I saw this blog Owen's Olivia: Your Sewing Thread Under a Microscope reposted by Generation Q Magazine this morning and thought you'd enjoy it. Seeing your thread under a microscope (photos taken by her husband) is pretty cool. Head on over and check it out. PS - she has no idea I'm doing this. And… Continue reading Moon Over Manhattan 4.5 – we’re talking thread here
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memory on 2 levels
The pipe is long gone but the pipe holder remains. Grampa smoked a pipe and there are certain cherry/vanilla scents that bring back such a pleasant memory that I'm back in the apartment with Gramma & Grampa. I can see Grampa having his tea in the saucer so he could drink it and have a… Continue reading memory on 2 levels
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Mini-me Round 2!
It's hard not to sometimes, post on facebook that is but I know not everyone who reads my blog follows me on facebook. I'm okay with that so for those of you who follow me on facebook, some of this will be a bit of a repeat. As an opening aside Keith sent the next… Continue reading Mini-me Round 2!
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Bang Head Here
Since the judging is over and the winners have been notified I now feel free to share Bang Head Here While I was in the middle of "@play" and "dance" I was very frustrated with the process of making both of those quilts. "@play" became the unruly teenager for a while and "dance" has been… Continue reading Bang Head Here
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Olde City Quilts – Twisted Journey, from Inspiration to Whole Cloth
Twisted Journey, From Inspiration to Whole Cloth was a rousing success in my view. See today's class was an experiment, a first class and the students had a great time and I have a better handle on the format of the class and how to encourage the students along in the process. One day very… Continue reading Olde City Quilts – Twisted Journey, from Inspiration to Whole Cloth
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Journal Beginnings
A couple of weeks ago I posted on facebook that I wanted to play with some lutradur. At that moment I had no idea what I would do with the lutradur, I just wanted to play. A blank piece of paper is inviting and I have a variety of pens with which to fill the… Continue reading Journal Beginnings
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Cozy Quilt Shoppe
Saturday my Sweetie & I went to visit family in NJ. Whilst in NJ there are a couple of requisite stops: 1) Vitamia in Lodi for sausage bread. We've had sausage bread from other Italian bakeries/pasta makers and it's just not the same. It's like Italians, sandwiches from my home town in ME, there are… Continue reading Cozy Quilt Shoppe
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Hand dyes
Last week Ally came into the shop to get fabric for a new project she's working on. Ally took machine quilting classes from me at the quilt cottage several years ago. If memory serves Ally took the beginner machine quilting then moved right into the advanced class as she was going back to work right… Continue reading Hand dyes
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Muffins & Studio Reorganization
Since we put in the new windows a few weeks ago I've been reorganizing the studio. I've still got a ways to go but I'm liking the perspective so far. instead of having the tables form an "L" shape in the corner and everything else off to my right I've started by putting a little… Continue reading Muffins & Studio Reorganization
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A new view
Until last Friday our house had the original windows installed when the house was built in the late 60's. They were aluminum sliders and each window had 4 panes, 2 for the warmer months and 2 to be added for the cooler months. While they lost heat amazingly well they were great in the summer… Continue reading A new view
