Off to a Good Start
January is not even close to over yet and I already have my UFO completed for the American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge. #apqresolution I had one of these place mats made already so I only needed to finish three. And, it’s only January and I already have an item …
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Hello World!
Remember last week in my Creative Play Newsletter when I talked about how the Universe doesn’t always work from the same project plan? Boy, is the Universe having a good laugh at my expense this week! My husband is away this week for work so I had an ambitious To …
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New Year, New Project
Yeah, I do have enough to do but I felt like doing something new and taking a class so I signed up for one. It’s with Jane LaFazio (Jane is a watercolor, mixed media and quilt artist..) and it’s called Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style. Neither sketching nor watercolor painting are things …
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Creative Play Newsletter (Vol. 1: Issue 7) – Know When to Walk Away
I am stubborn. (I can hear the people who know me well chuckling at that. “Yeah, a little!” they are thinking sarcastically.) In a lot of ways, that stubbornness has served me well in life, but it doesn’t always serve me well in the studio. I like to get things …
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Design Wall Tuesday in Provence
Here’s what’s on my design wall today: Is it a little busy? Yes. Do I care? No. Why not? It’s for a back. It’s for the back of a quilt that I am making for myself. It’s going to be the back of The Quilt Show 2016 BOM that I …
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2016 Year in Review
I’ve seen a few “Year in Review” blog posts lately and decided that it is a great idea. I have long done that in my personal life and it seems like a good practice for my quilting work too so here goes: One of my biggest quilting accomplishments this year …
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2017 UFO Challenge – #apqresolution
Since last year’s American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge freed up some great space in my UFO drawer, I’ve found 12 more UFOs for this year. (Well, 10 more UFOs since 2 carried over.) Here’s the stack, ready for finishing!
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TQS BOM 2016 Finished
With a few days to spare, I finished the top for The Quilt Show’s 2016 BOM. Now, quilting it becomes something to add to my American Patchwork & Quilting’s 2017 UFO Challenge list. And now, I’m on vacation for a week. See you in January! Happy New Year!
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BirdZeed Project for December
This month’s BirdZeed word was “Celebration.” In what was an oddly religious moment for me, I was inspired by the star shining on the night Jesus was born. (It probably had to do with trying to explain Christmas to my 4 year old after reading a book that had a …
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Beginning to Look Like Christmas
Next week, I plan to be completely on vacation and I am using this week to ease into that. Instead of working on my Victims quilt this week, I am finishing up some projects for Christmas. I made a wall hanging from a McKenna Ryan pattern (and sent an identical …
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