Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Diannia made her first Crazy Shortcut Quilt!
It’s queen size (do you believe that – she’s new to quilting!) for her son Brad. She and I have been emailing and chatting, sharing stories and ideas, and I think I am going to try and talk her into blogging…. (I am SO bad – I do that to *so many* quilters – -but…
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3 Steps to Sewing in Comfort
Do you ever get up from sewing and quilting and stretch, creak and groan, feeling uncomfortable and tired? It’s very possible that it isn’t from your project, it’s your sewing table and chair! Being comfortable while sewing and quilting is more important than your sewing machine, tools, fabrics or threads because you can have the…
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Meet Judy
My friend Judy Wedemeyer is a quilt artist. She’s also one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I was a newbie to quilt pattern designing, about fifteen years ago, and she went out of her way to give me tips, business contacts, advice and encouragement when I thought I’d created “the next hot thing”…
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Check out this Midarm Machine adaptation of my cheap table
Barbara Fons used my foam insulation and clear vinyl ideas to make a “Faux Longarm” as she calls it – I might have to give this a try!
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Would you consider teaching?
Today I went to my local library, after posting notices at the grocery stores, library bulletin board and on my local online newspaper, to teach anyone who showed up the basics of a sewing machine – for free. I’ve given lectures about quilting before and was surprised at how many of the attendees had never…
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Inspiration!
I love inspiration! I get it from quilt shows, group chats and PEOPLE! I meet a lot of people online and I love that so much – I *love* getting emails from new and old friends 🙂 I also read a lot of books (paper and and electronic). I’ve read Jack Canfield’s books The Aladdin…
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My Sewing Studio
Right now my studio is a 9′ x 11′ bedroom and I share it with a very spoiled pet rabbit. The rabbit doesn’t live in a cage, he goes wherever he wants in the house and he believes that the room belongs to him. He lets me in for a while but if I stay…
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Meet Susan
I met Susan through a Yahoo group that I belong to (Stashbusters) and I liked her from the first few lines of her post: “I just wanted to share what I’ve been doing with some of the scraps members have been sending me. This Quilt of Valor has scraps from New York, Louisiana, Montana, Indiana…
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Imaginary Friends
I just about peed my pants when I saw this! I need some imaginary friends – doesn’t everyone? Friend Feed is the “new” place to be, and if I can create imaginary friends there, well, why write another novel? I find some interesting stuff on this internet – and I *love* the stuff that makes…
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Applique Quilt Book Winners!
Sarah Vanderburgh and Delys are the two lucky winners of Kay’s Book Easy Applique Blocks. Don’t give up if you didn’t win, just hop over to Kay’s blog and follow her Book Tour because today she’s with quilter extraordinaire Gina Halliday and Gina is giving away a book too! Thank you for signing up for…
Got any book recommendations?