Category Archives: Inspiration

Anything that inspires or informs my quiltmaking.

Inspiration Tuesday #2

I thought I would give you a bonus inspiration post since I wasn’t able to post anything quilty today. What do you think about when you see this photo? It just looks calming to me, which is often what I … Continue reading

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Inspiration Tuesday

Thanks to Doug88888 for allowing this to be shared. This is part of my effort to help you “see” inspiration wherever you are. I sometimes think I should get a fish tank just to keep me calm. I wouldn’t want … Continue reading

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“Seeing” Inspiration

A few weeks ago, I wrote about my strategies for getting out of the Creative Desert. Getting out of the Creative Desert is different from seeking inspiration. Just because you are piecing a bunch of squares together doesn’t mean you … Continue reading

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Excellent Mail Day

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Inspiration Thursday

I thought about saying “I got nothin’”. Aside from being ungrammatical, it is also untrue. I really like the textures of this photo.

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Flower Inspiration

I have been looking for flowers for my front flower bed. I want something drought tolerant, but pretty. I saw these at Disneyland. Not only did I think that they might work for my garden, but I like the shapes-that … Continue reading

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Inspiration Tuesday

Love the colors of these handbags. In what direction does your imagination go?

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Inspiration Monday

Just to clarify: I saw this flower at the Embarcadero. It is not called an Embarcadero Flower.

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Inspiration Sunday

I stopped at Mollie Stones yesterday and saw this display of plates and dishes. I thought it looked so cheerful that I had to take a photo. If I had a country house, I would have cheerful dishes like this.

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Not Gloating

I love books, am coming to love eBooks and Kindle books, but I just generally love books. I try not to buy too many regular fiction books as the Library has a perfectly good collection and I, mostly, don’t read … Continue reading

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Inspiration Saturday

I was walking the wrong way down Church Street trying to find a shop I had never visited. I happened upon this little flower shop and was charmed. The display is wonderful! I am pretty sure (not being a plant … Continue reading

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Inspiration Tuesday

Boulette’s Larder is a restaurant in the building where I work. One vendor in particular really likes it, so we frequently meet there for meetings. I love this wall of jars and surreptitiously took a photo the other day. Boulette … Continue reading

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Inspiration Tuesday

There was an electrical fire in the building where my hairdresser has his chair. The shop is completely destroyed, but the fire alarm was called shortly after the fire started so it was contained. Nobody was injured. He was able … Continue reading

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Adrianne’s Hexagons

  BAMQG Show and Tell -Adrianne’s Hexagons March 2011 Originally uploaded by Little Bluebell This is one of the tops/pieces that inspired my hexagons…..well sent me over the edge, really, because I had been drooling over TFQ’s for quite a … Continue reading

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Inspiration East Coast

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