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It was quite a long week–teaching two days at SMS then racing off to the GSQA Seminar in Baton Rouge, which I wrote about here. Never the less, I had a great time meeting the other teachers, chatting about quilting, and learning about the small world a quilt teacher lives. I definitely had more listening […]
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I mean, I’m not expecting that you actually will guess, but I’m hoping you’re intrigued. I’m in Baton Rouge for the GSQA Biennial Seminar. The Gulf States Quilting Association covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. We have somewhere around 700 members, and a busy board of officers who somehow keep this thing going. This week
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It’s been a while since I last wrote about a church. Actually, it was this post on Cabrini in Alexandria, so I thought this one would be a good fit. There are many things that might interest you. So, let’s get started. The Sunday that I was at the quilt retreat, I attended mass at
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Every year, or almost anyway, the Baton Rouge Modern Quilt Guilt (BRMQG) plans our River House Quilt Retreat. Not that I walk down to the river, except once on my first retreat. Poison ivy and heat are a horribly itchy mix. Neither are for me. No, I do not handle either, at all. It’s always
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Do you get tons (yes, tons) of scraps? Do you save them? Do they seem to multiply when you’re not in your sewing room? My answer is yes, yes, and yes. It can’t be helped, apparently. If you make quilts, you make scraps. The end. So what to do with tons of scraps? Especially since
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I completely missed posting about the June Cotton Quilters meeting. That means I also need to post the July meeting, which was very different and fun! But back to June and our show and share.
June Cotton Quilters Meeting Read More »
The Gulf States Quilt Association, which covers Louisiana, Missippi, Alabama, and Florida, had its biennial show last weekend. What a fun experience! I decided to drive down to Slidell on Wednesday and spend the afternoon helping out. Since my friend Lori was kind enough to offer a hotel room for the night, I was prepared
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The Cotton Quilters are going strong! We have a new president, who is very laid-back. But we’re getting things done, because she’s game for almost anything someone suggests. How much fun is that? “Our fearless leader” lets us lead! Case in point: we had a sew-day, lunch, and meeting all in one day. And she
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Don’t we all have that one friend? You know, the one who brings great joy and laughter into your life. But that same one has well defined reasons for everything. Imagine quilting for that one will tell you in a second where to get off, how to go and what to do when you get
The (Nervous) Joy of Quilting for a Friend Read More »
I rediscovered the pictures from our guild meeting. Because of the Labor Day holiday, we delayed the meeting until the 13th. So really, as is typical for me, I’m a little late with this post. Here’s a link to the last Cotton Quilters Guild post. I posted the pictures on Facebook in no time. Naturally,
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