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Problems, of course!

June 18, 2015

Well I’m rocking along and I’ve gotten to the quilting stage on these two pieces I’m working on. Both are of the same series so I can work on them simultaneously, something I have never done before. I love it when I have A Real Plan and I get to the quilting stage-it’s that “yippeeeee” moment! […]

Filed Under: Learning, Quilts and Art Quilts

Good Thread and Working Offline

June 11, 2015

I’m currently working on two pieces simultaneously, something I have ever done before. And another “first” for me: I am making both pieces for a specific event. I don’t normally like to do that. I like to work in the size, format and genre that I want. I don’t like being restricted to a certain […]

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Thread Geek Speak

June 4, 2015

Sometimes the inexplicable happens. Like when I’m working on a piece that has a looming deadline and all of a sudden this happens: Now this has happened before-in fact this is a photo from a previous post, appropriately entitled “My Torturous Trek to Terrific Thread Tension”. My tension was actually good, except in the loopy […]

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“Do what you know”

March 19, 2015

This was a “get it done” moment. The deadline for submitting a 6″ x 8″ piece to the SAQA Spotlight Auction creped up on me. All of a sudden I had 4 days to submit my piece and I was going out to a lecture/workshop for 2 of those days! I’m really excited that I will […]

Filed Under: Quilts and Art Quilts, Shows

Samples, Threads, Rulers and Cards

January 22, 2015

I’ve been busy during my “break” from teaching! I needed to finish two new class samples as well as complete a Modern-ish quilting sample that should have done before I taught in Houston last October. It was nice to be able to catch up with my To-Do List. I noticed that class sample photos that […]

Filed Under: Daisy Fill, Flutter Fill, Guild Engagements, Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

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