Archive for October, 2009

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The Amazing Mr. Flynn

I returned from the International Quilt Festival in Houston with more than just a little fabric. I purchased one of John Flynn’s Multi-Frames. Toting it home in its unassuming packaging, it might be hard for folks to appreciate how cool this thing is, but it was what I was most…

In: The Fabric, The Notions, The Books
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5th Anniversary

Week 8: 10/19/09 – Last week, my husband and I celebrated our 5th anniversary.  This quilt started out with an idea of assembling lots of  “5′s” together.  I attempted my first reverse applique and cut out the first of what I thought would be many 5′s to fuse down.  Then…

In: Journal Quilt Project
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Trying a Triple Four Patch

Week 7: 10/12/09 – Well, I got a little behind on my journal quilts but with good reason.  This triple four patch was inspired by a scrap version on display at the International Quilt Festival in Houston October 15-18.  Mom and I finally decided to go and the timing could…

In: Journal Quilt Project
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Finding a Floral Muse

Week 6: 10/5/09 –   A decidedly girly little quilt inspired by one of my current projects.   I recently had the good fortune of acquiring a very large bag full of high quality designer cottons for free from an art quilter cleaning out her stash.  There wasn’t an unattractive print…

In: Journal Quilt Project
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Using My Sketchbook

I’ve read many articles by many quilt artists about maintaining a sketchbook.  A lot of them say everyone should keep a sketchbook going,  just to have a place to put all those clippings and random thoughts, creative or not. Going through some old files I came across some magazine clippings…

In: Ideas in Full Fruit