Month: April 2011
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Tutorial: Do you clean your machine?
How often do you clean your machine? I know I’m supposed to do it fairly frequently, but I usually forget. After I had a couple threads break this morning, I decided it was time to see what was going on in the bobbin area. Yuk! Look at what was down there. My sewing machine has…
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Maybe I should have more deadlines
I’m really good at procrastinating. Maybe it’s because I practice so much. Particularly when I have ridiculous deadlines. Then I’m totally interested in cleaning and sorting stuff. Maybe the process of having to face things logically and unemotionally helps me to get ready to face my deadline logically. Or maybe it forces me into a…
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Published: Studios magazine
I’m excited! A double whammy! I just saw that the Summer 2011 Studios magazine is available for preorder, or the digital version is available immediately. My instructions for a do-it-yourself thread cabinet are in that issue! If you go to the link and see the phrase “Instructions for Making a Customized Thread Organizer,” that’s my…
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Published: Machine Quilting Unlimited
I got the May 2011 issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited in the mail today, and I quickly flipped to the back page. There she is! Sheer Whim is the “Jaw Dropper” for that issue. Isn’t that exciting?!
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Destash continues
I’m procrastinating. I have something I need to do, so naturally I end up doing something else. I continued the magazine purge last night and today. I’ve now gotten rid of enough magazines to clear out an entire shelf! That’s 23″ of space! Now…what to put there… For now, I’m putting my pretty Ruby Mountain…
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He has risen!
Today is a very special day to me. Hope it might be for you, too. “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John 4:10
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I lost 9″!
I lost 9″ today! Nine inches of magazines taking up shelf space. Okay, I admit that might not sound like much. But, that is 38 magazines that I paged through and got rid of. Some I gave to a family with three kids so they can cut them up. Some went into the trash. I…
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Organizing quilting books
I spent today cleaning my studio – again! If I plan on actually using it, then I guess it’s not realistic to expect that it will always be clean, right? After a couple of projects and then preparing for a lecture and two workshops, I could barely walk back there. So, I dedicated all of…
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Berrien Towne and Country Quilt Guild
Saturday night I got back from speaking and teaching at Berrien Towne and Country Quilt Guild. They meet at a lovely retreat center in Bridgman, Michigan. I felt instantly at home because everyone was so friendly. On Thursday night they had their guild meeting. I showed a PowerPoint presentation of a number of quilt artists…
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Tutorial: fused color wheel
I love color wheels. Maybe it’s because I love the bright, clear colors organized so they flow so nicely around and around. While I have numerous commercial color wheels (too many to admit to in polite company), I think you really start learning about color when you try to select the exact shades of fabric…