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Bernina 8 Series–Temptation?

19. June 2008

I received another titillating email from Bernina about the 8 Series this morning. This one says: If you think the others have more space… you haven’t seen anything yet. Hmmm. More work space. Must mean a longer/larger throat area, and that just might be worth having at some point. That would mean much [...]

Another New Plan

17. June 2008

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I spent most of the last week deep in the creativity zone, trying to solve the problem with the background for the Elemental Changes quilt. I feel like I must be on Plan Z by now, though it’s really not quite that bad, I suppose. If you recall, I’d decided that the pale [...]

Who’s in charge here?

10. June 2008

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Here’s where the current project, Elemental Changes, is at the moment: This is one quarter of the quilt on the design wall, minus some background/fill in pieces. I finally decided that I needed to see it on the wall instead of just imagining it in my head, so I put it up this morning. [...]

Adventures in Lighting, Part 3

8. June 2008

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I think I mentioned that I found something online that recommended 900 watts of lighting in my studio. The actual “recommendation” was an average of 2 watts per square foot, so that’s 900 watts for my studio which is 450 square feet. I figured that was a good place to start, since I [...]

Where do old quilts go?

5. June 2008

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No, not “Where do old quilters go?” We know the answer to that one, they just go to pieces. I mean, what do I do with all the quilts sitting around the house that we don’t use anymore? I’ve been thinking about this for a while, since about the time we were decluttering [...]

Paisley Pavane goes to Ohio

2. June 2008

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Paisley Pavane is on it’s way to Columbus, Ohio, and will be on display at the National Quilt Association Quilt show June 19-21, 2008. At one point, I was planning on going to the show with the quilt, and with my girlfriend Dawn, but ITMan’s new job and the move got in the way. [...]