Monthly Archives: August 2010

last call for Quilt National entries

August 29, 2010 – 12:51 pm

Quilt National is an international biennial show of art quilts. The deadline for submitting is September 10. The purpose of the show is to stretch the limits of quiltmaking and see what people come up with. It is about innovation, not necessarily craftsmanship or making functional quilts. It is also not about narrative. I didn’t [...]

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the best presents

August 26, 2010 – 9:44 am

It’s my birthday! I’m 49 in calendar years but still feel like I’m 30. In my mind I’m always 30. I just don’t feel like I thought I would at 49, which I think is a great thing.That’s a gift right there. It took me way too many birthdays to realize that the best gifts [...]

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Versailles for fairies

August 24, 2010 – 10:29 pm

I blogged a few months ago about making fairy houses with our daughter Sophie from match boxes. Then a few weeks ago Sophie and I went into a garden center where they had put together fairy gardens. Fairy gardens! The fairy gardens on display were in low, wide containers and had little arbors, benches, plants [...]

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i’m here to testify

August 20, 2010 – 9:20 pm

I usually write about making things but today I’m writing about doing things. Yesterday I testified in one of three public hearings around the US with a group of EPA officials who are considering reducing the amount of pollution that can be released into the air by power plants across the country. As a lifelong [...]

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my two cents about WhipUp Mini Quilts

August 16, 2010 – 5:28 pm

Disclaimer: I used to contribute to whipup.net, which is the blog founded by Kathreen Ricketson, the author of this book. Kathreen asked me to write a blurb for the back of the book and I did because I liked the book. Her publisher sent me a copy but I’m reviewing it because I think it’s [...]

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