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Dallas Quilt Celebration
Last weekend was the Dallas Quilt Celebration, sponsored by the Quilt Guild of Dallas. There were more than 350 entries, as well as several exhibits. As a general impression, I would say the show was...
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additional quilts from Dallas quilt celebration
This is a very nice pictorial quilt that did not win a ribbon, but I liked it very much. "Headwaters" by Gay Young, based on a photo of the headwaters of the Rio Grande near Creede, Colorado.
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More Dallas quilt guild photos
This quilt is "My Crazy Heritage" by Sally Brown of Colleyville, TX. This quilt won a special ribbon for its handwork. It is composed of antique handkerchiefs from the women in the quilter's family,...
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Patriotic Star quilt
This patriotic start quilt was designed by Shelly at Quilter's Connection, our local quilt shop in Northeast Dallas. She had a civil war and contemporary red white and blue color way, and I chose the...
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recent work
This is a large disappearing 9-patch I-spy that I made as a donation quilt for our Guild's Covers for Kids project. Since this photo I have added a greyish-black tot border. I still need to find the...
View ArticleWhere do my quilts go?
Well, since I've started quilting around 2009 or so, I've completed 15 quilts (using a long-armer most of the time for the quilting). Of those 15, I've given 9 of them to family or friends or to a...
View ArticleGardening observations - flowers in the sidewalk cracks?
This weekend I put in about 3 hours planting caladiums and annuals in our front flowerbed. I had my IPhone tuned to Pandora in my shirt pocket, and my mix is a lot of piano jazz, so it was a lovely...
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Eclipses into the sunshine
allAt a quilt retreat 2 weeks ago I got the assistance of my friendship group to assemble this on the design wall of the retreat center. These are now sewed together in 4 block squares, and ready to...
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Millions of cats - work in process
I started this little project back in 2009 and then laid it aside. It is a tessellation exercise, really very simple blocks, but the trick is in the arranging. Originally I was going to phase it from...
View Articleso many books, so little time!
Besides quilting, reading and collecting books are big hobbies for me. In addition to a couple of the half dozen books I got for Christmas and still haven't read (A Discovery of Witches, Building...
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One more House
This will make three houses for me. this house is the home of a quilt lady who has just won a ribbon, and she is a Beatles fan, with the Ringo poster visible through her window!
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end of summer
It's been a busy summer, with a lot of business travel, so not a lot of time for quilting, but I finished a couple of quilts that started last year. The quilt above is from a block of the month from...
View ArticleThoughts on the Beatles and the Psalms
My church had an evening of the arts last week and invited people to share creative works that somehow related to the Psalms, which we have been studying and using in worship during the last 3 months....
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2014 Quilting goals
Sophie challenged us on the Block Lotto to set some quilting goals for 2014, so here goes:1. Complete the Rowalong quilt, which I have entitled "Four Seasons Sampler." It is based on Lori Holt's...
View ArticleMy best books of 2013
This is a very arbitrary list, as what I read includes books I've acquired over the years, as well as new releases, and classics I've revisited. I read 50 books in 2013, including 19 audiobooks. My...
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Four Seasons Sampler
At our Guild's quilt retreat this weekend, I finally got this project completed and took it to the long-arm quilter today. This is based on Lori Holt's book, "Quilty Fun," but the birds are designs...
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mod mod quilt along
Here are my tentative fabrics for the quilt along. My son and daughter in law like fairly neutral fabrics. I may need an accent color; if so I thinking something in gold. The darkest colors are deep...
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New addiction - free motion quilting
This is the mini quilt I'll be donating to our Guild's fund-raising auction for the Children's Craniofacial Foundation. I'm calling it "Love Birds." It's my first effort at free motion quilting, and...
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My star block for the Star Block Challenge
This is my block for the Star Block Challenge. I used the Split Star Block, with some K fassett fabric in the background to represent the universe teeming with unknown special objects. I'll be...
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Rhubarb pie quilt
I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would upload quilts I have finished in the past year. This is a pattern from Keepsake quilting called Rhubarb pie. I participate in the 2.5" square swap...
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