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Quilted examples of modern quilting designs
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100 Days of Pantograph Design Challenge

Have you ever done a 100 day challenge? The concept is that you create something every day for 100 days to “explore the impact of daily repetition on creative output”. I’m in the middle of one right now, called the #100daypantodesignchallenge,

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geometric digital pantograph with curves
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Wavy Slice – A new pantograph design

I’ve been making a lot of new pantographs and Wavy Slice is one of my favourites. It’s an offshoot of Slice, which is part of the 100 Day Pantograph Design Challenge. I’ll be putting this on a quilt any minute

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Quilt Calm and Chaos Hanging at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show with its blue ribbon
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Gosh, a Ribbon!

Long overdue news… My piece called “Calm and Chaos” was exhibited at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in May 2023. IT WON A RIBBON!!! (Which means, I won a ribbon!!!) Thank you Aotearoa Quilters, New Zealand’s national quilting body,

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Advertisement for the Great New Zealand Quilt Show 2023
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Teaching at The Great New Zealand Quilt Show

UPDATE 2025 At the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in 2023, I taught Improv Piecing. I had great students, lovely faculty, and the worst case of nerves ever. I was humbled that people wanted to learn techniques that I was

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red blue lime and purple quilt on cream background
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Another Use for Improv Piecing

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