More on the new sewing studio
The last time I wrote about the new studio, I had just begun moving in. Actually I started moving in before everything was built and painted.
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quilting
A la Mary Improv Quilting
Improv Piecing Lecture all levels 1 hour, $10 per student with 20 student minimum (maximum 45) Improv Piecing Workshop all levels 1-3 hours, $25 per student with 15 student minimum. 4-6 hours, $35 per student with 15 student minimum. Interested in having me teach at your event? Lecture of various improv quilting techniques. We will talk about improv,
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Hello Improv Workshop
Hello Improv Piecing Workshop easy to advanced intermediate; domestic machines; 3-4 hours; $35 per student with 12 student minimum. Improv quilts have their own ideas, voices, and needs. Toss in unique improv makers and improv becomes almost incorrigible, don’t you agree? Yet quilters have methods that “tame” improv quilts. Do you ever wonder what quilters
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Improv Imagine Workshop
Improv Workshop intermediate to advanced; domestic machine; 3 hours; $25 per student with 8 student minimum. Reimagine new ways of dealing with old problems: scraps and discarded blocks. We all have them and we all need to DO SOMETHING with them. While I will have several quilts available to show, the goal here is for
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Crazy Curves! Workshop
Three Hour Improv Piecing Workshop advanced; domestic machines; 6 hours; $50 per student with 10 student minimum. Are you ready for curves? Are you ready for the crazy ones? In this workshop Mary will demonstrate curved piecing, beginning with shallow indentions and moving on to more difficult curves. By the end of class you
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Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Sewing-themed cakes
celebrate life’s milestones with sewing-themed cakes from my Pinterest board
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Quilts of 2020: The Surprise!
I’ve been looking back at 2020, in the hopes that looking back will help me move forward in a direction that brings my family calm and happiness. Looking back at how we spent our time was fairly easy since 2020 didn’t allow for many big events. Still, Richard and I know how to enjoy ourselves
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(2013) Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Quilting Motifs
I was working on a chevron quilt for my sister and needed some ideas for quilting it. I decided to look for a few ideas to inspire us all. These are just a variety of some of the quilting patterns I found on Pinterest. Edit: I’ve added a few new motifs at the end of
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(2016) Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Christmas Lights
We spent this weekend in Natchitoches at the Lights Festival. Natchitoches bills itself as “The City of Lights,” which has been celebrated since 1926. One of my fondest memories is of my sisters and me playing and rolling down the hill in front of the lake. I also remember picking stickers out of my clothing,
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Customer Quilt ~~ finish
I’ve been so involved with trying to get my website up and running–correctly, thank goodness–that I really haven’t been blogging anywhere. Here or on Blogger. In fact, I’ve pretty much abandoned Blogger for good. If you go there, you’ll find my last post is really just the instructions and links to get here. Thank you
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