Month: August 2010
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Luscious blue fabric
Aren’t these luscious? As soon as I saw them, I knew I wanted to buy the entire line! It’s from Clothworks Fabric Collections. It’s called “Hungarian Blue” and is designed by Sue Zipkin. Of course it didn’t matter that I had no project in mind. I needed this fabric! If money was no object, I…
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Bowl Full of Blue
So I didn’t create any great art today, even after receiving a huge box full of inspiration the day before. Instead, I spent a lovely morning drinking coffee with my youngest daughter, listening to her talk, and keeping my hands busy by wrapping balls. It’s not much, but it made me smile, and it gave…
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Surprise prize package arrives!
I got a surprise knock on the door today. It was my faithful deliveryman dropping off this package from Quilting Arts. It’s the prize package that I won when they chose my quilt, “Strawberry Delight,” for the 2011 Quilting Arts calendar. How exciting! There was Jane Dunnewold’s “Art Cloth” which was on my Amazon wish…
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The “Merry Yacht”
My sweet hubby and I just got back from three wonderfully relaxing days camping at a nearby state park. Several years ago we were tremendously blessed when my father decided he wanted to give away his RV. As soon as he offered it to us, we jumped at the offer! My husband loves camping. Me…not…
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Mural at church
Friday evening I recruited my two daughters to help me put up this mural in a Sunday school classroom at church. The wallpaper mural came in eight panels and was a bit of a trick to put up! The paper kept stretching so it was difficult to match up the design in places. I was…
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2011 Quilting Arts Calendar is here!
I just noticed that the 2011 Quilting Arts Calendar is now available on the Interweave website. I think my quilt will be for the month of May.
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Demo night at my quilt guild
Tonight was demo night at my quilt guild, the Miami Valley Quilters’ Guild. Somehow, I agreed to do one of the demos. After a lot of thought, I decided to show how to quilt a portrait. I did two workshops for my quilt guild earlier this year and many people have been afraid to quilt…
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Hopefully the website is back up
It’s been a long five days for AT&T and SBC Global customers. For some reason, those companies decided to “black hole” the webserver that three of my websites are on, along with more than 200 other customers. Thank you to everyone who helped to resolve this. I know Lesa talked to SBC for more than…
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AlphaBuddies Baby Quilt
A dear friend of the family who grew up with our daughters is having her first baby, so it gave me an excuse to make a (gasp!) traditional quilt block and practice my piecing. About six months ago, I happened to buy this quilt kit using Andover’s Alpha Buddies. I bought it because a couple…
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Machine Quilting Unlimited
I had a nice little surprise today. Machine Quilting Unlimited gave me a shout out in their August 2010 newsletter. So if you’ve arrived at my website from their link, thanks for coming! I hope you enjoy looking around. I’d like to invite you to visit my gallery. If you want to stay updated, you…