Month: October 2013
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Machine Quilting Unlimited, November/December 2013 issue
This weekend’s mail brought the November/December 2013 issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited. Inside is my article on labeling quilts which, after nearly 15 years of maintaining the Lost Quilt Come Home website (http://lostquilt.com/), is a topic very near and dear to me. I jumped at the chance to write this article for them. While I…
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Ohio Valley Quilters’ Guild
Yesterday was a great day. I was able to teach my Making Faces workshop to a really great group of ladies from the Ohio Valley Quilters’ Guild in Cincinnati, Ohio. Usually, sweet hubby comes along to help me, but he was busy with some important church projects, so DD#1 came along instead. It was fun…
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Fall clean-up
Returning from a Nancy Crow workshop is always a good reason to do a thorough studio clean-up. I obviously haven’t figured out how to keep control over the clutter. I know I’m supposed to clean up as I go, but somehow I still end up with piles and stacks and general disarray. I’d like to…
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Nancy Crow workshop: Potpourri: days 3, 4, & 5
The second assignment went back to the simple little compositions that we made at home before class began. We were allowed to use up to three of them, but I chose to just use one. Again, we were to focus on “flat” and “glowing” colors. Nancy wanted the figure to be very glowing and the…
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Nancy Crow workshop: Potpourri: days 1 & 2
Do you remember those thirty mini compositions I made a couple weeks ago? I made them to prepare for another luxurious week at Nancy Crow’s Timber Barn last week. It really is such a treat for me to go. Back when I was still working for an engineer full time, I remember pouring over each…
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Design Seeds
In August, I told you about the Color Palette Generator, a website that allows you to upload a photo and then it gives you fifteen colors found in that picture. Now I want to tell you about Design Seeds. Every day, it features two photos along with a palette of six colors. If you’re looking…