All the Angles My Ann Arbor/Chicago MQG Mini Swap quilt, All the Angles, is finished and delivered to our swap mama (the awesome Dorie, who coordinates all the A2MQG swaps and our round robin). This full shot gives you a better idea of the quilting. The quilting...
It's funny that this post should follow my previous one about soft colors :) This is some of my progress for the Ann Arbor/Chicago MQG mini swap. My partner likes bright colors and improv - I wrote about beginning the project here. I made some...
Read Between the LinesStephanie Zacharer Ruyle, Denver, Colorado 1st place Modern Wall Quilts I may have been having way too much quilty fun lately (if there is such a thing)! Last Saturday, I had a group of long-time quilty friends at my house for a sewing day. ...
I spent some time yesterday making these improv blocks for a swap I'm participating in. Improv isn't my strength, but it is what my partner likes and swaps are about stretching yourself, so my challenge was on. I had enjoyed playing with these triangles in Luke...
I picked up Lotta Jansdotter's Sylvia collection when I was at Quilt Market last fall. I mean, black and white print? Yes! Lotta? Yes! Who could resist? I had an idea about some large leaves and an applique method I wanted to try; I added...
Sorry I've been gone so long! Sometimes, when I'm working on a project, I have trouble getting my head out of that project and onto something else! I'll think "I need to do a blog post" and I can't think of a thing to say...
At our Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild meeting last night we held a block lottery. Participants made as many x and + blocks as they wanted and got one chance to win for each block made. I made two blocks and won them all! How...
How do we, as individuals, respond to random acts of evil and violence? I'll be responding by a (slightly less) random act of comfort and kindness. The Boston Modern Quilt Guild is organizing an effort to provide quilts for those who have been most affected by the...
Teaching classes at QuiltCon was such fun! I taught Machine Appliqué on Friday, Hand Appliqué on Saturday and Bias Appliqué on Sunday. I had a classroom volunteer for each class which was wonderful! Rebecca, Jody and Deborah were all such lovely and helpful people I'd...
I'm on the Modern Quilt Guild's "100 Days of Modern Quilting" post today! Pop on over and see....