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All Night Parties and the Eternal Quest for Visibility

Monday, October 15, 2007

I was out half the night partying on Saturday and let me tell you, the body paid for it the next day. Talk about suffering! I had a headache, and my back was killing me, along with my forearms. This is what happens when you overdo as we all know, and no, [...]

Thursday Thirteen #3

Thursday, June 28, 2007

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Okay, yeah, it’s been awhile since I did a Thursday Thirteen, but hey, this one just had to be said: Thirteen Things to love about the Bernina 440(in no particular order) The CFL (Cool Fluorescent Light) that is three sided and wraps around the foot for fewer shadows on your work. No more extra lights all [...]

Another one bites the dust!

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

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No, I haven’t started listening to old rock from Queen, I’ve just finished another UFO! Woohoo! I had a bad design moment with some fusible web a week or so ago while I was working on the Feathered Lone Star with the bird embroidery, and now I have to start the embroidery part [...]

Quilt Retreat: Quilt, Eat, Sleep, Repeat!

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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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 [...]

Bernina 440 - Free motion foot is a drag

Tuesday, April 10, 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

Friday, April 6, 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 [...]