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Monday, January 27, 2025

Need A Plan

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"Do I look anxious?" Here it is, my beautiful wool sweater. Early last week I came to a point where I was caught up and suddenly h...
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Sunday, January 19, 2025

End of Year Journal Prompts

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I thought I'd share the journal prompts that helped me assess 2024 and settle on my resolution word. They were presented in December by ...
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Monday, January 13, 2025

2025 Resolution Word(s)

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Are you a resolution maker or use the shortened version of choosing a resolution word? I've settled into the latter and often have my ne...
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Wednesday, January 08, 2025

Belated New Year's Greetings

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Day 1 and 2 I hope you all had as lovely and peaceful and stress-free of a time between Christmas and New Year's Day as I did. I'd s...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Holiday Greetings

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

View From My Back Deck

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Well look at that! We'd gotten a dusting of snow the night before but I thought yesterday was supposed to be rainy.  It snowed lightly a...
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Saturday, December 14, 2024

Lay Flat Notebook

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I've been working on a new book structure this week, something I've had in mind to give a friend for far too long. Time to get it do...
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Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Almost Done

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I thought I'd be able to post a picture of a finished sweater today but the suggested tubular bind off of stitches around the neckline r...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Helpful Tip

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Finally tackling the dreaded finishing touches to my sweater, getting those shoulder seams whip stitched together so I can knit the collar. ...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Oh Look!

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I got another trinket bowl made, using up the last of the blue ark fabric and what was left of the pinks. But that raindrop fabric - it will...
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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Woodworking Artist Extraordinaire

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South of the Colorado - Basketweave turning by Charliewood Art Goodness, the last few weeks have been full of distractions and diversions th...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Glad For That Extra Yarn

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I have had so many distractions and diversions and things to stress out over, little time to unwind in the studio. So the other night I pull...
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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Creativity and Cottonwoods

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As I've journeyed through my quilting career, I've soaked in so many bits of advice to the point that I rarely run across anything n...
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Friday, October 11, 2024

Organizing

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You might remember that my resolution word for this year is organize . After the first big push early in the year, I haven't thought muc...
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Saturday, October 05, 2024

More Trinket Bowls

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You may think the above photo looks familiar but it is not a re-posting. I was emptying my studio wastebasket when I spotted the long strips...
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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Thoughts on Creativity

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Leaves seem reluctant to change their colors in my part of the world, that is, save for a group of maples in a park I frequent. They are a r...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Sucked In Again

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Someone should create an app that blocks all e-mails and websites offering free things, at least things related to art and crafts. I was goi...
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

The Trinket Bowls (Or Baskets)

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When I started the first of these trinket bowls, I wasn't feeling very well, but I thought well enough to sit at the machine wrapping fa...
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Saturday, September 07, 2024

Signs of Autumn

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Spotted on a recent walk From Joy Williams essay, “Autumn”: There is no such thing as time going straight on to new things...
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