File this under “Possibly silly, but pretty cool:” Will you lookit that?!? Hmmm…where have I seen that design before? Hey, it’s my quilt, on my shoes! How. Cool. Is. That?!? I discovered custom Keds shoes at Zazzle.com a couple of weeks ago, and just had to try it out! I took bunches of new pics [...]
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Fun Fabrics for a New Quilt Project
March 3, 2009
Here’s a bit of the work of the day so far, for a new show quilt to enter into the IQA show this year, codename Accessorize Me!: This is going to be a fun quilt! The print fabrics in the middle are (l-r): Michael Miller’s Bubble Blast, Patti Paisley, Peace Flower and Pretty Stripe. Fabrics [...]
Keep It or Bin It: Lickety Grip, WonderFil Rayon, and the Clover Embroidery Threader
January 18, 2009
I’m finally getting around to sharing some of my experiences with some new products I picked up at the quilt shows last October. Up on the Keep It or Bin It review block today are a few products that I’ve been using and testing since then. Did they make the grade? Let’s see: Lickety Grip: [...]
Houston Quilt Market Report
November 1, 2008
I’m back from Quilt Market in Houston, and what a wild ride it was! Kimberly and I had a great time traveling and rooming together, with much laughter and fun, even during the rotten flight over. The flight on Lufthansa was just plain painful, and not nearly as nice or comfortable as the one to [...]
AQS Show Des Moines–More Loot
October 21, 2008
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One more stack of loot to share from the AQS Quilt Show in Des Moines: Here we have a very mixed bag. From the top center: Beads! Couldn’t pass up the Miyuki beads since I’ve been wanting to see what all the fuss is about. Interestingly enough, though Miyuki beads are purported to be the [...]
AQS Show Des Moines–The Loot
October 18, 2008
I gathered the loot from the AQS Show back up so I could share! Here’s the first batch: Looking at it all now, I’m sure it’s not terribly exciting to anyone but me, but I’ll tell you what it all is anyway. From the top center, sort of counterclockwise, we have: Something called a Waterbrush, [...]
Inchies Update
July 27, 2008
Enough of all this Bernina talk, let’s get back to our regularly scheduled programming. I’ve been working on the Inchies off and on, and have a total of 400 done as of this morning. I do have to go back and replace about 20 that I already made in a light grey to black color [...]





March 6, 2009
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