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Glenda Wilder Designs specializes in quilt patterns that appeal to makers with an eye for contemporary design.

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Blending modern and traditional elements in easy, original patterns!

It's March 1st so here's my intro for #igquiltfes

It's March 1st so here's my intro for #igquiltfest2021 before the day is over! I'm Glenda of Glenda Wilder Designs. I've been sewing since I was a child and quilting since I was in High School (before rotary cutters, quilting gadgets and longarms!)
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By day I'm a busy Facilities Coordinator for a financial institution (getting the plumbing, lights, HVAC landscaping, and other such fixed! Very glam!) By night and on weekends, my creative muse shuffles geometric shapes and a rainbow of colors on paper and in fabric in original ways. Design is my passion and I love blending the traditional and the contemporary in unexpected ways.
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I hope you'll follow along with me during this National Quilt Month celebration. I am excited to see everyone's posts and in getting to know you all better, too!

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A big thing happened this weekend! I'm excited to

My Fat Quarter Pinwheels pattern is now available

SQUEEEEEAL! My #mqgminiswap2021 from @mysticsan wa

SQUEEEEEAL! My #mqgminiswap2021 from @mysticsan was in my mailbox to welcome me home after a long work week! What a nice gift from a new quilty friend (plus there's a zipper pouch and sweet treats, too!) Pattern by @mama_makes_time. I am totally into the colors and the two curved "corners" on this sweet wall hanging! It'll be the first thing hung in my new studio space this weekend. Thank you, Sandy! I really do love it! ❤️😊
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Another little looksie at the table topper I sent

Another little looksie at the table topper I sent to @mysticsan as part of the #mqgminiswap2021. I loved adding the texture of heavy quilting to make individual segments pop. I also loved getting to make a new quilty friend by participating in the swap! Hoping to meet in person at #quiltcon2022 in #phoenix next year!
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Fabric is Abby Rose by @robinpickens for @modafabrics
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Simple. Sweet. Stash-buster. What more can a quilt

What to do with a FQ bundle? This big block quilt

This little battery operated @colemanusa lantern h

This little battery operated @colemanusa lantern has been around for about 20 years and tonight, as rolling blackouts occur during Houston's 2021 arctic adventures, it once again serves me well. A little reading, a little gratitude and a quilty early bedtime is on the agenda for me! Everyone please stay safe and warm!
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Can you even call it scrap-busting if you don't us

Can you even call it scrap-busting if you don't use all the fabric?
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I've been saving that red from @davidtextilesinc for over a decade. Mixed with some more recent @alisonglass and @beelori1 for @rileyblakedesigns, now all three are gone, gone, gone.
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I love this version of my "Dashing..." pattern and by making a fun pieced backing I have made room in my stash for a fabric friend I haven't met yet!
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What is your favorite stash-busting process?
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A colorful alternative size of my "Dashing Through

A colorful alternative size of my "Dashing Through the Snow" pattern (as recently seen in #AmericanQuilterMagazine from @aqsonline)
Wouldn't this be a fun pattern to showcase fussy cuts or swap/orphan blocks?
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My "Dashing Through the Snow" pattern made it's Ja

My "Dashing Through the Snow" pattern made it's January #AmericaQuiterMagazine debut in frosty, wintery blues and whites. As Houston anticipates deep freeze weather, I'm revisiting the pattern with color temps a little more typical of an H-town forecast! I guess that makes it just "Dashing!" 😊⁣
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These pretty stems are a #sneakpeek at my Modern Q

These pretty stems are a #sneakpeek at my Modern Quilt Guild Mini Swap project for my swap partner @mysticscan! She loves the great outdoors and nature's beauty, so a nod to one of my favorite patterns with a judiciously saved FQ from @robinpickens #abbyrose collection from @modafabrics seemed perfect! I'm excited to put this mini in the mail this week! So! Much! Fun!⁣
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More secret sewing (and a curvy hint) with gorgeou

More secret sewing (and a curvy hint) with gorgeous batiks from @hoffmanfabrics, my favorite thread from @aurifilthread and my bestie little pin-critter pal from @fishmuseum! Pattern reveal August 1st...
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Yesterday we honored the birthday of the Reverend

Yesterday we honored the birthday of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Junior. Remembering his leadership and sacrifice in pursuit of an America where everyone is "created equal" with "liberty and justice for all", it would have been wrong to hijack the day with my relatively insignificant voice. But silence is complicit and although my platform is small, I have committed to speaking out against the inherent, systemic white supremacy that keeps equality and justice only a dream. I'm doing the work to understand, acknowledge and reject my own role in perpetrating a system of inequality. Will you join me? Be inspired by MLK's iconic "Dream" speech (link in my bio.)⁣
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Thanks @maplecabinquilts for the photo of this Boo

Thanks @maplecabinquilts for the photo of this Boomerang pattern quilt! The alternative layout for extending the size worked beautifully! Very nice!
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MORE secret sewing! I worked hard in 2020 to plant

MORE secret sewing! I worked hard in 2020 to plant a lot of seeds for 2021 and cannot wait to share the big reveals! Please follow me so you don't miss a thing!
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More secret sewing but stitching down binding on a

More secret sewing but stitching down binding on a cold winter night is a perfect task! I get to snuggle up with the soon-to-be finished project while still being productive...for the
WIN!
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It's January 2021 and the current edition of #Amer

It's January 2021 and the current edition of #AmericanQuilterMagazine, featuring my "Dashing Through the Snow" patten is available from @aqsonline now. Don't miss making this fun design in snowy colors or your choice of something completely other-color-ific! I can't wait to see your versions...be sure to tag me and hashtag your finish pics!
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With wide open arms, let us say "𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄" to a new year full of promise and hope! I wish each and every one of you a 2021 full of prosperity, peace, love, good health, equity, inclusion and so much more! Happy New Year, everyone!⁣
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This week I've been squeezing a personal project i

This week I've been squeezing a personal project in between other obligations. This #brimfieldblock was the @houstonmqg "slow stitch" challenge in 2019. I followed the "slow" directive perfectly, barely eeking out 6 blocks for our January meeting before letting the project sit idle while 2020 happened. It was my first EPP and I learned a lot..like despite that I love the results, pulling out the glue basted papers was completely ugh! I briefly considered stitch basting but was pretty sure I wouldn't even consider doing another EPP until @lovepatchonline turned me on to #hexiforms from @brimfieldawakening! Game changer! I will save this project from the UFO forever bin and now I think there is another EPP in my future! I might even (gasp) fussy cut!⁣
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