July 10, 2020 This is my Prairie Flower Quilt on the long arm. I had cut out these pieces one summer at the B&B. Finally got the top put together this year during the Covid quarantine. And now it’s almost done. Eight more blocks plus borders. I might have finished the Prairie Flowers today…but IContinue reading “In The Studio”
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In The Studio
July 2, 2020 My National Park Quilts came home! After traveling for over four years and being displayed in many great venues, including the Houston Quilt Show, they have finally come home to roost. They were part of a group of 144 quilts published in the book “Inspired By the National Parks”. They now hangContinue reading “In The Studio”
In The Studio
June 21, 2020 Aside from setting up this pretty cool website….. I also took photos and inventoried over 30 quilts that will hang in the Studio.
In the Studio
June 17, 2020 Rainy wet day here in Afton. This morning I finished the second half of the 324 blocks I will need for my 2020 quilt. Then I worked in the studio all afternoon on the long arm. I’m working on a quilt destined to go to the Hospice House here in Charlottesville. I’mContinue reading “In the Studio”
In the Studio
June 15, 2020 During the quarantine…. I managed to get a lot done.
In the Studio
February 26 2020 My Batik Gypsy top is finished. Now onto the quilting. I’m working on a wall hanging to become part of my American Birds Series. This is the background for the Whooping Cranes the border blocks are Fly Away Home.
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February 20, 2020 This month I am working on the Gypsy Wife Quilt by Jen Kingwell. I’m calling this one My Batik Gypsy as I am using nothing but batik fabrics. It’s such a hodgepodge of colors and patterns. I am loving the dark batik strips they help to make the blocks pop.
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January 17, 2020 I finished some small works “sketches” from a Class taken at MISA with Gwen Marsten. One new quilt…Winter Friends. A nice red, white and gray quilt featuring fussy cut centers with chickadees. Winter Friends And a work in progress: the Gypsy Wife Quilt by Jen Kingwell. There is quite a lot ofContinue reading “In the Studio”