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Zen Dimension

September 1, 2009

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Zen Dimension

Woohoo! A finish for me! I’ve finished this project with the linen border that I’ve shown peeks of here and here. I’m really, really pleased with the end result! I’ll mostly let the pictures tell the story, otherwise I’ll be here all day writing enthusiastic commentary and I have some other stuff I need to [...]

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Gifts from Japan

July 6, 2009

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Gifts from Japan

Just look what arrived in my mail box last week from Japan: I ordered a couple of small things from the lovely Mai who sells her hand made items on Etsy, but I call this “gifts from Japan” because I received so much more than just the things I ordered! It was all so beautifully [...]

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Machine Quilting: Your Ticket to Speed Control

February 17, 2009

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Machine Quilting: Your Ticket to Speed Control

Are you struggling with stitch length when you free motion quilt? It’s all about speed control, finding the rhythm, and being ONE with your machine!

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A Picture of Christmas

December 25, 2008

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We spent Christmas morning opening eating enjoying smiling napping wishing wondering believing From our family to you and yours, Merry Christmas!

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HST’s & QST’s: It’s Not You, It’s the Math

December 3, 2008

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Have you ever wondered why points are so difficult to match up when you’re making a block with half-square or quarter-square triangles? It’s not so bad if the entire block is HST’s or QST’s by themselves (except that the block will most likely not finish to exactly the expected size), but pair either one with [...]

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Quilt shows and the fall of traditional quilting

January 18, 2008

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During my travels on the Internet this morning, I thought I’d stop in at IQA and see if the entry form for the 2008 show was available yet, thinking I might be able to finish up The Misery Quilt in time to enter, and wondering in the back of my mind what category I’d enter [...]

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The quiet, the memories and the quilting

July 16, 2007

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I was a bachelorette this weekend, as ITMan took the girls to Girl Scout Camp (is he a great dad, or what? Good thing he likes that kind of stuff, because nobody will ever get me to do that camping thing ever again. “Roughing it” in my book is a hotel without room service and [...]

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