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I have always been intrigued by scrap quilts. Recently AQS posted a quilt by Kathleen Loomis entitle "My Life in Pieces". Each small square is 4". Wow! She really uses up the tiny scraps! This ...
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Last year the small fiber art group I belong to, the Fiberistas, held a challenge based on a game. It was a lot of fun and I recently realized I never blogged about it. So ...
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I first heard the name Fibonacci years ago at a Milwaukee Art Quilters meeting. Having a degree in Dental Hygiene, art theories and terms were not typically in my vocabulary. But I loved geometry in ...
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Since I posted about traveling in my mind last week, I'm excited to share that I actually, physically went somewhere this past week! Last year my friend Laura discovered a beautiful quilt retreat center in ...
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During this time of limited travel, I've been thanking God for all of the wonderful trips I have been blessed to take throughout my life - and you've joined me on many of them, if ...
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It seems that the planning of my July 5th post about my friend Alice's "Wishing Tree" inspired her to begin stitching. Three days after posting we had our guild meeting and she brought two of ...
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A few months ago I received an email from Barbara Blanton inquiring about my availability to teach at the Academy of Appliqué, a week-long appliqué retreat/school held annually at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, VA. After ...
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I actually have two topics to share this week. So before I delve into a follow up post to the bobbin work from last week, I really need to tell you about the upcoming fundraiser ...
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