Author Archives: Angie

Coming up… Christmas in July!

So very little sewing happening around here, because I’ve been drawing, drawing, drawing… and writing patterns.

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Stunning haute couture

It’s been two weeks since my talented niece’s haute couture fashion show, and I am still thinking about it and trying to come off a cloud of pure enjoyment from all the work involved. It has truly been a privilege to be a part of this project.

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More applique and quilting

The last two weeks have been pretty intense helping my talented niece with the last of the appliqued and quilted pieces for her fashion show.

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A runway show in the making: lots of applique and quilting

The last two months I’ve been actively involved in assisting my designer niece Ana Lía in preparing her 2022 collection… Respirar (Breathe).

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Oh, boy, oh boy… am I ever late in posting!

More than a full year has gone by without me updating this blog… at all!

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Christmas is right around the corner!

I don’t know about you, but Christmas is certainly going to be a lot different for me and my family this year.

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Notebook Covers

Several years ago I took a fun, fun class on drawing faces on fabric, offered by Lauren Vlcek, through The Quilt Show.

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More Scrappy Placemats

Slowly working through my stash of scraps, I found a whole bunch of odd, long strips.

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Scrappy Placemats

I am still working through my pile of leftover scraps, and to my delight finding wonderful ways to use them all up.

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Scrappy Potholders

I had so much fun making this scrappy lap quilt, I decided it was about time to start sorting through all the leftover fabric scraps accumulated over the years from a gazillion different quilting projects.

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Christmas Dove

Another UFO finally finished! After how many years?

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A scrappy lap quilt

Last week, while dusting/cleaning my sewing studio, I came across a bag that apparently went through three different moves from one house to another without ever being opened up and unpacked.

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Experimenting with fabric collage

I’ve been working on a scrappy quilt the last few days, and after trimming up my blocks ended up with a little pile of shavings I just didn’t have the heart to throw out.

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