nifty quilts

nif-ty; adjective (ti-er, ti-est) informal, fashionable, stylish: a nifty quilt!

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Halfway There

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I've made 53 blocks out of the 100 I'll need for my queen-size Flowering Snowball quilt!   The more I make, the more I enjoy ...
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Monday, July 7, 2014

Quick Baby Quilt

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A neighbor family had a new baby recently.   It was a great opportunity to use a bag of gifted 2.5" squares, And this ...
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Learning from a Japanese Master

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Sachiko Yoshida, a master Japanese quilt-maker, and several of her students  from Japan were at the LaConner Quilt Museum this week!   ...
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Cutting and a Cool Trick

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These are some scraps from cutting the Flowering Snowball blocks. The remainders were tulip and leaf shapes. When I got tired of c...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

Flowering Snowball

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I intended to spend the rest of the year quilting flimsies and finishing other projects.   Then Mary posted this Flowering Snowb...
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Sunday, June 8, 2014

Exciting New Book!

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I can hardly wait for this book  to be released on September 9! Unconventional and Unexpected--American Quilts Below the Radar  ...
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Monday, June 2, 2014

Freddy Moran Collage!

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Back in April, I got to take another workshop with Freddy Moran in Mt Vernon, Washington. Freddy, showing one of her latest work...
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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Dancing with Fans

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"Dancing Fans"  76" x 61" I had fun playing with the many design possibilities of the fan blocks.   It took awh...
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Monday, March 24, 2014

Tennessee Lightnin' Strikes Again

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Tennessee Lightnin',  54" x 70",  is now quilted! It started back here , with some old shirts bought with friends on a...
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I've been making quilts since 2005, and am a big fan of Gwen Marston, Anna Williams, Denyse Schmidt, the Gee's Bend gals and old string quilts--the quirkier, the better. I love new fabrics, but my favorite source is the men's shirt rack at the local thrift shop.
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