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Sachiko Takahashi created Borderless based on her love of travel and her love of cats. At 75 years old, she has created a wonderful world full of the people of many countries and many cats.
Sachiko's quilt was on exhibit at the Houston International Quilt Festival 2018.
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Here's just the start of the list of names for Alex's quilt. We might have missed a few duplicates...To enter your suggested quilt name, click here to go the blog and then enter using the entry box at the bottom of the blog. Do NOT enter a name into the comments.
| What Should Alex Name Her Quilt? |
| 'period of existence' (as of a subatomic particle) |
| "A Universe of Color" |
| "Bubble-icious" |
| "Bubblelicious" |
| "Bubbles and Cream" |
| "Bubbles" |
| "Circle It With Love" |
| "Circles Of Life" |
| "Creation" It reminded me of God's finger touching Adam's finger. |
| "Ebullience" |
| "Fizz Fizz What A Delight It Is" |
| "Going Around in Circles" |
| "Got Circles?" |
| "Hmm...Maybe Just One More" |
| "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" |
| "Sparkling Bubbles" |
| "Tiddlywinks" |
| "Tiny Bubbles" |
| “Bubble-icious” |
| “I Get Around” |
| “Universally world” |
| “Up, Up, and Away” |
| A Bit of Bubbly |
| A Bubble Off |
| A CHAMPAGNE CELEBRATION |
| A Dollop of Bubbles |
| A Galaxy of Color |
| A Galaxy of Color |
| A Little Confetti |
| A Pop of Champagne |
| A Quilters Joyful Bounce |
| A rolling stone gathers no moss. |
| A Storm of Bubbles |
| Abundance of happy circles |
| Aeration |
| Agar.io |
| Agitation |
| AIRSUPPLY |
| Alex's Dotsology |
| Alex’s Effervescence |
| All of Us (because we're the same - but different) |
| All the Sea Creatures Exhale |
| And away we go! |
| And I'm Happy |
| And then there were circles |
| Apli-bubbles |
| Apli-Fizzies |
| Applifervescence |
| Around and About |
| Around and Around We Go |
| Around the Block! |
| Around the World |
| Around the world in 80 days! |
| At a Rolling Boil |
| At the Edge of the Known Universe! |
| Attic Lights |
| Auld Lang Syne |
| babies laughter |
| Babys Giggles of the Past |
| Backlit Milky Way |
| Ball Drop |
| Balloon Fest |
| Balloon Fiesta |
| Balloon release |
| Balloons Over A Furrowed Field of Snow |
| baubles everywhere |
| Baubles, Buttons & Beads |
| Be Bop Alula |
| Berry Fizz |
| Bevy of Bubbles |
| Big Top Bubbles |
| Billions of Bubbles |
| Bingo Dot |
| Bitcoin |
| Blowing Bubbles |
| Blown Away! |
| Bobbels of life |
| Boucing Around |
| Bouncing along |
| Bouncing baubles. |
| Bouncing Bubbles |
| Bouncing Circles |
| bouncing off the grid |
| Bouncy Bouncy Ball-y |
| Bowtie Bubbles |
| Break Out The Bubbly! |
| Bright Shiny Things |
| Bright Spot |
| Brilliant Bubbles |
| Brut Bubbles |
| Bubbaliciousness in Color |
| Bubbes |
| Bubbilicious Delight |
| Bubble |
| Bubble and Shine |
| Bubble and Squeak |
| Bubble Blast |
| Bubble Bling |
| Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble |
| bubble burst |
| Bubble Dance |
| Bubble Dancing |
| Bubble Delight |
| Bubble Drop |
| Bubble Explosion |
| Bubble Fantasia |
| Bubble Fantasy |
| Bubble Fiesta |
| Bubble fireworks. |
| Bubble Fizz |
