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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 – see my earlier post, “A Quilt by any other Name” ) and not actually doing any quilting on them. For this quilt I’m attempting the trapunto technique, which is kind […]

I feel SO GUILTY. I didn’t post anything last week! I always seem to forget something when I go on a trip, this time it was my laptop bag. I was away at the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown last week and had a wonderful time but was wracked with guilt the whole time that […]

I’ve been away on vacation for a while, though I did manage to set the blog up to auto post in my absence. And I even brought some work with me. Here I am in a hammock working on some crocheting: While I was away I was finally able to think of a book to […]

So I’ve been trying to decide how to hang these things… For the photographs I’ve been using rare earth neodymium magnets (in part because I like saying neodymium). This is a great way to hang unframed prints; just stick some tacks in a wall, put the print up and place the magnets on the other […]

My cousin JoAnne remembered that my great grandmother Grace was fond of making crocheted doilies and that she often used the pineapple pattern. I got it in my head that it would be nice to add a crocheted border around her quilt so I looked up various pineapple patterns and started experimenting. I found a […]

Aside from it actually snowing this week (which oddly has been rare this winter here in Maine (and yes I know it’s technically spring but that normally doesn’t start till much later here)) I had a package from McClain’s Printmaking Supplies waiting for me when I came back home from Veazie. I get so excited […]

So you may have noticed that I haven’t posted a completed photo of the quilt that I made for my grandmother Halice. My normal process when I finish a piece is that I prop it up in my living room and stare at it for a while until I decide it’s finished. I either rework […]

I have been working on prints for my great-grandmother Grace’s quilt for the last few days. I have been trying to come up with something approaching floral. Not really my wheelbase and frankly I’m not thrilled with the results so far, and I’ve managed to burn myself on my heat gun in the process. I’ve […]

I’ve decided that I want the quilts in this project to have different patterns and, where possible, different techniques and materials that are in some way representative of the women that they are commemorating. I knew that I wanted one of the quilts to be a Signature Quilt. A number of patterns lend themselves to […]

We will not speak of the Bruins Habs game. Not a lot to say today what with the holidays and all. I got a bit ahead of myself and took advantage of being home for the holidays to have my mother help me out with my next quilt in line, the quilt for my great-grandmother […]