Scraps and Threadtales

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

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Guild meeting

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Twice a year my guild has a Saturday meeting that involves both the day and the night folks. To day was our spring meeting and it was great...
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Friday, May 01, 2009

It's a word!

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I know many of you have seen Tonya's work over at Lazy Gal Quilter...she is putting together a Halloween word quilt and asked for some f...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Playing on the porch

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Woohoo, found a 5 foot snake in the tall ground cover yesterday while walking the yard with the gardener...he jumped and screamed like a te...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Trying new things

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I was just wondering if this would work...I so need to take some "blogging for idiots" classes. I have no patience to go through ...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Quilt Auction Find

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I learned (or rather relearned) a quilt lesson this past weekend at the country auction - you cannot judge an antique/vintage quilt fro...
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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Challenge Progress

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This week I jumped into the Victoria's at Bumblebeans Matisse challenge. I'm proud to stay I stuck with it and just a few minutes a...
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I've made a bit more progress with my challenge quilt...it is about half sewn together. Should finish the top tomorrow and if I am luck...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Trying something new

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Over at Bumblebeans there is a new sort of challenge. She has posted a photo of a Matisse painting and is guiding us through using it as in...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Spring wanderings....

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I've been slow blogging this week...the weather has been just too nice to stay indoors. The first hummingbirds came to the feeder, drag...
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Back to normal

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Well after a week of "all things golf" here in Augusta today we have a bit of rain and a bit of normalcy returning to the area. Y...
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Saturday, April 11, 2009

A bit homesick and another finish

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It was a good day to work on almost finishes...not a lot of energy and a bit homesick. So as promised Goldie presents my finished Twist and ...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

The Masters invasion

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For one week a year Augusta Georgia is on the map...for those of you who aren't golf fans, married to a golf fan or who hasn't accid...
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Monday, April 06, 2009

Washing Vintage Blocks

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After my post about our quilt show challenge I got several questions about how I wash vintage blocks. The easiest answer is very, very car...
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Sunday, April 05, 2009

April means an early finish

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Only five days into the month of April and I can scratch one a quilt off of my "to-do" list! This month I tackled the Scrappy Aro...
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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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