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    • A Texas-size Wedding and Big Crowd Food
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    • Ways You Can Find Inspiration
    • This Museum is a Surprise Jewel
    • Welcome to My Beautiful Studio Tour 2025
    • What Day Is It Again? Lilliput Day?
    • And Now a GSQA Photo Drop
    • Photo drop of CQG’s Show and Share
    • Get Ready! It’s almost here!
    • Summer in the Deep South
    • More Houses Are a Comin’
    • I built more Frank Lloyd Wright houses
    • Exciting News! The Sequel Is Coming Soon!
    • Our Latest Louisiana Nature Observations
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    • One House Row Complete!
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    • And the beat goes on… or does it?
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    • The End of the Improv BOM — Goodbye
    • To Retreat We Go! (part 2)
    • And to Retreat We Go!
    • T Rex, Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, Pterodactyl, and “Did you know?”
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    • Flowers Are New but Cheating with Greenery
    • And the Improv BoM is a Wrap!
    • Cotton Quilters Raise the Bar
    • And the Days Go On…
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    • And you thought you wanted this class
    • One BOM Quilt Top Finish!
    • Surprise! Retreat with Me!
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    • Stitcheries of Rosary Bags and Old Lace
    • The Sad News of My Mother-in-law
    • Summer, Slow-stitching, and Smart Grandies
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    • GSQA 2024 Quilt Show ~~ the moderns
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    • Andy Warhol Under My Needle
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    • A Little Bit of Everything
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    • How Do Scissors Disappear? Discovery Edition
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    • A Quick Louisiana Spring
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    • Improv and Curves — A special class created for 2023 GSQA seminar
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    • Where to Begin? Good Question!
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    • Circle to Circle in Serendipity
    • A Round Robin and the Paris Cats
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    • Day Star Quilt Flimsy Complete
    • Is This Jurassic Park? Dinosaurs in Louisiana
    • A la Mary Improv and More!
    • How to Make a Fidget Bear
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    • A few nursing home niceties
    • 150 Years of a Tiny Town
    • Gardening, Photos, And Sewing… But No Blogging
    • Well, that internet deal was short-lived!
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    • Pin It Weekly #365 Red and White
    • Pin It Weekly #364 Butterflies and Flutterflies
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    • Pin It Weekly #362 Ten Map Quilts
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    • Pin It Weekly #361 Ten Quilts
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    • A Painting in Baton Rouge and One in Texas
    • Pin It Weekly #359 Quilty Followers
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    • Pin It Weekly #357
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    • Pin It Weekly #355 More on Tiered Trays
    • Five Ways with Tiered Trays
    • CQG Christmas Party 2021 and My Costly Faux Pas
    • Take a Walk with Me
    • Baby, It’s Cold Outside. How Do Animals Do This?
    • Farm Fresh Christmas Trees… But for How Long?
    • Christmas Crafting and Now Three
    • Christmas On The Lowdown–Crafting Ornaments
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Beautiful Blue Skies
    • Cotton Quilters Guild September Meeting
    • Christmas in September? Well, sure!
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Denim
    • The End. But I Have Photos!
    • Deadline? Is that a real thing?
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Plushies
    • A Herd of Unicorns… Honestly
    • Winter Tree Time
    • Blogging? No… Sewing? Yes!
    • Is Blogging a Thing Anymore?
    • Succulent Love in Tropical Louisiana
    • Back to School Uniform Alterations–How Many Grands Do We Have?
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Fish, fishy, fishes
    • Computers, CQG, and Grandchildren Engulf Me
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Origami
    • New and Improved … check it out!
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Old Architecture
    • Monkeys and Tigers and Bears, Oh My Grandkids!
    • Pin It Weekly #353 Back at it!
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    • CFAL Exhibit — More of Louisiana’s Many Stories
    • CFAL Exhibit — Some of Louisiana’s Many Stories
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Full of Hot Air … Balloons
    • Cotton Quilters’ Guild June Meeting and Daddy
    • All New Toys, Just Come By
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: My Grandmother
    • New Fun in My Booth at Griffin’s
    • Did WordPress die? Can I Kill WordPress?
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: whimsical flowers
    • The Sugaridoo Quilt Finished at Long Last!
    • Pin It Weekly #352 Followers stole my heart
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Polka Dots for the Win
    • Jolie Graduates from Bunkie High School
    • Pin It Weekly #351 Modern Quilts
    • Cotton Quilters’ Guild May Meeting + Sew Day
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: More Summery Quilts
    • So Many Apologies, Sort Of…
    • Pin It Weekly #350 Lots of Recent Pins I Love
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Cuddle up in Summer Quilts
    • An owl chick, a chicken chick, a human chick
    • Pin It Weekly #349 Feathers and Scrolls
    • An owl chick, a chicken chick, a human chick
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration and Thanks, Jenclair!
    • Class, Flowers, and Friends, Oh My!
    • Pin It Weekly #348 The Newest Followers
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: All Kinds of Colors
    • A Brain Freeze and a Migraine
    • Pin It Weekly #347 Our alligator
    • Cotton Quilters’ Guild April Meeting: keeping up with Sheila
    • Pin It Weekly #346 spring-inspired quilts from followers
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Teal or Turquoise
    • Photos from St. Francisville
    • Pin It Weekly #345 ~~ followers with common themes
    • The New Studio — I’m all moved in!
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Green and Yellow
    • Life ~~ back to normal is a relief.
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Spring pastels
    • Final Touches on the New Sewing Studio
    • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Dream Big Quilt Panels
    • Pin It Weekly #344 — love for loyal followers
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Ways You Can Find Inspiration

