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I kept meaning to write about this sooner but today is the first meeting of the Oahu Modern Quilt Guild! Anyone is welcome to join us - we have a Facebook page here and are having an informal meeting/sew-in today...

Hi, all! Wow! Can you believe it's Friday again? And you know what that means - it's time to get our whoop whoop on!! I hope you're ready - I've been working hard this week, but unfortunately I've been working on some projects I can't show you yet! So here are some of my favorite links from last week's party... Emily from Em's Scrap Bag finished this beautiful quilt, despite some roadblocks that you really should read about! And check out this fabulous mini by Janet at Simply Pieced! My…

You might remember this block and its siblings, which I sent out to a bunch of you who wanted the challenge of reinventing it. Three have not come back and I hope that they will at some point (ahem) so I can post them. One block never arrived at its destination, sadly. (who would steal a piece of mail with this in the envelope??) And seven of them came back by the deadline. Here, in order of their arrival, are the blocks, which have been made into finished pieces. Wow! Isn't it fascinating…

Attentive readers may have noticed I am on a roll. This is the third Saturday I have positioned myself in front the computer and typed out a blog post. It’s taken many years, but I just might have …

from my Quilt Festival class with Jean Wells Keenan - Intuitive Color and Design.

Maryte tells about how she adds small fabric slivers to create interest and movement into her curved piecing project she calls Poppies quilt

Basin and Range by Frauke Palmer. I loved this very bright piece. It is 40" x 53". Sunday was the Opening Reception for the The ArT-QuILT Ex...

There was so much to take in as I walked through the quilts at QuiltCon, I did notice three things. 1) Curves 2) Hand-quilting 3)U pcycled materials.

Guys, I made it to the end! 100-days of creating and I’m still standing. AND – I still have lots of creative mojo left! There have been many lessons I’ve learned throughout this creative challenge. Some are obvious, or at least more obvious now. But others are really quite subtle. But first, let me bring […]