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I'm ready to start another new project...this will be a painted one.  Elizabeth and her little ones. Tracing the image (with pencil)--makes them look a little strange, but that's what's required.

Here we are again binding the big quilt. The bottom edge shows the folded back binding ready to be sewn.  The top is the already sewn other side.  I pinned them together to make sure they match (avoiding the stretch monster).  Now I know they are...

When there is piping involved I put my binding on upside down and backwards! - this is the method taught by Susan Cleveland and it works great. So you join the binding strips with diagonal seams as shown before until you have the length needed...

Now we have the piping constructed and we're ready to move on This shows how I trim my piping with an "add a quarter" ruler. I snug the ridge right up against the piping and cut. Always position and pin the piping while on a...

My "BIG" quilt project is almost done.  I'm going to finish the edge with piping and binding.  I need about 10 yards (360") of 1 1/8" green for the piping. I'll repeat from brown with wider strips for the binding. I thought some of you...

Big excitement!! My new quilt "Begonia Picotee" won Best of Show at the Humboldt Arts' Council Member's Show.  It will be on exhibit through December and is in the upstairs gallery. (Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA) stop by and see the art if...