Inspired by a photo I saw on Kathie’s blog (inspiredbyantiquequilts.blogspot.com), I’m hosting a little holiday giveaway of one-yard of a wonderful turkey red fabric that was produced by Yuwa fabrics. Seeing her post about the antique turkey red fabric owned by Judy Roche reminded me that I had an entire bolt of a similar fabric that I purchased a [...]
Archive for December, 2009
A Little Holiday Giveaway
Posted in Uncategorized on December 23, 2009 | 34 Comments »
Another Book to Keep an Eye Out For
Posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I don’t have any idea how I managed to get so many very talented friends, but I’ve got another book to tell you about written by two friends, Carol Gilham Jones and Bobbi Finley. Published by C&T, it’s called Tile Quilt Revival and focuses on exploring the 19th century technique of tile quilts. I just saw an advance [...]
Eye Candy
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve received so many positive comments from earlier posts of my applique that I’m dipping my toe in a little further and showing you more of my own work. Wedgwood Blue was a quilt that I made in collaboration with the very talented Ronda Beyer a couple of years ago(rondabeyer.wordpress.com). Inspiration of the center block was [...]
Applique Goddesses Holiday Party
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
For the last 10 or so years I have been a member of the Applique Goddesses of Silicon Valley. It’s a small group of 30 or so women who meet about once a month at the Prairie Queens Quilt Shop in San Jose to stitch, share, and support each other. What I think makes this [...]
More Favorite Things — Needles for Applique
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As a continuation of my discussion on favorite tools of the hand applique trade I’m going to turn my attention to needles. My bias about needles is that it really is a personal thing and must be matched to the hand size and eyesight of the appliquist. My favorite needles are a #11 sharp. Much like [...]
Mourning Quilt
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I thought people might be interested in the quilt that graces the top of my blog. I’ve been working on it for so many years, it almost feels like it will never get done. Begun when my mother took a severe fall while in her 90s, I was inspired by all the mourning prints available [...]
I’m Moving Down Under
Posted in Uncategorized on December 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
For many years I thought I was born in the wrong country. England is where my heart has been for as far back as I can remember. (Thanks to Richard Greene who played Robin Hood in the 50s.) But lately, I’ve been thinking of the land down under almost as much. This is most likely due to all [...]
