Category Archives: Blogging

Bloggers Quilt Festival Spring 2011

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Hooray! Blogger’s Quilt Festival is here! I had grand plans of sewing a new quilt just for this festival, but it was not to be. May is just the craziest month, and it seems like more stuff gets piled into it every year. After sulking for awhile, I remembered that one of the best parts…

Are you ready for Blogger’s Quilt Festival?

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Have you heard about Blogger’s Quilt Festival? It’s a virtual quilt show that coincides with the Spring and Fall Quilt Markets. It’s the brainchild of Amy Ellis, of Amy’s Creative Side, (I interviewed her here) and she’s getting ready for the 5th one, that will run from May 13-20, click the button for more info. But the…

Looking back on 2010

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What a year it’s been! I’ve been reading some fabulously gorgeous review posts, with lots of lovely collages lately. I’m afraid that this post won’t be one of them! Why? ‘Cause I got too much stuff to do. One lesson that I continue to learn over and over is that for me, a blog post can NOT…

Blogger’s Quilt Festival Fall ’10

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This is my entry into the Fall Blogger’s Quilt Festival, the genius idea from Amy of Amy’s Creative Side. It’s an online quilt show that runs at the same time as  the big Quilts, inc show runs. Lots of bloggy quilting friends are there in Houston, so this is a show for those of us…

Ask Candy | Adding a “Grab My Button” widget to your sidebar

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I’ve got a new “ask Candy” over at Alamode Stuff – it’s about how to add one of those “grab my button” boxes to your sidebar!

Work in Progress, and a Call for Makers

Just popping in to say I’m busy busy busy…thought I’d share what’s on the worktable right now: Not very glamorous…that that’s how it goes sometimes! A Call for Makers I feel badly that I’ve not been paying much attention to my series “Makers Must”. I didn’t do a great job of keeping track of who I asked…

And the winner is…

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Maree! I’ve sent you a message! Woot! Thank you all for entering, and “friending” me on the Google connect widget! A couple of you commented that you much prefer staying connected that way, so I’m glad I figured it out! I spent the weekend dyeing a bunch of going green tote bags and I’m also…

Tutorial | Where to start with sewing machine presser feet

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My latest “Ask Candy” post is up over at Alamode Stuff – it’s about how to get started with differnt presser feet on your sewing machine. I love this series…’cause folks ask me about all sorts of things that I know, and never thought anyone would be interested in. OR, it’s something I don’t know, but…

The Creative Empire

I had an amazing day today taping Quilting Arts TV. A detailed post with all the deets is coming…after I rest and absorb it all! But, I had to stop in and let you folks know what a fantastic time I had…and also to rave about “Scoutie Girl” Tara Gentile & “Crafting an MBA” Megan…

Pin it forward: What Home Means to Me

Here’s my contribution to the 2nd blogger mashup organized by Victoria, from SF Girl by Bay. This time, we’re all using a cool new tool called Pinterest, that allows you to create “pin boards” of images you find around the web as you’re browsing - complete with photo credit – score! If you’d like to have a…

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