Modernstitchwitch

At the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in Philadelphia this weekend: a ribbon for Best Use of Color in the Innovative category.
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When you revisit some strip sets you made last year when practicing the drawing of organic lines with your rotary cutter, then put them away because you couldn’t decide what to do with them and liked them too much to simply start cutting them up and sewing them back together: a new quilt emerged

Wow Lisa, this looks fabulous! You can hardly find the individual sketches; they have all merged into one composition. Beautiful colors too!

I remember avoiding my long arm machine at first because I was afraid of it. And my serger when I first got it too. Once you “get” the red snapper technique you’ll be fine. It will take diving in. I have no idea how they work so can’t help there I’m afraid.

It might just be what you need. Something were new at (and therefore don’t have full command over) is frustrating especially for us adults who master everything else in life based on experience. It’s hard to be a beginner again. That’s normal.

I pin the back to the leaders, float the rest. Find it meditative actually. What is it specifically that you dread about it? LMK and maybe I can help. There are definitely non meta videos for how but I think you’re saying it’s more in your head. Is that tied to the process of loading or the result?

Yes it was! Thank you. It’s so different to see your work on a white wall vs the typical pipe & drape display of quilt shows. Very happy 😃.

Opening reception of New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, at the Lincoln Art Center in Fort Collins, CO. I was so thrilled to see my work in this beautiful gallery space. Runs till Aug 22.

I was honored and excited to speak at the launch of “Lichtbrekers”, a literary novel by my sister Janneke van Eijk, at deBalie in Amsterdam this weekend. It was a great event to celebrate a truly masterful book. For the Dutch readers, I’d say check it out at Www.lichtbrekers.com

Congratulations Sarah!! That’s a wonderful recognition of your work.

Interflow #4 is part of a series of abstract quilts exploring the interplay between form and space, where figure and ground continuously shift, dissolve and reemerge. Photo was taken before every seam was closed. But the design wall is taken over by the next project. New photo will have to wait.

We, the People. Yes, dissent!
She may have stayed too long, underestimating her deteriorating health, but she dedicated her entire life to achieving equality under the law, for ALL of us. And she changed the world with her legacy.

If you have questions happy to help. I was so happy to figure this out. I think it’s a great feature.

Step 4: Home Screen top left horizontal menu bars, click feeds. You’ll see all feeds listed incl the lists you created. Here “pin” your lists so they appear at the top of your Home Screen. Voila, you have different curated feeds only looking at what you want to include there. Hope this is helpful.

Step 2: Click + New in top right. Create the lists (realms) you want to create, e.g. Quilts, or Politics. Go. Back out to your Home Screen. Step 3: go to the account profiles you want in your different lists, and click on the three dots next to Following … then click add to lists. Choose the list.

Timna, you can easily set this up within Bluesky. I have different feeds pinned to my menu bar at the top and can choose if I want political/news media or quilts. Here’s how: step 1) on your Home Screen click the menu (3 horizontal bars in top left),
Then click lists.

Congratulations Susan! 🎉

Thanks Chandra!

Inspired by the @tarafaughnan.bsky.social exhibit at #quiltcon, and when you sometimes just want to sew on auto pilot for a bit, her Double Wedding Ring is great for color exploration and scrap busting. A single block at the start of a day is a perfect way to get me going. 4 down, ? to go. #quiltsky

I start my day with it. Every day. For years. But especially now. 👍🏻 HCR is a gem.

My personal favorite (apologies to the other three quilts) is “Serenity”. My most recent quilt. I’m so happy it was selected to be part of #QuiltCon
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Some final pics of my quilts at #quiltcon. My time in Phoenix just flew by.
“Picking up the Pieces” is showing in the Piecing category.
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Fabulous Natalie!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Soooo good!

Day 2 at #quiltcon. Another exhausting but very satisfying day full of visual stimulation. This is “Reflections”
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Sorry we didn’t run into each other. I was on the floor all day yesterday and today and admired your quilts together with Annie.

Thank you!