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My Cotton Quilters’ Guild is very traditional. I’m very improv modern. (I’m the only one.) There’s a clash here. It occurs every year when CQG puts out its block of the month challenge. I participate. Every year. I HATE it. Let’s countdown the reasons I HATE traditional BOMs and haven’t worked on one since this […]
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You may remember that every year my Modern Quilt Guild works on round robin blocks for interested members. I participate almost every year. Last year I especially enjoyed the outcome of this challenge, thanks to the Paris cats. However, getting to the end of any challenge can be more difficult than one might think. Of
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I rediscovered the pictures from our guild meeting. Because of the Labor Day holiday, we delayed the meeting until the 13th. So really, as is typical for me, I’m a little late with this post. Here’s a link to the last Cotton Quilters Guild post. I posted the pictures on Facebook in no time. Naturally,
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Making HSTs is really quite easy. I can’t begin to count how many I’ve made over the years, and I always use this process. It’s just too simple to consider changing. These directions will give you one HST block. I wrote this tutorial in 2012 when I made this quilt for a student who was
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I am far behind on my blogging. It’s already the 23rd, and I’m just getting to the CQG meeting from the 7th! But first, Father’s Day just happened. So meet my dad, Riley. This is a photo from, oh, 10-15 years before his death. It’s one of my favorites, because it’s true to his personality.
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Hello Improv Piecing Workshop easy to advanced intermediate; domestic machines; 3-4 hours; $35 per student with 12 student minimum. Improv quilts have their own ideas, voices, and needs. Toss in unique improv makers and improv becomes almost incorrigible, don’t you agree? Yet quilters have methods that “tame” improv quilts. Do you ever wonder what quilters
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Improv Workshop intermediate to advanced; domestic machine; 3 hours; $25 per student with 8 student minimum. Reimagine new ways of dealing with old problems: scraps and discarded blocks. We all have them and we all need to DO SOMETHING with them. While I will have several quilts available to show, the goal here is for
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Three Hour Improv Piecing Workshop advanced; domestic machines; 6 hours; $50 per student with 10 student minimum. Are you ready for curves? Are you ready for the crazy ones? In this workshop Mary will demonstrate curved piecing, beginning with shallow indentions and moving on to more difficult curves. By the end of class you
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