Quilts and Art Quilts
Update and follow-up on air erasable pens
This is an update to my previous post about air erasable pens. The project I am working on has a variety of silks, some of which have unstable dyes. Wetting that quilt is out of the question. My only choice was an air erasable marker. I won’t go into why other methods would not…
Read MorePacific International Quilt Festival 2024
It was a huge change to move the Pacific Int’l Quilt Festival to July, and it may take a while for that to catch on. The show no longer fills the center, but it seems like it was about the same size as last year. I do think it was an especially good show;…
Read MoreTesting air erasable markers – a clear winner and a clear loser
NOTE: I have an update to my thoughts on air erasable pens here. I’ve been slogging away on my blue silk quilt. My fills will all be grid-based designs, which means they must be marked. I looked at the previously stitched grid (wrote about it here) in better light and liked it after all!…
Read MoreVisiting the Country Crossroads Quilters (Modesto) and stalled out on my silk flowers
I spent an enormous amount of time on my blue silk flower project this week. All I have left to do is background fills, bind and sleeve! I was so excited! I am loving this project and the direction it has gone. I felt the taste of victory coming…. I had a plan, thought it…
Read MoreA finish – an accidental Fourth of July quilt!
I needed a fun, whimsical, short project, a frolic. Somehow I ended up with this very “Fourth of July” looking quilt! Maybe it could even go Christmas? The nine-patch middle is a vintage block that I bought last year at Houston. Actually I bought maybe 15 blocks, with no plan. I think I will…
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