I am delighted to announce
the arrival of
George
December 30, 2011
37 lbs.
29 by 18 inches
7:17 p.m.
(Yes, I was in labor ALL day!)
And, yes, it came with the red bow
I love that it arrived in a box that says, “Caution – Extreme Excitement Bundled Inside*
* Contents may cause excessive hugging, squealing, jumping, and fist-pumping!”
(I also love the fact that this last sentence is written like it’s blowing in the wind because the machine was earned because Windblown won a big award at the IQA Houston show!)
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Dec 30
2011
I am delighted to announce
the arrival of
George
December 30, 2011
37 lbs.
29 by 18 inches
7:17 p.m.
(Yes, I was in labor ALL day!)
And, yes, it came with the red bow
I love that it arrived in a box that says, “Caution – Extreme Excitement Bundled Inside*
* Contents may cause excessive hugging, squealing, jumping, and fist-pumping!”
(I also love the fact that this last sentence is written like it’s blowing in the wind because the machine was earned because Windblown won a big award at the IQA Houston show!)
Category: studio
13 Comments
Dec 28
2011
I’ve always wanted a design wall, but we live in a fairly small house. I’m extremely blessed and thankful that I have a dedicated space for my stuido area, and I like that it is a part of the family room so I’m not isolated. But, I have too many things that I have to fit in my studio and there is no possible way to have a completely empty wall for a design wall. I told you earlier about my portable design wall, but there isn’t even room for that in my studio.
Over the [ ... ]
Category: studio, tutorials
3 Comments
Dec 27
2011
I caught my family’s enthusiasm for making Christmas gifts this year. We were at a friend’s house (she’s the one who picks me up every month and drives me to our quilt guild meetings), and we were admiring her beautiful new RED kitchen cabinets. She mentioned that she wished her Kitchenaid mixer was red, too, instead of white. Well, that planted a little seed, which took a good week to sprout, and a few days before Christmas I went to work. I know she likes playful fabrics and batiks, so I dug through my cubbyhole of red fabrics and [ ... ]
Category: tutorials
5 Comments
Dec 26
2011
I already told you that Sweet Hubby decided he needed to give my “Making Faces” technique a try. He wanted to make portraits for Christmas gifts to give to some friends who we’ve known for about twenty years. In his excitement, while we were in Colorado, he even bought his own fat quarters. Earlier this month he started on his first portrait. Now that the gifts have been given, I’m excited that I can finally show you his portraits. He did almost all of the cutting himself. I just did some fine-tuning and quilted them. [ ... ]
Category: family, Making Faces portraits
9 Comments
Dec 25
2011
Category: holidays
One Comment
Dec 23
2011
Bonnie McCaffery has done another fabulous job reporting on November’s 2011 International Quilt Festival in Houston. If you weren’t able to attend the show, here’s your chance to see more than 12 minutes of video. In it are some of the most amazing quilts, along with short interviews with some of the quilters. Bonnie interviewed me (!) and that clip is at about 7 minutes into the video.
Be patient; it may take a while to download since the video is so long. Hope you enjoy it!
Category: quilt shows, Windblown
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Dec 23
2011
Earlier this week I offered to give away three issues of the December 2011/January 2012 issue of Quilting Arts Magazines. Here are the winners!
Lyn Wolf Jackson
Marilyn Rose
Beth M
Congratulations! Email me your snail mail addresses, and I’ll put these in the mail.
Category: giveaways
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Dec 22
2011
I told you that DD#2 wanted make some portraits as Christmas gifts. I greedily encouraged that idea because it would mean she’d have to come to my house numerous times. I already showed you the little boy, which was first portrait she made. He’s the youngest of three siblings.
Here are his two older sisters.
DD#2 just fused them, but didn’t quilt them. That way the family can insert them into 8-1/2″ by 11″ document picture frames of their choice.
Didn’t my sweet daughter do a terrific job? I can’t [ ... ]
Category: family, Making Faces portraits
3 Comments
Dec 21
2011
I’ve been keeping secrets this week. On Monday, sweet hubby and I decided to add a member to our little family. George will be coming to live with us. He is expected to arrive sometime next week! (No, I didn’t have to wait nine months — it was more like nine years.)
I had been wanting to get a sewing machine that was a little bigger so it would be easier to make large quilts. Beth Schillig was kind enough to show me her George when I was at her house last week, and she even [ ... ]
Category: studio
9 Comments
Dec 21
2011
The Beavercreek News-Current, a small local newspaper in our town, did a nice article on “Windblown” winning the award at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. (Thanks, Jodi!) I knew they were writing an article, but didn’t know when it was going to be published until a friend at church said one of her relatives saw it. Isn’t it fun how the grapevine works? You can see the full article on line at xeniagazette.com.
