Scraps and Threadtales

Thoughts on the creative process, quilting, fabrics, and living life in the Southern U.S.A.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Thre's a world out there...

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Another favorite from the Charleston Show. She used lots of Kaffe Fasset fabrics that I love...both the semi-solids and stripes. The purp...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Beach time

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Since getting back from the show in Charleston I've had another MS episode. My face feels like a crazy dentist attacked it with novicane...
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Quilt Show Mavericks

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The show last weekend was a lot of fun. Some great vendors (I was very bad!) and I got to see Bonnie and other quilter friends. Though, li...
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Monday, March 06, 2006

Antique Charity Quilt

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Since I helped with the quilt exhibit at our local museum I have gotten a call a week from someone with a qult that they would like me to lo...
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Thursday, March 02, 2006

Finding Time

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First I had to post a picture of Goldie...she was feeling left out since both Brownie (her sister) and Macbeth had made it into cyberspace.....
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Saturday, February 25, 2006

Home again

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More photos from the quilt exhibit...the quilt top in this photo is one of my favorites (ok i say that about almost all the photos...) The ...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Nosegay

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I'm not a huge fan of 30's era quilts. I like them but they are not my "passion." Like all rules however there are excep...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

One of my own...

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It's funny how different some of the quilts looked while hanging at the museum versus how they looked at my own house. The photo is one...
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Monday, February 13, 2006

Voted Bonnie's most likely

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I can't believe I don't have a full shot of this quilt top! It came from the same family as the cheddar and when I first say i...
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Sunday, February 12, 2006

Museum Cheddar

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Today I did quilting demonstrations at our local museum with a couple of other members of my quilt guild. Other than the building being ...
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Saturday, February 11, 2006

Still like brightest.

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I am trying to finish one last volunteer project before going overseas - our annual donation quilt for Camp Rainbow. The box in the photo...
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Monday, February 06, 2006

The things you find..

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Today I am not at the Judy Twitty embellishment workshop. My hands started doing the dropsey thing last night and today I'm poking one ...
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Sunday, February 05, 2006

Almost forgot

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A month ago I signed up to take and embellishment class that is scheduled for this Monday...I am soooo not prepared! Not to say I don't...
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Friday, February 03, 2006

First a Path...

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So I've started to take the sorting and packing of my quilt room seriously. Nothing is going into long term storage so the options are ...
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Sunday, January 29, 2006

More from the textile talk

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This is another of the quilts brought by one of the attendees to the talk at the local antique gallery on textiles. The photos barely do thi...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Antique Textile talk

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This morning I went to a lecture on antique textiles an appraisals at a local antique gallery. A nice way to spend a saturday morning! A f...
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Friday, January 27, 2006

Finally Friday...

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I was rummaging through my photos to find something interesting to show you all...looks like I need to set up a photo shoot since it seems I...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Late to work

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First the good news = Macbeth, my Scotty terrier, is no longer ignoring me. Hopefully the lab reports will go as well. The photo is of a mi...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Stress Stitching

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My little scottish terrier, Macbeth, had to have surgery today. He is fine. I, on the other hand, am a mess. When I was grooming him last ...
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Too much stuff

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Today my DH and I got word we most likely will be moving overseas. We've talked about it for at least a couple of years but things just...
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AQS certified Quilt Appraiser and lecturer. For over 25 years I have been collecting quilts and making my interpretation of them. I'll try any type of handwork from applique through red-work to piecing.
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