Month: December 2013
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Review of 2013
It’s nice to look back and reflect a bit, so here’s my short review of 2013. Thankfully it was a bit less eventful than 2012. There were several things I split my attention between. I spent quite a bit of time speaking and teaching at numerous quilt guilds across the country. Sweet hubby and I…
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Push-up #7 will be warm
While I was making Push-up #6 over this past week, I was also pre-washing fabric that I purchased during the end-of-the-year sales. This morning, I folded them and put them away. In the process, I came across these four fabrics. I think I’m ready to work with some nice hot colors, so for Push-up #7,…
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Push-up #6 Complete
“Teal Trials” is complete! I was happy to have several hours this afternoon and evening to concentrate on this. My goal was to finish today (since I didn’t get to finish it yesterday), so I can sleep well tonight. I originally started out with the fabric on the left. I wanted to see how many…
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Push-up #6 progress
On Saturday, I had all day “just to quilt.” I had struggled with this piece on Friday, so I was not sure how I was going to proceed. What I actually ended up doing was write this blog post, unload the dishwasher, wash the dishes, organize the freezer, clean out the pantry, make a big…
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Push-up #6 begun
I began Push-Up #6 during our little private retreat earlier this month. I’ve stabbed at it a little at a time over the past two weeks, between all the other holiday activities. I’d like to finish it by tomorrow, so I thought if I blogged about it, I’d be held accountable. It began with this…
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Product Review: White and light markers and pens
I’ve been stockpiling solid color fabrics while the holiday sales have been in full-force. I like to write the brand and color name on each fabric before I pre-wash them. That way I’ll know exactly what to re-order if I need more. I love using my Pentel Gel Roller for Fabric to mark my fabric…
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Munsell Color Blog
Last month, I was contacted by Jannette who manages the Munsell Color Blog. Their blog features people who use Munsell Color in their work or other activities, and she asked if I would be interested in writing a guest post for their blog about how I use Munsell Color theory in my quiltmaking. Of course,…
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Acceptance is complete!
I’m happy to announce that “Acceptance” is complete! It was really interesting doing this image a second time. I actually think the painting and quilting are both better on this one, so I am very pleased with it. I decided to make a few minor changes so people would be able to tell the two…
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Taking a private retreat
Last Friday, in the middle of the first snow storm of the year, sweet hubby carried me off to a little getaway. We have friends who have a timeshare, but they weren’t able to use it this year, so he conspired with them and we ended up with a week away in French Lick, Indiana.…