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Ella Bella’s Funky Monkeys…finished, finally

Posted in Finished Projects, granddaughter, tagged , , , , , , on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Just in the nick of time.  I completed Ella’s quilt around 1:00 in this afternoon.  Her birthday party is tomorrow so I was cutting it pretty close.  I have mentioned previously in this blog that her quilt was actually a companion quilt to the one I’m making for her dad.  He loves sock monkeys, which [...]

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Working out of the box

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on March 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

As a rule, I have a really difficult time NOT following directions.  I don’t consider myself “creative” either.  I decided to make a serious effort to change both of those characteristics.  First, I joined Project Improv which you can read about here.  It’s all about “quilting outside the lines”.  I have made two squares for [...]

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My Ella fix

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday Bill and I drove to MA to visit with Ella and her parents.   Her dad (and my son) Greg offered to keep her home from daycare for the day.  We arrived around noon and were able to spend the afternoon “babysitting” while Greg got some work done from home.
We fed her lunch and found [...]

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Oriental Flower finished

Posted in Finished Projects, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on March 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Well, it’s been a long time since I actually finished a project.  I don’t remember when I started this one but it’s done.  Actually, there are a few loose threads I need to take care of and I need to add a hanging sleeve.  I had prepared a sleeve but it was not wide enough [...]

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Project Improv blocks and time with Trevor

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I spent today working on my Project Improv charity blocks.  I love the idea of not having to follow directions but found it kind of difficult for me without directions.  It’s a catch 22.  Anyway, here’s my blocks…
I like Block #2 better.  Maybe I’m getting the hang of it.
I will send these blocks to Jacquie [...]

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Two creative groups, Etsy store & FM update

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Last night while searching the internet I came across two blogs that both support and encourage creativity and working “outside the box”.  Heaven knows that I need a big, giant push in that direction.  I know there is creativity in me but I find it hard to take that first step away from patterns and [...]

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