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Long Beach Quilt Festival, classes
I still have a bag or two to unpack, but I wanted to post about my days at International Quilt Association’s (IQA) Quilt Festival at Long Beach. I went two years ago, when the…
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Village Houses: Joybells Ring in Heaven’s Street
When I was at our sewing group, Lisa brought out her “house” quilt, the earliest group quilt that we’d attempted together. You saw hers. Here’s mine: Quilt #28 We had the common fabrics to…
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Long Beach Quilt Festival: Getting Ready
I believe in taking classes, when they interest you or teach you a new skill. I’m headed to the Long Beach International Quilt Festival (or LB-QuiltCon, as I like to call it) and I’m…
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Working in a Series
I think part of my discouragement this week was fatigue. I’m working a stack of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. There’s probably 40 to 50 different fabrics that I’ve collected over the years, and in this…
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Better Than Chocolate
You are all better than chocolate. You are all better than giving in to discouragement. In other words, you are all good company through the Quilt Swamp, and I was gratified and encouraged by…
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Lollypop Block Quilt Swamp
Existential Crisis this morning. I don’t know how you choose what you’ll make for a quilt, whether it be the fabric pulls you in, or you see a design on someone’s blog or in…
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Back into the Lollypop Forest
Yep, the mess is back in my sewing studio. This is block number six. After this one, I’m halfway. Putting down the big petals and leaves is fun and goes quickly, and then it’s…
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Heart Houses–Far Flung Bee
Krista received her Far Flung Bee Blocks, so now I can write about them. Like a pregnancy, I figure it’s not my news to tell, so I like to let them do the Woo-hoo!…
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Good Heart Quilters — Summer Fun Day
I’m leading with this shot of a houses quilt, because this was the very first project our group, the Good Heart Quilters, had ever done together. I designed all the houses on my QuiltPro…
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Snapshots!
A couple of things on this post. First–a gallery of ginghams from our Project Gingham. I liked how Sherri did this on her blog and I guess I just wanted a record of all…
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Milestone–100 Completed Quilts
I want to make a hold-in-the-hand book–full of clippings and writings and photos–about my quilts, following the example of my friend Lisa, and my father’s art journals (which we children all covet) and in…
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Project Gingham!!
A long time ago, in a galaxy garage sale faraway, Elizabeth found a whole lotta’ gingham. She shared with Krista, who really likes vintage fabrics. Then we hatched the idea to share with a…
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On Blogging, Part 3 (final)
Now about this wonderful monstrous hydra we’ve created: blogging. If not conquered, or at least managed, it will sink us all. First some thoughts from others. Rachel of Stitched in Color writes a fine…
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On Blogging, Part 2
Recently on Creature Comforts, Ez wrote “Things I’m Afraid to Tell You,” a discussion about life behind the blogging curtain. Leave yourself some time, if you want to hop over there and read. One…
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On Blogging
Do you like to blog? The previous post discussed audience, and how we find our audience for our quilting and our art through some linky parties. But this one is more about the blogging–the…
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Grandchildren Visit!
My grandchildren are visiting and I’m graced with renditions by lovely Keagan, my nine-year old grandchild. She saw my Lollypop Tree and made her own version. We went to the beach and collected shells,…
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Linky Party for Quilting, or Link-Ups
Linky Parties, or Link-Ups seem to be everywhere. I’ve seen them oriented to crafting, to quilting, to cooking, to thrifting, as as the above image illustrates, fonts, teachery things and One Tough Mother. The…
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Stacks of Fabric–WIP
I’m still working on my Lollypop Trees. Now that’s a Work in Progress. I also have two Bee blocks to think about: Krista’s wonky houses. I have an idea or two for those, but…
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Quilting Resource–Judy Martin
With all the modern quilts flooding the blogosphere, it’s good to remember some of the more traditional quilters that have been around for a long time. Judy Martin is one of those. I’ve frequented…
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First Far Flung Bee Blocks
I mailed off my first Far Flung Bee block to Australia, and she’s received it! Essie wanted Bear’s Paw blocks, and she posted a great tutorial on her blog. Here’s my first one. And…
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Back Among the Lollypop Forest: Blocks 5 and 9
I like this part of the Lollypop Tree blocks the best: laying out the color scheme in those great big petals. The part I like the least, in the cutting and choosing category, is…
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Becky Goldsmith/Quilt Class
I had asked to be put on the waiting list of Becky Goldsmith’s class, hosted and organized by Orange Grove Quilters Guild, and by some incredible stroke of luck, I was in!. I arose at…
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Early Summer WIP Check-in
Many thanks to Lee for hosting us on WIP Wednesday. Click here to return to her blog and see other projects begun this early summer day (even though Summer Solstice hasn’t arrive officially). Summer’s…
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June Flowers/Tulip Tutorial
Every June the jacaranda trees put on their bluey-purple-periwinkle display of flowers, and we all wander around wondering how we got to be lucky. And like clockwork, every June they dominate my photos —…
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Project Gingham Underway
I had a whole list of winners. You all shared such lovely memories with me, and I enjoyed going back in time to your childhood summers, popping popcorn to sell, learning to sew at…
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Gingham Giveaway!!
Today’s the day for our Gingham Giveaway. Krista, of KristaStitched, and Cindy, of Live A Colorful Life, will also be doing a giveaway on their blogs, too. We’ve put together three packs of gingham…
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