Monthly Archives: September 2014

How old are you on the inside?

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I watched another TED Talk yesterday, this one by Isabel Allende titled How To Live Passionately. It made me smile, nod, and get a bit teary-eyed. I think this is something most of you will enjoy…

If the video doesn’t work for you, click here.

I remember a time, some years ago, sitting with my grandmother, who was in her 90s (but didn’t look a day over 75!), and my mom. We each agreed that we felt a lot younger on the inside than our age would suggest. Isn’t that true for everyone? I still don’t exactly feel like a grown-up, and I suspect that I never will.

 

One more top done, 5 to go…

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Here’s my most recent quilt top for the piecing book, before I cut it free from the machine…

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The quilt is 90″ x 90″ and covered my design wall from floor to ceiling. I was happy to be moving on, until I realized that the bed this will someday cover has such a deep mattress and pad that 90″-square is just not big enough. Sigh.

I made a border round of blocks, following the same design but with just one light and one darker, blue fabric. The quilt is now 118″ x 118″!!! It no longer fits on my design wall. I haven’t made a quilt this big in many, many years. If ever.

I plan to quilt it myself. I’m thankful that I have the Sweet Sixteen and my clamp system.

 

New fabric, big prints…

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If you haven’t looked at the fabric page at pieceocake.com lately, you have missed seeing the big prints that I’ve recently added, along with some interesting smaller-scale prints…

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There are BIG numbers in 4 different colorways, flowers, dots, and more…

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While I put these together into fat quarter bundles, you can buy them separately. If that’s the case, go to the fabric page and click on the swatch that interests you.

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This is probably the oddest of the fabrics I’ve added. It’s called Junebug, by Alexander Henry. I suspect I will use it on a quilt back, but it could also show up on t a quilt front. In fact, it would be fun to use in the free Really Simply 9-Patch pattern (click here, scroll down, click the link).

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I put Junebug with a black print and with the saffron Numbers… I have no idea why I like these together, but I do.

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I only got one bolt of each of these new fabrics and won’t re-order. If any of them make you happy, order while I have plenty. I’ll send a newsletter in a week or so and there’s no telling how much of any print will be left :-).

Admiring the skills…

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My fingers are nimble, for which I am grateful, but beyond that, I am a clumsy person. My family and friends know that it’s true. So I was impressed by the skill and grace that these young men have…

I don’t live in a skateboard-infested place so I’ve never understood the antipathy that some people have toward skateboarders. My (genetically-related) sons did not master skateboards, so I’ve never had a reason to have a strong opinion about the banning skateboarders. After watching this, I’m thinking that maybe we should cut them some slack, or at least give them a place to do what they do.