Three Handy Tools

I’ve only had a wee bit of time to quilt lately as my travel and teaching schedule has been insane for about 2 months. I had a moment to work on a few small projects and a realized that I use some tools/notions that are a bit uncommon. I want to share them with you-maybe…

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Catching my breath

April has been an event filled month and I’ve been gone or at all day events for 14 days since mid-March. It’s all been great but it gives me comfort to know that in the next month I will teach just a few times locally and travel just once. I truly enjoy traveling and meeting other…

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Chicago Quilt Festival 2016 and a Hometown Visit

Teaching at the Chicago International Quilt Festival was a first-time-through for me. I was excited to be able to teach and to be able to visit with friends and relatives after the show closed. It’s always a challenge just to get there with all my stuff intact. I shipped two huge boxes ahead since I made…

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Chicago IQF and a few other things

NoI’m on my way to Chicago today to teach at the International Quilt Festival. After the show I’ll head out with my oldest son to visit my Aunt and a few cousins as well as 2 high school friends-I’m excited about all of that! I’m randomly inserting photos of spring at the remodel. It’s going well and I…

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A “Lost Spring” and Other First World Problems

We moved out of our home about 2 months ago so that a whole-house remodel could commence. This move has had a more dramatic effect than I anticipated. On paper, it all seemed so perfect: we moved to a lovely home 3 minutes away from our current home. We didn’t have to change our address and I…

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