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Friday, February 27, 2009

D is for Double Needle

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Time to experiment with the next letter in my Surfacing Group's Alphabet challenge. I haven't been getting any sewing done this wee...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

A Gift of Hope

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It may be snowing outside today, but a friend sent me a bit of spring in the form of this lovely handpainted mug. Just what I needed!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Arts & Crafts Influences

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I am quite a fan of the Arts and Crafts movement, and have just finished reading The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest . T...
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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Goodies

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These two big boxes arrived in the mail last week. My mother-in-law has given up on quilting for several legitimate reasons, and I am the h...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

Sailing

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Here's a little fabric postcard I finished up today. You might recognize the background fabric - it's what I trimmed from the givea...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

The Magic of Heirloom Machine Quilting

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Before quilting: After quilting: After washing: There's not as much difference between the last two pictures as I had hoped, but if you ...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Risks of Immersing in Our Digital World

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For those of you like me who are not good at multi-tasking, nor working in the midst of a lot of noiseand distractions, take comfort in this...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

A Pleasant Surprise

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I worked steadily on my crowsfeet quilt last week, but weekend arrived before I completed all the quilting. I really wanted to keep pluggin...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Playing with Cardboard

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Before I sat down to quilting this morning, I did a quick trial of an idea I saw on Karen Stiehl Olson's blog . It utilizes the inside...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Unseeable Progress

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I don't want you to think I'm not doing anything, I'm just not doing the type of quilting that shows up in pictures yet. The Cr...
Thursday, February 05, 2009

Frost & Lines

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We've had lots of fog lately. I've woken the last two days to trees trying to convince me it had snowed overnight, but in fact, the...
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

On a Roll

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Oh, look...it's a work table capable of doing work on. Compare this picture to how it looked a week ago here . Yes, I can't stop no...
Monday, February 02, 2009

Virtual Retreat - Day 3

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I didn't get back to my "retreat" until afternoon on Sunday due to a previous commitment at church. Just as well. I found my...
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Virtual Retreat - Day 2

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Some quilt retreat attendees hit the ground running, sew late into the night and rise early so as not to miss a single minute of quality sew...
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Virtual Retreat - Day 1

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"I hurt" That was my physical state as I sat exhausted at the end of the day yesterday. My weekend "retreat" was over ...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Getting Close

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" Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. " Erica Jong Oh, this quotation is so true, at...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Studio Chaos

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I haven't been updating you on what I've been working on because, well, there's nothing very cohesive to show. I've allude...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Anna Katharine Green

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While I'm on the subject of furniture designers, I thought I'd share some ideas drawn from the work of Charles Rohlfs and his wife ...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Shoddy Work

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From The Magazine Antiques again, this quotation from an article on furniture designer Gilbert Rohde : "[ Rohde ] suggested [to Dirk Ja...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

More Triangles

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I've spent a lot of time the last few days cleaning up jpg files on my computer, deleting some, moving others into folders and printing ...
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