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Saturday, June 29, 2013

Diving In

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For better or worse, I decided to go with the thread that read darker (and as I stitched, a lot more purple than I thought it would) and ...
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Friday, June 28, 2013

Test Run

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I've been testing out the Celtic Bubbles quilting design on a batting sample today. The machine was threaded with black thread, so b...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Can't Stop Thinking About This

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I thought I knew exactly which quilt idea I'd be working on next, but apparently something else wants top priority right now. You no ...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Admin

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If you follow your favorite blogs in Google Reader as I have, you no doubt know that it is going away at the end of the month - yes, just...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

Recreational Sewing

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I have verification that the little gift project I was working on last week has reached the recipients so I can share it with you now. I...
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Odds and Ends

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I've been having a great time catching up on this and that, and doing what I think of as recreational sewing. I can't share the p...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Finding Its Place

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Does this look familiar? It's my first attempt at a bubbles prayer quilt, one that didn't quite work for a piece on the wall. But...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Checking on the Installation

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It's been a long time since I have not been responsible for installing my work for an exhibit, so when I dropped off my quilts at th...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Bubble Prayers - Release

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Bubble Prayers - Release by Sheila Mahanke Barnes 2013 - 16h x 20w Artist Statement Some deaths are immediate, some peaceful, others...
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Friday, June 07, 2013

Preview of Progress

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Dither dither stare stare stare. I finally decided I would not know which pair of hands to use nor which sheer for the second pair of han...
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Back to the Hands

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And back to more decision making - I've returned to the second bubble prayers quilt. Because the hand fabric is relatively thin allow...
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Monday, June 03, 2013

Life's End

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Life's End by Sheila Mahanke Barnes 2013 - 20" x 26" The quilt and I came to a compromise: it agreed to give up its dre...
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Saturday, June 01, 2013

What Color Is This?

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This spot in the background fabric of my sunset piece had me stumped. Here was this tan area that not a single tan or brown thread I trie...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Slow Going...But Going

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After quilting in some easy lines in the background and much contemplation, I've started quilting the mountains in my sunset piece, b...
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