| Bubble Flight |
| Bubble Flight Delight |
| Bubble Flow |
| Bubble Frenzy |
| Bubble Joy |
| Bubble Magic |
| Bubble Mania |
| Bubble Parade |
| Bubble party |
| Bubble Play |
| Bubble Profusion |
| Bubble Slide |
| Bubble Stuff |
| Bubble Trouble |
| Bubble Up |
| Bubble Vision |
| Bubble Wrap |
| Bubble Wrapped |
| Bubble Your Way to the Top |
| Bubble-Up |
| Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble. |
| Bubble, Bubble, Toil No Trouble |
| Bubble, bubble, toil..what trouble? |
| Bubblebath |
| Bubblelicious |
| Bubbles |
| Bubbles of Joy |
| Bubbles adrift |
| Bubbles Aflight |
| Bubbles Afloat |
| Bubbles Ahoy! |
| Bubbles all a-round |
| Bubbles Aloft |
| Bubbles always make me happy! |
| Bubbles and Batting |
| Bubbles and baubles of laughter |
| Bubbles and Beads |
| Bubbles and Bling |
| bubbles and dreams |
| Bubbles and Snow |
| Bubbles and Spots |
| Bubbles and Stiches —Oh My! |
| Bubbles anyone? |
| Bubbles Arise |
| Bubbles Ascending |
| Bubbles Astray |
| Bubbles Away |
| bubbles bubbles everywhere |
| Bubbles Bubbles everywhere but not to drink---yet |
| Bubbles Bubbles everywhere! |
| Bubbles Extraordinaire |
| Bubbles falling across the grid |
| Bubbles for Heaven |
| Bubbles for You, My Dear! |
| Bubbles from Heaven |
| Bubbles from the sea |
| Bubbles Galore |
| Bubbles in color |
| Bubbles in Every Color |
| Bubbles in flight |
| Bubbles in living Color |
| Bubbles in my champaign |
| Bubbles in the air |
| Bubbles in the Breeze |
| Bubbles in the Mist |
| Bubbles in the Pink |
| Bubbles in the Wind |
| Bubbles in the Wine |
| Bubbles Machine |
| Bubbles of fantasy |
| bubbles of fun |
| Bubbles of hope |
| Bubbles of JOY! |
| Bubbles of Life |
| Bubbles of Love |
| Bubbles of Thoughts in my Mind |
| Bubbles of Troubles.....Float Away |
| Bubbles on a Happy Trail |
| Bubbles on amission |
| Bubbles On Broadway |
| Bubbles on the Breeze |
| Bubbles on the snow |
| Bubbles or bubblework |
| Bubbles Rising |
| Bubbles to Freedom |
| Bubbles Up |
| Bubbles-in-Color |
| Bubbles, Bangles, and Dreams |
| Bubbles, bubbles, BUBBLES...... 2 year old giggles!!! |
| Bubbles, Tiny Bubbles |
| Bubbles, up, up and away |
| Bubbles,fancy bubbles |
| Bubbles! |
| Bubblesw over cornrows |
| bubblezzzzz |
| Bubbling Along |
| Bubbling Effervescence |
| Bubbling Over |
| Bubbling Over With Happiness |
| Bubbling Over With Joy |
| Bubbling Up |
| Bubbling with Joy |
| Bubblishus |
| Bubbly |
| Bubbly Bliss |
| Bubbly Celebration |
| Bubbly Ebb and Flow |
| bubbly expression |
| Bubbly for Breakfast |
| Bubbly Fun |
| Bubbly Melody |
| Bubbly Personality |
| Bubbly Pop and Fizz |
| Bubbly Salute to 2018 |
| Buck Fizz Pop |
| Buebbles |
| Burst your bubble |
| Butsting Bubbles |
| Buttons and BUBBLES? |
| Can't Keep Me Down |
| Carbonated Fun! |
| Carbonation |
| Carbonaton |
| Cascade |
| Cascading dots |
| Celebrate |
| Celebrate Good Times! Come On! |
| Celebrate! |
| Celebration |
| Celebration Bubbles |
| celestial gathering |
| Champagne |
| Champagne Bliss |
| Champagne Bubbles |
| Champagne Bubbles and Caviar Dreams! |
| Champagne Bubbly |
| Champagne Celebration |
| Champagne Delight |
| Champagne Dreams |
| Champagne Effervescence |
| Champagne Kisses |
| Champagne Mardi Gras |
