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The Quilting Violinist: Going to Dresden-- the big finish!

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Holding life together with stitches and notes. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Going to Dresden- the big finish! Let's finish our Dresden Plate blocks with an easy way to make perfect circles and lots of fancy stitches! If you need to catch up: Part 1. We've constructed the petal portion of the block and pinned it to an 18 1/2" square of background fabric. Cut out the circle a little outside of the drawn line, and pin it to the fabric you've chosen for the center. Center the circle and iron to fuse to the block.

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The Quilting Violinist: About Me

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Holding life together with stitches and notes. I'm currently an orchestra violinist living in Tampa, Florida, and a long-time hobby quilter who has decided it's time to take quilting to the next level. I'm recently divorced and living alone for the first time. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Find me at the Glorious Applique blog too! C'mon, join the fun! Join The Quilting Violinist on Facebook! How many nice people have dropped by this week? Im a market vendor. New Quilt of Old Blues. Other blogs and bloggers.

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The Quilting Violinist: Going to the dogs: Final Chapter

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Holding life together with stitches and notes. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Going to the dogs: Final Chapter. An epic custom order is complete:. You'll recall from this post. That a customer had commissioned a quilt made from many years accumulation of dog kerchiefs. She had owned a series of poodles and every week they went to the groomer for a bath and a kerchief. It's been a long journey from what was. Many bags of kerchiefs in every color and. To organized sets of blocks. . . Layout. . . I Have A Notion.

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The Quilting Violinist: Going to Dresden, Part 1

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Holding life together with stitches and notes. Thursday, May 14, 2015. Going to Dresden, Part 1. Not this one, although I've been there and it's lovely. Well, what about the Accuquilt Go cutter, my go-to gadget for quick and accurate cutting? There is, in fact, a Dresden Plate die:. But here's the catch: it's $89.99, making it one of the most expensive dies made. That's just way out of the budget for this underemployed divorced. Don't they look like. . . That's what I call cost effective problem solving.

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The Quilting Violinist: Going to the Dogs

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Holding life together with stitches and notes. Saturday, December 6, 2014. Going to the Dogs. An unusual custom order has come my way. A customer wanted to know if I could make a quilt out of dog kerchiefs. Apparantly, she had saved the kerchiefs her poodles had been given at the groomer's. She owned a series of 5 poodles over the course of. Nearly 20 years. And every week the poodles. Went to the groomer for a bath, and a kerchief. They had already been washed and dried and stored in bags. Find me at th...

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The Quilting Violinist: A Magic Carpet Ride

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Holding life together with stitches and notes. Thursday, July 23, 2015. A Magic Carpet Ride. Well, it was actually a braided rug. I had an absolute blast of a week at the John C Campbell Folk School. Learning all about the art of braided rugs. I wanted to have an adventure this summer and this seemed like. A fine place for one. It's in a beautiful location that's drivable. For a list of classes). It all started here, with a box of 2" wool strips:. Rugs by Diane Ellis. Looks easy, right? Lots of folds are...

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The Quilting Violinist: Getting Silly

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Holding life together with stitches and notes. Monday, August 10, 2015. A small purchase for my home inspired an attack of Crafting Silliness. It's just a simple Reading Wedge-type pillow, something that I've wanted for a while and finally found at Target. (It's a seasonal "Back to School" type item, available now but not all the time). But the poor thing is Just So Plain. And I couldn't resist. Time to break out the ric-rack and yo-yos! If Some is Good, More Must Be Better. Labels: a new life. Read With...

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The Quilting Violinist: Going to Dresden, Part 2

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Holding life together with stitches and notes. Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Going to Dresden, Part 2. This is a continuation of my last post, about constructing Dresden Plate blocks the Quick and Easy way using the Accuquilt Go cutter tumbler block die. Click here. For the full post and join in the fun! We have 13 tumbler blocks cut out so it's time to start sewing. Take each block and fold it in half lengthwise, right sides together. Sew a 1/4" seam along the bottom edge. Turn it right side out. Last Minute G...