Colorful bag with a pale green background with large lavender flowers. Binding is dark purple. A small swatch of lavender fabric in front of the bag is what was used as the lining.

On the Go bag

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Having finished three quilts recently, I took a little break and made a bag. This one is called “On the Go” and is another fantastic design from ByAnnie. I did “edit” it a tiny bit, making it 1″ deeper so it could accommodate my sunglasses or what have you. I […]

Quilt showing fanciful machine-embroidered colorful houses, each with a different theme. One, for example has a sheep on the roof, another a pineapple. Each row of houses is separated from the next by a row of colorful embroidered quilt blocks. The borders are green.

Home Town quilt

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I’ve been working on a quilt that began as a BOM at my local quilt shop, but. halfway through the monthly releases, the shop gave everyone the option of going ahead and getting all of the rest of it right away. I took them up on it, as I do […]

Close-up view of a few of the birds in very bright hues: red, blues, orange, yellow, turquoise, grey. black.

Birds in the Window

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It’s finished! I’d worried that this quilt might not be finished in time for the birthday for which it’s intended, but I have about ten days to spare. Whew! The design came from the Wonderfil Threads site (you have to write them and ask for the link; it isn’t readily […]

A paper-pieced hummingbird in green, teal and dark blue flies above a brown branch with green leaf and on a light blue background.

Birds in the Window

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I’m making progress on finishing up my paper-pieced bird quilt, which is a very good thing, as I’m planning to give it as a birthday gift in a couple of weeks. Whew! Since the birds were designed with pieces to represent branches and leaves, I’m quilting the background with lots […]

Detail of quilt showing how the shades of colors (purple and orange, in this shot) give a dimensional effect. Quilting on the black border shows another "box".

Honeycomb Waffle Quilt

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It’s finished — finally! I’d pieced this top ages ago and was “stuck” on how to quilt it until Lisa Calle came to my rescue with some suggestions. It was mostly ruler work, which was a challenge on my lovely Bernina 790Pro — a domestic machine. That involves pushing the […]

Bernina sewing machine quilting a block showing a "box" with surrounding walls, all done in a 3-D effect through use of dark/medium/light shades. Other visible blocks are in pinks and blues.

Torture!

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I made this quilt top several months ago and then waffled forever (as usual for me) about how I wanted to machine quilt it, finally getting some ideas from Lisa Calle, whose work is amazing. I have to say that I really love free-motion work (especially feathers), though I have […]