| Champagne Surprise |
| Champagne Taste |
| Champagne Wishes |
| Champaign |
| Chanpagne taste...beer budget |
| Chasing bubbles |
| Cheers! |
| Cheers! Happy New Year! |
| Chromatic Champagne |
| Cirapliquick |
| Circle Around |
| Circle Back Around |
| Circle Circus |
| Circle Dance |
| Circle Mania |
| Circle of Friends |
| Circle of Love |
| Circle Party |
| Circle Rain |
| Circle Round |
| Circle Walk |
| Circlepathic killer |
| Circles all around me |
| Circles and Lines |
| Circles Gone Wild |
| circles in motion |
| Circles in the Air |
| Circles in the Sand |
| Circles of Color |
| Circles of Life |
| Circles of Love |
| Circles Up And Down |
| Circling |
| Circular Jet Stream |
| Circular Logic |
| Circular Motion |
| Circular Reference |
| Circulus |
| Circumfetti |
| Cirque du le Cercles (Circus of the Circles) |
| Cloudburst |
| Color fizz |
| Colored Bubbles |
| Colored Hourglass Droplets |
| Colorfall |
| Colorful Balls hovering above the snow |
| Colorful Bubbles |
| Colorful bubbles in the snow |
| Colorful Confetti |
| Colorful Floating Baubles |
| colorful floating bubbles |
| Colorful polka dots |
| Colory Way |
| Coming Full Circle |
| Coming up for air |
| Confabulation |
| Confetti |
| Confetti Bubbles |
| Confetti Cascade |
| Confetti Delights |
| Confetti Fizz |
| Confetti Ice cream |
| Confetti In The Rain |
| Confetti in the Snow |
| Confetti Lava Lamp |
| Confetti Rising |
| Confetti Showers |
| Confusion |
| Contemplation |
| Cosmic Circles |
| Cosmic Dust |
| Cosmic Hallelujah |
| Cosmic mollecules |
| Cosmos |
| Count your blessings |
| Creative Sweat |
| Criss Cross Thoughts |
| Crop Circles |
| Crop Circles |
| Dance of the Circles |
| Dancing Bubbles |
| Dancing Circles |
| Dancing In The Rainbow |
| Dancing. in .Circles. Or Who Spilled the Circles ?. |
| Daunting Dotted Cirle Play |
| des ballons |
| Diffusion |
| Discospheres |
| Do I need one more dot ? |
| Don Ho's Delight |
| Doodle Dots |
| DOT CITY |
| Dot On |
| Dot to Dot |
| Dot to Dot Parade |
| Dot to Dottie |
| DOT TRAIN |
| Dot vortex |
| Dot-A-Lot |
| Dot's Dot |
| dots |
| Dots A Poppin |
| Dots and Dazzle |
| Dots and Dots of Love. |
| Dots O’ Fun |
| Dots of Fun are Falling Down (sung to London Bridge) |
| Dots the Spot! |
| Dotted frenzy |
| Dottie |
| Dotty |
| Dotty delight |
| Dotty Disco |
| Dotty Doodles |
| Dotty over Circles |
| Dottymania |
| Dreams |
| dreams realized or joy |
| Droplets and Sparkles |
| easy peasy circle fun |
| Ebuliant Bubbles Migration |
| Ebullience Echoed |
| Ebullience! |
| Eclectic Bubbles |
| Eclections |
| ecliptic |
| Effervescence |
| Effervescence Colors |
| Effervescent |
| Effervescent Bubbles |
| Effervescent Joy |
| effervescent rainbow |
| Effervescent! |
| Effervescing Threads |
| Efferveseence on Ice |
| Effervesence |
| Encircled |
| Enjoying the Bubbly! |
| Escape |
| Ever decreasing circles |
| Everyone gets their turn |
| Ex's And Oh's ! |
| Explosion of Bubbles! |
| Extravaganza |
| Exuberance |
| Fabric Circles on Snow |
| Fairy Sprinkles |
| Falling Confetti |
| Falling from Grace |
| falling rainbow |
| Falling Up |
| Fascination |
| Feeling Dotty |
| Fizz |
| Fizzies |
| Fizzy Flight |
| Flight of Fancy |
| Float |
| Floaters |
