Category Archives: Art Quilts

January Retreat #2 Continued

Posted on February 13, 2013 by quiltdabbler

Wow, life since the Bits ‘n’ Pieces retreat has been just plain hectic! I’m trying to make a deadline for my current consulting project for OASIS and writing time has consumed all of my sewing time! I haven’t even been … Continue reading →

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PMQ Retreat January 2013

Posted on January 16, 2013 by quiltdabbler

It’s now day 3 of the annual January retreat of the Piece Mill Quilters. We have 15 women designing, creating, talking, sharing, eating and have a grand time. As usual, I brought many more projects than I could possibly get … Continue reading →

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Time to Sew

Posted on November 11, 2012 by quiltdabbler

  I carved out a little time to sew this week.  I started a new Stupendous Stitching piece and had fun with my decorative stitches and yarn collection. I also quilted the bat quilt that I made at retreat. This … Continue reading →

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Return from Houston!

Posted on November 7, 2012 by quiltdabbler

Wow, I spent 8 days in Houston for Quilt Market and Quilt Festival. I spent time with good friends, learned about new products and fabrics, took classes, enjoyed the beautiful weather and did some shopping. I also walked miles and … Continue reading →

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Houston!

Posted on October 24, 2012 by quiltdabbler

I’m on my way tomorrow to Houston! I’ll be spending a week learning, shopping, seeing friends I don’t see very often and looking at quilts. At market, I’m going to attend Schoolhouse, sample spree and a couple of classes. I’ll … Continue reading →

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Snippets from Retreat

Posted on October 19, 2012 by quiltdabbler

I had so much fun at retreat last week that I forgot to take many pictures! I worked on several projects. I made blocks for my block exchange group. I made this cute St. Louis tote bag. It came in … Continue reading →

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Finally, I Finished It!

Posted on September 16, 2012 by quiltdabbler

Life hasn’t left too much time to sew in recent weeks, but I did finish a couple of items. The current challenge for my art quilt group, The Rambling River Art Quilters, is called Seeing Red. We received a piece … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Finished Projects

Posted on March 30, 2011 by quiltdabbler

Last weekend was pretty productive because the snow storm kept me at home! I finished two of the smaller projects on my to-do list. The first is Sunrise Tree.   I started this last year in a four-day workshop with … Continue reading →

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Rambling Art Quilters Retreat

Posted on March 20, 2011 by quiltdabbler

This past week some of the Rambling Art Quilters gathered to have a retreat at the Shaw Nature Reserve. This is the group that did the river quilts (see the December 17 post). We sewed at the Freund Center and … Continue reading →

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River Exhibit Installed

Posted on January 2, 2011 by quiltdabbler

A small group of the artists and a couple of supportive husbands turned out early on Sunday morning to install the river quilts at the Great Rivers Museum in Alton, IL. Here are some photos from the day. We ironed … Continue reading →

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