Where Improv Meets Intention
Mary Ellen Arceneaux Coco May 20, 1944 – August 28, 2026 Mary Ellen Arceneaux Coco, 82, of Moreauville, LA, died at home on Friday, August 28, 2026, surrounded by the love of her six daughters. Mary was born in Lafayette on May 20, 1944, to Benjamin Louis and Palmyre Ann Martin Arceneaux and grew up
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The Summit and Covid. What a combination, right? I had Covid this whole week. Actually, I’m not 100% yet. Just when I think I’m better, some other problem arrives. Lack of taste. Exhaustion. Brain fog. No sewing. No housework. Instead, I sleep, nibble when possible, pour fluids into my system, and nap. Today I opened
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If you are interested in watching a slew of quilting video lessons from Quilters Paradise, click to claim your free pass here. 👉 https://masteryroute.com/quilters/?orid=209793&opid=41 It’s Wednesday already! I’m spending less time on the computer and more time at the sewing machine. I have a quilt top ready to load on the long arm, but it
I’d not seen my modern quilt friends in such a long time. I should have gone to retreat in July, but that didn’t work out. Attending the August meeting, I walked into the classroom at My Sewing Shoppe in Baton Rouge. What a reception! So what’s this about a modern tryst? Well, I was supposed
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Several family members visited during the weekend of my sister’s funeral last Monday. One sister, Jeanne, lives in North Dakota, so she decided to make use of the drive down by staying for an extra week. That means five of us were able to get together again and have lunch. We found a lovely, family-owned
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Color is one of the most powerful tools we have as quilters. It guides the eye, sets the mood, and quietly shapes the story a quilt tells long before anyone notices the piecing. When I’m working improv, color becomes even more important — it’s the thread that holds all the spontaneity together. Lately, I’ve been
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I have not written anything about the Gulf Sates Quilting Association’s (GSQA) Quilt Show which was last weekend. We spent three days in Pensacola for lectures and a workshop, so I was fairly tired when we returned Thursday night. My niece had come to help her parents with their flood issues, and I wanted to
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