Monthly Archives: August 2007

Creative Journals

Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 by Jaye

I have been feeling, for a long time, how I would like to work on a visual journal – painting, sketching, colored pencils…something. I am an inveterate journal keeper. I have been keeping a journal since about 1980. Perhaps earlier. … Continue reading →

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Thinking Pink

Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 by Jaye

Today, I was directed to the Connecticut Piecemaker’s site, which showed this quilt, a raffle quilt for their 2008 show. You all know that I am a sucker for samplers and this one is a particularly fine example. I really … Continue reading →

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Thr3fold Journal Articles Review Part 3

Posted on Monday, August 27, 2007 by Jaye

Food for Thought p17 “…if you are anything like me you never have everything that’s listed in the recipe but you’re so impatient to start that very minute you decide to go ahead and do it anyway.” The article is … Continue reading →

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43/47

Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2007 by Jaye

In order to complete a Pineapple block, including the corners, I need 47 fabrics. In an ideal world they would all be different. Without the corners, which, in this project, I have not yet applied, I need only 43 fabrics. … Continue reading →

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Slash Stars

Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2007 by Jaye

Two years ago I made a Slash Stars quilt. I eventually donated that top to the effort to provide quilts for victims of Hurricane Katrina, but I thought it would be good to post a link to the directions here … Continue reading →

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Be*Mused is Back

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 by Jaye

Jan over at Bemused Blog is posting about quilt blocks again. She has been working on selling her house and, thus, has been distracted. I am glad to see her post the basket blocks.Be*Mused really has a way with color. … Continue reading →

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Cross Block (Flowering Snowball)

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 by Jaye

This one is a little dark, but will mix up with the others nicely. I like the way you can fussy cut quite large motifs and have them show up well.

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Thr3fold Journal Articles Review Part 2

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2007 by Jaye

The Associated Press is reporting that the restoration of the frescoes in the Pope’s apartments (called Stanze of Raphael), done by Raphael, are almost complete after 30 years of work. Hooray! I have spent a remarkable amount of time writing … Continue reading →

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Thr3fold Journal Articles Review Part 1

Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 by Jaye

Note that I put ‘part 1′ at the top. This is not intended to imply that there will be a part 2, but I will endeavor to review the entire journal. Thr3fold Journal is a multimedia journal written by Linda … Continue reading →

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San Mateo County Fair 2007

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 by Jaye

We spent the day at the San Mateo County Fair yesterday. The Fair, in general, seems to get smaller and smaller every year, but they still had a great selection of quilts and other needlearts. I wish more people would … Continue reading →

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Quilting Arts "Too Hot" Tips

Posted on Saturday, August 18, 2007 by Jaye

Quiltings Arts recent e-mail newsletter had some great ideas for quilting when it is too hot to actually put needle to fabric. I am reproducing them here, but the ideas belong to Quilting Arts. Too hot to quilt? Design! Photograph. … Continue reading →

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More Blocks

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2007 by Jaye

These are the two blocks that I started and finished last weekend. I am still kind of wondering about the larger background prints. Are they still background-y enough or do they blend in with the colors too much? Still considering.

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Hanging on By My Fingernails

Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 by Jaye

As you can see, messy crafting runs in the family. I went to a scrapbook night with my sister Friday night. This is her work area. She does gorgeous pages! I created about 10 pages and they were all very … Continue reading →

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Cool Idea for Painting/Fabric

Posted on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 by Jaye

I love the little dots, but it probably because of my Mary Engelbreit leanings. From Judy Coates Perez blog. Nice find! clipped from judyperez.blogspot.com  

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Mosaic from Europe

Posted on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 by Jaye

SisterK finally gave me a CDof photos of mosaics from France and Italy. She spent 9 months there a couple of years ago. Before she left I told her to take photos of mosaics for me. I plan to use … Continue reading →

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