Here’s a peek into my process for making this commission quilt. As many of you know, I spent many years as an artquilter before I moved into the world of modern quilt designing and teaching. I still make a few artquilts every year–usually as a commission like this one or in response to an invitation […]
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Get Away is the Island Batik Blog Hop theme for January 2019. And, I decided it was the perfect opportunity to make Storm at Sea, a traditional block–but I ended up altering it in a modern way. First…the Fabrics! My fabrics are from the Soul Song Collection by Island Batik. I decided to use these
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Making an improv log cabin quilt was a fun challenge. In my newest Island Batik challenge, I combined two themes to create an improv log cabin wall hanging–here’s the tutorial showing how I did it. Cozy Log Cabins is the first challenge theme that I used! Log cabins are a great traditional pattern and I
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I love a good MiniQuilt Challenge! And, the great editors at Curated Quilts Magazine have created some clever ones for every issue. The current mini quilt challenge is Connections using the palette shown above. The palette–cream, yellow, mustard yellow, navy, moss green, grey– is more muted than I normally choose. And, that’s what makes the
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Modern traditionalism is one of the key principles in modern quilt design and it is one of my favorite jumping off points as well. So I was very happy to see that the Island Batik Ambassador Challenge for April 2018 is to use a traditional quilt block or design as inspiration. I chose the traditional
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This month, I decided to enter the Curated Triangle Mini Quilt Challenge. I decided to give myself some restrictions to further spur my approach to improvising one or more triangle mini quilts. My restrictions were: No curves! Straight lines only. Improvising design and quilting Machine quilting only (no hand quilting) Stash fabrics and leftover batting
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I decided that I would provide my readers with links to the Blogs of the 2018 Island Batik Ambassadors in one place and links to each of my projects. Scroll down this post to see the list of blogs by my creative Fellow Ambassadors. You will see many wonderful examples of what they are working
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Here’s an update on making an inset circle. It was my Island Batik Try A New Technique Challenge for March 2018. I used one of my Inset Circle blocks to make a Tea Pot Mug Rug. A couple days ago I posted about learning to make pieced inset circles. I decided that one of the
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I am thrilled to announce that I have been selected as an Island Batik Ambassador for 2018! I’ll be posting lots of projects throughout the year using Island Batik fabrics and Aurifil thread. Some will be brand new patterns and others will be new versions of patterns from my books in batiks. It may seem
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Wall quilt basting is much easier on the back and knees!! Here’s a quick tutorial on this method. I prefer wall quilt basting because I don’t have to bend down or kneel on the floor. And, I’ve had much better success–few or no wrinkles! Not a Spray Baster? If you prefer to pin baste your
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