Dyeing, failure, destroying quilts and trademarks

Okay, it was a mishmash kind of week with no clear direction. I’m playing and catching up – it’s wonderful to be able to have the time to do these things. DYEING I have put my hat in the ring to submit a piece for Prism Play, a Regional Studio Art Quilt Associates exhibit. The…

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Thanksgiving, a finish and a few other projects in progress

  Miss me again? It was a great Thanksgiving for the Lyon’s and I even had a finish! Let’s start with the finish: I really enjoyed making this piece. I love the sentiment, it’s one of my favs and so. true. Really, you are never ready, so start now! This piece shows yet another way…

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Visiting Glacier National Park…in the fall!

  NOTE: I have another post today, a review of Cindy Grisdela’s brand new book, Adventures in Improv Quilts. I’d never been to Glacier Nat’l Park before and I was thrilled to have some time to visit between teaching gigs. Glacier is “the Crown of the Continent”, established as a National Park in 1910. It…

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Packing, memories and teaching

NOTE: No blog or newsletter next week as I will be traveling and teaching. This will be a short post as I am getting ready for my 10-day trip to Montana. This is trickier than I thought to pack for 2 different teaching venues – one south and one north, 4 different places to stay, fabulous…

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My Seminar launches today!

Last minute post here – I almost completely forgot to create a post for this week! So here it is, hastily prepared. I walk in the wee hours and that is when it occurred to me that no post had been prepared. Eerie photo taken on my walk. The street lights give an odd color…

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