Month: December 2011
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George has arrived!
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…
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Tutorial: improvisational design wall
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…
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Tutorial: jelly roll Kitchenaid mixer cover
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,…
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Hubby’s portrait Christmas gifts
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…
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VidCast from 2011 IQF Houston
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…
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Give away: winners of QA magazine
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.
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DD#2 finished portrait gifts
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…
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I’ve been keeping secrets
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…
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Beavercreek News-Current
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…