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You gotta be kidding me
As I’ve mentioned before, I work a couple of days a week in a lovely quilt store. This means I sometimes get to help choose the new goodies we buy, and am often in charge of finding a spot for …...
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Performance Anxiety
OK, I admit it. I spend too much time on Facebook. I don’t stalk former loves – I’m not one to look back much, and come to think of it, don’t consider any of them to be the “the one … Continue reading →
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Kicking up my heels!
It’s alive! Short version of the story: I’m heading to Long Beach Quilt Festival in July. I launched a Kickstarter campaign to help with getting there. Slightly longer version of the story: If you are...
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Good friends
Every one needs good friends. I’m a lucky gal as I have several on my “I could call at 2am list.” They each fill different parts of my world, in composite making a lovely circle that keeps me going...
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Not a Fabric Crush, but a crush nonetheless!
My friend Carrie over at SUCH Designs created this little gem of a sewing machine from the family Lego pile, and generously shared a tutorial on how to make it here. Now there’s a way to ask Lego to...
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All Printers Are Not Equal
My trusty testers and I have been trying out some new pattern ideas that include paper piecing. I like to use paper piecing when I need accuracy in small places, although I can find it a bit...
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How Hard Is It?
As I put the finishing touches on some new patterns, it’s time to address something I’ve been ruminating on for a while… I find myself wanting to make sure I communicate the skill level effectively so...
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And home again!
Long Beach was a blast – so good to see old friends and make new ones! A huge shout out to the Kickstarter team, and the team both in the booth and behind the scenes (who I will not name … Continue...
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Passion
I drive a Miata. I bought my first in 1996, and my second (and current) in 2001. I’m approaching 300K lifetime Miata miles, and I still look out the window, espy my car and think she’s pretty. I...
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Process – how’s your space?
I’ve been musing a lot about PROCESS of late. How I work, how I navigate my space, how I navigate my time. While I was in graduate school (MFA in Fiber) I was “encouraged” to work in processes that …...
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Process – storage ideas – part 1
And so, back to the studio and the conversation of process. In this post, I’m going to show you some of my storage set-ups, and tell you a little about why I use what I use. I’m going to go...
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Process – storage ideas, part 2
In the last post, I got halfway through describing some of the storage goodies in my studio… here’s some more stuff that lives on the big bookshelf: Machine needles and spare blades live in their own...
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To Market!
We interrupt the regular postings about process to go to Houston! I’m here at quilt market, ready to see all the pretties and soak up knowledge and inspiration! I’m also doing a little work for Kim...
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Thoughts on Quilt Market – and swag sharing!
To Market and back again – what a blast it was! This was my first time there and I’m really looking forward to going again. Our industry really shows itself off well in such a venue, and there were so...
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What’s it worth?
This morning I caught a post on a quilting Facebook feed… a member posted a picture of a delightful baby quilt and asked what she should charge the neighbor that just asked to buy it from her. She...
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The “You Made Me Clean My Studio” Sale!
There’s nothing like outing the mess in your studio to make you clean it up – it’s right up there with inviting people over to dinner so that you’ll clean house! As I was looking through the photos to...
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Process – tools!
If you recall, one of the things I pointed out in my original post about process was my desire for efficiency. I like to feel that I waste as little time/fabric/money/regret as possible so as to allow...
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And MORE process: Scraps
Taking care of a fabric stash is easy, but what do you do with your scraps? How small do you go? And how can they be stored? I used to keep boxes of them, but eventually just quit doing that because I...
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On giving up “perfect”
‘Tis the season! Yes, the season of tinsel and holiday muzak, of cookie bakes and frenzied shopping excursions. And the quilt store where I work is not immune from the insanity… there have been a lot...
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To finish, or not to finish? Part ONE
So how goes your UFO pile? It seems that every quilting and crafting blog I’ve read this month is exhorting us to make this the month, if not year, of finishing the unfinished projects. I was inspired...
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