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The “groupiness” continues

I think I’ve mentioned that I have every intention to do the Bead Journal project this coming year – although I have many friends who laugh at the idea I’m going to not only FINISH something, but finish ONE A MONTH! ha ha! Anyway, reading blogs this morning, I ran

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I’m such a princess!

So, this weekend was interesting. I was SO excited to finish piecing my pig, work on my student piece for Susan Sorrel and generally geek out in the fiber/beading/embroidery world and I froze. Ugh. I totally do NOT understand Sulky, Stabelizer, anything that washes out, anything that should transfer (do

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I get to go see Robin Atkins! Yay!

I get to go see Robin Atkins! Yay!

I’m headed this weekend to the Rocky Mountain Bead Bazaar! Yay! I’m so excited to meet Robin Atkins , who I have followed via her blog and been amazed by her talent. See the picture on the right and drool! I swear I’d just post her pictures on my blog

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The weekend that was….

The weekend that was….

As my facebook friends know, Missy C and I enjoyed my 2nd day at what used to be called the creative festival. We bought so much stuff that I’m feeling guilty and NOT posting photos of it. Needless to say we had a wonderful time. I did this weekend finish

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Crazy quilting group today – 2 posts in a day!

Crazy quilting group today – 2 posts in a day!

OK, so, as mentioned in my last post, I had my Crazy quilting Groups class today and learned how to do these spectacular flowers! There are more to come, but this was the first one…fairly easy and pretty spiffy results, eh? It’s done with peyote stitch. Then, my round robin

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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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