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Work in Progress: Valentine Quilt

This pink, purple, and coral hued quilt top is done!  I have two odd blocks that don't fit the top because one block, a Churn Dash is orange and the other block is a purple and orange Arkansas Crossroads.  I forgot to include the pink background fabric into those two blocks; however I plan to choose another block to sew from my block tool guide and then incorporate those three blocks into the backing or not and make three totally new blocks that incorporate the skill of hand appliqué which I didn't try for the front of this quilt.  I bought 3 yards of a purple fabric that's a possibility, or that purple might become the binding if I choose the backing fabric to be more Kona pink fabric.  Another design decision is whether to learn how to free motion quilt for which I bought another foot for my machine or farm it out to the studio to long arm quilt with a computerized design of hearts OR find a long arm quilter to consult with and give input on the design of the stitching.  This quilt ain't perfect.  Up close I can see crooked or loose seams, but those don't matter to me because I made it and quilting will cover those flaws just like glazing covers my mistakes in ceramics and results in a beauty of its own called wabi wabi.  I rather love the imperfect prettiness of my color and block choices.

Work in Progress: Blocks for Tula Pink's Butterfly Quilt

Ceramics: Cheese Markers

These are Cone 6 B-mix grog cheese markers I made for my former student, Jessica who 's a cheese expert at Venissimo Cheese in San Diego.

Crib Quilt: Blue Ombre

Nothing pleases me more than seeing one of my functional pieces (and that includes ceramics) functioning....now I just need to finish his baby sister's blankie

Beyond Basics Sampler Quilt Work in Progress: Drunkards Path Block

Work in Progress: Binding for My Rainbow Jelly Roll Quilt

I got up at 5:30 a.m., watched a couple of videos on how to finish bindings on a quilt and baked these rugelach to bring to friends at school--Happy Hanukkah!

And then I got to cutting 45 degree angles on my 2.5" double fold binding and sewing.  No pics of my process but suffice it to say--epic fail last night which seams I took the thread ripper to, re-cutting and sewing.  I recommend a couple videos:  McCall's Joining the Ends and Creative Bug's How to Attach Binding Tape.

I'm now ready to blind stitch the binding to the top edge of the quilt:)