Good friends, like good wine are a rare gift and a distinct pleasure. As a quilter I've been blessed with some good friends. Several who are teaching at Quilt Market in St. Louis. Tracy Mooney, Senior Editor of Generation Q Magazine - Keep Your Customers Sewing: Adaptive techniques to keep your customers sewing and quilting longer.… Continue reading We get by with a little help from our friends inQuilt Market Classes!
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Well, then here’s something inspiring
So, as often happens, I'm scrolling through fb and find something really cool. https://thequiltshow.com/daily-blog/142-newsletter/25642-learn-about-urban-artifacts-from-leslie-tucker-jenison-and-rjr-fabrics and if you head here you can see Leslie's full line. Today's words of wisdom, Just Show Up. I'll talk more about this later in the week. For now, If you're a quilter who is in business and needs a bit… Continue reading Well, then here’s something inspiring
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Pinwheels and Friends Mt. Kisco
ahh I did it...here we are. Two facebook live videos on the Pinwheels and Friends show. The first is set up and the second is the first morning of the show https://www.facebook.com/Terificreations/videos/10212203112581451/ https://www.facebook.com/GenerationQMagazine/videos/1403197526406417/ As I talked with quilters yesterday I know one thing for sure...I miss working with each and every one of you in… Continue reading Pinwheels and Friends Mt. Kisco
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For the first time in ages
I get to go to the next guild meeting! I can't tell you the last time that attending was possible. Not complaining, just sayin' that working in the city cramped my quilting style would be something of an understatement. I've missed my quilting peeps. Over the last couple of days I've actually spent some time stitching, writing… Continue reading For the first time in ages
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A Tale of two Quilt Shops
This might sound a little overly dramatic and it's intended to be because drama can be so very much fun. I shopped on Small Business Saturday #smallbusinesssaturday for the fun of it. I don't need fabric, but I love it so what the heck. Shop 2: Colchester Mill Fabrics - Colchester, CT for my local… Continue reading A Tale of two Quilt Shops
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The Community of Quilting
When words become inadequate, actions take front and center. Quilters have a great capacity for being community for one another. We are stitched together with fabric, needle, and thread. Quilt shops are our classrooms, our places for learning, gathering, and growing as quilters, and as friends. As we wander about a quilt shop we often… Continue reading The Community of Quilting
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Changing Times
The times they are a'changin' once again. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Maddie Kertay shared a couple of posts that bear sharing: the first "How to be a BFF to your LQS" and then "Sew What Now? The Future of Sewing". There's some fascinating stuff here. Hancock Fabrics is closing.… Continue reading Changing Times
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Gina Perkes opens The Copper Needle
Happy Monday Quilting Peeps! I do hope you are well and enjoying your quilting. I've got a guest blogger today, Gina Perkes! I've had the privilege of meeting Gina and sharing breakfast with her, and her delightful mom on more than one occasion. As a long time admirer of her work, I consider Gina to… Continue reading Gina Perkes opens The Copper Needle
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Doing the (Prep) Work
The conversation usually starts this way, "I'm a newbie quilter, and I don't want to mess this up. Help me, please." Of course I'll do what I can to help you. To the best of my ability, I will walk with you through choosing a pattern, fabric, and tools. I will watch you go through the… Continue reading Doing the (Prep) Work
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Learning Something New
Creative energy is catching. It's beautiful to watch and enter into. For two evenings the fabric, thread, sewing machines, and great creativity came out. Step, by careful step these newbie quilters along with Vanessa of Crafty Gemini, and a couple of more experienced quilters, plotted fabric acquisition, patterns, pieced, and quilted small quilts. One of… Continue reading Learning Something New
