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But I digress!

But I digress!

I had a wonderful class at Crazy quilting today (pictures to come soon) but I had to put this up: A very sweet flickr fan (who shall remain nameless until he says he likes the picture I did for him) admired my self portrait. If you’ve never read my blog

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A bit of inspiration cool-ness

A bit of inspiration cool-ness

Check this out: Isn’t that completely cool? Done by Jared Brown – these are just fantastic and for sale! You can get to the pieces from his flickr badge on the side of his blog. After perusing his blog, I’m not sure of his motivation, but his art and embroideries

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So close….and yet, not done

I am SO close to finished with the pillow:I think it looks great! (and I don’t often say that about my stuff) but the lace I’m using for the edge is TOO SHORT! ARRRRGH! So, I guess I’ll run up and get a length and piece it in. It’s WAY

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Busy playing!

Busy playing!

This is the latest in my real flower scans – the most notable being the one in my header that I use all the time. I’m a big gerbera daisy fan and so I did a scan of this one. I’m playing with a lot of macro cropping. Very fun

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A little trash to fill in! :)

My friend Diana and I went craft shop-hopping today (woo hoo) and so I will have that pillow done really soon! However, just to fill in, I ran across this – I’ve seen some dogs he does too…very cool! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F2S48rHnKo]

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More WHITE! :)

More WHITE! :)

There’s good “white” and there’s bad white! ๐Ÿ™‚ I’ve made more progress on the baptism block I’m really quite thrilled with how it’s turning out and I plan on going through and anchoring it all a bit more for an 8 year old girl! ๐Ÿ™‚ I can’t wait to finish

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Inspiration from the โ€œQuilt of the Monthโ€.

Inspiration from the “Quilt of the Month”.

I’ve talked about the International Quilt Study Center’s quilt of the month, but this month I gasped when I opened this one by M. Joan Lintault – gorgeous! (there’s a close up on the site by the way) This is what really got me: “In her pieces Lintault employs an

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