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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
Perhaps I should rename my sewing room the "fun zone" as the space is basically like my recess -- a relief from the diligence and rules that dictate a lot of my time. In the majority of real life I am a rule follower, especially during working hours since performing detailed, near-perfect work is how… Continue reading Happiness
Ethnobotany is one of my favorite subjects to nerd out on. A simplified definition of ethnobotany is the study of how cultures use indigenous plants for food, medicine, fiber, dye, in ceremony, etc. I find all of it utterly fascinating and my bookshelves are full of plant identification books which I can easily lose myself… Continue reading Heart of Gold
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
A volcano quilt amongst the maple leaves To live in the Pacific Northwest is to live surrounded by volcanos; some are very dormant, some not so much. They are our guideposts and we know where we are based upon what volcanos we can see (well, when they're not shrouded in clouds). If we are super… Continue reading Saeglopur
#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
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
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
#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
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