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#quiltinayard If you're thinking, oh NO she didn't, just bear with me. This HAD to happen and you'll read why. New tagline: Quiltunes - bravely going where few quilters have gone before. A couple of years back, I traveled to a fancy software conference in southern California with two of my rural local government colleagues.… Continue reading Ice Ice Baby
#quiltonacleanfloor What is your method for dealing with bad news? How do you comfort yourself when life is icky? One of my methods is to head to my sewing machine where I can channel my emotions and work it all out. I suppose I could actually work out, or project my energy into an angry… Continue reading Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Yes, our backyard is scorched. It takes a village to buy or sell a home; there are dozens of folks in the background helping to ensure that every little thing goes smoothly on your behalf. If you're extremely lucky, all of this action is coordinated by a realtor that functions like an air traffic controller… Continue reading Backstreets
Were these strange vibrating clouds an omen of the impending heat doom, I mean, dome? Photo taken June 19, 2021, Wenatchee National Forest. Quiltunes coming at ya from the center of the heat dome! It is HOT AS HELL here in the Pacific Northwest. All time high temperatures have been recorded daily for the last… Continue reading Needle and thread – part 2
I am someone who pretty much always has a song stuck in my head. This can be very frustrating when the song eases its way in without my permission, ahem like music playing in the grocery store, and that song just sits there torturing me. This occurred recently after a quick run for spinach and… Continue reading It’s Gonna Be OK
We are in the throes of a major life transition moving from southwestern Colorado to central Washington. For someone who moved a lot in my teen and adult years, this one is by far the most dramatic and drawn out. The process of this move has included: selling our home after two days on the… Continue reading Needle and thread – part 1
When I started Quiltunes a year ago, I wondered what it would be like to quilt to Nirvana. And now, I know. When we moved into our house 5 years ago, we won the neighbor lottery! Our next door neighbors are some of our best friends and this quilt is a gift for them. When… Continue reading Gigantic
As my time as a resident of beautiful southwestern Colorado winds down, I vacillate between wistfulness and excitement for new adventures. This emotional pendulum can swing over hours or seconds. As a native Coloradan, this state will always have a piece of my heart and I'm proud to be from here, even if it has… Continue reading Seems So
It has been almost a year since the covid-19 pandemic began. It is simultaneously hard to imagine that it has already been a year and that is has only been a year. There are many things I have become used to: wearing a mask, seeing my friends on zoom, not leaving my house for days… Continue reading Sunrise
I think that we can all agree that 2020 has brought many challenges and changed our lives in innumerable ways. There are moments when I feel like 2020 is just one perpetual bad news feed -- and I don't even have a tv. It is hard to be a human right now and not internalize… Continue reading Saturday Sun
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