Sunshine again
It’s been too long, but finally the sun is peeking out and it makes me so very happy.
Now that I’ve got it, what to do with it?
I’ve been ogling Carolyn Friedlander‘s work since I saw her at Fall Quilt Market in 2011. It’s been a while. First the amazing paper-pieced patterns, then her architecture-inspired fabric with Robert Kaufman Fabrics called, appropriately, Architextures. I fell in love with it months ago. Carolyn was nice enough to send me a little candy pack
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Sleeping in Seattle
It was supposed to be a birthday trip, but funds were too tight in November to make it happen, so we waited until we could do it right. With only a few days notice, we decided to go last weekend for weekend trip. We caught the bus early to head to the train station downtown
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Too Close for Comfort
Yes, I’m still plugging along at the memoir. It’s taken forever to get through the second draft, something I was sure would be faster than the first. Unfortunately it took me two months and four workshops to get Chapter One to a place I could call good enough. Who knew it could be so hard
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Coming up
A few weeks ago, I was on Facebook and saw this awesome pattern from Liesl + Co. I’m kinda of a sucker for capes and anything with a vintage feel and immediately fell for this one. I bought it within a few minutes (it’s a downloadable!), but it has taken a while for me to
Free to Be
Sometimes you just need a day where you are free to be and do whatever makes you happy. With the daughter out of town (in Hawai’i, to be specific), I had a child-free weekend, a rarity indeed, and I wanted to make the most of it. I’d planned to spend Friday night and all day
Do What You Can
I have long had an affinity for quotations. Two decades ago I bought Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations just to peruse. I would find quotes I found funny or inspiring, transcribe them by hand onto Post-It notes and tack them on the fridge or bathroom mirror or such. Yesterday I decided to return to the habit, but
Do what you can
I have long had an affinity for quotations. Two decades ago I bought Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations just to peruse. I would find quotes I found funny or inspiring, transcribe them by hand onto Post-It notes and tack them on the fridge or bathroom mirror or such. Yesterday I decided to return to the habit, but
What I Did For LQS Day
Our FabShop team did a small shop hop yesterday, visiting quilt shops in Vancouver, Washington to see just what was going on out there to celebrate. Our first stop was Just for Fun! Quilting (2700 NE Andresen Rd) where I got to see some long-arm quilting happen, both computerized and freehand. She has a great
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Today! It’s I Love My LQS Day!
It’s here! It’s finally here! It seems like pretty much forever ago that we started toying with the idea of making ‘I Love My Local Quilt Shop Day‘ into more than just a holiday marked on calendar. I don’t even remember what company made the calendar, but the day wasn’t highly promoted and FabShop figured
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