Free motion quilting

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Quilting in the Desert

I’m in Phoenix right now, staying with a good friend and taking a couple of classes at a retreat called Quilting in the Desert. This is my third year doing that, and it’s such fun! It’s put on by the same people who organize Quilt Camp in the Pines each […]

Finished!

Yesterday I finished binding and washing the table runner I’ve been working on sporadically. Here’s a photo of the whole thing, though it’s hard to see the quilting in this shot. In case you didn’t see the in-progress photos, this is the result of a “play day” with paint sticks […]

Progress …

My dryer is finally fixed, so I’m running my laundry from several days ago through the wash again and then through the dryer. While that’s going on, I’m quilting my table runner. 🙂 I’ve now finished one entire block’s feathers and am fairly happy with how the block looks. Two […]

Feathers!

Have I mentioned yet that I love feathers? I love seeing them on quilts, and I love quilting them myself. Today I finished doing the outlining of the little painted motifs on the table runner I’m working on, so that means I was finally allowed to put the first feather […]