Ring Around the Moon

I feel like Jackie Gleason: And Here We Go!  (Again) I joined the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild about a year ago at the encouragement of the talented Priscilla Stultz and have since found myself to...

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Bad photo, but you get the idea. My show and tell: This quilt was begun in ernest in December 2010. I had already pulled the fabrics out from among the hundreds I bought on the Quilters' ...

http://shaftel.blogspot.com/2011/05/everyday-best-top-is-finished.html

I'm circling in (sorry about that) on this quilt. The twelve blocks are finished but not yet sewn into their rows. Next step: auditioning border fabrics. The book shows a plain border followed...

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Once upon a time when TheArtful Quilter was in Centreville there was a Greater DC Shop Hop that hit at least 12 quilt shops in Northern VA and the Baltimore Burbs. I took the bus with the other...

http://shaftel.blogspot.com/2011/01/sneak-peak-or-ufo.html

I'm feeling guilty for no t having blogged in so long, so here's a photo of one of the quilts I finished during my silent times. I called it The Bear because it was the bear who ate me. The arcs ...

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It's just that I can't blog and think at the same time. I've been very busy making "normal" quilts. I saw this split nine patch in a book and had to make it. It seems tidy and crisp. And the...

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Just a quick note as an epilogue: As soon as I thought of a ball bouncing from frame to frame, I was able to set the blocks logically. The top has been sent for quilting to Marilyn Moser in We...

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I fell in love with a couple Lonni Rossi prints and decided to use them as my guide when choosing the pallette for this pattern, Borealis by Aarvark Quilts. Working in grays, blacks, and olive ...

http://shaftel.blogspot.com/2010/02/design-wall-blues-and-grays-and-blacks.html

Irish Pub & Folk Tour - 7 Nights Posted using ShareThis

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I'm finally settled—both physically and emotionally—have no major problems to solve, no parties to plan, and can focus on being focused. I do not have a paying job. What I intended to do with...

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I am a tad impatient and can't wait for the fun to start (seriously). However, I’m not having much fun now, this second, this very moment. Fun means working on the apartment and I need to ge...

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Yup, we're in Vilnius. I read about a religious group that sends their young men away for a couple of years of sacrifice so they value their home and family all the more once they return to settl...

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Look what I did with one of my beads! I met Donna Barnako, a jewelry artist, at an art show in Great Falls and was fascinated by her work. She has a funky, mixed-media take on accessories tha...

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I returned to JCCFS (the Folk School) for spring break and learned a little about making lamp work beads. Because of the high cost of equipment I will never make beads again, but I must say it w...

http://shaftel.blogspot.com/2009/04/back-to-reality.html

I joined the Ladies Workout Express because the managers promised to call me if I ever missed an appointment. I never in two years received one call. I paid extra to be allowed to use all the equ...

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To: National Fitness Financial Systems PO Box 497 Layton, UT 84041-0497 Subject: Cancellation of Membership I received a dunning notice for payment of $62.91 as a cancellation fee for this ac...

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What was I thinking? I posted the picture of a crooked, lop-sided mess a couple of days ago. Publishing my failures is NOT me and I have recanted. Gone is the original article and here's the st...

http://shaftel.blogspot.com/2009/03/wonkie-widers-take-three-or-four.html

This week's snow event left me exactly where I wanted to be: at home in my messy, messy studio making Valentines. I found a print of Japanese lady portraits at Jo-Ann's that reminds me of ATC...

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A couple of weeks ago Mike (husband and employee of the Foreign Service) was offered his last overseas assignment and it was made official last week. We will be leaving for three years in Vilnius...

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"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." --Jack London What do I usually do to club inspiration? I journal and blog: morning pages are my best source of complex id...

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Self-victimization is a sad thing. Need somebody for a presentation on anything remotely related to quilting? Just whisper in my direction. It won't matter if I'm an expert: I KNOW can fake it...

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Cyndi Souder waxed rhetorical in her latest blog (http://www.moonlightingquilts.com/ ): why do we feel the need to count our accomplishments as well as account for our actions over the past year?...

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Pinch me. No, really. Go ahead and pinch me. I must be having an out-of-body experience. I finished my plaid quilt ("To the Gypsy in Me") and readied it and my Jerusalem moon quilt ("Ghosts of ...

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"Tyvek Explorations" is an on-line class offered through Joggles.com. This piece shows some Tyvek that was painted on both sides with Lumiere then stitched onto some batik and some cheap velvet. ...

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Halloween weekend in Philadelphia seemed like such a good idea when we planned our trip. I had four stops on my itinerary: Ardmore and Lonni Rossi's store; Philly and the Snyderman-Works Gallery;...

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