Have you been following the Dreaming of Stars Blog Tour sponsored by the good folks at Timeless Treasures fabrics? Each day this week, a designer will feature a fun star block tutorial. The line up of blogs is as follows: Monday, January 13- JESSICA ALEXANDRAKIS – http://lifeunderquilts.blogspot.com/ + kickoff post on
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First, the “LISTEN.” My friend, Pat Sloan, just did the most amazing interview with the Quilting Astronaut, Karen Nyberg, recently. She told me in the five years of doing her radio show, this is by far her most thrilling interview! The interview was Jan 6, 2014 and you can
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“And, we’re off!” Those words have been echoing in my ears for the past few days as I put things in motion for the start of this new year. My ONE WORD has also been in the front of my mind as I tackle deadlines, commitments and other
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I gave up making new year’s resolutions three years ago. They didn’t really work for me. I’d lose steam about six weeks into the new year, or I would forget about them altogether in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. And if I did happen to
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Like us, I know many of you will be staying home with family, having friends over, or dropping by someone else’s house to ring in the New Year tomorrow night. We plan to have family fun-and-games night here at home with our favorite munchies on hand to
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Resurfacing feels wonderful. You may or may not have noticed but for these past six weeks or so, I’ve been flying under the radar. My last blog post was in mid November and if you’re on Facebook you probably noticed my status updates have been few and
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Hi everybody! Just wanted to pop in to say hello after having been gone for the past couple of weeks. It was a wonderful trip to visit the Quilter’s Guild of Dallas and to teach classes at the fabulous Jackson Hole Quilt Festival! But I’m always glad
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I love finding new products that are REALLY useful. These SEAM-FIX seam rippers are one of those products! The actual point and blade are very sharp, and the nifty rubber tip makes quick work of all those pesky thread schniblets left behind in the fabric. I have
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I just returned from teaching a workshop/retreat last week at the National Quilt Museum. We had the best time!!! For three days the students and I completely immersed ourselves in designing and constructing with precut fabric bundles! Plus, I got to spend my birthday week with some
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I’m so excited that the good folks at Craftsy chose today — of all days — to announce the next Craftsy Mystery “Quilt-A-Long“! I’ve been working on this top secret project for several months now and oh-my-gosh……this new mystery quilt is stunning! (I honestly couldn’t be more
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