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28 Oct

Field Trip

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | embroidery | 2 comments |

Not a lot of progress on the project this week as I have a fairly obnoxious cold, and what I did get done was more...
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21 Oct

Fitting a Square Block in a Round Hole

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | Aids Memorial Quilt, interlocking circles, Memorial Quilt, pattern, potholder quilt, Prints, quilt, quilting, trapunto, whipstitch | 0 comments |

I’ve been trying to figure out how to sew the squares together. With the quilts I’ve done to date I’ve sewn the pieces together on...
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14 Oct

Nine of a Kind

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | double wedding ring quilt, Prints, quilting | 0 comments |

Before starting in on the quilting of the other squares I laid all of them out in sequence to see how they would look all...
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07 Oct

There is More Than One Way to Skin a Cat

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | Blog, bobbin, footer, pattern, quilt, stencil, stitching, trapunto, wax | 1 comment |

And there is more than one way to do trapunto quilting. In the hand-quilting method you hand-sew a piece of cloth (generally muslin) onto the...
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01 Oct

Road Trip

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | Conceptual Art, geometry, Mass MOCA, Sol Lewitt | 0 comments |

I’ve been out of town this week seeing The Legendary Pink Dots in concert in western Mass with my husband (hence the late post) so...
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23 Sep

Pieces and Parts

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | Blog, encaustic, monotype, printmaking, Prints, quilts, trapunto | 0 comments |

There are two main parts to quilting: piecing and quilting. So far I’ve just been piecing my “quilts” (which are really just quilt tops –...
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16 Sep

Mock Wedding

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | double wedding ring quilt, pattern, printmaking, quilt, scrap, stitching, trapunto | 0 comments |

This week has been more printing and reading about and practicing trapunto techniques. All in all a very enjoyable couple of days. I decided on...
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09 Sep

Let Me Go Round In Circles

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | encaustic monoprints, interlocking circles, monotype, Prints, quilt, stencil, trapunto, Victoria and Albert Museum | 1 comment |

I’ve been thinking of the pattern to use for the next quilt in the series, the one for my great grandmother Cassie Hodgman. I have...
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02 Sep

Finished?

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | Blog, chimney sweep quilt, christening gown, crocheting, encaustic, encaustic monoprints, monoprints, quilt, ribbon, signature quilt | 0 comments |

I finished crocheting together the medallions on the side and hung Grace’s quilt up. I’ve been staring at it for a while trying to decide...
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26 Aug

Arsenic and Old Lace

Posted by dawnalbemis@hotmail.com | Blog, crochet, crocheting, granny square, pineapple | 0 comments |

I was thrilled last week when one of my cousins who has been following the blog, Marianne, posted a photo to FB of a lace...
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