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Sandy Klop & American Jane

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:44:57 +0000

Last night, I attended the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas September meeting with my BFF and quilting buddy, Sharrie, to hear the guest speaker, Sandy Klop (designer extraordinaire behind the American Jane line of patterns and quilt kits), discuss the American Jane Story in Fabric. Sandy was such a gracious speaker and brought several of her [...]

Design Opportunity?

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:56:02 +0000

This is supposed to be Block 10 of the jelly roll sampler quilt along that I’m participating in but it didn’t quite turn out like the “Strippy Flower Block” (by Kari Ramsay of Fresh Cut Quilts) it is supposed to be. If I had followed along with the visual aid (aka pictures) I would have [...]

Covered Bridge Crossing

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:51:41 +0000

We build too many walls and not enough bridges. —Isaac Newton P.S. Isn’t this the cutest bridge? My mom took this shot while touring the Ontario country side.

Eek-call the quilting police [Flickr]

Designing-Diva — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:48:35 PDT

Designing-Diva posted a photo:

Block 10---yep, I messed up the "Strippy Flower Block" because I followed the instructions and not the pictures. ;-)
I have to live with this until I get back from vacation & catch up with Block 11 &12 upon my return.

Behind the Sewing Scene: X’s Galore Quilt

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:53:22 +0000

I recently shared a picture of my X’s galore QIP (quilt in progress) on the design wall. While the quilt isn’t finished yet, I’m going to share what I’ve done and what I’ve learned so far. This isn’t an official tutorial (I am not an expert by any means) but if you do have any [...]

On the design wall [Flickr]

Designing-Diva — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:57:54 PDT

Designing-Diva posted a photo:

6" blocks displayed on the design wall to help me get it just right

Trimmed 6" block [Flickr]

Designing-Diva — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:57:52 PDT

Designing-Diva posted a photo:

2nd design used longer white strip so there was less waste of the Flutterby fabric line

X’s Galore Quilt

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:14:03 +0000

This is the reason I got a late start this morning (ok, so it was almost noon). Sheesh! Last night, I made half square triangles (HST) from a Flutterby charm pack (oh, Moda how I love your fabrics) and sewed a strip of white fabric (BTW: Mrs E the white sheet from Ikea experiment seems to [...]

Block Party

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:23:40 +0000

….of the quilting variety. I just got caught up with the blocks that I was behind on for the jelly roll sampler quilt along.

I pledge…

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Thu, 27 May 2010 20:48:45 +0000

….to be more transparent from start to finish when I “quilt”. Thanks rOssie for challenging blogland quilters to step up and talk about their inspiration, show works in progress and not just the finished quilt. I, Randi-Sue Deckard, pledge to talk more about my processes, even when I can’t quite put them in the in [...]

Quilt Festival Bloggers I never knew ….

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:29:42 +0000

Quilt Festival -Spring 2010 is still going strong with over 500+ quilters sharing in the love fest. Thanks to Amy , Park City Girl, for hosting this virtual quilt love-a-thon. Here are just a few quilty bloggers that I never knew I hearted…. Comfort Stitching Candied Fabrics Dolls from the Loft Ok, I’m off for a little more virtual quilt [...]

Blogger’s Quilt Festival -Spring 2010

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:43:26 +0000

Thanks to Amy for organizing the Spring 2010 Blogger Quilt Festival. Here is one of my favorite quilts that I made in 2009. It is a coin quilt and I used Gobble Gobble fabric by Sandy Gervais for Moda. It was given to one of my dear friends from university who just had a baby girl, [...]

How does the Earth laugh?

Randi Deckard, Designing-Diva — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:52:29 +0000

“The Earth Laughs in Flowers” - Ralph Waldo Emerson