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a new direction.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the direction I’d like to take my quilting. I think as a new quilter it was important for me to stick to traditional ideas while trying to give them a modern...

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the summer of improv.

These blocks will probably not make a lot of sense to you yet. To be honest, they barely make sense to me, and I sort of know where I am going with this! (Sort of). They are part of a larger plan to...

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out with the old, in with the new.

I’ve had a pile of WIPs in a basket in my sewing room for as long as I can remember. Not that this is a surprise, as most quilters do. Every so often I would take these WIPs out. Mull over them....

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improv-pieced feather mini quilt.

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” — Mary Oliver, The Summer Day Summer. I wait for it all year long. I adore it so much that I awake early to watch its sunrise...

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lincoln quilt is basted!

Just a quick celebratory moment! After a year-plus of improv piecing, the lincoln quilt top is done — and has been basted! I cannot even get over the fabulous fabric I found for the back! I’m so...

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View of the City from the Suburbs at Night.

I have a new finish to share with you. The name is long — View of the City from the Suburbs at Night — but it is necessary, in my opinion. This quilt was inspired by a day recently spent in NYC.  In...

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