Tucson Christmas, 2025

NOTE: I’ve got two posts today, link to wedding post here. Some of my posts are almost a personal travelogue. This is one of those. Our youngest son and new DIL live in Tucson and where better to spend Christmas than in Tucson? This trip was unlike any previous trip as I was on my…

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The Wedding!

NOTE: I’ve got two posts today, link to my Christmas post here. I’m just now getting to a post about my son’s wedding in Tucson, Arizona. There is no quilty content here, but a photo heavy post all about the wedding. It was spectacular! Jason and Alie planned a beautiful, intimate wedding with well thought…

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Vacay Part 2 – Quilt National, 2025.

My last visit to Quilt National was 2021. QN is considered the world’s premiere showcase of the Best of Contemporary Art. Out of 695 quilts submitted, only 84 were chosen. What impressed me the most this year was the use of sheer material, which is right in the epicenter of my interests; the exhibit was…

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A Finish! I think.

I have written about this fairly diminutive piece in no less than SIX previous posts , here, here, here, here, here, and here! Three of those posts were about that dog gone border. I began this piece in a Barbara Blanton Appliquick class with my guild. It is a fairly complicated block for a 6…

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AQS Branson 2024 – Teaching and traveling

NOTE: I posted all the quilt show photos in this post. Well that was a whirlwind – I taught 4 half day classes, one full day class, did a lecture and presented at the All Star event. I didn’t go outside for 3 solid days! It was my first visit to Branson and I really…

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