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detail of stitches holding fabric collage together
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145 – Stitched, Ironed and Ready To Return

September 10, 2022

A lot of free-motion stitching has been done using my mid-arm Handi-Quilter Sweet 16 machine. I’ve put in the details, like smoke…

fabric stabilizer being washed away
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144 – Now Showing

August 30, 2022

In previous posts, (136 and 137) I became aware of a design flaw so I cut out and replaced what bothered me….

fabric collage art quilt in progress
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143 – Off The Wall

August 16, 2022

I’ve made decisions about how the ground on the left side of the quilt will connect with the middle and the right…

art quilt with believable imagery
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142 – Toxic Spill

August 4, 2022

Progress is being made on big Fear Quilt, despite interruptions mentioned previously. Anyone who has tried to keep a blog going consistently…

Chaos logo and graffiti design
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141 – Chaos

June 21, 2022

Chaos! Best description for the past several months. More on that later. Chaos is the word I chose as the graffiti that…

choosing fabrics to represent ground
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140 – Laying The Groundwork

March 30, 2022

The sky has been composed above the “Not Yet Dead” attraction. Now to lay the groundwork. Again, I must keep in mind…

Spool Party by Susan V. Polansky
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134 – Spool Party: stitched fabric collage

December 23, 2021

How about diving into a little bit about thread? Do I have loyalty to any brand of thread? No, but I do…

fabric collage removed from design wall
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133- Sewing Begins!

December 6, 2021

Thanks for your patience in awaiting an update on how the big Fear quilt is going. I switched gears from collaging fabric…

Handi-Quilter Sweet 16, swirl stitched design
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102 – Going in Circles

February 2, 2021

A swirling vortex will be inside the rolling barrel entrance to a funhouse in my quilt. At first, I thought to use…

stitched artwork by Susan Polansky
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57 – It will be a quilt!

July 27, 2020

You’ve seen a lot of drawing, but have I mentioned that I intend to make the final piece of this project out…

photo of back of art quilt
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Skirmish on Insecurity Hill

23 – Green Has Got To Go

May 23, 2019

I decided to cut away the green background and then I prepared my long-arm for the next step. I still had a…

art quilt in progress
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Skirmish on Insecurity Hill

19 – The “What If” Stage

May 19, 2019

The stitching is about complete. Since I’ve done this on my mid-arm (a Handi-Quilter Sweet 16) I can easily take it away…

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37 – One more thing – the kite string

August 2, 2018

Sorry to string you along, but I couldn’t resist, especially when I want to show how I sewed the kite strings. I…

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35 – Sew, Sue, Sew!

July 31, 2018

My A-1 longarm machine, ready to sew! #indiaquilt #lovemylongarm #saqawip #neqmexplorations #deadlineistomorrow #susanpolansky

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32 – A mess of loose ends

July 22, 2018

What a mess, right? After stitching on a section of my quilt-before quilting-and before washing away the stabilizer (clear, shiny on the…

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30 – Sewing in details before quilting

July 17, 2018

Sewing a section of #indiaquilt. This isn’t the quilting stage yet. Here I am securing bits of fabric(they have already been fused)…

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26 – WashAway Stabilizer and Stitching

June 20, 2018

My version of life on the wild side: I haven’t used this kind of wash away stabilizer before, so here it goes…and…

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22 – Stitching a miniature billboard

May 17, 2018

This will be a billboard on #indiaquilt – don’t know if it’s legible, but it doesn’t need to be. (a number of…