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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Voices In Cloth 2018 Show Celebrates Quilting Diversity in the East Bay Albany, California, 11 December 2017 – Returning to the beautiful Richmond shoreline at the historic Craneway Pavilion on March 17-18, the region’s largest non-profit quilt show will have lots to offer anyone interested in quilts, textiles, sewing, wearable art, and … Continue reading “EBHQ Show Coming March 17-18”
For Immediate Release: Media Contact: Edith Beard Brady Voices in Cloth 2016, Extraordinary Quilts by the Bay Dates: Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20, 2016 Hours: Saturday: 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Sunday: 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Admission: Two-day advance purchase tickets are $10 until February 29, 2016; tickets purchased at the door … Continue reading “EBHQ Show Press Release”
For Immediate Release: Media Contact: Edith Beard Brady Voices in Cloth 2016, Extraordinary Quilts by the Bay Dates: Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20, 2016 Hours: Saturday: 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Sunday: 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Admission: Two-day advance purchase tickets are $10 until February 29, 2016; tickets purchased at the door … Continue reading “EBHQ Show Press Release”
For Immediate Release: Media Contact: Edith Beard Brady Voices in Cloth 2016, Extraordinary Quilts by the Bay Dates: Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20, 2016 Hours: Saturday: 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Sunday: 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Admission: Two-day advance purchase tickets are $10 until February 29, 2016; tickets purchased … Continue reading “EBHQ Show Press Release”
I spent the day Sunday at the East Bay Heritage Quilters Biennial Show. Again it was held at Craneway Pavillion. This year there were a number of special exhibits including one featuring Rosie the Riveter in conjunction with the Rosie the Riveter Museum in Richmond. The first time I saw this space was at the … Continue reading “EBHQ Show”
On Saturday (National Quilting Day!), I went to the Voices in Cloth Show, which is put on every 2 years by one of my guilds, the East Bay Heritage Quilters. Friend Julie of High Fiber Content, Mom of Mary’s Art Musings and TFQ of No Scrap too Small made up my carpool. It was a … Continue reading “EBHQ Show”
Saturday I attended the East Bay Heritage Quilters Show. As usual, this show was impeccably set up and organized. In general, I thought the quilts were a lot more interesting than the last show in 2008. Much less brown as well. It is hard to decide what my favorite quilt of the show was, but … Continue reading “EBHQ Show 2010”
Admin Because I love the Minikins patterns, I have made more of them and, thus have updated the Minikins page. Projects, Classes, Patterns, Techniques & Tutorials Moni Malene has some interesting pouch patterns. The pattern appears to have just one main pattern piece that you sew and fold into a pouch. I see a number … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2024 #4”
Admin The Minikins page is updated with my recent Piebald pouches and some other links I needed to add. The Quilt Class and Teaching page has also been updated. Do you want to be ready for anything in quiltmaking? Get in touch if you want to learn a wide variety of techniques. I am hoping … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2024 #3”
Admin I updated the gifts post as I received something recently. I also updated the Color Strip & Chunk donation top page. I have made 16 of these tops! Tools, Books, Fabric, Notions & Supplies It is so much easier to open a zipper on one of my bags when I attach a zipper pull. … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2024 #1”
Created in an EBHQ class with Lorraine Torrence in 2001 and shown at the EBHQ show in March 2002. Piece uses Ms. Torrence’s Multi-view Image technique. The design of the piece comes from a picture of a garden gate in New Orleans viewed through a ‘Fly Eye’ viewer.
I updated the Tutorials page to include the Folded Corners Ruler tutorial. Another late birthday gift came in on February 6. I love getting late gifts, because it makes my birthday last longer. This latest gift came in on February 6 and it totally made my day. The bad part was that I didn’t know … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2021 #3”
If you missed the Altoids tin sewing kit tutorial, I have updated the AQ Tutorials page so you can find it easily. I got a late gift from the YM that didn’t make it into the Birthday Extravaganza post, a Martelli rotating mat**. This is the nicest rotating mat that I have used. I like … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2021 #2”
Materials 100% cotton fabric 100% cotton thread Techniques Machine pieced Applique’ Longarm quilted Details: Year: 1994-1999 Size: ?”x ?” Fabric: various Quilted By: Laura Lee Fritz Details I started this quilt in a Judy Mathieson workshop through the auspices of EBHQ. It ended up as a round robin. This border exchange quilt is owned … Continue reading “Starry, Starry Night”
Materials 100% cotton fabric 100% cotton thread Techniques Machine pieced Machine quilted Details: Year: 2000 Size: ?”x?” Fabric: various Quilted By: Jaye Lapachet Details Spiky Stars: Interlocking Triangles #2 was inspired by a Doreen Speckman workshop taken at EBHQ. It is the second in a series of Interlocking Triangles quilts and probably my favorite piece … Continue reading “Spiky Stars: Interlocking Triangles #2”