Category Archives: Terry Burris Quilting

Storm at Sea Variation

Posted on June 27, 2018 by divadiversion

Earlier this year I was busy putting together a very special quilt for a very special couple.  I didn’t want to just make any quilt, I wanted to put together something that would hold meaning specifically to them.  Their wedding … Continue reading →

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Classwork and project completed

Posted on March 31, 2018 by divadiversion

Last summer I took a class with my guild from a very talented woman, Christine Van Buskirk.  She had done a program for Hospitality, (a part of the Richmond Quilt Guild) and the class looked like something that I could … Continue reading →

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The Challenge and the Commission

Posted on December 7, 2017 by divadiversion

One of the people who make me an adventurous quilter is my sister Terry.  She will take on anything and everything.  Seldom does she think “I can’t do that”. Terry had a box from a woman who wanted a quilt.  … Continue reading →

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Richmond Quilters Guild Quilt Show

Posted on September 25, 2017 by divadiversion

This is the first time I’ve entered a quilt in a show to be judged.  Over the years I have had the chance to view dozens of shows, from an International show in Houston, to local shows in Northern Virginia … Continue reading →

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In the beginning…

Posted on September 13, 2017 by divadiversion

  Oh those first efforts. The very first effort was a biscuit quilt.  You know, the kind where you stuff each little pillow like biscuit and sew them together.  Well, the first one must have weighed 80 lbs.  The recipient … Continue reading →

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February Finishes and Lessons Learned

Posted on March 10, 2017 by divadiversion

February.  The shortest month of the year.  Some years it feels like an eternity before it will end with all the cold and snow.  This year however…hikes, and walks and 70 degree days.  Whodathunk! So time in the sewing room … Continue reading →

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Denimania

Posted on September 28, 2016 by divadiversion

Denim has intrigued me for a long time.  I’ve collected jeans for many years with the thought that “someday I will make something with these”.  On a trip to the big Houston Quilt Festival several years ago, I took a … Continue reading →

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Necessity is the mother of invention

Posted on September 6, 2016 by divadiversion

I’ve been unpacking.  And unpacking, and unpacking some more.  Everything old is new again.  Being so open, my new sewing studio was an easy spot to just drop and stack boxes…and that we did. That being said, my sewing room isn’t … Continue reading →

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Haberdashery – Part Two

Posted on January 18, 2016 by divadiversion

Although the Haberdashery wall hanging did not have the contrast I had hoped for, it was still an attractive piece.  And I had lots and lots of tie scrap to use up. One of the points of this body of … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it’s the love of the process

Posted on August 10, 2015 by divadiversion

Several years back I had a friend that appeared to rely on two patterns; Turning Twenty and Yellow Brick Road.  Knowing her capabilities I was puzzled at why these became her “go to” patterns.  We must have seen a dozen … Continue reading →

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