2012
Stormy Weather
Life has been a bit like the weather lately. Mostly dark, stormy and not enjoyable in the least. Every once in a while I can see a little blue sky on the horizon and it reminds me that it won’t stay like this forever. There will be days, perhaps months from now, that I will
PMQG swap potholders
So back in November, at our Portland Modern Quilt Guild meeting, we were asked to bring along some swatches of fabrics (no more than to fill a ziploc sandwich bag). Everyone dumped their baggie onto the table, then at the end of the night, everyone left with a different baggie full of fabric to make
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How To: Make A Coffee Cozy
Maybe you love the paper sleeves you get on your cup of joe (or cocoa or chai or whatever your beverage of choice is), but maybe you’re looking for a bit of pizzazz to throw on that boring ol’ cup. Something with some personality. I’ve made up some little kits to make your own, including
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How fabric is made…
From the team at Robert Kaufman Fabrics, comes this great peek into how fabric goes from idea to product.
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Deliveries in Vietnam
I can’t tell you how over-the-top excited I was to get this message on my Facebook wall from my dear friend Mrs. Hanh: [I am so in love with her English skills…just adorable. I wrote about her in my book and it always made me smile to write her dialogue.] But the real point is:
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Thank Goodness for Scrap Sixteenths
What did you spend your long Thanksgiving weekend doing? I spent the bulk of three days cutting down my scraps in to useable and saleable pieces: fat sixteenths. I really love this size for its ability to be used for crafts or patchwork or just little accents on projects and have been wanting to make
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Gifted!
The night finally came and I had to hand over the camera bag that I’d worked so hard on. The three of us did birthday dinner (at Olive Garden, once more) and gave her presents. Now, fifteen-year-olds can be tough customers and my daughter certainly fits that stereotype, but she really did seem to like
WIP: Camera Bag
I told her months ago, I’d make her a camera bag for her birthday. We’re down to six days left and I’ve been thwarted by mechanical issues. But I pulled out my old machine, the one who’s never let me down and got a bunch done last night. The exterior is nearly finished and I’ve
Breaking points
If you read the last post, you know I love my sewing machine. But as much as I love it, I hate when it (or any other machine) isn’t working quite right. I find it sooooo frustrating. I don’t have as much time as I’d like to just sit at the machine sewing my own