= Quilts + Music
I imagine that the person charged with selecting the first song on an album has a hard job. I mean obviously not in the same way that being a paramedic is hard, but still, it is probably an arduous task to make sure that the first song is dynamite. Think about it, there is a… Continue reading Free Fallin’
Who doesn't love a good whodunnit? I am all for a good mystery, which hearkens back to childhood weekends spent with my maternal grandparents. On Saturdays, we made our first stop at the library to pick up a week's worth of books and then onward to the thrift store to dig for eight tracks. I… Continue reading Mysterious Ways
I have a working hypothesis that sewing and fishing are a nearly identical activity. Lest you think I've lost my marbles, simply hear my evidence in support of this theory. Both activities are time consuming and result in the fulfillment of a necessity, food and warmth. Both involve small sharp objects that poke your fingers,… Continue reading Birdsong
Quilt in the wild The day I sat down to write this post, one headline in my morning news perusal contained the words "dire" and "now or never" in regard to the annual U.N climate report. What interesting timing that this story happened to coincide with me wrangling my thoughts around a quilt that is… Continue reading Fever for the Bayou
HEAL outside Disclosure: this is a deeply personal post and one that is important to share with whatever audience reads this humble blog about music and quilting. It is still about quilting and music, but also about my health and the impetus for this quilt. This post is less about the "how" and more about… Continue reading I’ll Take You There
Nine years ago, my life exponentially improved because I learned how to quilt. Nine years in human years is the age of a third grader, however I believe that craft years are more akin to dog years and that (only in regard to the level of my quilting skills) I'm actually in the blossoming stage… Continue reading Greenback Dollar
#pillowinafrontyard Music is the chocolate in the croissant, the cheese on the pizza. Music is the daffodil emerging after a dark winter. Music is warm sand between toes. Music is the perfect fluffy cloud in a cerulean sky. Music is a cozy, warm quilt, a favorite sweater. Alright, enough of the poetic metaphors -- music… Continue reading Needle and thread – part 3
I am starting a new category of quilts -- the just because quilt. The just because quilt can have many intentions, but ultimately the real motivation is that someone deserves a quilt just because. Welcome to my first just because quilt, which will now carry the acronym JB, conveniently also my initials. I made this… Continue reading New Slang
#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
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
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