I tried a different method of dyeing on some small samples. Usually I use the low immersion technique instructed by Ann Johnston and seem to have lots of excess dye when ready for the rinsing stage. With this technique I used ¼ c of water …
I posted a photo of a display quilt for Hickory Stick Quilt Shop in Hannibal, Missouri yesterday. Below are the directions and photos of how to make the hexagon flowers from a two inch circle. They are a simple way to make blossoms. I have grouped them to make hydrangeas, used alone to simulate cherry blossoms,etc. Limited only by your imagination. Enjoy.
Step 1. Cut 2 inch circle
Step 2. Find center by folding in half and then in half again and press or mark with dot.
Step 3. With wrong side up, fold edge to center and press in place
Step 4. Fold point up to center, press in place
Step 5. Fold point to center and press 4 more times
Step 6. Anchor center by hand or machine or with decorative stitching
It was fun designing, planning and constructing for the 2017 Cherrywood fabric challenge. The theme was Van Gogh and the colors were three blues and black. My design was simple but pleasing to me. They had record entries this year and mine was not among …
I had the great pleasure of taking a class offered by the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, NE with fiber artist, LInda Colsh. It was one of the most inspiring classes I have ever taken. I especially like her focus on “hearing the quiet”. I am contemplating how to use the fabrics I painted during the class with the addition of some batiks and photos of a neighborhood barn that is attractive to me.
It Moost Be A Moostake 2 I knew a series of quilts would come out of a four month long trip through Canada, Alaska and the northwest lower 48. Per request for a “pattern” for the latest “Moostake”, I am sharing the process for the …
I have added a new workshop offering, Every Leaf Speaks Bliss, to the website, . Check it out. The class would use vintage, hand dyed linens for the background and would only resemble the project pictured in the photo as it was done on hand painted …
A year ago we were in the thick of preparing for a four-month camping trip through the northwest including two months in Alaska. Commemorating the trip through fabric was on my mind. Collecting fabrics or designing quilts that reminded me of the trip or collecting row by row quilt kits from shops on the route was the question. Of course, I did all three! I took the collected patterns and kits and fabrics to our winter home but did little work on them as Texas projects emerged to take priority. Back home this spring and reflecting on the trip I have started pulling them out, one by one. First on the list was the moose pattern purchased in Juneau. A number of quotes came to mind as I planned the project: “It moost be a moosetake”(what I told my husband when I had the proposed fabrics spread out); “Time out for a brief moosage from our sponsors”; “Charmoose” (the fabric connection); and, of course, “Chocolate moose”. It couldn’t be traditional as nothing about the trip was traditional so it had to be done in funky, fun fabrics but all I had collected from the trip were Alaskan-themed batiks and lots of them. They could be the backing. What’s brighter and less moose-like than Kaffe Fasset, of course!! So the blocks are ready for decorative outline stitching which must be done in the most brilliant thread colors I have. Oh , this is going to be so much fun and therefore provides the incentive for getting busy to finish soon!
