Thanks to Kaffe Fassett’s Museum Quilts (2005) and the wonderful new book from the V&A, two very dear Inklingo friends recently requested Clamshells. Luckily, I had done quite a bit of work on a Clamshell shape collection more than a year ago, so I was able to make it happen.
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Posted in Alabama Beauty, Dresden Plate, Drunkard's Path, Flying Geese, Grandmother's Flower Garden, HST Half Square Triangles, Inklingo Web Site, Kaffe Fassett, Orange Peel, The Inklingo Handbook, Triangle Quilts on May 15th, 2010
My dear friend Mary was the first quilter I told about Inklingo, before we even had a name for it. I promised Russ I would remember what she said, because he was interested in her reaction. Mary is very quiet and low-key, but I had barely started explaining with a couple of small samples, when Mary’s eyes widened and she blurted out. . .
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Posted in Inklingo Web Site, Kaffe Fassett on Oct 18th, 2009
Monkey and I have had a big weekend. Last summer we signed up for two events at the Toronto CreativFestival (Sewing/Quilting/Beading/etc). We splurged on the champagne & hors d’oeuvres evening with Kaffe Fassett (Friday), and his color class (yesterday). It all developed in an unexpected way.
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