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scrap vomit quilt, in progress! 26 Jul 2013 | 01:12 am
for most of the last month (or so!) i've been working on a scrap vomit quilt. it's a great way to power through one's scraps and make a fun, fairly simple quilt. it's basically all 2" (2.5" before ...
my aunt diane's barn quilts 18 Jun 2013 | 11:51 pm
a love of quilts and patchwork seems to be in the blood: my crafty aunt diane (and uncle steve) made these "barn quilts" to enhance the sides of their summer cabin home on lake ontario in upstate new...
film: quilts in women's lives & artist radka donnell 5 Jun 2013 | 07:58 pm
ever heard of the film quilts in women's lives? it's a documentary from 1981 by a filmmaker named Pat Ferrero. i found the film while searching around on the internet for more information about afro...
a peek into my studio on creativebug! 5 Jun 2013 | 04:58 pm
a little peek into my sewing/quilting/making studio was featured on creativebug yesterday! some of the photos above are in the feature, some were not. a whole glorious mess of photos (these and mor...
sarah nishiura's quilts @ the hyde park art center 31 May 2013 | 05:37 am
seen above: chicago-based artist/quilter sarah nishiura's quilts, which are currently featured in a show at the hyde park art center called abstracting the seam. i went to the show this past weekend ...
a smattering of spring creativity 31 May 2013 | 12:28 am
hello there! it's spring! ...hell, it's just about summer, though you wouldn't really know it until recently here in chicago, as it's been unusually cold all the way through most of may. so weird. ...
quiltcon 2013 austin photo dump 26 Feb 2013 | 07:34 pm
i just spent 5 days in austin, texas attending quiltcon, the modern quilt guild's inaugural convention. it was pretty epic. big props to the MQG for pulling off a kick ass, world class event in a d...
woot, i'm in quilty! 29 Jan 2013 | 01:43 am
the photo above is the only really decent shot of a 72" x 72" log cabin memory quilt i made last year for my MIL, diane royal, using shirts that belonged to peter royal, sr., my deceased FIL (he died ...
january's works in progress 24 Jan 2013 | 02:06 am
xmas has come and is long gone. it's back to the grindstone time. hello 2013. seen here are some works in progress, proof that i am not dead (yet!) but merely just plugging away at various quilt pr...
baby b's baby quilt 12 Dec 2012 | 07:55 pm
holy crap, how did nearly 2 months go by? sorry 'bout that. BUT, i've been plenty busy making. if only where was a way to just download everything that's in my brain that i want to share and someho...
