I headed east over the mountains after the fourth of July to meet up with LeeAnn (coming from Seattle) and Mary (coming from Chattanooga) in Sisters in our home away from home for four days (The Quail’s Nest on Airbnb)… We toasted ourselves with memories of five years ago when we went to Alabama to […]
Tag: Nifty Quilts
Kate Speckman at The ANNEX
Salem artist/quilter Kate Speckman is doing a five week AIR at The Annex in Salem, She is interested in setting aside some time to think about future quilting projects, especially delving into the ideas of traditional patterns from carpets and how this might translate into her quilting work. She got her sewing machine set up […]
A Trip to Clear Our Heads
It was true we needed to get away for a bit…see some new sights, regain perspective on our creative endeavors, visit some friends and family, connect. Well it worked sooo well that I came home and forgot about all the stuff I normally do, like blogs…oops. So here is the long and laborious journey…mostly sights, […]
Gee’s Bend at Camp McDowell
So…I decided to send my self to camp. Quilt camp. Four days with two Gee’s Bend quilters and 16 other quilters, in Alabama. Ten days ago I hopped on an early morning train to Seattle, and the next day our little girl group of three took off for the “Deep South”…leaving the northwest behind…on our […]
Corduroy 11-12-11, Hair of the Dog…
Of course the day AFTER corduroy appreciation day, at LeeAnn’s, we REALLY appreciated corduroy in the creative way…we took the two squares (one from each) Lee Ann made a third and decided to rotate the whole thing we got out all the leftover bits and cut them into strips and we just started in…placing, sewing, […]
Corduroy Appreciation Day…11-11-11
Yep…that is what 11-11-11 is…in some circles. LeeAnn announced this on her blog, and has been getting others to make corduroy quilts with the idea that on the actual DAY she would link everybody up on her blog. Check HERE to see what people came up with. I didn’t have much corduroy in my stash, […]
