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One Black Leaf
This is our second round of our art group, self-titled Four-in-Art. Our theme was “tree” or “trees,” however the artist wanted to think about it. I call this “One Black Leaf.” And as…
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January’s Three Finishes–FAL
I’ve always wanted to say that I’ve had three finishes in one month. Well, in my mind, I’ve had FIVE, but two of the tops (the wonky Christmas stars and the wonky Christmas log…
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Fat Quarter Shop Dreaming
My fabulous sisters sent me a Fat Quarter Shop gift certificate for my recent birthday and I’ve had the most fun dreaming about what to buy. I think I’ve clicked on every category in…
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Four-in-Art, quilt 2
This little pathetic, collapsed piece of dangly bits is where I found myself at the end of a day of invention as I worked on my second entry in our Four-in-Art art quilts group. …
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Still Plugging Along
Well? The name of this linky party is Wednesday Works in Progress, right? I’ve made great progress, for I’ve gotten some projects off the pin wall and other blocks out of the box. This…
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More Quilt Shops near Corvallis, Oregon
After we visited Greenbaum’s Quilted Forest in Salem, we headed south to Independence, where we’d visit a quilt shop and have lunch at the Pink House. First up–the shop! Ladies of Liberty is a…
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Greenbaum’s Quilted Forest–Salem, Oregon
My friend in Oregon, Beth, picked me up at my hotel bright and early and we headed up to Salem, to the first shop of our day-long shop hop. Beth really knows how to…
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Four-in-Art Dead Space
Okay, is it horrible to mention that I just now am starting to distill my ideas about this project? I usually like to have some trimming and editing of my thought, but for today,…
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Into the Woods!
Into the Woods is finished–my first finish in the FAL hosted by Leanne. I blogged about how bogged down I was in my entry FAL, so it’s nice to be able to go out…
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Finish-A-Long — First Quarter
The basic idea here is to confess to the world at large all the projects you have on your To Do list. I think this is a great idea because I love embarrassing myself…
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Bolt–Portland, Oregon
After we finished lunch at Grand Central Baking Company, and had visited Cool Cottons, we headed up into the Irvington district of Portland to a well-known quilt shop called Bolt. I have read their…
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Cool Cottons–Portland, Oregon
My husband asked me to accompany him on a business trip and the first thing I did was scout around for quilt shops, naturally, and I was advised to come to this shop in…
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WIP for the New Year
I can’t believe I’m still working on this. No, it’s not the Christmas quilt, although that is still very much in play. It’s the Autumn Quilt. Since I started collecting fabrics for this oh,…
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Happy New Year 2013
Finally! I can show a these little wristlets — mini-zip purses with straps — that I made for Christmas, because I gave the last one away yesterday. Just a simple zip, to which I…
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Ring Out, Wild Bells
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,The flying cloud, the frosty light:The year is dying in the night;Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new,Ring,…
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Wonky Stars, Wonky World
I know you must think I fell off of a cliff. I posted on Lee’s Freshly Pieced blog as a guest host, (who has since removed the post) then went dark and silent for…
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WIP–December Quilting
Today I’m guest-hosting over at Lee’s blog: Freshly Pieced, so I encourage you to head over there and see all the beautiful quilts in her Linky party, and leave some holiday comments to cheer…
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Holiday Quilt Night for the Good Heart Quilters
I’m sure I’ve told you, but our little quilt group–named The Good Heart Quilters–began when Lisa, majorly pregnant with her second daughter, enlisted my help (as well as few others) to get us all…
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Zippers
I had need to buy a passel of zippers (don’t ask questions around Christmastime!) and found a great online source I thought I’d share (and no, they aren’t paying me to write this). It’s…
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Autumn Quilt
Autumn Quilt is just smoothed up on the wall (crookedly), but I’m happy to be at this place with this quilt. I started collecting fabrics for it about 8 or 9 years ago, gathering…
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Undead Bee
I had just about given up hope — no, I HAD given up hope of our Far Flung Bee block exchange ever finishing its run, so I put up a note on Flickr. So…
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Autumn Quilt Borders
For this WIP Wednesday, kindly hosted by Lee of Freshly Pieced fabrics (click to head back there and see what others are doing), I chose to resurrect an ancient Work In Progress: my autumn…
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WIP and Scenes from Italy
I think we are all breathing a sigh of relief that we can answer our phones again without being assaulted during dinner by robo-calls from a candidate. Or go to our mailboxes without needing…
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Craft vs. Art
Ken Price: “Untitled Two Parts” For a while now, I’ve been intrigued by a comment by Ken Price, a ceramic sculptor, an artist. Since he sometimes did representational shapes like cups, saucers and covered…
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English Elizabeth’s Technical Side
See the previous posts for the reveal of English Elizabeth (above), part of the Four-in-Art quilt group. One of the Twelve-by-Twelve artists (after who we are patterning our group) said she likes commercial fabrics and always…
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New Theme for Four-in-Art
While we are still figuring out the rules and learning our way around this little group, it’s my turn to choose the sub-theme to our grand theme of “Nature.” I’ve gone back and forth…
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English Elizabeth: First Four-in-Art Reveal Day
English Elizabeth Made and quilted by Elizabeth Eastmond, for the Four-in-Art Quilt Group Elizabeth Frances Fellow Critchlow, a lass born in England in 1855, in the county of Staffordshire, surely did love her garden.…
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