#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 16
Rather than celebrating the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, during this week 16 of my journal quilting project in 2011, I decided instead to celebrate the beginning of Fall. No, it wasn’t the official start of the season, but in the Berkshires in Western Mass., the leaves begin turning …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 15
Week 15 of the Journal Quilt project in 2011 brought Labor Day and the end of summer, celebrated with attendance at Lobster Fest, an annual fundraiser supporting The Berkshire National Fish Hatchery. I think that my lobster was a little overstuffed because sewing around it ended up being quite a …
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Throwback Thursday – Journal Quilt Week 14
The journal quilt for the week of August 25th, 2011, probably says more about what wasn’t happening that week than what was. The biggest event of the week was Hurricane Irene, but I didn’t make any particular notes about why. I live in the mountains in Western Massachusetts. A hurricane …
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In the studio today
I am in the studio today, listening to the delightful sound of a steady rain falling outside on the parched grass (which means that I don’t have to water) and beginning the quilting on Arabesque #2. So far, I am just stitching around the “grout” lines and still have to …
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Throwback Thursday – Journal Quilt Week 13
I have always been a little triskaidekaphobic, which means fear of the number thirteen, though admittedly part of it is just loving the word for it. So, it shouldn’t come as much surprise that a natural event occurred during Journal Quilt Week 13 in August of 2011. That week, there …
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Sewing Arabesque #2
I have gotten started sewing Arabesque #2. I have to say that it has been far easier to sew than I expected, but was still a good lesson in knowing when to quit. I started sewing it on Wednesday of last week and by Thursday, I had the center section …
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Throwback Thursday – Journal Quilt Week 12
Week 12 of my journal quilting project fell the week of August 11, 2011. That weekend my DH and I attended an annual fundraising gala for the Bidwell House Museum in Monterey, MA. The party must have had a Caribbean theme or island feel to it because my journal notes …
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Finished sewing my Authentic Self
I have finally finished the top for my “Authentic Self” quilt. Since I was working off the design wall and piecing improvisationally, it ended up taking way longer to piece than I expected. I discovered that (at least for me) improvisational piecing means lots of set-in seams and also lots …
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Throwback Thursday – Journal Quilt Week 11
Throwback Thursday takes us back to the first week of August in 2011. That weekend, like the other first weekends in August for the last 15 years, my DH rode in the Pan Mass Challenge, a 192-mile, two day ride from the western (ish) part of Massachusetts to the end …
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Authentic Self
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on my “Authentic Self” quilt. In addition to photos of me from points in my life from infancy to my 40th birthday, I have included photos of travel, hobbies, etc. and other things that represent who I am. I am also …
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