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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Mod-Mood Quilt 6 ~ Get Your Curve On
In step 6 of the Modern Mood Quilt craft-along, quilt-along with me and learn how to machine and hand piece curves without a template. Continue reading
Posted in Mod Mood Quilt, Tools, Tips, Tutorials
Tagged curves, DIY, hand-dyed, modern, piecework
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Shock Waves
Sunday I rode the bus to Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands. I had to ride the bus because my car was slashed and burned on Saturday night.
ZER01 Review ~ Karrie Hovey
A week ago Friday my bike and I took the Caltran from San Francisco to San Jose for the ZER01 Biennial of Art & Technology . The theme was Build Your Own World. I have to say I wasn’t at … Continue reading
Quilt Pattern Sketches ~ Onions
These beautiful onions came from my summer garden. I’m inspired by their layered construction. View my archive of quilt pattern sketches and the images that inspired them. What’s inspiring you these days? And why? If you’ve blogged about it recently, … Continue reading
Remembering Mom
My mom was born in 1943, and died on Christmas Eve in 2003 from pancreatic cancer. Today is her birthday. My mom was always the life of the party. She loved bold colors and had a personality to match. The … Continue reading
Company in the Studio
Today Dia, my friend Michael’s daughter, spent the day with me at the studio. She made a pillow for her friend Kinako. She did almost all of the work on her pillow but I did take the time to help … Continue reading
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The Vaguely Familiar Modern Quilt Guild Logo
The Modern Mood Quilt Logo has always seemed vaguely familiar but I couldn’t really put my finger on why until Latifah Saafir, aka The Quilt Engineer, posted a comment about her take on the Revolution vs Evolution of the Modern … Continue reading
Posted in My Creative Process, Personal Heritage, The Modern Quilt
Tagged beauty, inspiration
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Beth El Synagogue Torah Mantels, 2010
In 2009, Beth El Synagogue in Durham, NC commissioned me to make five Torah mantels, or coverings from clothing and kippot, donated by the congregation. Members of the congregation string-pieced some of the materials for the project during a one-day … Continue reading
Mod Mood Quilt Giveaway Winner
I enjoyed picking out a beautiful range of oranges for Debby Chester of NY, the winner of the giveaway. The 40th commenter out of 97, it seems that Debby was destined to win. Of all the entries she was the … Continue reading
Torah Mantel Front Panels
Follow my process re-posts of the Beth El Synagogue Torah Mantels. November 19, 2009 The first two front panels were originally one full mantel, but it took so long that the project was going over budget. I decided to cut … Continue reading
