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Since my last post here, I’ve been trying to get myself moving again. I can’t let these middle schoolers beat me. They are just kids, afterall, and I’m a young 62. Where do they get the energy? A couple of grandkids running around is nothing in comparison to a roomful. Anyway, I started this top […]
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I did not realize how long it’s been since my last post. You know how it works: I’d try to get a post a week in, but unforeseen circumstances got in the way. Again. And again. How that happened after is a complete mystery. But I did the math: it’s been a long time. Six
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In this post I told you about my most recent improv finish. It’s a scrap top in neutrals with a twist. That twist came about because while I like the calm of neutrals, this quilt wanted more. It wanted a wow! and didn’t have any of that. So I got to mulling and thinking and
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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 Sew Crazy Quilters of Leesville, La, hired me to teach improv quilting early last month. You cannot imagine how much fun it is to teach traditional quilters how to let go of everything they’ve known for 20 years. They are a happy group of ladies. Full of smiles and laughter and good vibes. Oh,
A la Mary Improv and More! Read More »
Welcome to PIW, the week of red and white quilts! I have over 60 quilts on the “red and white” section of my “heart, quilts” board. This is just a small taste. Apologies, I was not able to find information on these last two, but they are too pretty to not include. Of course, choosing
Pin It Weekly #365 Red and White Read More »
If you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, you know that I am proud of my Cajun French roots and I love Louisiana and the Louisiana people. Mix all that up and you have a jambalaya of fun. We speak in English. Almost always. But we express ourselves in Cajun French. I have
Cajun Country Comes to the City Read More »
I’m not sure when Dr. Seuss Day actually is, but Meme’s school is celebrating tomorrow. Of course, Dusti enlisted me to make a Sneetch costume. I did not even know there’s a book! Happily, Dusti is current on Dr. Seuss and picked up everything we needed. A yellow shirt and yellow pants and yellow shoes.
Pin It Weekly #360 Happy Dr. Seuss Day Read More »
Those are magnolia painting sales. I decided put my magnolia painting at the Bluebonnet Swamp Spectactular (exhibit) in Baton Rouge. I entered a cotton painting last year, which sold. This exhibit features “work from local artists in the fields of Fabric Arts, Fine Arts and Photography – focusing on the theme ‘Impressions of Louisiana Nature’.”
A Painting in Baton Rouge and One in Texas Read More »
