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Quilt Retreat: Quilt, Eat, Sleep, Repeat!

24. April 2007

High on the (very) short list of things to love about living here: spending the weekend quilting (and eating and sleeping) in an 850-year-old monastery. The Kloster SchÃ¶ntal, to be exact. The condensed version: good food, good company, good quilting, happy weekend. The uncut version: Kloster SchÃ¶ntal is about one hour from [...]

Quilting in my dreams

17. April 2007

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Really, that seems like the only place I’ve been quilting, for the last week or so, except for Saturday night! I’ve been working a lot on web pages for clients, with no time for fun. But, in the relatively small bit of quilting time that I did have on Saturday, I packed [...]

Thursday Thirteen #2

12. April 2007

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Thirteen Things I did this week. Changed my blog layout a bit, so it has three columns instead of two and there’s less “stuff” all over. Wondered if the whole site is just confusing as is, with the home link that goes to the main site, and needs a complete re-do. Decided I really don’t have time for [...]

Bernina 440 - Free motion foot is a drag

10. April 2007

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So we’re still making friends here, my new Bernina and I. Doing some free motion quilting and getting to know each other better. When I used the machine in the workshop at the Museum, I was working on sample sandwiches with no patchwork, just two pieces of plain fabric with batting in between. [...]

Making friends with the Bernina 440

6. April 2007

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One day, I’m in love with it, and a few days later, we’re still making friends! Well, I am still in love with my new Bernina, but I’m also still trying to be friends with it for machine quilting. The embroidery part is absolutely awesome, and I like it much better than the [...]

Thursday Thirteen

5. April 2007

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I ran across a “Thursday Thirteen” entry on a recent trip through the blogosphere (I think it was at Quilt Nut Creations, Rhonda’s home on the ‘Net) and I thought it might be a cool way to get a bit more personal here. The idea, as I am able to interpret it anyway, is [...]