Scraps and Threadtales

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

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

A bit like Christmas

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So how do yo do your Christmas decorating? Not what it looks like - but do you put it all up at once or do it casually a bit at a time? Or...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Happy Turkey Day

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I love Thanksgiving. It is however one of the holidays that makes me realize how much different it is living down South than up in New Engl...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

There be gremlins....

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If you are looking for great photos of all my progress on the Blue and White Guilt Quilt then look no further - my sewing machine died afte...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Why not? I'll tell ya why....

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So many phrases come to mind describing my current situation...the road to good intentions....aaarrggggh. Some of you many have seen a post ...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Christmas Quilts...

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Christmas is one of my favorite holidays so no surprise I've made several Christmas quilts! When I spotted Sew Cal Gal's Christmas ...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Fall Cleaning

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The last week has been so busy with getting the house ready for the holidays...and of course I overdid it. The good news I left the "h...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

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Ok, so I am not the wordless type...I was cruising through my photo files looking for inspiration for an abstract quilt. This photo may be ...
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Monday, November 08, 2010

Near and far quilts and a recipe...

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Yesterday I spent a lot of time loading and editing photos from Quilt Festival in Houston. I also spent a lot of time unloading my suitcase...
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Sunday, November 07, 2010

Houston Show

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Is it really past noon and I am still in my PJ's? Yes, the show wore me out that much! Tonya and I... Where do I start? The quilts wer...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Pumpkin Festival

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My guild's donation quilt made its debut today at the North Augusta Pumpkin Patch Festival. Lots of generous folks donated and got tick...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Focus - not just the name of a car...

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First, I have started posting on my other blog again - threadtalequiltappraisals.blogspot.com I'm trying to keep track of some of the ...
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Sunday, October 24, 2010

No I am not running for office....

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My friend Paula and I started working on these embroidered Witch's hats in January...she finished her's in time for a local quilt sh...
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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Back from Vacation

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I was on vacation down in the Bahamas for a few days...now I need to recover from the vacation! Our next guild donation quilt came back from...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Mindless piecing...

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Doing some mindless piecing right now...not enough energy to make my way to the ironing board or the cutting table very often to I have been...
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Thursday, October 07, 2010

Back on the techno highway...

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Technical problems the past few days have made posting difficult...a visit to the local computer nerds (hey, they have six foot model of th...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

scrappy bits...

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Rain, rain, rain...got to love it! We have had a really dry end of summer so the past few days have filled the water barrels and cleared th...
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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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