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AQS Show Des Moines–The Loot

Saturday, October 18, 2008

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 [...]

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

Tuesday, September 16, 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 [...]

Gaudynski Workshop, Days Two and Three - Newsworthy Quilting

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

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We worked on more freehand feathers in the morning on day two of the workshop, and I discovered that it wasn’t just me having trouble with the feathers on the inside curves looking deformed, it was a common problem. I can make great feathers on the outside curve of a spine, but the inside [...]

Quilting workshop success stories

Sunday, March 11, 2007

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Day one of the Gaudynski workshop started out quietly, since we mostly just talked our way through to lunch. Diane has so much quilting knowledge in her head, and she started the workshop with a bit of lecture, and introductions. Every time a student would introduce herself, Diane would talk about something the [...]

Visiting, quilting, shopping

Saturday, March 10, 2007

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Okay, I’m sure you all thought I fell off the planet, but I really am here, life (and quilting) just got in my way for a bit. I spent ten days in the States last week and the one before for a machine quilting workshop with Diane Gaudynski at the Museum of the American [...]

Eye on the Machine—Quilt of Many Colors

Wednesday, August 23, 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 [...]