My local quilt circle met last week, and one of our members — a good friend — showed us how to make a bargello quilt that looks like a US flag. I’d made a small flag quilt a few years ago, but I hung it on our front door, facing due west, […]
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While I was in Houston, I was able to hang out with some people I don’t normally have the opportunity to see. One of them, Sue, is from Michigan, and we get together each year in Houston. This year she brought me a beautiful machine-embroidered piece with a Christmas theme […]
At last month’s meeting of the smaller group I attend, one of our members kindly taught us how to make a dimensional Christmas tree wall hanging. I’ve managed to finish my version of it just in time for the next meeting, which will be this week. 🙂 It was suggested […]
I’ve shown you this quilt in progress a few times, but it’s now finished! I’m really happy with the way it turned out, though it doesn’t quite fit on the wall where I’d planned to hang it; it’s a little too long. That’s okay; I’ll figure out a solution. 😉 […]
Can you see what I’m doing here? There’s a lot of gold tracery printed onto this fabric, so I’m outlining the major motifs of the central panel. I’m using a gold metallic thread that gave me fits at first but has now settled down to behave itself. 😉 I’ve done […]