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How Do You Store Your Projects and Fabric?
Thanks so much for your good wishes in regard to my eye issues. I think I am getting better. The eye is better, but the swelling has moved down my face so now I look like a big red pumpkin. Lovely. Beverly in WA had a question for me. She asked if the plastic storage…
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The Most Beautiful Fabric Ever.
Rouenerries by French General for Moda is the most beautiful fabric ever. I haven't been this excited about a fabric collection in years. And I get very excited about new collections from my favorite designers on a regular basis. This collection is just so …different. Those are the faded reds and pinks above. Here are…
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Have You Seen This?
These are a few fat quarters of Joel Dewberry's latest collection "Deer Valley". He designs for Free Spirit and this is the Azure line from the Deer Valley group. There are two other color ways called "Persimmon" and "Tarragon". OMG. Really really pretty fabric. Check it out at fatquartershop.com. I am not sure how I…
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William Morris Fabric
On Pay Day, I ordered a bundle of the new William Morris Workshop fabric that Barbara Brackman has come out with for Moda. I love William Morris reproduction fabrics and have a fair sized collection of them. William Morris was an Englishman who is known for his skills as an architect, furniture designer, author, poet.…
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Sneak Peek and Tentative Truce
Interesting comments to yesterday's post on the low tech way to do laundry. So many of you have the same memories as I do. One woman said that we must have had the same grandma, her recollections were so identical to mine. We always wondered what happened to Uncle Roger, maybe this is a clue? …
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The Real Deal
My mailbox was certainly full of treasures this week! Remember my tantrum about a certain shop that sent me a collection of fat quarters that were supposed to be raspberry pink, but turned out to be purple, blue and everything but raspberry? Well, Allyson in Alaska read my rant and sent me a collection of…
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Now I’m Annoyed
I wasn't even going to post on this subject, because I thought it had been resolved very nicely. I recently ordered a batik fat quarter selection from a very well known online fabric company that specializes in batik and Asian fabrics. The color selection was to be raspberry. Eight beautiful fat quarters all in shades…
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No Need for Concern
I think my family is beginning to worry about me. For decades I have been plodding perking along, making quite traditional style quilts, and being quite content with them. I did not jump on the batik bandwagon, despite having many friends who were over the moon for them. Oh, I have made quilts using batiks…
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I Can’t Stop Myself
I stopped by my local quilt shop on the way home from work yesterday. Oh my, they certainly had a lovely selection of batiks. I just had to have these yummy greens. And the blues. And bless me, the reds too.
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Time To Get Sloppy
I am kidding about getting Sloppy. One of my favorite quilting designers is a woman with the challenging name of Evelyn Sloppy. Her books are terrific and I have made several quilts from them. She must have a great sense of humor with that last name. The book of Evelyn's that I have used…