| Floaters in my eyes! |
| Floating Along |
| Floating bubbles |
| Floating Bubbles or Streaming Bubbles |
| Floating Bubbles to the Top |
| floating circles |
| Floating Dots |
| Floating Free! |
| Floating in the Breeze |
| Floating orbs |
| Floating Some New Ideas |
| Floating Spheres |
| Flow of Time |
| flowball |
| Flowing bubbles |
| Flying Baloons |
| Flying Bubbles |
| Flying dots |
| Flying Polka Dots |
| Flying under the aurora borealis ! |
| Follow the bubbles |
| Forever Blowing Bubbles |
| Forever Bubbles |
| Freckles |
| Free fall |
| Freedom |
| Fresh Air |
| Fruity Bubbles |
| Full Circle |
| Fun with circles |
| Galactic Circle of Friends |
| Galactic Glamour |
| Galactic Shower |
| Galactica |
| Galaxy |
| Galaxy vew from earth. |
| Galaxy and star infinity |
| Galaxy Brilliance |
| Geese By Anhy Other Name Are Still Geese |
| Genesis |
| Gentle Uprising |
| Getting "Round Tuits" |
| Getting Round-to-it |
| Gin Fizz |
| Glacial Spritz |
| Glub, Glub, Glub |
| glug glug |
| Go with the Flow |
| Going Around in Circles |
| Going Around in Circles / Running Around in Circles |
| Going Dottie |
| Going Dotty Before My Dotage |
| Going in Circles |
| Going Round in Circles |
| Goldfish Breath |
| Gradient Bubble Magic |
| Grandkids Bubble Party |
| Gumball Explosion |
| Gumballs |
| HA...........PPY NEW YEAR! |
| Happiness bubbles over |
| Happiness Rising |
| Happiness surrounds us when we look. |
| Happy Bubbles |
| Happy Bubbles in the Wind |
| Happy Days |
| Happy Dots |
| Happy New Year |
| Happy New Year Bubbly Celebration |
| Happy New Year! |
| Happy Thoughts |
| Have You Lost Your Marbles!!! |
| Heavenly bodies |
| Here We Go Round In Circles |
| Hope springs eternal |
| Hot Air Balloons Over The Corn Fields |
| Hottie Dotties |
| Hourglass |
| I can do this even when my fingers don't work anymore. |
| I Can Only Imagine |
| I love bubbles. |
| I see spots |
| I See Spots!! |
| I think she should name it Outer Space Beauty |
| I'm forever blowing Bubbles. |
| I'm forever blowing........ |
| I'm losing my marbles |
| I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles |
| Ideas Galore |
| If laughter had color |
| In The Beginning |
| Infinite |
| Infinity |
| Invasion of the colorful circles |
| It Takes a Village |
| It's the Lawrence Welk Show! |
| It’s beginning to look a lot like.....DOTS! |
| It’s Bubbling! |
| It’s Raining Dots! |
| Its all coming together!!! |
| Its Sprinkling |
| Jaw Breaking Bubble Gum! |
| Jelly Tots and Sparkles |
| Journey through the Milky Way |
| JOY |
| Joy Arising |
| Joy Bubbles |
| Joy bubbling over |
| Joy Maker |
| Joy Rising! |
| jOy! |
| Joyful Bubbles |
| Joyful Cascade |
| Joyful Dots |
| Joyful Revolution |
| Joyful! |
| joyous celebration |
| Juggle |
| Juggling Life |
| Just a little bit dotty! |
| Just a Little Bubbly |
| Just Blowing Bubbles |
| Just Breathe. (I instantly saw oxygen bubbles!) |
| Just Bubbling Along |
| Just the dots, not the giraffe |
| Karen's Wish |
| Keep the Balls Rolling |
| Keeping all the balls in the Air |
| Kisses From Fishes |
| Laughter errupting |
| Launch me to the Moon |
| Lawrence Welk |
| Lawrence Welk Revisited |
| Let It Go |
| Let the Party Begin! |
| Let's get together |
