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Quilty Goodness
The founding president of the Chicago Modern Quilt GuildMary P has a blog titled Quilty Goodness (Mary has since moved to Austin, and we miss her!). Her blog title is so appropriate for this week....
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My Aragon Bag and My Fabric Crush
Yes, I just made a bed quilt for myself from these fabrics. Now I've made a carry-on bag. And I have a couple of leftovers - perhaps a zippered pouch?This Aragon Bag is a pattern of Sara Lawson at...
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Wedding Memories
This little bed topper is 60" by 60" and was commissioned by my dental hygienist. I have known Bev for 10 years. She knows my parents and their journey, and I heard of her mother's Alzheimer's...
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So Stinkin' Cute!
When I use the words "so stinkin'" cute, I'm usually talking about a baby - Beth's Mina and Tessa, neice Jen's baby Henry, niece Laura's little ones. But this time I'm going to use these words about a...
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In a Groovy Space
The wedding dress quilt was delivered Thursday, and a shower present is completed. That means I have no deadlines, which is a wonderful place to be in the studio. Since the Debbies turned me on to...
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Fabric Crush, Part 3
I am still for sure crushing on the remainder of this Marcia Derse fabric. Apparently a zippered bag, an Aragon Bag, and a bed quilt aren't enough. Here's a newly-finished little RunAround and the...
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Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to Racine I go...
I finished up this quilt of Marcia Derse fabrics last night, just in time to put it away and head off to the Siena Center in Racine. (These fabrics are soon to be discontinued, and I have found an...
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Exhaling
City SpokesAmazing how deadlines creep up, like this "Modern in the City" challenge by the Naperville and Chicago Modern Quilt Guilds for the International Quilt Festival this June. The weekend...
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Creativity vs Organization
WOW duffel/tote and a lopsided ditty bagMy little creative outburst is over for a little while. No deadlines are looming, and there is just the usual number of UFO's in the studio. The retreat...
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Cleaning? As if...
"Well, here's a scrap of that great red. And there's a strip of that lovely grey. Think I'll sew them together. Oh, and here's another grey. And another red. And some black from Ben's quilt. And...
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Sleepless nights
The time change and weather is wreaking havoc with my sleeping. For two nights I mentally reconstructed this SewTogether bag by SewDemented. So I decided it was time to do another one. And of course...
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Ah, the irony...
I fall in love with a fabric, and then I don't want to use it. Because I love it. And once it's gone, it's gone. This is especially true of the line of Marcia Derse fabrics I'm so crazy about. The...
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A Process Post
Do you know about the "Process Pledge"? Modern Quilt Blogger rOssie Hutchinson started a movement four years ago insisting that the process of quilting was just as important to blogging as the...
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Zipper Gift
At our last Chicago Modern Quilt Guild retreat in Racine, buddy Ebony Love gave me a special zipper. It's purple with black and white teeth. Wow! I love it! What an great reason to make a new...
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Baby Trip and a new Aeroplane
Here's a new Baby Trip Around the World for a client. And an almost-finished Aeroplane Bag that needs some finessing. The little pile of Kona cottons is for a high school senior from...
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In the mood for zippers
The Michael Miller Petal Pinwheels challenge fabric arrived, and I was one of the cutting volunteers. Bundles of six fabrics - fat eighths - were created, and I took mine home. Using just these six...
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For this week...
Now that the madness of Easter baking and entertaining is over, it's time for some studio focus. This sports jersey quilt, the second one I've done for mom Shari is almost together. It needs the top...
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On Hand Work
My Chicago Modern Quilt Guild friend Mimi has taught me something valuable - the importance of quilting by hand. I used to make fun of Mimi when she was dragging the same quilt to guild meetings and...
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And now for something completely different...
So it's no secret that I've had a little pattern crush on Sara Lawson - her bag/purse patterns appeal to me. The Dot-Dash-Dot, the Aeroplane, the Aragon - love them all. I had a chance to meet Sara...
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