Archive | April, 2007
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Alaska Special Delivery

A beautifully wrapped package arrived this weekend, and I can’t decide what’s better — the wrapping or the contents. As for the wrapping, I’ve never seen such a creative job, especially the magic cloth on the outside. How do I know it’s magic? It’s covered in magic sparkles, that’s how. But the contents are really [...]

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Bad Bad Pin

After reading discussions on the QuiltArt list, I became concerned about throwing old needles and pins into the trash, because people who might sort through trash for recycling could be hurt. At first I tried suggestions to put the bent pins into a jar or container, but soon got tired of taking the lids on [...]

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Quilts to Go

Yes, I’ll have the stripey fabric wrap, quilted with a little saucey attitude. Just kidding, this week I had to wrap up eight quilts, three of them big ones, to ship to Grounds for Sculpture for their Spring/Summer exhibition. I’ve never shipped so many at once, so it seemed a little awkward, until Russ came [...]

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Fiberarts International 2007 Review

Thanks to Penny for her quick response! She’s posted a description of the opening events in the comments section of my last post, and given us this link to an article about the show, some of the artists, and how it was juried in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It all sounds so exciting, I wish I [...]

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Fiber and Photography

Last weekend Fiberarts International 2007 opened in Pittsburgh, PA, and will eventually travel to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design in North Carolina. My quilt “The Vintage Purse” is part of the exhibit, but I couldn’t attend the opening or next-day fiber forum. I was hoping to find some news about the events on-line, [...]

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