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BAMQG Swap Blocks
Here are the blocks I made from the strips we exchanged at the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Meeting last time. I am not a big fan of the colors I picked. You know I don’t like working with lumpy … Continue reading
Quilt Meetings All Day
Yesterday, as I mentioned, I went to CQFA AND the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Meeting. I was a little concerned about spending so much time away from home, because I had hurt myself earlier in the week and wasn’t … Continue reading
Modern Quilt Guild Meeting
I went to the Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild Meeting on Monday night. It was a perfect confluence of events that allowed me to go. Thanks to DH who picked up the slack at home! We did show and tell. … Continue reading
September ATCs
Here are the ATCs I am trading at the meeting today. I made them at A Work of Heart at the end of June using a shaving cream Marbling technique. It was fun.
ATC Follow-up
The CQFA meeting last Saturday went really well. We laughed a lot. Nancy, one of the members, is on a quest to improve her art. She took a long course (certificate program??) in Seattle that ended last year and is … Continue reading
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Tagged ATCs, Creativity, Group project, Meetings, Off Topic: Crafts
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Modern Quilt Guild
I found this guild via FB. I liked the site, because it pointed me right away to a local group. The local group has a Ning with photos, discussions. I joined right away and found that people are trying to … Continue reading
No Fear of Color
Yesterday I drove to Monterey to attend a Kaffe Fassett lecture. It was put on by Back Porch Fabrics, a local Pacific Grove/Monterey quilt shop. I have written about that shop a couple of times, most recently on November 4, … Continue reading
ATCs at CQFA
While you were sipping your cappucinos this morning, I was finishing the edges of my very first ATCs – Artist Trading Cards – and dashing off to meet with my fellow CQFAers. Maureen had suggested that we do a swap … Continue reading
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Tagged ATCs, Creativity, Meetings, Off Topic: Crafts, Other Artists, Swaps
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Pamela Informs the Tarts
Summary: This post talks more about how the Pamela Allen class with CQFA will inform the Tarts Come to Tea. I find that a good class will inform my work in a way that other experiences don’t. I don’t see … Continue reading
Quilting By the Sea #2
The second CQFA Retreat was the weekend of January 25, 2009 (read about the first retreat here). What a great weekend for sewing. You have already seen my completed top, FOTY 2008, but I thought I would share some of … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Other Artists, Travel
Tagged Creativity, Meetings, Other Artists, Travel
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More Meeting Tidbits
Here are some general shots of the meeting and the shop. Above is the work that my group did on the longarm. After the general demo, they broke us into smaller groups, had another little lecture on actually using the … Continue reading
Longarm Demo
I went to the CQFA Meeting yesterday, which was held at Always Quilting in San Mateo. One of the reasons we went there was to get a demo of their longarm quilting machine and find out about learning to use … Continue reading
Tag You’re It
Bill Kerr is now on my list of best quilt lecturers of all time. I left the Peninsula Quilters Guild meeting last feeling excited and inspired and that I needed to sit down and make something fabulous. I ended up … Continue reading
Fabrics, Blog Fun and Product
I hope the above describes some of my work lately! I spent the better part of 4 days in Monterey at a conference (for my other life). I have gone to this particular event for a number of years, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Construction, Fabric, Projects
Tagged Blogroll, Fabric, Meetings, Quilt Shop, Travel
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Sharing with Like Minded Creative People
Today was the CQFA meeting. There are six meetings per year and they are held in Santa Clara, which is about an hour from my house. It is always a big effort (I usually stay up too late the previous … Continue reading
