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Posted in English Paper Piecing, Grandmother's Flower Garden, Hand Piecing, World's Biggest Hexagon Quilt on Feb 8th, 2010
I often hear from quilting friends who have started English Paper Piecing (EPP) a Grandmother’s Flower Garden (GFG) which is not finished, and which is likely to remain an unfinished object (UFO).
We call these EPP GFG UFOs. You can add Inklingo hexagons and get it fnished!
Posted in Applique, Dresden Plate, The Inklingo Handbook, back-basting on Jan 19th, 2010
Many quilters are familiar with “needle-turn appliqué,” or using templates for appliqué, but a recent discussion in the Inklingo Yahoo group about the new Dresden Plate Appliqué Collection made it clear that some quilters are confused by the term “back-basting.”
Posted in Applique, Curves, Dresden Plate, Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, back-basting, freezer paper appliqué on Jan 14th, 2010
There have already been “complaints” about the new Dresden Plate collections—too much choice, not accurately named, irresistible, causes heart to race, etc. LOL These Inklingo collections include so many blades, backgrounds, and variations that to call them “Dresden Plate” seems misleading. I’m sorry. The shapes were so exciting, we could not stop!
Posted in Getting started with Inklingo, Inklingo Web Site, Lucy Boston on Jan 14th, 2010
Oh, my goodness! In the rush to complete the new Dresden Plate shape collections, I completely forgot to announce the winner of the beautiful fabric for Tilde’s Passacaglia!!
Posted in Inklingo Web Site, Jane Austen, Life in Burlington, Lucy Boston, Video on Dec 25th, 2009
Russ has been lying on the couch coughing and channel surfing today. My desk is not far away, and I can tell that Christmas Day offers very little choice. He stumbled on a Spelling Bee just when the word “passacaglia” was presented and we both laughed. He connected to a satellite circling the earth at exactly the right moment. The long-the-other-way traffic light near our house is always green for Russ too. He has a gift. He is a gift.
Posted in Inklingo Web Site, Orange Peel on Dec 1st, 2009
There are TWO new Inklingo Shape Collections today! Monkey and I think you will love the gentle curves and wonderful designs that are possible with Orange Peel shapes. The Basic Inklingo Orange Peel shapes are all you need for dozens of quilt layouts.
The Deluxe Inklingo Orange Peel collection is my favorite because it makes some stunning, unusual blocks possible—blocks that are very uncommon because without Inklingo, they were tedious to prepare and stitch.
Posted in Lucy Boston on Nov 18th, 2009
The dozens of Patchwork of the Crosses (POTC) blocks in the photo albums of the Inklingo Yahoo group have prompted some discussion about Lucy Boston’s wonderful Green Knowe books.
Posted in Hand Piecing, Inklingo Web Site, The Inklingo Handbook on Oct 11th, 2009
Will you be at Quilt Festival in Houston (October 14-18)? If you will, please stop by the AAQI booth to buy a quilt to support the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative, founded by Ami Simms. My little quilt (# 3442) will be one of a thousand for sale. You can see them all on the alzquilts.org web site.
Posted in 1.0 inch hexagons, Hand Piecing, Rotary Cutting, World's Biggest Hexagon Quilt on Oct 7th, 2009
This is a fun challenge from a wonderful group of quilters in Australia. Gail Chalker and four friends are collecting hexagon flowers from all over the world to assemble into what will be the World’s Biggest Hexagon Quilt. They expect to get into the Guinness Book of Records AND, even better, the end result will be made into smaller quilts and distributed to nursing homes in Australia. “It was a plan to promote the happiness of all.” (Emma, Ch. 53)
Posted in "Insanity" Quilt, 0.5 inch Hexagons, Hand Piecing on Oct 4th, 2009
Rae Ann Holbrook has finished the center of a gorgeous quilt top with Inklingo, using the design of Rhonda Pearce’s Award Winning quilt, “Insanity,” which was on the cover of Issue 16/6 of Australian Patchwork & Quilting. It is an amazing accomplishment, especially considering some of the challenges that life has thrown at Rae Ann this year. Neither of us is sure whether hand piecing more than 10,000 half-inch hexagons is therapy or insanity. We know this design is easier and faster and more portable with Inklingo than with any other method, but. . . well. . . Monkey says ten THOUSAND of anything (except maybe chocolate) is a bit over the top.
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