32nd Annual Asheville Quilt Show

"Renewing"$850
24 inches X 39 1/2 inches.

Come out and see my 3 entered  quilts and many others at the 

 32nd Annual Asheville Quilt Show

September 26, 27 and 28 at theThe WNC Agriculture Center, Expo Building

 Fletcher, NC

 "Simple Balance"

and also

"A Crown Of Beauty Instead" 

are my 3 entries along with 3 pieces for sale in the

Quilt Gallery

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Part 1 Application Accepted

 CELEBRATION TIME!
I received a letter from the Southern Highland Craft Guild today that stated...

"Your application was accepted in the medium of Fiber 

and you are now eligible to proceed to 

the next phase of the jury process - the object jury."

 Now to have pieces ready for Part 2 in January!

Whoop Whoop.  I am so excited and humbled!

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Sewed Through Finger

  I sewed through my finger with my machine last night.

while quilting "Reflecting Glory"

  Thankfully, the needle went completely in and out,
did not hit the bone,  did not break off in my finger 

and the bleeding stopped quickly with applied pressure. 

OUCH!!

.  That along with my cold, I'm taking it easy today.

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Basted 6 Minute Machine Pieced Circle

Dale Fleming's 6 Minute Circle 

worked wonderfully 

to quickly and precisely "applique" the

batik pieced circle.

Basting pins applied, it's ready to machine quilt.
Modern Quilted Art for Sale

 I am linked  Off the Wall Friday &  Whoop, Whoop, Friday. 

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Great Technique ~ Dale Fleming;s 6 Minute Circle

 After piecing various blue batik

6 inch strips for the background,

I'm ready to add the circle.  I  successfully used

Dale Fleming's 6 minute circle 

technique for my son and his bride's 

wedding gift.

I do like to hand applique but since there 

are so many seams on the background

 and the white circle to be appliqued,

I will complete this by machine.

Anyone else tried this fabulous technique?

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Label For "New Mercy"

 Titling a composition can be a challenge at times

and a few days ago, I sought input from other artists.

Here's the label for "New Mercy".

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Hanging Sleeve - A New (to me) Way

 The hanging sleeve means my creation

"A Crown Of Beauty Instead"  $450

is complete and it's ready for the showing.

Recently upon entering the Asheville Quilt Show,

I learned a "new" to me way to create the sleeve

to allow for the hanging rods used at the Show.

 

Progress & Purple Stitching Day

I've progressed to machine quilting the background

with like colored purple thread so the

Big Stitch Ovals can be pronounced.

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Title Suggestions? ~~"New Mercy"

 Third in this series, using all batiks this time

in classic red/grey/black/white colors,

I'm not sure what to title this piece.
Hand applique  & Machine Quilted.
28 inches X 17 inches.  $325 

#1 "Celebrating Grace"  and #2  "Cease Striving"

are both all hand dyed/painted and color lifted fabrics.
Suggestions as to a title?
REVISED ~~ "New Mercy" is the title.  Thanks for the suggestions.
Linked to Off The Wall Friday,
 Whoop Whoop Friday

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Big Stitch Ovals

Interesting results from the color lifting

from the last post.

Big Stitching in various colors now. 

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