Monthly Archives: January 2009

beautiful backsides

January 19, 2009 – 2:53 am

Our friend and student Mary Beth is the queen of fabulous pieced quilt backings. I mean fabulous. I often like the backs of her quilts as much as I like the fronts. The best part about a pieced backing is the surprise factor. It’s like a little secret to have a fun design on the [...]

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nibble tray

January 18, 2009 – 2:02 am

Hungry for some inspiration? Have a nibble… cruise into the art car museum marie antoinette had nothing on these women redefining paper cuts

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out with the old

January 18, 2009 – 1:41 am

Trust me on this one. You’ll feel better if you cut your losses. Really. Those unfinished projects of yours are causing you unnecessary stress. It’s a new year. Resolve to end the year with a plan. Either you’re going to finish them and enjoy using them, have a plan for finishing them or you’re going [...]

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nibble tray

January 18, 2009 – 1:24 am

Hungry for some inspiration? Try a nibble… these elf shoes must have magical powers knitting caps for chemo patients I want to go there! map quilts

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knitting in the new year

January 17, 2009 – 8:48 pm

In the afternoon of December 31, I was given a beautiful ball of Granny-Smith-apple-colored wool and a pair of #9 needles. Never mind that I had a huge William Morris needlepoint canvas that will take years to complete, books to read, quilts that needed to be designed and other knitting projects, the green yarn kept [...]

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