As some of you may know, none of my individual submissions were accepted into QuiltCon 2024. Please….No sadness!! Please don’t email me or comment to say how sorry you are that my work was declined or that it is their loss….etc., etc. Instead, let me share with you my thoughts and feelings about submitting, rejections […]
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Oldest UFO is today’s prompt for the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge. I don’t have many old UFO’s–I dislike having them taking up room in my home. What I DO have are quilts without their bindings….so I confess to that. Unfinished quilts exist in many quilter closets. We can call them UFO’s [unfinished objects] or
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I decided that I would provide my readers with links to the Blogs of the 2018 Island Batik Ambassadors in one place and links to each of my projects. Scroll down this post to see the list of blogs by my creative Fellow Ambassadors. You will see many wonderful examples of what they are working
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I love fabric as much as the next quilter! But, I’ve resolved that I will NOT just hold on to that precious, precious, wonderful, absolutely special fabric anymore. We call it collecting, but really it’s hoarding. [divider]I Resolve to Use It or Destash the Fabric Stash! And, here’s why I will no longer hoard,
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Here’s a tutorial for choosing fabric colors for your quilts with an online tool called the Moda Color Palette Builder by Playcrafts that you can find on the Moda Fabrics website. We can all get into a color rut. I know that I have certain go-to color palettes that, if I’m not careful, will
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The BeeSewcial group was created a couple of years ago. One of my goals for 2016 is to follow along and design my own quilt blocks using the prompts created by this very inspiring group of modern quilters. You may recognize the #BeeSewcial and #InspiredbyBeeSewcial tags from Instagram or their Flickr feed. Although this is
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This week I am… Cleaning my rotary cutter and being thankful that I bought a retractable rotary cutter handle–go here for the post! Thanking Kitty at NightQuilter.com for posting my tip about threading multiple needles when hand sewing. Sometimes it’s the little things that make hand sewing and binding just a bit easier! Lovely photos
Jules at Procrasticraft has been posting weekly about the events in her quilty/home/travel life. It’s a lovely practice so I’m jumping in! This week I am… Honoring.. the service of U.S. women service members by making a quilt. My Sarasota Modern Quilt Guild was introduced to a wonderful initiative by Linda
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Hey Quilt Peeps! I posted an updated list of my favorite podcasts. Click HERE to check it out!
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Well, I did finish the top for the 2015 Pantone Quilt Challenge using the color MARSALA. Challenge is being run by PlayCrafts! and On the Windy Side! You can see all the entries and vote for your favorites at either blog once they are all up —Voting is still open. Scroll down to Just Tops
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