| Let’ Fly Away |
| Letting Go |
| Life is a Full Circle |
| Life is The Bubbles |
| Life’s Circles of Friendships |
| Lift Off |
| Light Up and Be Happy! |
| Look Mom - It's Snowing Color! |
| Lost Dreams |
| Lost in Space |
| Lots o' dots |
| Lotsa Dots! |
| Magic Bubbles |
| Magic Bubbles in the Air |
| Magic Circles Galore |
| Magical bubbles |
| Making it through the night |
| Many Circles |
| Many Moons |
| Many moons ago... |
| Meandering Circles |
| Merry Go Round! |
| Messages From Heaven |
| Messages to heaven |
| Meteor Shower |
| Metro Rounds |
| Migrating Circles |
| Migrating Marbles |
| Migration |
| Migration |
| Milky Way |
| Mind Blowing |
| Missing Lawrecne Welk |
| Modern Measles |
| Modern Rounds |
| Molecular migration |
| Muscae volitantes |
| Musings |
| My Circle of Friends |
| My Cup of Blessing, Pressed Down and Bubbling Over |
| My cup runneth over. |
| MY HAPPY PLACE |
| My Happy Thoughts |
| My Song |
| Nautilus Live Methane Bubble Plume |
| Nebula |
| Nebulae |
| New Year's Eve |
| New Year's Eve and thensome!! |
| New Year’s Champagne |
| New Years confetti! |
| NO TROUBLES WITH BUBBLES |
| No Where To Go But UP! |
| O! Joy |
| Off-gassing |
| Oh Happy Day |
| Orbs of Color Fill My Life |
| Other worlds |
| Over 100 Bubbles |
| Paint Drops on Linen Scraps |
| PARTY TIME! |
| pass the bubbly |
| Pennies From Heaven |
| Peppered |
| Playful bubbles |
| Playing with circle's |
| Poka dots on the loose |
| poke a dot |
| Poke-A-Dot Passion |
| Polka Dot Splash |
| Polka Dots |
| Polka Droplets |
| Polka-spot fusion |
| Pomderance |
| Pop Pop Fizz Fizz |
| Pop Rocks |
| POP the Cork |
| Popping Bubbles |
| Prayers to God |
| Precious thoughts. |
| Pretty Bubbles |
| Pretty bubbles in the air |
| Pretty Bubbles Rising |
| Prism Bubbles |
| Prosecco |
| Quilt Galaxy |
| Quilted Bubbles |
| Quilters champaign |
| Quilters Circles of Love |
| Quilting Bubbles |
| Quilting is in my blood |
| Rain Dance |
| Rainblow |
| Rainbow Bubbles! |
| Rainbow Champagne |
| Rainbow Confetti |
| Rainbow drops |
| Rainbow Fizz |
| Rainbow of Circles |
| Rainbow Rain |
| Rainbow released |
| Rainbow snowfall |
| Raindrops |
| Raindrops on Snow |
| Raining Blessings |
| Raining Bubbles |
| Raining Confetti |
| Rainning Bubbles |
| Random Acts of Kindness |
| Random Thoughts |
| Recess on the Playground |
| Rejoice! |
| Release of the bloons |
| Rhapsody |
| Ring Around the Rosie |
| Rings of Wonder |
| Rising to Heaven |
| Rising to the Top |
| River of Dots |
| River of Joy |
| Rockin' Around |
| Round About |
| Round and round |
| Round and Round She Goes |
| round and round the fields we go |
| Round and round the garden |
| Round and Round We Go |
| Round dance |
| Round the World |
| Round Up! |
| Roundabout |
| Rounding up |
| Rounds and Rounds |
| Running Around in Circles |
| Sarah Barton |
| Scattered Chaos |
| Scuba Dooba Doo |
| Seeing Dots |
| seltzer |
| Sending Good Thoughts |
| Sending Love Notes |
| Sew Many Bubbles!!! |
| Sewrcles (Sew + Circles) |
| Shiney Bubbles |
| Shiny Thingies |
| Shower of Dots |
| Showing off my Circles |
| Simplistic tranquility |
| Skittles |
| Slots 'n Dots or Dot Matrix |
| Smattering |
| snow drops |
| Soap Bubbles |
| Soap Dream Balls |
