a quilter’s journey
Posted in Charity on Jan 21st, 2008
Block Party Quilters are very passionate in support of the children at our local Ronald McDonald House. Over the course of 20 years, we made thousands of quilts, and still going. In 2007 alone, 480 quilts where delivered to the facility. Despite a busy year, I managed to make 6 quilts. One of the quilts [...]
Posted in Quilt Shows and Exhibits on Jan 21st, 2008
Jan 17th – Feb 28th, 2008 UW Medical Center Sky Light Gallery Seattle, WA 98105 CQA juried artists Alice’s Garden
Posted in Work in progress on Jan 21st, 2008
Since weeks, I was busy to clean up my working table and get a clean slate for a new project. Having a cluttered working area is only up to a certain point “creative chaos”. After a hard working period, everything seems to pile up, with no time to stow away gadget, fabrics, tester pieces, design sketches [...]
Posted in Quilt Shows and Exhibits on Jan 21st, 2008
Quilters Anonymous presents: “Scaps to Srumptious” – 2008 Quilt Show March 14 – 15 – 16 For more information please see http://www.quiltersanonymous.com/quiltshow.htm
Posted in Quilts on Jan 21st, 2008
A part of this quilt is shown at the blog header. For a full size picture please see http://www.mqinnovations.com/QSWinner%203.htm#creativity After travels to Lisbon/Portugal, I got fascinated by the early navigators. Many of these ships never returned. The Flor de la Mar was on it’s way home, full with treasures and slave girls, taken from Malacca (today’s Malaysia). It [...]
Posted in Quilts on Jan 20th, 2008
In mid 2007, Maggie Ball asked for quilters who want to make a quilt for her new book “Bargello Quilts with a Twist” (Krause Publications, 6/08). The beauty of making quilts from Maggie Ball’s books is, she cuts down complicated parts into a fairly simple to make quilt, even for a beginner. Once I understood the system of cutting, strip piecing and [...]
Posted in Work in progress on Jan 20th, 2008
This seems to be the biggest problem for all kind of artists, quilters are no exception. Today, instead of machine quilting on my Bernina, I started a blog. Well, there could be worse things to kill time, but… Typical, excuses not to do what’s on my list, not to speak of that this quilt needs [...]
Posted in Quilt Shows and Exhibits on Jan 20th, 2008
Block Party Quilters presents: “Spring on the Block!” 2008 Quilt Show, April 11-12-13 For more information please see: www.bpquilters.org
Posted in Work in progress on Jan 12th, 2008
…what got me into quilting? - In short words: a artist’s fascination with color, texture and fabric as a very tactile medium.