Photo Friday – Abandoned
This week’s challenge was “Abandoned.” We had a great old car parked out in one of the back fields of the farm where I grew up that would have been wonderful for this, but that car’s probably long gone and that field is someone’s yard now. Instead, I took a …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 41
I know that I haven’t actually been creating any of these journal quilts, just reposting ones that I lost when my blog blew up, but it’s still hard to believe that I have already been at that for 41 weeks. In this quilt, I celebrated celebrating my husband’s grandmother’s 99th …
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Design Wall Tuesday – Discovery
I have finished page 25 of the “Ravaging Rio and the Ghost in the Library” book. In it, Julie discovers the medal due to Rio’s destruction.
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New Projects
2016 seems to be a year of finishing for me. I started the American Patchwork & Quilting’s 2016 UFO Challenge (and I’ll share photos of my completed projects soon). I’ve also decided to tackle one room in my house each month to “finish” it. We have a lovely house, but …
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Photo Friday – Black and White
I love black and white photography. It might be nostalgia because many years ago when I first learned photography, I shot in black and white, developed my own film, and printed my own pictures. I loved being in a dark room and working with film and prints. I wish this …
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#TBT – Journal Quilt Week 40
Mmmm. In Week 40 of my journal quilt project in 2012, we toured the Taza Chocolate Factory in Somerville, MA. This quilt represents the different flavors of their chocolate wedges: chipotle, cinnamon, coffee, ginger, orange, vanilla, etc.
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Design Wall Tuesday – “Stage 1- Destruction”
Two more Ravaging Rio pages in which he executes on his plan and awaits judgment.
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Photo Friday – Forks
Yes, you read that right. The theme for this week was “Forks.” I was not amused. But, then I realized that I could do something cool and have a great picture to hang on the blank space on the wall in my kitchen. The lesson this week also involved some …
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