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About Becky Goldsmith

I am a quilt designer/teacher/author, a wife/mother/grandmother, and certified yoga instructor who is searching for balance, strength, and happiness in all things.

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Marva Gurley sent me the picture of her Simply Delicious wall hanging that she just finished days ago. She reduced the 14″ blocks to 7″… those are 7″ fruit blocks surrounded by 1″ sashing squares!

Simply Delicious

Here’s what Marva says: “My finished piece measures 33.5″ by 42”.  The project took nearly 5.5 months.  I am so happy with my new “baby”, as I have admired this pattern for a long time.  My methods are hand applique and hand quilting.  Thank you so much for making such a beautiful pattern.”

I’m impressed — way to go, Marva! Thank you for sharing your lovely quilt.

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Judy sent me this photo of the house block she started in class, in Georgetown, TX. It is so happy!

Judy-House

Here’s what Judy wrote: “It is so whimsical and I have made it into a pillow.  Thanks, I really enjoyed the class and the toothpick is always  near by when I’m working on a project. Judy”

As always, I appreciate everyone who sends me pictures. Thanks, Judy :-).

 

Wednesday Giveaway

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Margaret Wild is the lucky winner this week! If you are not Margaret, you might want to actually buy your own Corner Cut tool :-). Here’s why: If your 1/4″ seam allowance is too big, or too small, you need a Corner Cut tool! It’s good for many things, not the least of which is checking your seam allowance. Here’s how it works:

And here’s a picture:

CornerCut

Taking advantage of an icy day…

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We had an ice storm earlier this week. The ground was warm enough that getting around wasn’t bad, but everything else was encased. This week’s photo challenge is visual rhythm which I kept in mind as I took pictures. I’ll be interested to hear if you have a favorite, and which you think is the best choice for my visual rhythm challenge.

I love the look of power lines, even though I’m happy that the ones in our neighborhood are buried (fewer power outages).

Power Lines – 1
Power Lines – 2
Power Lines – 3
Power Lines – 4
Power Lines – 5

Power Lines – 6

Imperfect is often more interesting than perfect. I’ll bet the owners of this fence would rather it was straight and tall.

Icy Fence – 1
Icy Fence – 2
Icy Fence – 3

Icy Fence – 4

Holly Berries

Icicles on a branch

Mailboxes – 1

Mailboxes – 2

The numbers on the photos were randomly assigned and do not indicate my high or low preferences.

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Kathy Adler sent me this photo of her Aunt Millie’s Garden quilt. She named it Orange Obsession. I love it! I have my own obsession going on with orange so it’s particularly nice to see Kathy’s version of this quilt.

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Kathy wrote: , “The quilt won 1 st place in its division and Best Applique in the Las Colcheras Judged Quilt Show last weekend. I love your patterns! I took a class from you in 2005… and have been appliquéing ever since!”

Thank you, Kathy, for sharing your lovely quilt!

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Congrats to Alice R. who will be getting this stash of wool/nylon blend thread. I sort of hate to see it go, but I’ve had a while and not found a place to use it—Alice, I hope you start stitching with it soon!

You can shop for other wool thread here, at pieceocake.com.

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