Category Archives: Quilt Related

Scenes from the 10-Acre Rock

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Update: this place is now posted with many no trespassing signs. We have not been able to find the owners. Darn!!!

My husband Steve, the field biologist, knows stuff. And one of the things he knows is how to find the 10-acre rock. It is a 10 acre outcropping of granite in southern Oklahoma, near Tishomingo. There are smaller outcroppings in the area (like the 6-acre rock) that are no longer accessible.

This is not a park, and you can’t exactly find it on a map. Many of the locals don’t even know it’s there… but some do because they obviously party on the rock.

There used to be a quarry here, but it is long gone. The granite is pink, white, and black—very pretty and unusual. There is granite from this spot in the Oklahoma state capital building.

Mother Nature is just full of surprises :-). Here is an close and personal view of a mossy crack in the rock.

Wednesday Giveaway

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This week’s winner is Lisa G Benson. She will receive 3 scissor charms that are mostly red and white. There’s a ladybug, a cupcake, and a bird that you can use to dress up your scissor, rotary cutter, a zipper, and more!

If you are not Lisa, you can find more scissor charms, plus a movie that shows how you can use them especially with serrated scissors, here.

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!

Show and tell…

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Kathy Swanteck sent me this photo of her Searching for Beauty Quilt. I love it! Thank you, Kathy, for sharing it with us :-).

Making this quilt brought me joy during a challenging time. It will live in California.
The day after I started this quilt I was talking to my son in California. He said he and his girlfriend would like a quilt with viruses all over it. I laughed since I just started one. So it is going to live with him 😃.

Kathy Swanteck

Kathy said she followed my freezer paper appliqué technique, using a glue pen and that it worked great. Yay!

Wednesday Giveaway

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Allison Church Bird is this week’s winner! She will receive a wonderful 2-Step Pencil Sharpener which creates a perfect point using a two-step sharpening process. Sharpen the wood in the first step and then sharpen the graphite core to a long, fine point in step 2. The clear lid opens for cleaning. The sharpener comes with two replacement blades and an automatic brake that prevents over-sharpening.

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!

Wednesday Giveaway

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Del Dodson is this week’s winner. She will receive a hand-crafted moisturizer made with locally sourced beeswax and essentials oils. Lightly apply Cuticle Intensive to dry cuticles, rub it in, or not. Your cracked, dry cuticles are going to look great in a very short time.

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!

Wednesday Giveaway

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Barbara Kellard is this week’s lucky winner and she will receive Joen Wolfrom’s Essential Color Wheel. It is both lovely and handy… and it is perfect companion to my book, The Quilter’s Practical Guide to Color and to my DVD, Color Theory for Quilters.

Shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com! Happy stitching!