| Social Media |
| Soda Bubbles |
| Soda Fountain Fizz |
| Soda Fountain Fizzies |
| Soda Pop |
| Soda pops |
| Solar confetti |
| Solar Migration |
| Solar Systems |
| Space |
| Space Cadet |
| Space Dots |
| Space Dust |
| Sparkling bubbles |
| Sparkling Champagne |
| Sparkling Water |
| Sparkling Wine |
| Spectral Sea |
| Spheralicious Aloft |
| Spilled bubbles |
| Spilling Marbles |
| Spinning Around In Circles! |
| Spinning Out of Control |
| Splash |
| Splatter |
| Splattered |
| Splitter, Splatter, Sparkle |
| Spot |
| Spot On |
| Spotanious |
| Spotify |
| Spots and Dots |
| Spots and Dots ? Lots and Lots!!! |
| Spots and Dots and Not So Lot |
| Spots before my eyes |
| Spots before your eyes |
| Spots Galore! |
| Spots in My Eyes |
| spots of delight |
| Spotsylvania Celebration |
| Sprinkles |
| Sprinkles of Sunshine |
| Spumante |
| Stairway to Heaven |
| Star light circles |
| Stash Champagne |
| Stellar |
| Stepping Stones |
| Stress Reliever |
| Structured whimsy |
| Study in Circle and Squares |
| Summer Fizz |
| SUMMER SAUCERS |
| Sun spots before my eyes |
| Sunshine on a rainy day |
| Suspended in Time |
| Suttle bobles |
| Take Me Away! |
| Teaching moments.. |
| Technicolor Snow |
| The Big Bang |
| The Bubble Machine |
| The Bubble Make a Break For It |
| The Circle Game |
| The Colors of Bubbles |
| The Day the Dotted Line Exploded |
| The Dots Have It |
| The Flow of Time |
| The Great Escape |
| The Joys of Bubbles |
| The Magical World of Circles |
| The Milky Way |
| The Outer Stratesphere |
| The Planets |
| The universe |
| there's spots before my eyes! |
| They all came falling down!! |
| They rolled away... |
| Thoughts and Prayers |
| Tiddelywinks |
| Tiddleywinks gone wild! |
| Tiddly Winks Tears |
| TIDDLY-WINKS |
| Timeless New Year's Eve Celebration |
| Tiney bubbles in the wine |
| Tiny Bubbles |
| Tiny Bubbles in my head |
| Tiny Bubbles in my Wine |
| Tiny Bubbles in the Air |
| Tiny Bubbles in the Wine |
| Tiny Bubbles Make Me Happy |
| Tiny Bubbles, In the Air |
| to dot or not to dot |
| To the Top and Beyond |
| Toast |
| Tools of the trade have me going in never-ending circles. |
| Total Effervescence |
| Totally Bubblicious! |
| Traveling Circles |
| Trip Tio Heaven |
| Troubled circles |
| Tumbling Bubbles |
| Turn on the Bubble Machine! |
| Tutor Rings |
| Unbounded Joy |
| Uncorked |
| Under the Sea |
| Underwater Bubbles |
| United Gene pools |
| Universal Sparkle |
| Universal View |
| Universe |
| Universe |
| Unpoppable |
| Up from the depths. |
| Up In The Air |
| Up Up and Away |
| Vibrant Bubbles |
| Vortex |
| Waterfall |
| Waterfall of circles |
| Wave of Wonder |
| What a colorful galaxy! |
| What did I drink last night? |
| What goes around comes around |
| What to do with all these circles? |
| Where Do We Go From Here |
| Whimsy |
| Who let the circles out? |
| Who Spilled the Beans? |
| Will It Go Around in Circles? |
| Will the Real Dot Com Please Stand Up. |
| Wingding |
| World of Orbs |
| Would You Like Sprinkles On That? |
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Sue's quilt, Color Play, was a learning quilt for her. She learned about hand-dyes, color setting, and how to work with circles. We'd say she learned a lot!
