Tag Archive | "appliqué"

Accessories Mini Quilt with Silken Stitches

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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Accessories Mini Quilt with Silken Stitches

Time for another show and tell! I’ve actually had this finished for a while now, I just didn’t get the pictures taken right away. I made this quilt as an example of what can be done with the postcard size accessory appliqué patterns for the Silken Stitches workshop. I love the way the quilt turned [...]

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Studio News: YLI #100 Silk Thread Collection

Saturday, August 22, 2009

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Studio News: YLI #100 Silk Thread Collection

Mmmmm….YLI #100 Silk Thread, the finest silk thread on the market. Have you used silk thread in your quilting or fabric art? It’s just incredible stuff, with an unsurpassed sheen all its own. I started using YLI silk thread years ago, at about the same time Diane Gaudynski and YLI teamed up to offer this [...]

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My First Quilt (for the Parade of Quilts)

Monday, July 6, 2009

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My First Quilt (for the Parade of Quilts)

Over at Simplify, Camille is hosting a Parade of Quilts (and lots of parenthesis) along with Carrie@La Vie en Rosie (who I’ll honestly admit I don’t know, but obviously I’ve been missing out because her blog looks wonderful and I’ll have to go get lost over there for a while after I’m finished here). [...]

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Shall We Meet in Des Moines for the AQS Quilt Expo?

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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Are you planning to attend the AQS Quilt Expo in Des Moines, Iowa this year in October? I am, and I’ll be teaching my newest techniques and projects there October 28-31! Check out the workshop descriptions here on the Workshops page, and then head over to the AQS site to download the Registration Guide for [...]

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Bloggers Quilt Festival–My Favorite Quilt

Friday, April 17, 2009

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Bloggers Quilt Festival–My Favorite Quilt

2005 59″ x 59″ I’ve decided that Paisley Pavane is my favorite quilt, if I’m just thinking about the design. I made this quilt for the New Quilts from an Old Favorite contest a [...]

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AQS Show Des Moines–The Loot

Saturday, October 18, 2008

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I gathered the loot from the AQS Show back up so I could share! Here’s the first batch: Looking at it all now, I’m sure it’s not terribly exciting to anyone but me, but I’ll tell you what it all is anyway. From the top center, sort of counterclockwise, we have: Something [...]

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