After a chaotic season, I was looking forward to a calm, quiet fall/winter without much on the schedule…. thinking I would have plenty of time to create new work. While I am still planning on being creative, and working on new projects, my large blocks of open time just keep disappearing. I don't know how it happens, but it's life and I will work around it. I am getting stuff done (see the new baby quilt I just completed and I working on another gift, gradation quilt), and getting booked to do some cool stuff. I was just asked to do a lecture for the Holland Friends of Art…which I am looking forward to! I am overjoyed that they invited a quilter to talk, and thrilled and nervous that it's me. I booked another vending gig…with my favorite guild, West Michigan Quilt Guild…Thank You! And I just did something new and fun, I took pictures of a friend and her quilt so she can use the pictures to submit her quilt for competitions…putting my studio/design walls to good use. As much as I complain about being busy, I do enjoy it. Everyone this summer reminded me that I need to learn to say the word "no", but I think it's just as important to learn when to say the word as how to say it!
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Helpful Hints:I love using leader/ enders when I am chain piecing. It was an idea from Bonnie Hunter. Instead of using a scrap piece of material in between chains, use two small blocks. You can work on two project projects at once! I keep a pile of 2" scrap squares next to my machine for this reason...Happy piecing!
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Dharma Trading West MI Quilt Guild National Quilting Association American Quilter's Society Surface Design Association International Machine Quilter's Association, Inc Modern Quilt Guild Some of TEACHERS I HAVE LEARNED FROM: |