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March 15, 2023
Quilty House Portrait: A Labor of Love from Gefilte Quilt

I've made a lot of cityscape quilts, and I always have a blast doing them. Here's one, "Nonsense Town." 

And here's a closeup of some of the buildings. Let's look at that orange one. 

With a single plaid, I suggested zillions of windows. The other buildings, similarly, have relatively few pieces representing hundreds of windows.

Below is an even simpler example, a potential skyscraper made from two print fabrics. It would take 4 minutes to cut out and sew together. The darker perspective side gives it a nice dimensionality. Modern skyscrapers require so little time to ...

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January 4, 2020
Portrait of Lucy from Linda's Landscapes

With all gifts now opened, photos can be shown of a project that was secret until Christmas.

For a couple of years I've wanted to make a portrait quilt of my granddaughter, Lucy, as a surprise for her parents. The trick was finding a photo of her that had enough contrast to "posterize" into three clearly defined tones. This is the posterized photo...



...and here is the finished quilt, roughly 22" x 17," titled, simply, Lucy Maeve.


I've only made one other portrait quilt, several years ago, for my son who was grieving the loss of his best ...

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Portrait of Lucy from Linda's Landscapes

With all gifts now opened, photos can be shown of a project that was secret until Christmas.

For a couple of years I've wanted to make a portrait quilt of my granddaughter, Lucy, as a surprise for her parents. The trick was finding a photo of her that had enough contrast to "posterize" into three clearly defined tones. This is the posterized photo...



...and here is the finished quilt, roughly 22" x 17," titled, simply, Lucy Maeve.


I've only made one other portrait quilt, several years ago, for my son who was grieving the loss of his best ...

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July 20, 2017
Aurifil Block of the Month - July - Shruti Dandekar (Me!!!!) from 13 Woodhouse Road

Hiya there!!!

Its my turn on the color wheel!!! And I am super excited. Especially since my color is my favorite - actually my brand color - Orange!!!


Head over to Auribuzz to read my interview and also to download my fun pattern!

I have used the same Reverse Applique technique that has been used to make numerous quilts!!!

The first time I used it to make a pillow.


Then I tried it to make my Harry Potter Quilt


And then, I used it for portraits!!!

First was the iQuilt for my little brother



After that I wrote my eBook. ABOUT face ...

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