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Karen Stenback
- Female
- Lancaster, CA
- United States
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- About Me
- Quilting has been my passion for the past 30 years. And I never have enough time to do all I want to do. Thus, I have lots of UFOs. The kinds of quilts I like varies with my mood. My blog for quilters is www.karenstenback.wordpress.com.
- Hobbies and Interests
- quilting, applique, paper piecing, hand quilting, machine quilting, embroidery, crazy quilting, general sewing, knitting, gardening, other
- My pets are awesome!
- Three dogs, a few cats.
Karen Stenback's Blog
Beaded Flowers on Quilts
Posted on June 6, 2012 at 8:30pm 6 Comments 0 Favorites
Hi there.
I recently took a workshop by Marguerette Tate on beaded flower quilts. I have put pics from the workshop on my personal blog, www.karenstenback.wordpress.com. Here is a close-up of several of her flowers from one of her quilts. They are even more stunning in person! …
Quilt Show Winners
Posted on May 21, 2012 at 7:02pm 2 Comments 0 Favorites
My quilt guild's show was this past weekend. I have posted pics of some of the winning quilts on my personal blog, www.karenstenback.wordpress.com , in addition to a pic of the winner of the dog quilt I made as a fundraiser for Halfway to Home dog rescue.
Here is one of the winning quilts from our show, by Barbara G. Goddard, who won ribbons for three of her quilts! …
ContinueOpportunity Quilts
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 7:22pm 9 Comments 0 Favorites
I took my opportunity fundraiser quilt, "Charlie's Quilt", to the Glendale Quilt Show, last month, and because attendance was slow due to rainy weather, I had a chance to talk with other quilters who had brought opportunity quilts. I have posted pics of the opportunity quilts they brought on my regular blog, and they are all beautiful...but I have to admit this one from the Big Bear Quilt Guild is my favorite! You can see them on my blog at…
ContinueBirthday Quilts
Posted on April 3, 2012 at 7:51pm 3 Comments 0 Favorites
Last month my guild had Lyn Mann come to speak and give a workshop on Birthday Quilts, where you use your own birth month and day to create a quilt that is especially for your birthday. The workshop was lots of fun. I have posted pics on my personal blog, www.karenstenback.wordpress.com . Here is Lyn's quilt sample she made for us. This is a good quilt to give as a 'personalized' gift using a person's 'special…
ContinueHave you seen this quilt?
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 12:45am 1 Comment 0 Favorites
A friend of mine is looking for this quilt pattern or quilt kit. It was produced around the 1930s, she thinks. Her mother made this quilt for her, and when their house burned down in a fire, the quilt also burned. My friend would like to find the pattern or kit so she could make another one. It is a fairy tale quilt, and includes Rapunzel, and several other princesses. I searched for this quilt online, and found one quilt made from this pattern, and it is in a museum in Michigan. This…
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I have two links to patterns for the strawberry pinkeeps - you can probably use the basic design and adapt it to how you want yours' to look - I think I have another pattern for one somewhere - I will keep looking. Here are links to two patterns with picture directions:
http://sewingisforgirls.blogspot.com/2008/11/strawberry-pincushion-tutorial.html
http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2011/01/v-and-co-how-to-petit-strawberry-pin.html
Hope this helps!
Karen
Hello Karen....do you happen to know where I could find a pattern for the wool strawberry pin-keep we see everywhere???
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Mary