The wonderful Lynne, who bought my donation piece to the FFAC fund raiser last week, http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/FFACThe100Fundraiser.html, has sent me a photo of it in it’s new home. It is called Colorado Pines a 9″ x 11″ fused collage art quilt. I think it looks very happy there, and it’s new owner will see it often…
Here is the newest of my patterns - Whispering Pines - it will be ready to purchase by the end of this week. Please let me know what you think? It measures 22″ x 24″ and is a raw edged fused collage that is machine quilted.
My contribution to this wonderful fund raiser is my Colorado Pines quilt. It measures 9″ x 11″ and is mounted on Timtex. Go to your calendar now and mark the date, Wednesday, February 4, 2015, and web address so you can be the first to bid and hopefully you will WIN it.
OUR SHIP IS SELLING OUT! Are you considering traveling with me in May on the quilting cruise to Alaska? If so, please do not delay your registration any longer. Many categories for rooms on the ship are already wait listed and I would not want you to be disappointed because the category you want is gone. Through…
I need your input. If you could take any of my classes which one would it be? Check out my workshop page and also look at my patterns page and tell me which class you would like to take or pattern to make in class. On Sunday I will send one lucky winner picked from…
Recently I taught down in hot, dry OKLAHOMA. For the class I did, they choose to make Duluth Trees. EVERYONE did such a tremendous job creating their designs and almost everyone went home with their quilt tops ready for the next step of quilting and finishing them up. My quilt Duluth Trees was designed after…
Do you live in or near Longmont CO? Do you want to go away from drudgery of home for awhile? Call your quilting friends and head on out to Longmont, CO. I will be teaching three fabulous classes there this summer at Quilt Colorado. My fusing classes are fun and fast and you go home with…
I love to make and use gradated fabrics. I love doing gradations from one color to another to create beautiful multi colored fabrics and then using them to create my art quilts. Blue Sunset Pines is a perfect example of just that. I started with my Blue Sunset gradated fabric, this fabric starts out yellow…
The great thing about fusing art quilts is that you can use your fused scraps right up to the very last little bit. I am currently working on making a few Tiny Landscapes. Here is my drawing of this little landscape, Trees on the Hill. I drew it up so that I could keep my…
It was a challenge to do this class in the space that we were provided with but I was so proud of everyone for getting their tops done and working nicely along side each other in a very tight room. We had 22 in this class, two to a table top. This is a design…
Are you starting to think about Valentine’s Day? IT will be here before we know it. Here is a little inspiration for you. You can download a pdf of this fused heart collage, or of the pieced versions at the bottom of the page. Make yourself or someone you love a heart quilt for Valentine’s…
I am getting ready to teach at Road to California at the end of this month. One of my classes is Little Landscapes. I am always “tweaking” my classes and I decided to change the fabric supply list for the class so……….. I must make a new sample to show the class the possibilities of…