#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 51
The journal quilt for week 51 did not get made that week (or the next). As Week 51 of my project began, I was in the hospital having just delivered a baby. The timing had been perfect – our child was due the week after my journal quilt project was …
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Design Wall Monday – Master Carpenter’s Square
In 2009, I made drapes and shades for my bedroom. Now 7 years later, I am finally making the quilt and thanks to Mother’s Day and the ability to spend as much time in the sewing room as I pleased without feeling guilty about it, I made good progress on …
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Photo Friday – Dreamscapes
This week’s photo challenge used Photoshop to create a “dreamscape.” I spent many an hour eyeballs deep in Photoshop trying to get it to work and finally, after some great advice from some of my fellow students in the class, I landed on this: I have to be honest though, …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 50
Ah, the Tin Anniversary. This week in 2012, my DH and I celebrated our 10th anniversary, the tin anniversary, which is what inspired the periodic table journal quilt. My DH jokes though that it is actually the baby anniversary. We didn’t know it at the time because our daughter arrived …
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Crayon Challenge
I belong to a bee through the Rising Star Quilters Guild and we recently decided to give ourselves a challenge. We closed our eyes, drew a crayon from a large box, and were then to make a quilt inspired by that crayon. I have done this challenge twice now and I …
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Photo Friday – Golden Hour
This week’s photo challenge was to capture a photo during the “Golden Hour,” that time before sunset when shadows are longer, the light is golden and everything looks softer. When reading about the effect of Golden Hour light, I immediately thought of the golden daffodils in my front yard that …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 49
This week in 2012, it was fiddle head fern season. It is now too, actually; I have some in my fridge right now, but I think that 2012 might have been the first time I encountered them. I immortalized both their shape and the recipe for cooking these strange vegetables …
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2016 Projects – #APQResolution – April
It’s an embarrassment to me just how many things in my UFO drawer only require 5 – 10 minutes worth of work to finish them. This month’s UFO needed a hanging sleeve and then needed to be hung. The quilt itself has been finished since 2008? 2009? And now, it …
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Photo Friday – Lexington Green
Our photo challenge this week was “Happy.” I took the easy route and submitted a photo of my daughter painting her hands blue. (She was making hand prints on paper and having a lovely time getting covered in paint.) However, since we have a No Kid Photo Online policy, I …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 48
More baseball in Week 48 of my journal quilt project in 2012. This week in 2012, Boston celebrated the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park in a moving ceremony that included former players walking out from center field to the positions that they played during their time in a Sox uniform. …
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