Tag Archives: Inspiration

Thoughts on Shapes

I really can’t figure out how my mind works. Sometimes I like the way it works, because it sends me off in a new creative direction. I was making the Northwind block for the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild A-B-C … Continue reading

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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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ColorBlock Quilt Design

I keep walking by the RK Kona Challenge as it languishes over my bannister. As I did this, an idea formed in my head and that idea is in the photo. My idea was to cut 1.5″ squares from scraps … Continue reading

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Ninth Circuit HQ Tile

Here is some eye candy for you. I had so many photos (60 or 70??) that I couldn’t process them all for posting. I may use them for other posts in the future. If you want to go on a … 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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CPP Nearing End of Vacation

Remember I said that the CPP will continue? And that I am going to offer some creativity prizes? Anyone who posts a response to any of the prompts between now and the post for prompt #111 will be entered for … Continue reading

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Maker Faire Inspiration

  A very kind person gave us tickets to the Maker Faire. It is something that I have heard lots of good things about, but never visited. Friend Julie loves it. Maureen and Amy from the Creative Mom podcast also … Continue reading

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Inspiration Thursday

Notice the Sawtooth Stars?   Nice border for a quilt.   This section is around the dome.  

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Inspiration Sunday

Yes, more from my sad shoe shopping experience. At least I found something for you. I think that the flower could easily be reproduced in fabric – ‘easily’ meaning not quick, but the picture makes it look relatively painless and … Continue reading

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