EBHQ Show Coming March 17-18

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”

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”

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”

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”

EBHQ Show 2010

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”

Various & Sundry 2024 #1

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”

New Orleans Garden Gate

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.

Various & Sundry 2021 #3

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”

Starry, Starry Night

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”

Various & Sundry 2016 #6

Classes ByAnnie, the company that makes Soft & Stable, sent me a newsletter advertising their newest class, Sew Sturdy: The Ultimate Travel Bag, which is available on Craftsy. It looks like some other bags I have seen and I decided to buy it. I have to make the Sew Sweetness Rockstar bag first, but I … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2016 #6”

Artist Statements

At the EBHQ Show the other day, I noticed a lot of quilts that were made because the artist had something in his/her fabric stash already. There was a lot of “I made this quilt because these blues had been in the drawer for awhile” type of descriptions. So, you made the quilt because you … Continue reading “Artist Statements”