One of my favorite quilts from Jelly Roll Quilt Magic has to be the Rainbow Checkerboard Star. I love, love, LOVE that quilt! And it was almost an afterthought — it was the last quilt I designed for the book — so it almost didn’t come to
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….but really busy! It’s all good, though. I’ve been busy traveling, teaching, reorganizing, and getting ready to travel and teach some more! Lots going on and the month is just flying by. Is anyone else out there who is wondering where the month of February has gone?
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I had the supreme honor and delight to be interviewed by Katie Ringo for her blog and podcast the other day. We had so much fun and laughed a lot. She is a joy to be around and I’m so glad I got to know her better.
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I had the supreme pleasure of teaching at another retreat for the Manatee Patchworkers Quilt Guild on Saturday. Oooweee….we sure had F-U-N! I just love these ladies. They are ultra creative and talented, and oh-so willing to learn new techniques and try new things. They began the day
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It was a busy weekend, but such a “recharge your batteries” type of weekend for me. I taught a brand new class, “Perfectly Wonderful Bindings by Machine” at Scrap and Sew this past Saturday to a full house of 12 students. It’s funny, really, how this class
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There’s a lot of chatter in blog land and cyberspace about the ONE WORD movement. I’ve heard it mentioned in passing and I’ve read about it on blogs like this one. It’s a great concept. And I’ve been pondering this idea since way before Christmas. Thinking. Listening
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On Sew Mama Sew’s blog, she posted a list of questions about the sewing industry in 2011 and 2012. Reading through them sure gave me some “food for thought,” so I thought it might be fun to answer the questions and post them here. Mind you, I’m
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Everyone here has been craving German food lately. Son #1 has been pleading with me all week to make traditional-style schnitzel. Today seemed like the perfect day to start a new “New Year’s day” tradition. Son #1 loves to make his own schnitzel-on-a-roll sandwiches for school and
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How cool is this? I’d say its QUILTALICIOUS for sure! The uber-amazing, ultra-talented photographer, Alisha Pergola, just posted on her blog about our latest adventure photo shoot. And she is giving a few sneak peaks at some of the fantastic shots she took while here at my
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Speaking of baskets, (see my last post) here’s a basket of “Christmas” wonderful! I simply adore Longaberger baskets (even though I actually own only two small ones.) Until now. A super-sweet, secret Santa surprised me with this gorgeous Medium Market Basket the other day. (Thank you so
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