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This quilt and this post are all about LOVE, in all caps! There are also a lot of exclamation points. If there are any deputized grammar police or super curmudgeons who read this blog, this is your warning. At a young age, I learned the power of the words LOVE and its opposite hate. My… Continue reading Crazy Little Thing Called Love
#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
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
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
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
Don't we all get by with a lot of help from our friends? I know that I do! Not to be a braggard but I've got some extra super friends and I am thankful every hour for each and every one of them. They bring unquantifiable amounts of joy, inspiration, laughter and good food into… Continue reading With a Little Help From My Friends
At this moment when my body remains in a rebellious state and recovery feels like an epic uphill slog of patience, I feel like everything I do is amazing. Take a shower, especially if it is also a hair washing day -- epic. Cook something that isn't just an ingredient dump in to the Instant… Continue reading Funky Miracle
July was a bumpy month over at Quiltunes. At the end of June, I was struck by a sudden and rare autoimmune illness that left my extremities numb and heavy -- not exactly conducive to doing much of anything, let alone technical sewing or hiking to photograph wildflowers. Not to mention the stresses of hospitalization… Continue reading Lovedust
Okay, I know that it is odd to name a quilt with nary a circle "Wagon Wheel" but that is what I've named this little piece and I'm sticking with it. And just because you use a name once, doesn't mean you can't use it again. My ancestors are famous for reusing names: my great-grandma… Continue reading Wagon Wheel
I make a lot of baby and child sized quilts and I have a strict rule: every kid gets a blanket. If I have made an earlier baby a blanket, then the latest addition (edition?) gets one too. And if I am making something for a newbie but their predecessor did not receive something then… Continue reading They don’t make ’em
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