Category Archives: Modern quilts

Habitat challenge for St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild

Posted on October 4, 2011 by quiltdabbler

It’s not finished! I was making this small quilt for the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild Habitat challenge. It’s due this coming Saturday. I’m teaching on Saturday so I knew I couldn’t attend the meeting but I planned to send … Continue reading →

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Back to sewing

Posted on September 20, 2011 by quiltdabbler

Finally, I’ve done a bit of sewing. I quilted the quilt above for the Bits ‘n’ Pieces Cover our Kids project. It will go to a child in need of a comforting quilt. The quilt top was made by someone … Continue reading →

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Projects for St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild

Posted on August 29, 2011 by quiltdabbler

At the last meeting of the Modern Quilt Guild, I took a charity quilt top to quilt for the group. Some of the quilts made from the Spring/Summer charity blocks, will go to Joplin. I’m hoping this one will! I … Continue reading →

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Projects in the works

Posted on August 23, 2011 by quiltdabbler

I’ve been collecting some new fabrics for fun, future projects. I’ve been loving the gray and citron color story from Michael Miller.  I found all of these beauties at The Quilted Fox. I’ll probably mix in some Kona gray and … 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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To Contra or To Quilt: That is the Question

Posted on March 13, 2011 by quiltdabbler

This weekend I managed to do both contra dancing and quilting which makes it a very good weekend. On Saturday night, we went to Columbia for a dance with a great band called Crowfoot. The caller was Diane Silver from … Continue reading →

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Baby quilt finds a home

Posted on January 30, 2011 by quiltdabbler

Last fall, my block exchange group made me blocks for a pink and white baby quilt. My niece-in-law is pregnant and I just knew she was going to have a girl because her favorite color is pink. Also, my other … Continue reading →

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Retreat-Day 2

Posted on January 11, 2011 by quiltdabbler

We are cozy in our retreat work room but the wind is howling outside and the snow is piling up. It’s not quite blizzard conditions but it’s a snowy, blowy day. Barbara just said it’s supposed to be 8 degrees … Continue reading →

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