Month: August 2014
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Lovely little get away
Sweet hubby and I just got back from a lovely little get away. We were given a mini vacation at 5 Corners Bed & Breakfast (extra bonus: the B&B is blue!) in Amherst, Ohio. This is a beautiful little town not far from Lake Erie. We had never visited the area, and we were looking…
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Smoother sailing
Yesterday while I was practicing my free motion quilting, I was somewhat frustrated that my top thread kept breaking. That’s never fun! And when the thread wasn’t breaking, the quilting stitches were pulling so tight that it was really pulling the fabric in and causing an excessive amount of shrinkage and distortion. I kept playing…
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Practicing on printed panels
I’ve been concentrating so much on piecing this past year or two that I realized it’s been a really long time since I’ve done any free-motion quilting. I think I’ve been subconsciously avoiding it and procrastinating, even though I have quite a few tops that I need to quilt. The good news, I guess, is…
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Miamisburg Material Girls
On Thursday I had another opportunity to talk about one of my favorite subjects: color! Sweet hubby and I went down to Miamisburg and I did a lecture for the Material Girls quilt guild. Doesn’t this look like a nice group of ladies? Yes, they really were nice and friendly! I gave them the option…