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Nebraska’s International Quilt Study Center
Hunter’s Star quilt top, c. 2003, unquilted Recently I commented on another Debbie’s block, titled Hopscotch, saying that it was an interesting variation on a Hunter’s Star block. She wrote me back, included the…
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Loose Threads–Krista’s Questions, Answered
Krista, of KristaStitched, challenged a few of us bloggers to answer some questions: 1. Starch or no starch? I always think of our clothing and textiles teacher who warned us about little bugs who…
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Scrappy Stars–WIP Wednesday
When I get these blocks all up here in a row, I like to look at them. I look at them when I’m talking on the phone. I look at them when I’m supposed…
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Copyright Loose Threads
This is my final post on copyright, hopefully. But it comes because not only did Ms. Spain put up another post on her blog, the New York Times ran an interesting editorial on stealing,…
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FSF–iPad Cover
Okay, this was me this week. Lost in a fog. I even forgot to post on WIP Wednesday, which is usually like a religion to me. Suspected sinus infection. Exhaustion. Suffering from What-Day-Is-It-itis. Verified…
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Copyright Update
I loved reading all your comments about the issue of copyright in my blog post about Emily Cier v. Kate Spade–who does own that copyright? A Passionate Quilter wrote: For those of us who…
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Scrap Attack Quilt
Today, over at Stitched in Color, Rachel is having a Scrap Attack Festival of Quilts. Here’s my entry. It’s a mini-quilt, roughly about the size of a sheet of paper: 8 1/2″ by 11″…
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Lawsuits and Quilters
My friend Rhonda sent me news of this latest scuffle involving quilters and the law, as a follow-up to my post about Pinterest. I’m piecing this together (no pun intended) by reading the blogs…
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WIP–iPad Cover
Since we had picked up iPads during our jaunt to San Francisco, any self-respecting quilter knows what’s next: make a cover. And I knew just what I wanted to do. Waiting for me when…
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Time to Go Home
When I start finding lots of images that could be turned into quilts (like the ones below), and. . . . . . when I start buying souvenirs like the ones below. . .…
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The Done Manifesto–FSF
Since, during summer, Friday is my FSF–Finishing School Friday, I thought I’d mention this idea of the Done Manifesto, created when “Bre Pettis, an inventor, and collaborator Kio Stark gave themselves exactly 20 minutes…
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Is Pinterest in Our Best Interest?
The recent brouhaha about Pinterest, a current addiction and tool, and its copyright issues, the internet and blogging made me confront some interesting and sometimes painful realities. I love the internet, but I must…
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WIP–Roses and Doll Quilts
I brought along my third block of the rose window block series — still working on it — but I think a friend of mine wants to try doing this too, as she’s a…
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Spring Break/Mind Break
I took off for Spring Break early. My colleague and friend Judy is covering my class and after class on Monday, we high-tailed it out of town. When you see the above photo, you…
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Comments, Blogger, Frustration
For some reason, Blogger has been playing with me. Not my blogger–YOUR Blogger. Which means that I’ve not been able to leave comments unless someone had enabled the new blogger (a confusing mess if…
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Roses Bloom on a Wednesday
Last week we were all hosting the Leap Day Thread Giveaway, but today I’m back in the saddle with those Works–in–Progress (WIPs) and linking up to Freshly Pieced. Thanks, Lee, for hosting us all!…
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Spring Shop Hop
What do you call a quilter who visits eight quilt shops and one Mexican restaurant on one day? Tired, but happy. Our local shops (I live inland from Los Angeles) got together for a…
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Winners! of Superior Thread Leap Day Giveaway
Many thanks to all who entered the thread giveaway. All of the names are listed below–you guys are pretty amazing. I’m going to suggest to Superior that if they ever need a thread color…
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Leap Day Superior Thread Giveaway
The lovely lady leaping is not me (aw, shucks), but is Allessandra Hamlin, from a websearch. Today is the long-awaited Leap Day Superior Threads Giveaway! Ten of us have joined together in this endeavor. …
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Scrappy Star, part II
This is a continuation of Monday’s post, where I began showing you how I put together these scrappy star blocks. Head to yesterday to download a PDF file of my paper piecing template. But…
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Scrappy Star, part I
I’ve been diving into scraps this week, as I had a couple of days all to myself. Inspired by a quilt I saw in the Scrap Attack Flickr group, a scrappy star by Svetlana…
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Be My Valentine
Okay, I know I’m late. Late for Valentine’s Day. But better late than never, right? Another entry into Friday Finishing School. In fact, today I have two! I finished sewing down the binding on…
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Scraps Into LOVE
This challenge of Rachel’s is looming in my mind, now that I’m past the red/white quilt, and feeling like life has resumed its rhythm. She has a terrific Flickr group, and I spent some…
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English Paper Piecing, continued
I’m leading with the same photo I did yesterday, the very first English Paper Piecing Block (EPP) I’ve ever done. But here’s the beginning of my work in progress: block two, all looking like…
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EPP: A Shared Gift
Because I am a complete quilt dork, loving nearly all things quilting, I love looking at my very first completed English Paper Piecing (EPP) block. I love how I can use the fabric to…
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(Presidents) Day in LA
My mother often says, “A change is as good as a rest,” meaning sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something different — a change — does a body good. So we…
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Bits & Pieces
WIP Wednesday–here we are again. This is a good mid-weekly progress check every week, and many thanks to Lee of Freshly Pieced for hosting us all. Well, I met a goal. For two months,…
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