Watch Sue Heinz in Show 2312: Sizzling Sashing, Circles, and Finishes.
Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis
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As promised, here are images from Lorraine's special exhibit in Houston, My Heart's Common Thread. As we learned from her interview with Ricky, Lorraine strives to help endangered animals. Each piece she makes supports non-profit animal sanctuaries worldwide. Her work incorporates a variety of methods and techniques and contains hidden elements.
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Celtic Migration by Angela Petrocelli stopped us in our tracks at the Houston International Quilt Festival...or maybe we should say, stopped us mid-flight. This quilt has 7,924 flying geese, some the size of a thumbnail. It took Angela a bit over two years to complete.
Angela's quilt won 3rd Place Pieced - Large Quilts.
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Alex has shown a lot of people at trade and quilt shows how the Apliquick tools work. In doing that, she has made a lot of circles. What to do.....?? Make a quilt! Fun!
So she did. She used some of the circles she demonstrated and pieced degrees of white in the background to achieve a patchwork look. Then a few shiny thingies were sewn in. (Yes, she quilted it before she appliquéd it. More about that later.) It wasn't all easy peasy though, and even now the name is giving her trouble. So the answer is--You Name It!
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Not only are we getting ready for the holidays but we are also prepping for the next big Quilt Roadie Adventure which means... "Anna and G on the Road" actually hits the road. I have been prepping all kinds of projects, piecing, wool, Sashiko, embroidery and cross stitch. It came to my attention that my Bee Hive was turning into a dangerous place with all manner of sharp instruments lying around. I realized that I have a serious scissor addiction! Did I really need all these sharp instruments?
I wondered if the answer was in the history of scissors? It seems that in a previous pillow post, scissors also showed up in Mesopotamia 3,000-4,000 years ago! And, amazingly, there is a company in China that has been making scissors since 1663!!! Leonardo da Vinci has been credited with inventing scissors, but in fact scissors predate his life by many centuries...but, it is kind of cool to say you have Leonardo da Vinci scissors, LOL.
While trying to clean up my mess I took a closer look at the type of and how many scissors I really had...
The sharp implements I use the most are hung on a magnetic knife strip that I purchased from IKEA. It is convenient and they won't be banging around getting dull. The tools to the left of the photo were all throw aways from surgical kits back in my working days before recycling. They have come in handy for a variety of jobs, and some of them are not scissors but needle drivers and forceps. I love the spring loaded scissors for rag quilts and then there are my all time favorites...Kai scissors. They are made in Japan and have a fine serrated blade...perfect for cutting wool. The OLFA's with the yellow handles also have a serrated blade, but are better for larger pieces of wool rather than fine cutting. The curved duckbills were designed to cut curved cotton pieces for appliqué. Well, these are my go to scissors.
These are my drawer sharp implements. Two rotary cutters, one small, one regular...one pair of pinking shears and three regular scissors. And, yes, I have to admit that I also own five pairs of very small scissors that are in various stitching pouches. Now that I have laid it all out, I am feeling better...so tell me, how many scissors do you own????
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