So after taking the seam ripper to Letha's Electric Fan Quilted Block of the Month to remove some stitching that were behaving badly, well it wasn't so much the stitching as poor basting on my part. However it's so much easier to blame the quilt than take ownership of poor work on my part,… Continue reading Quilted Block of the Month – next step part 1
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Quilted Block of the Month
So remember the reset I need to do on the January Block? Check out Can You Believe this Nonsense for the original post. Being a fan of the seam ripper is great. Not being able to find my favorite seam ripper isn't so great. Eh, whatever, there's at least one handy and I'll get back… Continue reading Quilted Block of the Month
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Christie’s Quilting Boutique
On Saturday April 28th I'm teaching Beginner Free Motion Machine Quilting at Christie's Quilting Boutique from 10 am to 4 pm, in Norwalk CT. 203-807-8454. If you haven't visited the shop website go take a look, it's really lovely. As you scroll through you'll see the calendar loaded with good classes to take and enjoy.… Continue reading Christie’s Quilting Boutique
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Brain Dump: Stitch the Scary Stuff in Your Brain
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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Quilted Block of the Month January 2018
Welcome to the Quilted Block of the Month for January 2018. We're going to have a good time exploring Letha's Electric Fan, I'm thinking this will be the block for February as well. This block has been on my "list" of blocks to make since I first saw it about 9 years ago because the… Continue reading Quilted Block of the Month January 2018
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During the Blizzard
As the snow fell, the wind howled, and The Lord of the Rings played in the background I took the last few stitches in purple on this version of the Impractical Color Wheel. As those stitches completed, the idea for the next one developed, I made notes in my planner so I'd remember, and went… Continue reading During the Blizzard
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And then I said, My Brain is a Strange and Unusual Place
Brain Dump: Stitch the Scary Stuff in Your Brain is all about well, stitching the scary stuff in your brain. Okay, this isn't so much scary for me as it is fun, and challenging. Sometimes it's the challenge of figuring out what goes wheres. Sometimes it's the challenge of staying focused while stitching a lot… Continue reading And then I said, My Brain is a Strange and Unusual Place
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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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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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Tidying, Rearranging, and Gratitude
So the cool thing about being on social media is that asking just the right question will get an answer pretty dang quickly. Thank you John Kubiniec for reconnecting me with this amazing block: Letha's Electric Fan Here's one And another And one more - John designed this one for Windham Fabrics You may notice that… Continue reading Tidying, Rearranging, and Gratitude
