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Fun Sewing Date
My buddy Wayne's daughter Emily is a knitter. She spotted this bag and suggested her dad make her one. And of course whatever Wayne does, I have to do, too. So Wayne and Emily came over, and we made...
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So many bloggers have made connections through their blogs.  One of my favorite bloggers is Carol from QuiltFever. She does clever things with her guild, on her own, and is my constant reminder about...
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We're Off on the Road to Morocco!
We leave shortly for Morocco, a lovely 12-day tour of the country. While we are gone, the kitchen is being redone. What an exciting time!This baby quilt for Project Night Night - the Chicago Modern...
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A Look at Morocco
Looking through the window of a casbahOur Gate1Travel guide Ibrahim was a delightful man who showed us the best of his country through geography, history, and people. From Rabat on the coast of the...
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A Quilter's Look at Morocco
What will come out of this trip to Morocco in my studio? I don't know. I still have things rolling around in my head from Kenya and Japan. But here's what caught my eye on this trip. Stone Floor at...
View ArticlePranked on April Fool's Day
I know I have written about how influential Eleanor Burns has been in my development as a quilter. I must give equal credit to Alex Anderson and her years as host of Simply Quilts on HGTV. So I pay...
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Project Night Night
My fabulous guild, The Chicago Modern Quilt Guild, directed its Sew to Serve Chicago charity efforts to Project Night Night, an organization that provides basic items for the children of those needing...
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The Studio Took Second Place...for a while
While we were in Morocco, we had our kitchen updated. I thought I'd come home to something completed - you know, like those kitchen reveals on all the HGTV shows. As I lugged in my suitcase and spied...
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Soothing the Savage Breast
One of my teacher/guild friends is an emerging quilter. She pieced these two quilt tops and has given them to me to quilt. She will then do the binding. I love the combination of fabrics on the front...
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A Quilt - or...
Despite being in carpet factories in Turkey, China, and India - where we have always refused to even look at carpets - we both looked at this Kilim carpet from Morocco and wanted it. With the help of a...
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Hi Ho Hi Ho...
It's off delivering lamb cake kits we go... This tradition of baking lamb cakes and delivering the kits (frosting, green coconut grass, jelly beans) was one that John's mom did years ago. And I love...
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Finding My Modern Way
Putting labels on things is so difficult. And I've tried to avoid this labeling. However, as the Modern Quilt movement gains momentum and as I've become increasingly involved with the Chicago Modern...
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My Quilting and Sondheim
 In Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George there's a song lyric: Work is what you do for others; art is what you do for you. I have always loved that line. Last week and this week I am...
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Farewell to two dear quilts
I made this quilt as I was moving into my new studio in 2007, and it's hung here ever since. It's Jinny Beyer's Around the World design. I bought three kits and made three quilts - one for the...
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This week's "work" - and lessons learned
Fabrics for a "Winter Challenge"Before starting a project I, like so many others, audition fabrics. This current pile is for the "Winter" challenge. My Chicago Modern Quilt Guild is doing a calendar...
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Taciturn Tuesday...
Design Wall in ProcessEvery bit iand pile is meaninfulDrawstring bags in processFabrics from the Peaceful Heart sale - and Eileen
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New Love
I have fallen. And I have fallen hard. His first name is Staple. His last name is Gun. And his middle name is ELECTRIC! He and I spent a peaceful afternoon with each other - and my new design wall. We...
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Iron Envy?
Before discussing the iron issue, I just must say how much I love my design wall. On the left is what I started in Jacquie Gering's workshop last summer. And on the right are some of the elements of my...
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Back from Paducah
Elements of "Winter"The National Quilt Museum in Paducah was nice enough. Very traditional in its holdings. What made the museum for me was the exhibit of the work of Emika Toda Loeb - she does amazing...
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Stepping Away from the Design Wall
Instead of studying what's on the floor, now I can study what's on the wall. I like what I have so far for this seasonal challenge. But I'm not sure about the size. As this is, this measures 36" across...
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