Creative Play Newsletter Issue 2 – Learning to Play
Last month, I ended my newsletter article by saying, “Let the creative journey begin!” But in truth, I have been on my creative journey for a very long time and I suspect that you have too. In 2007, I started a blog that I called “Creative Play.” My idea was …
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Ravaging Rio – Now on Amazon!
I am so excited to announce that the children’s book I created with my sister, Ravaging Rio and the Ghost in the Library, is now available in paperback from Amazon. I was really pleased with the quality of the paperback book and I hope you will be too. We’d love …
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Photo Friday – Sant’ Antioco
I didn’t get my photo challenge homework done this week either (silhouette). So instead, I am sharing a photo of some sun from the island of Sant’ Antioco off the coast of Sardinia. When I started planning my “Running with Scissors” quilt months ago, this image is what I had …
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol. 2 Coming Soon!
I’m drafting the second volume of my Creative Play Newsletter, which goes out to inboxes next Thursday, August 11th. If you would like to have the newsletter sent right to you, you can sign up here. You can also read the first newsletter if you’d like to see a sample …
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New Project – No More Names Quilt
I started a new quilt, though it’s not a happy one. The week after the attack at the night club in Orlando, I was sitting at my machine, sewing the very pretty blue and white quilt for my bedroom and thinking about the news. I found myself just heart sick …
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Photo Friday – Story
This week’s Photo Challenge assignment was to take a photo that tells a story. I didn’t do my homework and submitted nothing. Instead, I will share my favorite storytelling photo from past years. This is my husband at the top of Mont Ventoux, a.k.a “The Beast of Provence” in 2004. …
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TBT – Quilter’s Newsletter
Last week I learned that after 47 years, Quilter’s Newsletter will cease publication. I am so filled with sadness by this news for many reasons. IMHO, Quilter’s Newsletter is very different from the other quilting magazines available because, though it has patterns in it, it includes articles about quilting history, …
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Design Wall Tuesday – #TQSBOM2016
Yes, I’ve gotten a little behind in the The Quilt Show Block of the Month 2016. I’ve just finished the border for June (and haven’t even given July’s border a thought.)
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Photo Friday – Footwear
Yes, “Footwear” was the photo challenge for this week. Since we were also supposed to do something with perspective, I composed this big/ medium/ small photo of my family’s footwear: (I know, you really didn’t need to see a picture of my shoes.)
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#TBT – Bleeding Hearts, 2008
For this week’s Turn Back Thursday, I thought I would share the first of the bleeding heart flower photo projects I did. Before I had a second attempt at doing something with my bleeding heart photo that got chopped up and became the circles piece I posted on Tuesday, I …
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