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I’ve fallen out of the habit of blogging recently, and I really need to get back into it. I think it’s a little bit of that old anxiety coming back. It’s so easy to let things drift, even when I have all sorts of interesting things going on. So, in the interest of putting my [...]
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This weekend is the Wisconsin Quilt Expo in Madison – actually, it started Thursday, but we’re spending the day there tomorrow. If anyone is within a reasonable drive of Madison, I highly recommend this show. This is only its fourth year, but they’re done a wonderful job organizing it. The vendor mall is 75,000 square [...]
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Oh, my stomach is churning. Nerves, you know. I just created an Etsy account and listed the Neapolitan quilt pattern for sale. Why does this make me so nervous? I don’t want to shove my Etsy stuff down everyone’s throat, so I’ll just mention it here and then drop the subject. Except, of course, if [...]
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The Neapolitan quilt is finished and has been turned over to the quilt shop. I’ve printed and folded and stuffed and punched the patterns. They’re working on kitting it up – most of it has already been cut, but they needed to add a couple of pieces. Best of all, she has confirmed that they [...]
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The Neapolitan quilt is officially finished! Mom finished the binding for me while I wrote up the pattern. Woohoo! I even created the pattern as a PDF file, and I’m thinking about listing it on Etsy. Am I getting ahead of myself? Do I care? I like this whoopee! feeling.
Here’s the “official” photo:
And here’s a [...]
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Mom was working in the garden while I was fighting with working on my Neapolitan quilt. She called me up to see the “enormous” caterpillar that she found when she stood up. It was right between where her feet had been, and based on the info I found about it online, it probably dropped out [...]
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AAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!
AARRrggh!
Argh.
Sigh.
Just needed to get that off my chest. I finished the Neapolitan top (it took me nearly a whole day to put the stupid borders on, which is ridiculous). I pieced the back because I didn’t have anything big enough, and I actually think the back is kind of cute all by itself. I [...]
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Woohoo! I finally finished the blocks for my Neapolitan quilt. There are only 16 blocks so it shouldn’t have taken me so long, but those odd shaped triangles in the corners were a real challenge. I think I’ve worked out the best way to do them, and I’m pretty excited about writing the pattern. The [...]
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Yesterday I got quite a bit accomplished on the sample quilt. I’m calling it Neapolitan, because of the colors. It uses the In the Pinks II line of fabric from Buggy Barn (Henry Glass), in lovely shades of strawberry pink, cream, and chocolate. I’m thinking about including a simple, yummy recipe that uses those same [...]
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I’ve been helping out a local quilt shop owner with her website (since I’m sitting around the house until I find a job). I also offered to write up pattern instructions for her, since she just doesn’t have the time (and I have nothing but), and since I just LOOOVE to tell people what to [...]
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