with my forearms. This is what happens when you overdo as we all know, and no, [...]

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Eye on the Machine: A UFO Birthday Party

22. November 2006

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This is the view from my sewing chair today (or it will be as soon as I can get my computer work done!): I’ve decided to try to just keep quilting on this quilt until it’s finally done, and maybe have it done in time for it’s 11th birthday, sometime in January! Yes, it’s a [...]

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Eye on the Machine: On the Edge

11. September 2006

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Here’s the view from my sewing chair today: This quilt has been an interesting exercise in following the line, but not quilting on the line. Let me explain. See, I’m quilting right on the edge of all the appliqué pieces, so that means following the edge of the piece, but not quilting on the [...]

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Eye on the Machine—Quilt of Many Colors

23. August 2006

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Here’s the view today: I was looking forward to using many different colors of thread on this quilt, since I wanted to match or coordinate with the appliqué pieces for the quilting. I have been collecting threads for a while (variegated threads are just as hard to resist as fat quarter bundles for me!) and [...]

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