One of my favorite school time tasks was to take out the erasers at the end of the week, clapping them creating clouds of chalk dust, better yet clapping them on the brick wall creating patterns and designs. Inhaling chalk was, I'm certain, just part of what happened and though it wasn't a lot I'm… Continue reading The Bernina Stitch Regulator & Chalk marking
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Too Funny Quilting – Paula Moser-Spaulding Interview
I met Paula at MQX East in Providence Rhode Island. Her laugh is at the ready and contagious! Her smile huge and her willingness to have fun and play amazing! Teri: How did you get hooked into quilting? Paula: I was graduating from Cornell a semester early, and as a gift my Mother, who is… Continue reading Too Funny Quilting – Paula Moser-Spaulding Interview
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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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It’s a good thing I can control myself
Or How I Fell in love with the BERNINA Stitch Regulator & a tutorial! When the Aurora 440 hit the market with the BSR (BERNINA Stitch Regulator) I tried it at a quilt show and well, wasn't overly impressed. In part because I was still a dedicated hand quilter, in part because the minute my… Continue reading It’s a good thing I can control myself
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Anti…ci…pa..a…tion!!!
Now that the Carly Simon tune is dancing through your head, I'm going to give you another visual.Wait for it...I did the Tigger Bounce Today. I did. I had my coworkers laughing. And some of our students too. When the boxes first arrived I was thinking after all the work I've done tidying up the… Continue reading Anti…ci…pa..a…tion!!!
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Peek a boo
I picked up this little poster probably 25 years ago when I lived in Americus, GA working at Habitat for Humanity through the church I belonged to at the time. I put a push pin through the plastic to pin it to the door. It was my motto for the year. I've been tidying up and… Continue reading Peek a boo
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Northern Star Quilt Show Part 1
One of their speakers and teachers this year is Joe Cunningham. There were spaces in the classroom and if I didn't have several things at work scheduled today like the Newsletter and giving a demonstration at 11 AM on the BERNINA 710 I would be taking his class. "Joe the Quilter" was Saturday's quilterly story-telling… Continue reading Northern Star Quilt Show Part 1
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An Interview with Lisa H. Calle
Lisa Hagstoz Calle and I met sometime ago on facebook. We met in person during the MQX - New England Quilt Festival in Manchester, NH. Lisa greeted me with great enthusiasm and I had that, “who on earth are you” look on my face. Seriously I did not recognize her from her photo. Yiyiyi! I’m… Continue reading An Interview with Lisa H. Calle
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Purchasing a new machine
As you know I work in a quilt shop/fabric shop/BERNINA and brother dealer. And I've not ever tried to hide the fact that I'm a BERNINA girl. I love my 2 BERNINA 1080's and do not ever want to give them up. They are workhorse type machines. I know their sounds including when the… Continue reading Purchasing a new machine
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Don’t worry I haven’t gone off the deep end
Or a day at the Quilt Festival of New Jersey. Visiting the Olde City Quilts Booth at the Quilt Festival was quite fun. They now carry Hobbs Tuscany Wool and Silk batting, 5 yards came home with me and I have a quilt in mind for this. Rob snapped a few photos in the booth,… Continue reading Don’t worry I haven’t gone off the deep end
