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Carol Klippstein
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- Davis, CA
- United States
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Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Betty - glad to see another person interpreting with a beach theme. Mine was beach blankets and kelp....I think yours sounds a little more catchy, lol!"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Betty - I love the background fabric; it makes your quilt look three-dimensional. Kudos for getting it quilted so quickly!!"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Jeanne--I too, love the strip around the outside you did with your quilt. I've been trying to decide whether to set the pieces according to plan or change the order of them and now that I've seen your border, I think I may be following the…"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Thanks Weeks and Bill for the fun project—just the right length of time!
I'm glad my binding is already made! I may have to do my "seaweed and beach towels" setting I talked about earlier, but I want to let it simmer a bit…"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"re wooden pressing tool: I notice there are two types—one that looks like a round dowel that's been sawed off at an angle, and the one I have that is shaped a little more at the business end; kind of a square with a slanted side…"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Lyn--I'm glad you commented about open vs closed seams. I thought I was just being "old fashioned" by not wanting to press the seams open (see a previous post several pages ago). I think that you are correct in saying it's just…"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Caren--maybe when you quilt it, the color thread you use can help "change" the color pink to something that you like better. Try some test strips with various colors of thread and see what happens. "
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Robin--I really like the pastel/lighter value fabrics with the black background!"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Nancy--When I was in Sisters, OR this summer for the quilt show, one of the local quilt shops in Bend (forget which) had thoughtfully placed a HUGE tent/awning thingy over their front lawn with about TWENTY "man chairs" (and a cooler of…"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Sheila - I like the name of that green fabric...DIMPLES! I picked up a couple in other colors as well and added it into my strips and circles. All fun!"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Lynn,
Yes, I think a trip to the beach would be nice. It was foggy in SFO when I was there two weeks ago for a quilt show in the south bay, but I did see seaweed at the ocean. Maybe that's what triggered that image for my quilt circles!"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Thanks Chris and everyone else for the compliments! I've been wondering how we will be putting all this together. I noticed that when I had the three circle strips all lined up side by side, that it looked like seaweed swaying back and…"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Sharon, my background is actually a yellow-green (like a green olive you eat). Here's a closeup that has a pale yellow, hot pink, a yellow-y orange, and a fuschia-y/purple circle for comparison. The strip down the middle is regular orange…"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Just finished getting my blocks in order. Turns out I had to TAKE OUT two of my blocks because even with trimming them down, they were too long. I don't mind! Confession time—not all my seams are pressed open! I think I might quit…"
Carol Klippstein commented on Christine Brown's group Modern Mystery Quilt"Tina - your colors, especially in the little square patches, remind me of a Starbucks mug I have in those exact colors. I held it up to your pics and they look so alike that I wish I could reach through my computer, hand you the cup and say,…"
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- Tell us about yourself
- I'm a SAHM (for now) qullter, graphic designer and art lover.
- How many quilts have you made?
- Too many to recall
- Do you want to make quilts, or simply enjoy them?
- Make them, of course!
- How long have you been a quilter?
- Since 1976 during the bicentennial
- What is your favorite quilting technique?
- Machine piecing
- Why do you quilt?
- To stay sane!
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Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 3:19am on September 18, 2012,
Francie Gross said… Hmmmmm... looks like the clock for this site is based on Eastern time... It's really only 12:19 here. I'm a night owl, but not THAT serious!
- At 3:17am on September 18, 2012, Francie Gross said…
Hi Carol, Welcome to "My Quilt Place". I'm just down the interstate from you in Vallejo. I love mystery quilts, so I'm having fun so far with this one, and am looking forward to the next "installment" on Wednesday. I like your reason for quilting... "to stay sane"... that works for me, too. I mostly make art quilts, but am currently working on a couple of traditional pieces right now from recent classes I took. I love taking classes - DH asks me, "How many classes are enough?" I don't have an answer to that one! Hope you'll post some pictures of some of your quilts when you get a chance.
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