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I’m going to call this painting “Memories” in honor of my mother. I love painting yarrow flowers but was never exactly sure why.  I mentioned it to my sister after I finished this one and she said: “Oh I know why! It’s because Mom and her friend Denise had a summer job once picking yarrow when we were young. I love it too.” It made me realize that my love of yarrow was a seed planted in my childhood. Truly a gift from a mother I adore. I hope to create many more paintings of this beautiful flower in the years to come.

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My latest finished painting features a quail that I started for my mother who just loves their little hats!

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I recently submitted some of my artwork to the Courageously Creative Fine Art Show in Leavenworth, WA and had a piece selected! My painting, Hiding Poppies (10 x 10 acrylic on cradled wood), will be for sale at the show April 25 - 27th.

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I finally got around to binding this quilt. It’s been draped over my long arm for a few weeks now. This was my first Homestead star. I started on it in a class on the pattern at Stitch! in Reardan, Wa. I used my Q 20 Bernina long arm and ruler set to both match stick and outline the stars in the pattern. I tried taking the quilt off and re-orienting it to match stick the inside of the star 90° from the outside. I’m not sure that I would do that again. I learned a lot about the best practices for starting and stopping mid quilting. Notice how you don’t see the back of my quilt? It’s kind of a mess I’ll be honest! Overall-I’m happy with how the quilting turned out and I know that if I choose to do it again, I will definitely do a better job.

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My second Homestead Star quilt. This was created for a lovely lady I know who suffered a house fire just before Thanksgiving. She adores dragonflies so I chose the Dragonfly Illusions fabric line and a black background. I love how the colors popped. I tried to use the quilting to extend the star into all that empty space. It was my second time using a quilting ruler and I must say, it’s harder than you think! I actually enjoyed the pebbling the most. The backing was donated by Stitch! Quilt shop in Reardan WA and the batting is 6mm bamboo.

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Just finished getting this one scanned and posted to my website (artbykpgarner.com). It started as a golden hour painting of the Reardon, WA grain silos and turned into something a bit different.

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Just finished this today. It’s a foundation paper pieced pattern by Juliet van der Heijden found in her Animal Quilts book. I scaled the pattern up 188% and used a solid background fabric in combination with Australian Dreamtime prints. For the quilting I freehanded a variety of leaves, feathers and flowers working from the bottom up, then from the top down I worked on the bird to give it some feathering texture. The backing fabric is peppered cotton and the batting is 6mm bamboo. I’m very happy with the end result.

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Finally finished this late last night. It was my first block of the month from Quiltpatch Lane in Spokane. Of course the top took me more that two years to finish and it’s been at least a year or so since then waiting to be quilted. Well that ended yesterday when I tried my first matchstick quilt pattern. I used 6mm bamboo batting from Stitch Quilt Shop. I’m excited to wash it and see how the batting reacts.

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Acrylic on board. A little texture and some pretty - made up flowers.

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Finished this small test piece today. Now for a larger version.

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Finished this quilt today for my grandmother in-law Ivie. She’s from Texas so the Moda “Hey Y’all” fabric was just begging to be made into something special for her. And of course thanks go out to the fab ladies at Stitch! In Reardon Wa for all their help.

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My 25th anniversary gift to my husband. Today’s our big day and he’s finally seen it. It’s acrylic on a wood panel.

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Just finished this Elly handbag by sewmanycreations.com for my friend Melissa. I reworked the recessed zipper to my preferences and included an additional zippered pocket inside the bag.

It was my first time working with cork fabric and waterproof canvas. I’d use both again but probably not together as my machine didn’t like it and the canvas was challenging.

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Just finished this tonight and I’m really happy with the quilting. It was my first attempt at something other than an all over technique.

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This is something I started so long ago now it’s just silly. Managed to finish it today.

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Finished this today. Need to figure out a better way to photograph these but you get the idea. :)