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The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 22
UFO progress Today I reloaded a quilt on the frame which I had started to quilt in 2017 and had to come off as I misjudged the alignment of the quilting and had to un-sew a whole row of quilting. It has been folded under the long arm machine for such a long time it...
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 21
When earlier this year there were 3 mass shootings in less than 7 days and one being very close to home here in Gilroy - I was just devastated. I shut the news off on the TV and got to work in the sewing room and created the following quilt: I just wanted to...
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 20
I finished up some more zippered makeup bags this week
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 19
Quick post today!
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 18
Had some fun with my Elissimo tonight and created an in the hoop zipper bag from Stitch Delight
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 17
For day 17 of the blog writing challenge I decided to give another view of my design wall which now shows the finished top of a commission quilt I am working on for an member of the US Air Force which is retiring next year and wants a quilt form his uniforms: I...
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 16
Had a good time recently teaching Art and Stitch to Kay I did an overview of the software and then worked on doing echo around artwork, motifs fills around shapes, cross hatch in a heart shape, magic rays and echo quilting. After the class I decided to stitch out...
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 15
One of my proudest moments for something sewing related when I became a Certified Art and Stitch Teacher. I was the twelfth to become certified and the process included writing a special techniques addendum and then teaching a class to Theo and Loes. I chose to...
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 14
One of my proudest moments in quitting was being published in the Irish Quilting magazine here is the article - click on the photos to read:
The 2019 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge – Day 13
Today I decided to write about my Favorite Color which is purple I read this article recently Color Coded: What Your Favorite Color Says About You and here is what they said about purple Purple: This color symbolizes mystery and spirituality as well as royalty....