2 Comments / Blog / Mary Marcotte

Inspiration can come from anywhere. True or False? I recently joined a group of quilters on QuiltSpace, which is a free app you have to download before joining. I’ve posted a few of my quilts so people can get to know me, and I’ve enjoyed seeing other people’s quilts. Some of them are absolutely stunning. […]

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This Museum is a Surprise Jewel

Blog / Mary Marcotte

Today, Richard and I drove about 40 away to Longleaf, La., to visit the Southern Forest Heritage Museum. We were pleasantly surprised to discover a place that gave us information about the forest industry; how, why, and when the industry helped to change the course of World War II; so much about WWII; and (for

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Welcome to My Beautiful Studio Tour 2025

Blog / Mary Marcotte

It’s been a while coming. I know. I planned to create video content of what my studio looks like for a long time. Like so many other things, life happened. Or maybe I just wasn’t ready. Whichever it is or was, I’ve gotten over it. If you click on this link, it will take you

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What Day Is It Again? Lilliput Day?

Blog / Mary Marcotte

I know it’s Wednesday, but I have to keep reminding myself of that. I haven’t been sleeping well, so a quick nap becomes a half-day sleep the moment I close my eyes. Today, the light was really bothersome. I put on my sleep mask and went into a dream coma. It’s strange to wake up

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And Now a GSQA Photo Drop

1 Comment / Blog / Mary Marcotte

I attended the Gulf States Quilt Association (GSQA) meeting in Long Beach, MS., so I’ll show you the few pics I took there. After all, a couple of weekend ago, I posted photos of the CQG Show and Share. I always enjoy visiting with the many acquaintances I’ve made over the years. Some of them,

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Photo drop of CQG’s Show and Share

Blog / Mary Marcotte

Here in the Cotton Quilters’ Guild, we always enjoy show and share! Yes, despite the fact that I haven’t posted anything about it since April. Oops. Sorry! Never the less, our members are talented and prolific. Just take a look at some of our work. I create the blocks in EQ8 and then print the

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Get Ready! It’s almost here!

Blog / Mary Marcotte

Yes, indeedy! Our guild quilt show is coming up in just eight weeks! I know, I’m a bit excited about something that is still months away, but I’m president, remember? So I’ve got a few responsibilities. I’ve been trying to think of ways to make it special, but so far, I’m not likely to pull

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Summer in the Deep South

Blog / Mary Marcotte

Summer has already gotten hot here in the South. We are either flooding, as in Arkansas, or sweltering, as in Evergreen, La. The heat index hits 100 degrees like it’s the end of July. Of course, hurricane season has begun. Those facts really bring out the best in us, if honeriness were a virtue. Mostly,

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More Houses Are a Comin’

Blog / Mary Marcotte

So I made a crazy mistake. I prepared everything I needed for the next house block for the Cotton Quilter’s Guild’s Block of the Month challenge. All was going well, and I really thought I’d have a sample in time for Monday’s meeting. Well, I pulled it off. However, it’s not much of a sample

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I built more Frank Lloyd Wright houses

2 Comments / Blog / Mary Marcotte

Our wonderful country life has quieted down–but just enough to sit still without feeling guilty and sitting we have been enjoying! Richard made a bed swing for the patio right after we added it, and I made three cushions: one for each side and one for the bottom. We take naps on it occasionally, but

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  • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: indigo
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  • Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Crazy Quilting
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