New Project – No More Names Quilt
I started a new quilt, though it’s not a happy one. The week after the attack at the night club in Orlando, I was sitting at my machine, sewing the very pretty blue and white quilt for my bedroom and thinking about the news. I found myself just heart sick …
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Photo Friday – Story
This week’s Photo Challenge assignment was to take a photo that tells a story. I didn’t do my homework and submitted nothing. Instead, I will share my favorite storytelling photo from past years. This is my husband at the top of Mont Ventoux, a.k.a “The Beast of Provence” in 2004. …
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TBT – Quilter’s Newsletter
Last week I learned that after 47 years, Quilter’s Newsletter will cease publication. I am so filled with sadness by this news for many reasons. IMHO, Quilter’s Newsletter is very different from the other quilting magazines available because, though it has patterns in it, it includes articles about quilting history, …
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Design Wall Tuesday – #TQSBOM2016
Yes, I’ve gotten a little behind in the The Quilt Show Block of the Month 2016. I’ve just finished the border for June (and haven’t even given July’s border a thought.)
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Photo Friday – Footwear
Yes, “Footwear” was the photo challenge for this week. Since we were also supposed to do something with perspective, I composed this big/ medium/ small photo of my family’s footwear: (I know, you really didn’t need to see a picture of my shoes.)
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#TBT – Bleeding Hearts, 2008
For this week’s Turn Back Thursday, I thought I would share the first of the bleeding heart flower photo projects I did. Before I had a second attempt at doing something with my bleeding heart photo that got chopped up and became the circles piece I posted on Tuesday, I …
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Design Wall Tuesday – #BirdZeed and #APQResolution
I’m killing two birds (so to speak) with one stone this week. A friend of mine has recently started a new creative community called BirdZeed. Each month, she posts a word to spur our creative juices and we share what we create. July’s word is “Circle.” When she posted the …
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Photo Friday – Flowers
This week’s Photo Challenge was not a hard one. The assignment was to take close ups of flowers, which I think that I have been doing since I first picked up a camera. Coneflowers this time.
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 1 – Losing My Creativity
This is the first edition of my monthly “Creative Play Newsletter” in which I explore the topic of creativity. If you would like to subscribe in order to have it delivered right to your inbox, subscribe here. I was 36 years old when I got pregnant with my first (and …
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#APQSResolution – June
I know, it’s July. But, I just put the finishing touches on my UFO for June for the American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge. This piece was a machine quilting sample from years ago that just needed a binding. It got one and now I can donate it to my …
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