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What Do You Call An Immature Goat?
A silly Billy, of course! Lol, did I entice you to open the blog post? I spent last week in close contact with a goat but his name wasn’t Billy. I named my goat friend, Felipe! And he’s all finished! My little Felipe went from a photo I took a few years ago to a […]
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What To Put In An EPP Travel Kit and Studio Happenings
Do you EPP? English paper piecing or EPP as it is affectionately known to quilters, is a fabulous way to to make fun appliques using scrap fabric and small templates. One of the most popular shapes to create is the hexagon. It’s definitely my favorite and I love to make flowers out of them. One […]
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What Is A Pantograph In Quilting?
Have you ever wondered what the heck a pantograph is in quilting? Before I became a long arm quilter, I really had no idea. I didn’t know that a pantograph was how you achieved beautiful edge to edge quilting until I started poking around the internet to try […]
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Art Challenge, Finishes, Cheese and More
Oh my word, it has been a crazy busy week. There were finishes, teary goodbyes, weather issues, and also….some cheese. I’ll start with cheese because I know you’re wondering what in the heck is she talking about now? Today is National Cheese Lover’s Day and in our house, Amanda is our fearless cheese leader. Her […]
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How January Is Going
I’m really hurting today for a blog post title, can you tell? Lol! So we’re cruising right through January. All the decorations are down and the long arm is back up and running. Today I’m working on Sharyn’s beautiful pinwheel quilt. I am in love with the choices she made for thread and the pantograph […]
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Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Fun?
Nope! I don’t think so, especially when it comes to quilting! Last Saturday I met up with my mom and her quilty friends at a local quilt show. We had a great time going through the show and then out to lunch afterwards. Though the show was small, there were some real works of art […]
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Open Sew Fun and More
Friday was open sew day for my students here at the house. This time around Nancy and Priscilla came to stitch the morning away with me! We had a wonderful time working on projects and catching up on life with each other. Priscilla started this neat Valentine table runner… […]
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Getting A Jump on January!
January has arrived and we are cruising right through it! How are you doing on your goals for the new year and paying mind to your guiding word? The word I chose was ‘yes’ and my goals are basically to focus on long arming and teaching. I’ve been full steam ahead with both of those […]
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November Happenings
I hope this guys intends on eating all those leftover candy bars! We had two huge bags of candy for Halloween last night but it was a bit too much for the crowd of 70-80 kids that we got. I’m pretty sure I can figure out a plan for the peanut M&M’s though… […]