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the birth of a quilter
My 4th-grade friend Claire has been coming over on Wednesday afternoons to create her own quilt. Here are the blocks on the “design wall” (batting hung like a curtain over my office windows). She’s quite the artist and has an … Continue reading
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stuck
If there was ever a winter to escape from, this was it. But despite the historic snowfalls, the ice, the slush, the driveway we couldn’t drive on, we still had our cruise from Istanbul to Athens to look forward to. … Continue reading
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snow day sew day
The snow is heavy this afternoon. No one is going anywhere. And I’m going to sew until the Big Game (New England Patriots vs. Denver Broncos) at 3:00. We are praying for the power to stay on. Halftime food? Pork … Continue reading
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waiting for the storm
The sun is shining. The temperature is 6 degrees, wind chill factor is minus 10. It’s hard to believe that a huge storm is on the way, but the Weather Channel keeps telling me it’s going to be bad. I … Continue reading
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a scrappy star
After rehoming Dorothy, this happened: I never dreamed that a twisted foot, a minor sprain, would be such an annoying thing to deal with this past week. I will spare you the details, but I have needed to stay off … Continue reading
stuck
Shall we talk about pins? These are flower-head pins. They are flat, long and sharp. I use them a lot while piecing or pinning blocks onto the design wall. These are glass-head sewing pins. Unlike plastic heads, they don’t melt … Continue reading
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oh, deer
We had a visitor Monday morning and Banjo Man, impressed with his size and good health, took about 27 photos. Here’s one of them: Meanwhile, back here in the office, I still await my new computer (ordered from Amazon). It … Continue reading
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catch up sunday
I have not forgotten about blogging, I swear. There have been…issues. My computer is very, very slow. As in “barely operating”. I bought some software to clean it up, but nothing has worked so far. Banjo Man has offered to … Continue reading
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going batty
This is a bin of leftover quilt batting. Strips and chunks of batting from years of quilt-making have been saved. Why, you ask? Because it is easy to zigzag them together to create bigger pieces, “new” batting to use in … Continue reading
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if you were seven
This fabric is just about the cutest fabric I’ve ever seen. Alpacas with hats? Who knew? I finished a quilt top yesterday and this was one of the main fabrics, along with bears carrying “Be Kind” signs and smiling sloths … Continue reading
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