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Prairie Night and Chiaroscuro Water Lily — Two Small Quilts for AAQI
I finished quilting Prairie Night and Chiaroscuro Water Lily quite a while ago, but I didn’t get around to binding them or finishing the edges in some way. I wrote about Prairie Night here and about...
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Stargazer — A Small Quilt for AAQI
Each spring the Milwaukee Art Museum has a 4-day exhibit called Art in Bloom which pairs amazing floral arrangements with the museum’s artwork. We went to the show last spring, and I took tons of...
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Daylily #3 — A Small Quilt for AAQI
I just completed another donation quilt for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative (which has raised over $883,000 for Alzheimer’s research and awareness). Like many of my recent small quilts, this one...
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One Daffodil — A Small Quilt for AAQI
Daffodils mean the arrival of Spring, but they also always remind me of my father. Every year he would divide and replant the daffodils forming the border of our yard and the adjacent woods. Over...
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Gockoo’s Apple Crisp — A Small Quilt for AAQI
Last year Spoonflower.com had a contest to design a fabric based on a recipe. I chose to do a design based on one of my grandmother’s recipes, and I wrote about it in this earlier post. My...
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One Tulip — A Small Quilt for AAQI
Here’s another small quilt I’ve made for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative. I started with this photo I took at the Milwaukee Art Museum’s annual Art in Bloom exhibit. I wanted to highlight the...
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Three Daffodils — Another Small Quilt for AAQI
I’m trying to finish up all the small quilts I was working on for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative since 2013 will be their last year of fundraising. This one is in memory of my father who grew...
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Maybe My Last Quilt for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative
I started making small art quilts for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative in 2007 when I was a new quilter. Both of my parents suffered from Alzheimer’s, and I wrote a bit about why I make these...
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Creating “Fading Memories”
Last week I wrote about creating what is probably my last quilt for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative. I included a picture of my favorite AAQI quilt Fading Memories. Several people asked how I...
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Two of My Small Quilts are in the June Auction for AAQI
The June auction for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative includes two of my small quilts. This incredible volunteer organization has raised more than $916,000 for Alzheimer’s research since January...
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