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Roaring into March
First off the bat, the winners of the giveaway, using the Husband Random Name Generator were: Janice, who wrote: “WOW! I just began following your blog and missed the start up of this QAL.…
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Oh Christmas Tree-QAL–Step 2
I’ve been haunting the IG feed #ohchristmastreeqal and love seeing all the progress of where the trees are and how things are coming along. We’ll finish this tree up in no time flat, but…
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QuiltCon Prepping Fun
Since I will taking a class from Lizzy House on Block Printing (see random sample from web, above), and since I decided I’d had enough of “have-to” sewing, I wanted to just whip up something…
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Lanyard Tutorial for Quilt Shows
I didn’t have a lanyard last year at QuiltCon, and my pins slipped and slid everywhere, beside the fact that I jingle-jangled as I walked. I wanted one of those spiffy ones, where I…
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Halloween 1904 Quilt-A-Long
(Picture borrowed from the amazing Thelma of Cupcakes and Daisies here) So now that the Spelling Bee is underway for the year, as well as some other quilt-a-longs I’m involved in (Oh Christmas Tree) I…
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February’s Procrastination
I did the Husband Random Name Generator today and Diane Nelson is the winner of the pearl cotton bubbles. Congratulations, Diane! I mailed them off this afternoon to you. Glad you are making good…
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Oh Christmas Tree QAL–Step 1
I’ve been busy shopping for wools, wool felts, felted wools and all combos in between. See below for an explanation of what they all are, although you’ve probably figured it out by now. For…
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Friend and Foe: Four-in-Art Challenge • Feb 2016
Friend & Foe Quilt No. 156, February 2016 #1 in the Color Series: Microscope We have a new year and new members (see below) and a new theme: Color. And this quarter’s challenge was “microscope.” So…
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Chuck Nohara • January 2016 blocks finished
Happy to report that I finished my January’s Chuck Nohara Blocks a few days early, even with totally redoing the house on the hill block (#cn968). (The upper left fabrics are from Sherri and…
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Reflections on Road to California 2016
It was a lovely ride. Road to California began as a local quilt juried quilt show that over 20+ years has built itself up to be a nationally-ranked show with outstanding quilts in all categories.…
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Microscopy for Four-in-Art Feb 2016
This microscopic image is cocaine. I found it while researching images for this quarter’s Four-in-Art challenge of “microscopic.” The overarching theme is color, so of course, I was drawn to this as an idea…
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
The winner of our giveaway is Quilter in Motion, aka Marsha. And no, she doesn’t get a chicken dinner–I just like saying that. Thank you so much for all your birthday memories–I loved reading…
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Oh Christmas Tree Quilt-A-Long & a Giveaway!
When I first saw this Christmas Tree on Instagram, I fell in love. So I proposed a Quilt-A-Long that would force enable me to to get it completed in time for Christmas 2016, for…
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Chuck Nohara Blocks • January 2016
Note: This was supposed to be published in a few days, but the Flying Monkeys took over and things just got a little out of control over here. Over and Out. Most of the…
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Spelling Bee Begins • January 2016
Sometime ago, I hatched an idea of making letters and words and ideas up in cloth. Not a new idea, but just one that emerged from the morass to capture my attention, I’d say. Getting a…
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Merry Christmas 2015
Christmas Treat Wallhanging (from here) Merry Christmas 2015! Largely because of traveling and family obligations, this season has felt like a mad dash, reminding me of the runners I met in the Metro in DC one December…
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Final Finishes for 2015
Thank you for all your kind comments on IG and on the last post. A lot of this post was mostly written before the San Bernardino tragedy, so it may seem lighthearted. But it…
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Too Close to Home
I can’t stop thinking about all those who went to work yesterday morning, and will never go home again.
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Two Finishes: Baskets and a Halloween Quilt for 2016
NOTE: Please forgive the blog gremlins who used to work here. To quote Monty Python, they have been sacked.Quilt Number 154 Spooky Action at a Distance Construction began October 2015 • Finished November 2015 I…
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The Done Manifesto and Deadlines
Bre Pettis and collaborator Kio Stark wrote down everything they knew about bringing “a creative vision to life. They called it The Done Manifesto: There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and…
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Thanksgiving 2015
Today, on America’s Thanksgiving holiday, I am grateful for opportunities that come my way. To be sure, they are often disguised as *bonk!* on the head, occasionally causing some consternation. I am also grateful…
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Back to My Average Life After 10 Days on the Road
Road? Did someone say Road? I found this in my mailbox this morning, and after jumping around my room and being a goofball for a while, the happiness over this news of my acceptance…
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Quilty Procrastination
I feel the crisp air now of California, now that it’s finally mid-November (apparently the effect of climate change) and coming soon is Turkey Day. (For a turkey prep that will change your life,…
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Chuck Nohara Quilt Blocks
I have a new girlfriend and her name is Chuck Nohara. Like all of my girlfriends, she is charming, sweet with a bite of spice, witty and oh! so clever. This is her book, purchased from…
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And That Has Made All the Difference: a Four-in-Art Quilt
And That Has Made All the Difference Quilt No. 151, November 2015 #4 in the Literature Series I close out the Literature Series with another poem, a famous poem, by Robert Frost. You can even…
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A New Purse/Tote Bag
I went looking for a new purse the other day. I’m headed up to Utah to help celebrate my father’s 90th birthday and needed a new purse so I won’t embarrass myself with my…
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