Posts Tagged "quilting"

Little swatches

Posted on Oct 22, 2008 in Process, Quilts | 4 comments

Little swatches

Usually I think that once the quilt top has been designed and cut out and pieced together, it’s all downhill. Not in a bad way, but a sort of you-did-the-work-and-climbed-the-hill-and-now-you’re-on-top-and-ready-to-sail-down-on-your-sled/bike/snowboard-squealing-weeee kind of downhill. Mostly it’s like that, mostly it’s easy, fun and satisfying. But there are usually a...

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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Evacuate

Posted on Aug 7, 2008 in Process, Quilting, Studio | 9 comments

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Evacuate

Well, I thought I was tough anyway, sweating it out all summer in my studio with no air conditioning. But truthfully, it has been a mild summer…..until last weekend. Finally it got so hot, and add to that no windows to vent all the heat of my overhead lights and an iron that is constantly on HOT, that I knuckled and resorted to my emergency heat evacuation plan. I moved my sewing machines...

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