How to quilt it: Pick 3

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A design principle that I fall to time and time again when deciding how to quilt something is “pick 3.”  In this quilt top brought to me by Kimberlee Hill, I started with straight lines, wishbone, and wavy lines.  All three are simple to do – and when put together create the perfect frosting for this 3 color quilt.

My Greenhouse Quilt

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When my daughter put a cactus blanket on a shopping wishlist, I knew that it was time to make her a bed quilt.  The problem was that I didn’t have long to turn it around and have it complete before it was time for gifting – so I grabbed Angela Hartman’s Greenhouse pattern.  Eight of her blocks made themselves into just the right top to showcase some of my doodle quilting. Continue reading

My quilting is featured in a book!

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Virginia Hammon wrote a book about our money system, and it is illustrated with photos from her quilt Wheels of Commerce, an amazingly hand-pieced La Passacaglia quilt which I custom quilted.  You can pick up your copy here:  click here  I’ve worked on several projects with Virginia, including Admit One to the Sands of Time, which one Best Longarm Quilting Workmanship at Pacific International Quilting Festival 2016.

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Admit One to the Sands of Time