Cue Karen Carpenter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0 I love her voice. I love rainy days - usually. And Monday's - most of the time. It's rainy here in New York City, we've received two flood alerts already. Renee posted that a couple of our local roads are flooded, one stranding a vehicle, that would be a wee bit… Continue reading I love Rainy Days and Mondays!
Category: fabric
During the Blizzard
As the snow fell, the wind howled, and The Lord of the Rings played in the background I took the last few stitches in purple on this version of the Impractical Color Wheel. As those stitches completed, the idea for the next one developed, I made notes in my planner so I'd remember, and went… Continue reading During the Blizzard
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A wee bit of stash building
I happened to go into the City yesterday and visited Gotham Quilts for the first time ever. I picked up these amazing dots Circulus from Moda by Jen Kingwell. This is the coolest dot I've seen in a really long time, so of course this bundle came home with me. I'm off to quilt for… Continue reading A wee bit of stash building
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Quilt Market & Festival
I offered to help setting up in the RNK/Quilters Select Booth, getting to meet some of my new co-workers. This has been so much good. I ran into Alex & John Anderson. As you probably know Alex has a line of product with RNK called Quilters Select. Even before I joined the company I started… Continue reading Quilt Market & Festival
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Where have you been all my life?
I have fallen in love. The Sizzix Big Shot Pro arrived on my doorstep a few weeks ago. After taking it out of the box, and opening the box with the dies, changing locations twice, it sat there humming a little tune looking for my attention. Well, it's mechanical, it doesn't really hum. You're a… Continue reading Where have you been all my life?
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Doing the (prep) Work, the next part
At some point in my quilting journey I knew that teaching was a next step. How did I know? Well, another quilter asked me one day, "Teri, when are you going to start teaching?" Well, I guess . . soon. It took me a bit, but I figured out that I wanted to teach machine… Continue reading Doing the (prep) Work, the next part
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Value-able
The other night my friend and I had a discussion about value. Color value. She is an artist who takes actual classes, paints, quilts, plays viola, you get the drift. Part of the conversation drifted to the new job and one component that I am struggling with, less and less, but still struggling. There is… Continue reading Value-able
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Stash building
I've deliberately destashed over the last few years letting go of fabrics that were once intended for tote bags. While these fabrics meant something for the tote bags they were not fabrics I'd use in quilts. It was work to be sure and worth the effort. What remains is fabrics I will use in quilts.… Continue reading Stash building
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I’m becoming a Lazy Girl
So sometimes I think I'm kinda lazy and while that may have some truth to it. I like taking the simple way out and following directions directions is not quite my thing. So when I got Joan Hawley's Bendy Bag Pattern a bit of Dreamy Fusible Fleece, Joan's Iron Finger, and Touch Up Pressing Mitt… Continue reading I’m becoming a Lazy Girl
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A sneak peek and congratulations
On Sunday I visited Quilt Fest of NJ, one of the Mancuso shows. Sometime within the next few weeks I'll have a blog post on the GenQ site on some of the quilts that captured my attention. The one quilt that I am going to post here is my friend Reneé's quilt, "Let's Hear… Continue reading A sneak peek and congratulations
