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Awestruck
Gasp. Look at the label on the package that was delivered to my door. I got a package from MODA? Me? It was a sweet something from Moda Lissa (Lissa Alexander) who has our dream job, Director of Marketing for United Notions (Moda). Lissa is a fabulous quilter, and if you don't have her…
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Tai Chi Borders
Woo hoo!!!!! Four down, one to go. It took almost five hours to achieve those three borders on the outside. Two one inch strips of light and the two inch pieced strip. THAT is how it is supposed to look. I have a border print from the Old Primrose Inn line of fabric that I…
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Have You Ever Plucked a Quilt?
Yes, Friends, it is possible to pluck a quilt. I am learning all sorts of new techniques as I progress with my Route 44 quilt (AKA My Humility Quilt). I have to ask myself what on earth else can go wrong with this quilt? My construction of it has been bass ackwards from the beginning. …
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Some Progress Has Been Made
After a lot of fussing, I got my 49 blocks sewn together for my version of Route 44, a new Miss Rosie pattern. You know, this quilt had a lot of piecing, but what took me so long (besides all the silly errors I made by not reading the instructions carefully enough) was the pressing. …
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Fabulous Giveaway at Open Gate Quilts
Is this little quilt not the sweetest thing you have ever seen? Wouldn't you like a chance to win a kit to make it? As well as the brilliant Mini Fit To Be Geese ruler designed by Monique Dillard of Open Gate Quilts? Well, you could be the winner! All you need to do is…
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On Vacation
I am on vacation this week, and am having the most relaxing time. I am staying at Sara's house and can pretty much do as I like. I have done a bit of sewing–yesterday I made some napkins for her that are sort of fall themed. Making napkins is really fun for me, and I…
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Here Kitty Kitty
I'd like to introduce you to Meriwether Lewis, my daughter Sara's new kitten. She adopted him from the Humane Society last week, and I have been getting acquainted with him while visiting her home for a few days. Lewis is an intrepid explorer, just as his namesake was. At any given moment he is cavorting…
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You Can’t Have Zee Duck
Remember that line from the movie LA Story? Steve Martin is having an interview with the Maitre D' at a posh restaurant to determine if his finances will allow him to have dinner at the establishment. It was determined that he "cannot have zee duck". He "can only have zee chicken". Well, we had our…
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Are We There Yet?
Did you ever go to a restaurant and order a nice big salad? And when you were only half way done with it, everyone else at the table was finished with what they ordered? And sat staring at you while you kept eating and eating that salad? Feel like you had been chewing that…
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Everyone Needs These
How cute is this? Or this? Pam from Library Gal Quilts and Debbie from One Stitch Off have started up a little jewelry business! They have begun making these adorable stamped metal jewelry items targeted towards quilters. Don't you want one right now? Wouldn't it be the perfect gift for all your quilting friends? Tomorrow…
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