That the quilting adventure for today would include sitting on the floor of the City Quilter with this delightful quilter/artist? Well it did. Melly and I spent about 2 hours at the City Quilter looking at her printed fabric, talking patterns and trying out solids that might pair well. I ooohed and ahhed, Oh Melly!… Continue reading Who knew?
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Mail Art & a quilt shop
Mail Art The Introduction to Art on Coursera is fun so far. Mail art speaks to this quilters heart, we've been sending postcards and making artist trading cards for ages. I'm titling the mail art "Treasured Memories" Part of the fun of any project is figuring out what will work and working with what I… Continue reading Mail Art & a quilt shop
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And I got to purchase fabric
It's really hard sometimes to intentionally limit the number of quilt shops we visit on any given trip however I need to allow some fabric to find a new home, purchase more thread and get busy on a few projects that will use up some of the stuff I have on hand. A friend and… Continue reading And I got to purchase fabric
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15 Minutes of Play and more
Victoria Findlay-Wolf has a glint of play in her smile. An inviting, impish glint and her new book "15 minutes of play - Improvisational Quilts" is an invitation to that...PLAY...you know the type of play when we were little and the laughter would spill forth we would run with wild abandon enjoying the sun splashing… Continue reading 15 Minutes of Play and more
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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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Olde City Quilts – Let Your Foot Loose, Be Fancy & Free
Just finished a delightful day 2 at Olde City Quilts in Burlington NJ owned by Judy and Rob Engime. Olde CityQuilts is a Bernina and a Gammill dealer and the shop is filled with fabrics in beautiful vignettes, Christmas here, Halloween there, solids, batiks oh this store goes on forever! Last night (Thursday) was the… Continue reading Olde City Quilts – Let Your Foot Loose, Be Fancy & Free
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Feather Zone Wins
a Blue Ribbon at Maine Quilts. Photos from the show in a day or two! Happy Quilting! Teri
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Mmmm, Food
I boogied back from Maine for a doctors appointment yesterday so I didn't have time to blog. I'm glad that I get to stay with my sister when I travel north as I get to spend time with my nieces. They are just such interesting people. My sisters are interesting and fun to be with… Continue reading Mmmm, Food
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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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Paula Reid visits NY
Paula flew in Friday evening so we had a little time prior to her lecture/trunk show Saturday to share a little bit of NY. After checking the website I took Paula to Croton-on-Hudson to one of the historic homes which turned out to be closed as they're setting up for their pumpkin display. The site… Continue reading Paula Reid visits NY
