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Quilt Symposium Manawatu 2015
New Zealand’s premier quilt event, the biennial Quilt Symposium is being held in the North Island city of Palmerston North, Manawatu from 16 –21 January 2015. Details of Quilt Symposium Manawatu 2015...
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The making of a quilt: SAQA (Oceania) Benefit Auction blog hop
Welcome to the Oceania Collection Blog Hop! SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) has an auction of art quilts every year, and this year the Oceania members contributed 32 pieces to the collection. The...
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Quilting intricate designs with tracing paper
I may have gone a bit overboard with my quilting design for this eucalyptus quilt, but I’m actually really enjoying the process, so what does it matter? (Having great equipment and being set up well...
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The Little Quilts by Eritia Bax
Today I’m going to share some work by a very special guest artist – my mum, Eritia Bax! I came across these photos while sorting out my computer the other day, and realised that I’ve never shared any...
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Dress up: Book Week 2013
What do Laura, Bilbo and the green sheep have in common? Why, they all appear in some of our favourite books, of course! (It’s hard to stay serious when your baby brother just put a snail in his...
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Giveaway: Commissioned Childhood Portrait
Celebrate your family with an art quilt featuring your very own children. Or grandchildren. Or yourself and your siblings when you were all children. What do you think about that? I absolutely love...
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To all of you wonderful people who entered our giveaway, I ask you to please bear with us. Phil has been running from the moment he got up this morning and won’t be able to stop till about 10:30 this...
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And the winner is…
Wow, I have been reading all your giveaway entries with interest! Thank you for taking the time to enter. I’m glad it wasn’t my job to judge them, but I’ve been very curiously waiting to see who I...
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Why I love blogs (well, one of the reasons)
Marcus turned one last week. Already. There’s not much that a fifth child ‘needs’ for his first birthday, but I had my heart set on a wooden ride-on toy for indoors. There are so many nice ones....
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In My Portfolio: See the Gentle Breeze
See the Gentle Breeze (c) Ruth de Vos 2012 90cm high by 107cm wide assorted fabric hand-dyed, machine-pieced, machine-quilted Private Collection+ You can see more of my artwork on my website and in my...
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