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Sunday, July 22, 2012

couldn't resist

I did a really fun workshop yesterday afternoon with Krista Withers / lolablueocean on improv and free piecing and just had to finish off the top today.


purple aster2


purple aster


You might be more familiar with Krista's amazing longarm skills - she was our guest speaker at Vancouver MQG on Thursday night, talking about working with your longarm quilter, and she had some quilts with her that showed off her amazing skills.  This one is amazing, and then there was this one, and several others, but my fave just had to be this one!  The quilting and texture was just gorgeous!  This is one that Krista quilted for Katie Pedersen, of Sew Katie Did and Quilting Modern fame.


You should pop on over to Krista's Flickr stream to checkout all of her neat improv and free piecing, and her gorgeous quilts!


Now back to regularly scheduled panic programming, as I get started on my Tangled Textiles challenge, reveal August 15 and I've not started...


Happy quilting!


edited - linking to The Needle & Thread Network - go check out some fabulous Canadian artists!
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14 comments:

  1. elleJuly 22, 2012 at 4:09 PM

    A thistle? It is just fabulous!

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  2. sherryJuly 22, 2012 at 6:20 PM

    i like that aster...the freedom and movement is amazing...well done

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  3. dutchcomfortJuly 22, 2012 at 10:56 PM

    Love your free pieced work and the background is fabulous!!
    I love Krista’s quiltwork!

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  4. MaggiJuly 23, 2012 at 1:34 AM

    A very striking piece. I love the colours. What an amazing quilter Krista is; thanks for the links to her work.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 23, 2012 at 6:12 AM

    That is very cool-wonderful piece!

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  6. BeverlyJuly 23, 2012 at 6:25 AM

    Love your improv pieced flower! And I bet the quilting you add to it will make it even more stunning.

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  7. TheaMinPAJuly 24, 2012 at 3:58 AM

    thistle, cone flower, aster or whatever! that's a fantastic flower - absolutely wonderful!

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  8. M-R CharbonneauJuly 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM

    Love, love, love! That is awesome, Janet. I love everything about that flower!

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  9. Mary Ann TateJuly 27, 2012 at 3:28 PM

    I love it:)

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  10. ReginaJuly 27, 2012 at 4:48 PM

    What a fantastic flower, what a lot of piecing!

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  11. Vicki MillerJuly 29, 2012 at 8:54 PM

    I love this. especially the colours! I also love your UFO list in the side bar. What do you think - If I did it on my blog, i'd have a list a mile long...but I might have a go, lol

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  12. Anna TomassiAugust 5, 2012 at 3:33 AM

    Beatiful flower,I like it:)

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  13. HollyMAugust 9, 2012 at 9:17 AM

    I really love this piece! Do you know if she has a blog?

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  14. UnknownSeptember 5, 2012 at 4:26 PM

    Wow! This piece is great; just love it.

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