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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Cow with a Border
This is another one of the nature related mosaics that decorate the Ferry Building. I have walked past this particular mosaic numerous times. It wasn’t until this week when I happened to standing near a newly moved table that I … Continue reading
Chocolate Box Again
The Chocolate Box is truly finished now. Except for the quilting, binding and sleeve. I like the the way it came out, but I wish I had made more of an effort to keep some of the non-chocolate edges larger. … Continue reading
Bullseyes – Major Progress
The last update I gave you on the Bullseyes was on September 8 and I was slowly working through the trimming and sewing the patches together to make blocks.I went through this process kind of slowly because I was enjoying … Continue reading
Posted in Blocks, Projects
Tagged Friendship Blocks, Group project, Piecing, Projects, Swaps
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Lone Stars Review
Lone Stars, Volume I: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1836-1936 by Karoline Patterson Bresenhan My review Quilt books are hard for me to read all the way through for some reason. Normally, I peruse them, refer to them and glance … Continue reading
Repetition: One Element of Design
I have been attracted to repetition lately. I seem to pick up cards with 9 pitchers or, of course, fabric with dots. When I saw this railing, it appealed to me for that reason.
Old Tile Floor
I was in an old building on Van Ness. I visit periodically and have never been able to figure out the story of this building. It now houses part of California Pacific, a guitar/drum store, Ruth’s Chris Steak House and … Continue reading
Silk crazy
BE told me about a strip piecing technique where you can create crazy quilt blocks. The steps are: 1. Cut sets of strips 2″, 3″ and 5″ wide. Each should be a different, but related fabric. 2. Sew strips … Continue reading
Animal, Vegetable or Mineral???
The Ferry Building has some nice mosaics. At the FB 5 year mark some of the businesses are moving out and revealing some of the mosaics which have been hidden.
Gentle Arts
I was in Book Passage yesterday and saw the US version of the Gentle Art of Domesticity on the shelf. The US cover looks really different from the UK version (below). I didn’t look at the recipes, but am very … Continue reading
Stitch Chart Online
As you may know, I have been coveting a new machine for awhile. It didn’t happen last year and this year isn’t looking that good either. Still, I can dream and look and make my choice.Janome just came out with … Continue reading
Walking Around and Looking
Sometimes the easiest thing to do it just look at the world around you. I was doing this yesterday and happened upon some really nice tiles. They are on Chenery Street near Church in SF.One of the things I like … Continue reading
Progress on Bullseyes- YES!!
Last week I noted that I wanted to get moving on the Bullseye, because I wanted to get it off the design wall and to the quilter. Yesterday, I got busy and began sewing blocks together. This is a project, … Continue reading
Posted in Blocks, Projects
Tagged Friendship Blocks, Group project, Piecing, Projects, Swaps
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More “Bags” to make for Your Amusement
The ever ingenious Deirdre sent me a link to this blog post where the writer shows you how to make personalized bubble mailers. I tried to clip using Clipmarks, but it didn’t work, so definitely click on the link to … Continue reading
1000 Journals Project Visits SF Weekend of August 1, 2008
You are probably wondering why it took me so long to get to this post. Life.Travel.Back to School. You know how it goes. Still, I wanted to post some photos from the actual journals. The Roxie in SF showed the … Continue reading
Posted in Journals, Off Topic: Crafts, Other Artists
Tagged Illustrated Journal, Off Topic: Crafts, Visual Journaling
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Parakeets’ Expression
This is a quilt that TFQ and I saw at the APNQ show. It has been on mind because of the expressiveness of the little parakeets. I think that this quilt tells a story because of the implied movement of … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Other Artists
Tagged Applique', Inspiration, Other Artists, Quilt Show
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