Design Wall Tuesday – #BirdZeed and #APQResolution
I’m killing two birds (so to speak) with one stone this week. A friend of mine has recently started a new creative community called BirdZeed. Each month, she posts a word to spur our creative juices and we share what we create. July’s word is “Circle.” When she posted the …
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Photo Friday – Flowers
This week’s Photo Challenge was not a hard one. The assignment was to take close ups of flowers, which I think that I have been doing since I first picked up a camera. Coneflowers this time.
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 1 – Losing My Creativity
This is the first edition of my monthly “Creative Play Newsletter” in which I explore the topic of creativity. If you would like to subscribe in order to have it delivered right to your inbox, subscribe here. I was 36 years old when I got pregnant with my first (and …
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#APQSResolution – June
I know, it’s July. But, I just put the finishing touches on my UFO for June for the American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge. This piece was a machine quilting sample from years ago that just needed a binding. It got one and now I can donate it to my …
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Photo Friday – Colosseum
I guess this photo is an odd choice this week. The Photo Challenge assignment was “celebration,” but I didn’t get it done. I was too busy celebrating being home from England and making a red, white and blue cake for the July 4th picnic. (You know that saying about if …
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Creative Play Newsletter – One Week from Today
I am putting the final touches on the first edition of my Creative Play newsletter, which will land in email boxes one week from today. In this newsletter, I will explore the topic of creativity and will be writing about where creativity comes from (spoiler alert – I think we’re …
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What’s on my bed? A scrap quilt
I’m thinking about this today because one of my projects over the weekend was to dig into my big basket of scraps (in a lovely quatrefoil urn made by my neighbor Wendy Jensen) and to cut 2 1/2″ squares and 1 1/2″ strips. I find this to be a good …
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Photo Friday – Bristol
This photo wasn’t from the Photo Challenge this week. (That one was a Do Over and I sent the composite from Lake Winnepesauke that I already posted here.) Instead, I am posting my favorite photo from a trip I took last week to England. (That explains the lack of blogging …
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Photo Friday – Rainbow Cake
This is a strange picture for Photo Friday, I realize, but this week’s Ricky Tims’ Photo Challenge photo was of my daughter and I have a “no kid pics on the Internet” rule. Instead, I am sharing a picture of her birthday cake. She asked for a “rainbow cake with …
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#TBT – Launching My New Life
A year ago today I posted here about “Launching My New Life” and finally pursuing quilting as a profession. I thought I would use this Throwback Thursday post to give an update on that. I am happy to report that I am still on this path. I didn’t quit yet …
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