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- Results from #150
28 cm x 40 cm. Smalti, vitreous glass.
Shopping for tile just might be one of my favorite things. There are SO many great patterns, colors and materials out there! The only problem is that whenever I shop for tile at a design center I’m always blown away at the prices. It can really add up quickly! Then, earlier this year, when I...
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A digitized catalog shows the product offerings of the former American Encaustic Tiling Company, a leading producer of the material at the turn of the 20th century.
This is our 5th year attending the spring Arizona Quilters' Guild show. It's always like finding treasure in the desert! As you can see, m...
How much fun can you have with a compass?
I made this over two years ago: you'd have thought that I would have quilted it by now! I used a couple of Kaffe fabrics; many are by Jan Mullen, whose fabrics I love -- they go very well in this style of quilt.
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I recently bought a book on Tile Quilting, a technique that is being revived. From what I understand it is a form of boidery purse / hand quilting. The fabric is cut so that various motifs are ap…
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I really and truly did little to share yesterday – I know doesn’t happen often does it. I did get a little work on my hexies – not much there but a couple more short rows of neutrals to share. …
A digitized catalog shows the product offerings of the former American Encaustic Tiling Company, a leading producer of the material at the turn of the 20th century.
Wow.....I really did take a lot of pictures.....but then again, there were a lot of great quilts! So......here we go! "Simply Radiant" by Linda Harlfinger. "American Cheddar" by Wendy Caton Reed, Bath. Ooooh, I just love cheddar! And her hand quilting is so lovely! (35" x 35") "Pineapple Upside Down Cake" by Sally Demeter, Morrill. "Sheep Wannabees" by Debora Konchinsky, Breinigsville, PA. Beautiful wool felting technique, and so much embroidery detail. Love it! Look at those little toadstools! Ha! "Night Migration" by Sharleen A. Fields, Buxton. "Maine Twilight - Snow and Ice" by Marjorie Wilson, Brooklin. Inspired by the Vortex quilt at the Red & White Show in NYC. I really like it in blue! "Worlds Apart" by Beatrice Gilbert, North Yarmouth. A great play with light and dark. "Feather Zone" by Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero and Teri Lucas, Bronx, NY. "Quiet Village" by Linda Dranchak, West Bath. "Compass Blues" by Deborah A. Boucher, Edgecomb. "Sea Glass" by Margaret Solomon Gunn, Gorham. Beautiful machine quilting. She took Best of Judged on her other quilt in this show! "Angels All Around" by Diana Wells Rauch, Woodland. "Princess Sharon's Feathers" by Jo A. Timko, Millville, NJ. (31"x31") I love everything about it! "Joshua" by Sarah Ann Smith, Hope. A portrait of her son at age 16. "Cathedral Mosaic" by Donna Crawford, Lewiston. I love the cathedral windows using rectangles! Awesome! "In Plain Sight" by Sandra Betts, Saint John, New Brunswick. Three dimensional leaves.....so cool! "Queen of My Heart" and "Irrepressible" by Holly Dominie, Readfield. Of her daughter and son, done in the Australian fabrics. So fun! "Peak's Island Sunset" by Ruth Barnes Reed, New London, NH. The following 5 quilts are made by teacher's giving workshops at this show. Next year.....I'm going to take a class! "Majestic Bugs" by Irena Bluhm. This quilt was stitched first, then the color was applied using colored pencils and textile medium as a fixative. (The blue streak is a ribbon trying to keep people back.) "Soho" by Linda J. Hahn. "Tahl - Korean Dancing Masks" by Rami Kim. "City Lights" by Margaret J. Miller. "Longing for the Past" by Nancy Prince. Art Bra Collection by the Maine Mountain Quilters from the Farmington area. This collection was made to promote Breast Cancer Awareness and encourage regular mammograms. It has been displayed at the Franklin Memorial Hospital and the Androscoggin Valley Medical Center. The names were so funny.....'Blooming Boobies', 'Stuffing 101', 'Tropical Temptations', 'Mardi Bra'. Very clever! I'll have more pics in a few days! This show was really amazing......I'm so glad we went! Have a great weekend! regan
This is how you know you're in a mathematician's house. The bathroom floor is tiled with a Penrose tiling. (The Penrose tiling has two distinct features--first, that it's aperiodic. Second, that it's made with two basic shapes.) (There is actually one small error in this tiling. Can you spot the error?)
Persian Tiles for Temperature Blanket
