Lectures and progress

21 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by

For my friends in Michigan I will be speaking at the Capital City Quilt Guild ( http://www.capitolcityquiltguild.org/index.php ) in Lansing MI on June 20th at 7pm ,  And at the Evening Star Quilt Guild (http://eveningstarquilters.blogspot.com/ )In Davidson MI on July 31 At 6:30.  Check the links for details   Here is the description

“Tim is a hand quilter and floral designer from Lansing who specializes in adopting older quilt tops that need “loving attention,” performs whatever remedy is needed, and hand quilts to perfection! “

I hope to see some of you there!



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Category: hand quilting, quilt lecture, quilts, trapunto, Trunk Show, whole cloth quilt

Pieced Hexagons

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I can’t believe it’s been seven years since the first Inklingo collection came out! It seems like yesterday. In celebration of Inklingo’s anniversary, Linda Franz has posted a fabulous video of 300 pieced hexagons made using various Inklingo collections.

I’ve watched the video a few times and have picked out some pieced hexagons that I know I’m going to make, probably starting this week. On Wednesdays over the next few weeks, there are going to be tutorials on the All About Inklingo blog on designing and sewing pieced hexagons.

As



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Category: hexagon quilts, Inklingo, printing on fabric, quilts

Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Spring 2013

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Amy at Amy’s Creative Side is hosting the Blogger’s Quilt Festival again. There are lots of categories and many, many quilts to be seen. Another great quilt festival that can be seen from the comfort of your own home! No having to drive long distances, so it’s a wonderfully green way to see many beautiful quilts from all over!

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Regular readers will recognize my entry from a recent post – Candy Stars. I’ve entered it in the doll and mini quilts



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Category: bloggers quilt festival, Cats, Fiber Art, hand piecing, Inklingo, LeMoyne Stars, machine quilting, miniature quilt, miniature quilts, octagons, printing on fabric, quilt, quilts

LOOSE CHANGE – fun new technique !!!

20 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by

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LOOSE CHANGE — NEW TECHNIQUE FOR PRE-CUTS– LAYER CAKES AND CHARM PACKS by KANSAS TROUBLES QUILTERS, AUTHOR : LYNN HAGMEIER. Of course, I did not follow the pattern exactly. I have a lot of make do patches to use so I am modifying the patterns accordingly. The book has about 5 quilt patterns I really like. I think this will be a great method to make donation quilts because it is really quick and easy.



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Category: KANSAS TROUBLE QUILTERS, LOOSE CHANGE, Nonnie's Quilting Dreams, quilts, scrappy quilts

Sunday Updates

19 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by

I finished up the quilting on the center of the Whole cloth quilt.  Here it is before

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and here it is after filling in the last bits around the edges of the wreath

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I will go back and add the trapunto to this once I finish all the quilting

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Saturday was MSU plant sale day and even thought I was working the sale I had to buy some things,



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Category: garden, hand quilting, quilts, spring garden flowers

Blast From The Past

18 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by

I recently purchased a quilt made entirely out of polyester double knit fabric.   Before you become totally horrified at the thought of that let me explain why.

I believe that these quilts are an important part of quilting history .  Quilting was for a long time assumed to be dying out of popularity.

We tend to think of America’s 200th birthday in 1976 as the beginning of the latest quilt revival.  Jonathan Holstein and Gail van der Hoof began collecting quilts at the end of the 1960s. In 1971 they were able to display the most fascinating of their quilts at the



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Category: polyester double knit quilt, quilt history, quilting, quilts

Le Jardin Quilt.

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This is a photo of me looking out the window of my office through the clematis that's happily enjoying the sunshine.You can just see me if you look through the hole in the clematis to where the window is. See- I'm waving! Behind the venetian blinds. Sadly the garden doesn't look like that at the moment- the clematis has gone into hiding for the winter. But luckily there's the Girls Own Stitching Club with it's embroidered flower samplers to keep the spring memories happening. I've been madly sewing the first sampler we did into a block and written the instructions,...



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Category: Brolly, garden, Girls Own Stitchery Club, le jardin, quilt blocks, quilts, red, Red Brolly, sewing

Orange and Blue Quilt is Finished and entered in the Bloggers Quilt Festival!

18 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
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Time for the Blogger's Quilt Festival!



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Category: bloggers quilt festival, Kristy Armstrong Designs, quilts

Specialty Mug Rug

17 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by

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Remember this little 7 Sisters quilt that’s the size of a 2.5″ hexagon that I made with .50″ 60-degree diamonds?

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Well, it has turned into a specialty mug rug. A mug rug for Timbits. Timbits are from the Tim Hortons coffee/doughnut chain here in Canada. They’re basically doughnut holes that are pretty much irresistible and come in a variety of flavours. A friend didn’t believe that a Timbit could fit on each one of the tiny stars in the



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Category: 60-degree diamonds, Cats, craft, hand piecing, Inklingo, mug rug, quilt, quilts, Seven Sisters block

Rings Quilt Finished

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I started this quilt last summer and got back to it this year.  I finished the top on April 22 (see that post here)

I started quilting it on May 5 (see that post here) and I did a short video of the quilting (see that here)

I use about 400 yards of thread on this quilt,   and the quilting took about 10 days (between a few other projects).

I decided to piece the binding with black and white fabric to match the inner border.    The fabric was sewed together in strips



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Category: hand quilting, quilting, quilts, single wedding ring quilt
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