Author Archives: Angie

My Dream House

January 25th, 2019

It’s back! The CD version of this collection, published initially by The Electric Quilt Company, was discontinued a couple of years ago. As I keep receiving requests for it, I finally got around to putting a downloadable version together, which is now available through our online shop!

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Be Kind

January 4th, 2019

Every January we offer a couple of member-only and one free block-of-the-month project. And a free Christmas BOM starting in July. We post the dates in which blocks are published on each BOM page, and send out a newsletter with reminders. In December we actually send out 3 reminders for visitors to download the blocks […]

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Experimenting with natural dyes

August 1st, 2018

Something else I did do throughout June was experiment with a little fabric dyeing, using natural products.

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A few little lizards

July 31st, 2018

Once again, time has slipped away from me and I’ve fallen behind in my blogging. Ooops! All I can say in my defense is that this time of year is particularly intense for me, with all the patterns we offer as part of our traditional Christmas in July series.

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Flower Portraits

June 6th, 2018

Another little project finished…. Moving along here! 🙂

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A little art quilt

May 31st, 2018

I have a new love!

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Floral Collage

May 30th, 2018

Another finished project. Once again, started while still living in Quito. Just needed to be quilted and binding added.

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At long last: a finished project!

May 26th, 2018

Little by little I am moving forward with unfinished projects left on the back burner way too long.

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Catching up: the Bedroom, the Porch, and the Garage

May 25th, 2018

There hasn’t been a lot of sewing around here, but I have been working diligently on my Dollhouse BOM blocks, and a few other projects I am still finishing up.

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The Nursery and Bathroom

March 16th, 2018

Working on the 2018 Dollhouse BOM is certainly providing me with an opportunity to try out different techniques.

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Enough is enough

March 13th, 2018

I learned to crochet at my grandmother’s knee when I was five years old. Quilting is quite certainly my true passion… but I always seem to have some crochet project going on. In part because of that strong connection with my grandmother, in part because it is easy enough to pick up at any moment, […]

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Done, done, DONE!

February 27th, 2018

And this is the last I hope (ever) to write about this. It’s embarrassing that it’s taken me so long. So much so, I actually had lost track of when I began it.

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My Weekend Project

February 26th, 2018

Quite a while time ago I was gifted several patterns that I never sewed, thinking I never have enough time for my own designs, much less for someone else’s. Boy, was I wrong.

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