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Richard planted wildflowers in a section of our yard. They are blooming like crazy! I go out and appreciate their delightful little faces. It’s been difficult, however, since I started with a cough over two weeks ago, and it’s kicking my rear end. This cough will not quit. It’s knocked me down, so getting out […]
Do you remember that a while ago I made a couple of shirt quilts for a mom who lost her son? Well, after showing them to his dad, they decided to ask for another. No changes just do what you’ve already done, twice. Do you also remember that I’m the girl who loses interest easily
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These photos are of my favorite quilts in the show. They are all modern quilts and mostly improv. Yes, of course. I know a couple of the makers personally and, when I know the quilter, I give credit. Unfortunately I don’t know and can’t read the cards. I had four quilts in the show, all
GSQA has a biennial quilt show, which was last weekend. I entered four improv quilts. Two friends from the Cotton Quilters’ Guild rode with me to Slidell, La. It’s easily three hours of driving, so I welcomed the company. We shopped at Sew This, a quilt shop in Abita Springs, and lunched at the Abita
Cotton Quilters met last Monday, but we had a class before the meeting. Normally, this time (10-1) is used for free sewing and visiting, but last month Sheila shared with us a small bag she had made and offered to walk us through the steps. Of course, we jumped on the offer! Everyone made a
An aquaintance of ours lost her 40 year old son a few months ago. She, of course, is devastated. Several weeks ago she called to ask me whether I could make a quilt from his shirts. I haven’t made a memory quilt in such a long time, but she managed to talk me into taking
I love slow stitching projects. Remember the little projects that I wrote about here? I’ve managed a few more. One that I use daily is a little drawstring rosary purse that started as a slow stitching project. Richard likes college basketball, and I have him watching old movies. You know, movies from before cursing made
Here are some of the projects from the Baton Rouge Modern Quilt Guild’s show and share. We moved the meeting date to the third Saturday at My Sewing Shoppe in Baton Rouge. It’s a great place for a meeting and maybe a little shopping. Also, a quick reminder that the April improv block of the
I have pictures from our last meeting’s show and share. I am about as reliable as a three-year-old. Between brain fog and quilting, there’s little that I can be counted for. I have several alarms to remind me to pick up grandies. Even so, resetting those alarms when things change can be a lost cause.
When you were a kid, did you compain about being bored? “I’m bored” we’d say. But not often. Mom always had something ready for us girls to do: wash dishes, fold clothes, feed the chickens, dig ditches. Because we lived on a farm, a real farm where there were animals and a field of vegetables,
