After adding this image to the post, and tapped play on Pandora one of my favorite songs started playing. As the words spill from my brain to fingers breaking the silence of this last season the desire fills my being to write more, quilt again. Winter is by far not my favorite season, the sky… Continue reading When the Silence Takes Hold
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The Day the Mixer Died
Along with the saga of the mixers this will be a reflection on 2023. Below I'll include a link for the Quilters Color Mixer that includes a discount code for those who sign up through my link or use the code. And I'll link over to the most recent The Book Report. A few weeks… Continue reading The Day the Mixer Died
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The Book Report: Quilterly Card Decks and my 2024 Word of the Year
Hey you awesome quilter you! Here's the final book report of the 2024 Season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVZ5MfFN514 These are a couple of cool tools! And pairing them up is so so fun. I love what C&T did here with both card decks and how we can use them in our quilting and related arts. As I'm thinking about… Continue reading The Book Report: Quilterly Card Decks and my 2024 Word of the Year
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Congratulations Tracy Mooney!
Happy Saturday Friends! If you follow Tracy here then you know last Friday (10/13/2023) she finished working with Golden Peak Media as Editor of Quilt Maker and Quick & Easy Quilts, also working on Quilty and McCalls Quilting for periods of time. I loved contributing to these pages. As much as I love Orange you… Continue reading Congratulations Tracy Mooney!
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Phew! I did it
https://www.instagram.com/p/CejazjxOc9X/?img_index=1 Before I dig in on the rest of the post I would like to wish Tracy Mooney well as she heads into some new venture. Friday was her last day with Golden Peak Media, I really enjoyed publishing a couple of quilts in her magazines. I'm not sure which was the favorite, the camping… Continue reading Phew! I did it
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Coming Soon to a Lessonface near you
I’m excited to share with you that I’m teaching with the John C Campbell Folk School in the online forum, known as Lessonface. From the website: Join us for a beginning machine quilting class to get the most out of your domestic home machine. Quilt making is a combination of skills coming together to create and make something… Continue reading Coming Soon to a Lessonface near you
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Virtual Book Tour: Just Wanna Trademark for Makers
Just Wanna Trademark for Makers: A Creative's Legal Guide to Getting & Using Your Trademark Elizabeth Townsend Gard and Sidne K GardC&T Publishing208 Pages; 8.5'' x 11''Book $44.95Digital Download/Ebook $35.99 There are books that I think we all need as quilt makers. And then there are books that I think all quilters who have a… Continue reading Virtual Book Tour: Just Wanna Trademark for Makers
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Help a Quilter, or 100+ Out
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxOD--tu9ZT/ And then after Tracy alerted me to this I found one of my patterns that I submitted to Quiltmaker by the seller referenced in Tracy's post. I designed a quilt.Hours of work designing and getting the color to work for the quilt top.Selected fabric for said quilt.Cut said fabric up, pieced and quilted it… Continue reading Help a Quilter, or 100+ Out
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When all is Quiet on the Quilting Front
My long time friend and and quilter Jules mentioned the level of quiet is unusual so here I am poking my head up from what seems like a long winter, except it's summer, and 100+ degree days make us hibernate just like below 30 degree days did when living in New York. The beauty is… Continue reading When all is Quiet on the Quilting Front
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In the Struggle
This morning in my fb memories an image of me working on a quilt in memory of Yvonne Porcella popped up and reminded me of struggle. At the the time of the making there was a lot going on behind the scenes for me. We all make happy faces at one another on the socials;… Continue reading In the Struggle
