Over the last few days I've been working on the handout for Brain Dump: Stitch the Scary Stuff in Your Brain or The Impractical Color Wheel. One more review and I'm ready to go to print with it. There are options for designing your color wheel from a simple series of circles to a graduated squares.… Continue reading Brain Dump: Stitch the Scary Stuff in Your Brain
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Quilts with Character Monday Morning Edition
This Saturday January 20th is Brain Dump: Stitch the Scary Stuff in your Brain at the Quilt Basket in Pawling NY. This will be a fun class, and not at all scary as we'll be making an Impractical Color Wheel using our own thread, and you'll be able to purchase new thread from the shop,… Continue reading Quilts with Character Monday Morning Edition
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Happy New Year!
Why yes! It is the New Year. My Franklin Planner has some ink including the Brain Dump: Stitch the Scary Stuff in Your Brain at the Quilt Basket in Pawling. I'm currently working on color wheel number two: red/orange orange/yellow green next up blue, and that will have some green because I found a spool… Continue reading Happy New Year!
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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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As the Tidying Continues
Over the last few days as the Great Tidy up of 2017 takes place there is something of a treasure hunt happening. There are tote bags with projects, product from Market's past, and excursions to favorite quilt shops. A couple of the totes will be filled with scraps to give to friends who use scraps.… Continue reading As the Tidying Continues
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Stay Tuned: a Trip Report
I've traveled to two events for Floriani one about an hour outside of Philly, and the other about an hour from Knoxville. The next Hands on Sewing School is in Binghampton, NY January 5 - 7. These events are amazing from the word go. Kay Brooks teaches so much about stabilizers and how to use… Continue reading Stay Tuned: a Trip Report
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A beautiful day
Yesterday was girls day out with Debby, Melissa and Karen. An impromptu trip to Pins and Needles in Mt Kisco led to fabric coming and two Cutie Patterns home with me. Shocking! I know. As I write a plan is forming for the best use of said fabric, pairing with some solid batiks from… Continue reading A beautiful day
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Thank YOU!
There are many, many thank you's this week. First, Trish and the Dutchess Heritage Quilt Show Committee, it was an honor to be invited to be the Featured Speaker. I really enjoyed spending the weekend at the show, sharing quilting, and teaching each one of the quilters who attended. Our quilts are the story of… Continue reading Thank YOU!
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And what do my eyes behold?
Greetings from Evansville IN! What am I doing here you might ask? Well, I'm at my first Floriani event where I'm shadowing one of the teachers, at SewTech. I'm excited to get started. If you've been following on Instagram I've been working on the embroidery part of the machine a lot, and learning a lot… Continue reading And what do my eyes behold?
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Candy’s Quilting Happy Opening
Well then there's Charles, Candy's Quilting manager. Totally loved working with him at the other shop when it was open. He's been working with Candice to get Candy's Quilting open. Check out their facebook page and instagram. They've curated a selection of books for the… Continue reading Candy’s Quilting Happy Opening
