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“Just Show Up”

April 11, 2012

“Just show up”-that’s the conventional wisdom regarding what to do when your creative juices have evaporated. I was feeling a bit blue about spending Easter without my boys and my creative mojo was gone. I was aching to create something wonderful, but it just wasn’t happening. So I was obedient to the “rule” of what I’m supposed to do […]

Filed Under: Garments, Quilts and Art Quilts

Update: Frixion Pen Test and Wobbly Lines

April 3, 2012

I guess I am a bit of a researcher at heart. In my last post I expressed concern about how the heat erasable Frixion pens will “bloom” back when the quilt gets cold. I also was perplexed as to why my quilted lines were wobbly on my practice piece. I received the following comment from […]

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Free Motion Quilting Challenge-March

March 30, 2012

I am involved in the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge at SewCalGal’s Blog. Each month a tutorial by a skilled quilter covers some aspect of free motion quilting and participants are asked to post their response to the challenge. This month Ann Fahl asked us to play with various background fills. I was familiar with […]

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Spring Show Season-Valley Quilt Guild Show

March 22, 2012

The spring quilt season has begun-wow, I missed going to shows! I got to the Valley Quilt Guild show in Yuba City and thoroughly enjoyed the quilts despite the rain/wind weather we’ve been having. There was a great assortment of vendors too.Karen Litvinchuk designed, made and quilted this beauty-“In the Pink”. I really enjoyed her […]

Filed Under: Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Shows

Three Completed Projects!

March 16, 2012

Never before in the History of Jenny have three projects been completed within a week of each other! It truly is coincidence that the completion dates ended up so close, as I started Saw Tooth Star in Nov, Daisy Vest in Feb and the SAQA Challenge Quilt this month. It is a rush to actually […]

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