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The Quilt Patch Reopens After Water Damage

Posted in Getting Out of my Studio, Teaching, tagged , , , , , , on Friday, August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Okay, I want you to picture your favorite quilt shop.  Got it? Now, imagine two inches of water on every floor with more cascading down the walls from a broken water pipe.  Awful, right? Well, that’s what happened to the shop where I teach art quilting, the Quilt Patch in Fairfax, Virginia.
I’m thrilled to report [...]

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On the Road Again…

Posted in Getting Out of my Studio, Quilt-Related Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Okay, pop quiz: what’s even better than going out of town to visit quilt shops? Answer: leaving town with a quilt buddy to celebrate a milestone birthday with another quilt buddy AND visiting quilt shops.
This weekend, my friend Kathy and I drove up to Connecticut to celebrate a birthday. Our friend Heidi hit a milestone [...]

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My Happy Dance and the New Book

Posted in Publishing, tagged , , , , , on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I’ve never been a fan of the whole “Happy Dance” thing, but here I am — doing the happy dance. Today’s mail brought me a brand new book from AQS: 100 Tips from Award Winning Quilters by Ann Hazelwood. It’s a tiny thing, no larger than a travel postcard.  But somehow, it’s huge. And there, on [...]

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Challenge Block #6: The Construction Conundrum

Posted in Design/Process, My Quilts, Productivity/Inspiration, tagged , , , , , , , on Monday, August 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »

What was I thinking?! I love this shot, but I’m having heartburn trying to figure out how to get from a tired old green Grandma’s Flower Garden fragment to the quilt I have in my head that features this picture of my husband. This morning at 3:15, I had a few ideas and so I thought [...]

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