Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Sweetest Words
From Linda P. via Facebook “Thank you. You gave me the confidence to free motion my blocks successfully and finish my quilt I started 5 years ago. I love this method!”
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Judy’s Quilt As You Go Trip Around the World
Judy has sent me many pics of her quilts and this one is a real stunner. I would never have thought of doing a Trip Around the World quilt with our quilt-as-you-go techniques, but now I want to make one too!! Read more about Judy’s quilt on her blog, Judysquiltsandthings 🙂
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Introducing The Quilter’s Calendar
… a new website to help connect quilters, guilds and quilting teachers. It’s a searchable calendar of quilting events (mostly guild hosted) that all quilters will find useful. Quilters can easily find events happening in their own (or nearby) states. Quilters who travel can find events in the locations that they are going to –…
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Pics of Quilts on Facebook
Hi Quilters, my friend Wenonah posted several photos of her quilts on our Facebook page, including her “Honorable Mention” quilt from the Alaska State Fair! Take a peek …
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Meeting Friends
This is a long story that started with trying to get caught up on my ‘not related to quilting’ list. I’ve always admired well put together newsletters that I receive, mostly from quilters and shops but also from other businesses that I like or use often, and I’ve wanted to create my own for years.…
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Cutting Fabric for a New Quilt
Hi Quilters, I was giving a trunk show a couple of weeks ago and the topic of fabric cutting came up. So, when I started cutting my fabric for a new quilt I thought I’d video it and share the process that I use for cutting my binding and all of my joining-sashing strips from…
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Four Gorgeous Quilts!
Marion (from Toronto) sent me pics of her quilt (she used our “Easy to Go Crazy” pattern from Crazy Shorcut Quilts) and her fabric colors are so warm and beautiful! Here’s the note she sent – and I love the ending I have been quilting for about a year and a half and have made…
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Quilt As You Go {reimagined}
I found a way to hide the joining strips – sashing, in our first book – and I played with the concept until I had 4 quilts made. Of course, my idea is that there are LOTS of quilts we can make using this new innovation, but I wanted to get it to you now!…
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Please Sign Up for Our Newsletter
I’ll start off by saying that I have only the barest idea of what I am doing here, but I’ve created an account at MailChimp to begin sending out newsletters. As a blog reader, web surfer and email addict, the one thing that I like most is content that I’ve asked to receive, right in…
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Quilt As You Go Quilt Retreat!
If you are in (or coming to) Alaska and want to take an exclusive class with me, here’s your chance! Only 10 people will be able to sign up for this weekend retreat, which is a fundraiser for a friend. I’ll be bringing quilts from my first 2 books plus quilts I have made for…
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