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Doing Good<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have gone on and on about the Rainbow Around the Block project<\/a>. It is so easy to make blocks. They are like candy. I can’t just make one. Etsy featured the project on their blog<\/a> a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

If you want to get together with people to make pillowcases, check the AllPeopleQuilt site for info<\/a> on sewing with Etsy and ancillary meetups<\/a> around the country. TFQ went home from our trip after hearing me go on and on about pillowcases, to find that she could easily make a few dozen from fabric on hand. Not sure how many she has in the pipeline, but I am looking forward to seeing her finished products. The Child and I are slowly plowing through his pillowcase. It is painful, but he is doing it. Go make some pillowcases!<\/p>\n

I hope you know that there are plenty of other opportunities to do good with fabric!<\/p>\n

Office Supplies<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am a pen junkie (are there any positive words for junkie\/whore when referring to legal things like pens?). My current love is the Pilot G2. Recently, on the Cool Tools Blog, I saw a post<\/a> about Jet Pens<\/a>. They also sell journals, notebooks and scrapbooking supplies. Do not blame me if you spent your retirement money on pens and Japanese office supplies.<\/p>\n

Sewing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also on the Cool Tools Blog, I saw a post<\/a> about a spiral eye needle. Apparently, you can thread this blindfolded! I need this needle. Sadly, they are not sold in regular stores and are expensive, so no losing them.\u00a0 Order from the Spiral Eye Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Linda M. Poole, who used to respond to the creative prompt, but got a fabric design contract and has too many things on her plate now is having a contest<\/a> with said fabric designs! The designs are now fabric and a new line just came out. The deadline is October 4 and all the details are on a recent blog post<\/a>. Go check out what she is offering as prizes. Did I mention they are FABULOUS prizes? [SherriD: I am looking at YOU!]<\/p>\n

Someone pointed out another type of design wall on the Big Tent<\/a> Quiltcast Supergroup. It is called the Vanishing Design Wall<\/a> and it looks like it has potential.<\/p>\n

Need some quilt-spiration? Bradie Sparrow is doing a summer quilt-a-long. They are on Week 5<\/a>, but it is easy to find the blocks from the previous weeks. Friend Julie<\/a> is making the blocks. and has been posting them. I thought about joining in, but really have enough projects going!<\/p>\n

Blogging\/Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I used Blogger, I was able to post via email. It was convenient when I went on vacation or saw something inspirational. WordPress has that feature, but I have never been able to get it to work. Amplify<\/a>, related to Clipmarks<\/a>, has a way of posting to blogs, Twitter, FB, etc via email. I haven’t tried it yet, but have set it up. We’ll see!<\/p>\n

Are you on Goodreads<\/a> and FB? If so, you can connect them so that the books you read post to your FB wall. I enjoy seeing what quilt books my friends are reading. I also enjoy seeing the fiction and reading reviews friends have written. I kept track of the books I read last year and was amazed to see how many I had read. This year I am a little scared of how many books I am, ostensibly, reading at once. Try it out!<\/p>\n

Other<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your child stays at the local library after school, then you might wnat to get him\/her one of the seat saver<\/a>s shown in Library God Stephen Abram’s blog. While you are at it, give them a donation. After all, you are saving on childcare, libraries offer a great service and are really hurting right now. Alternatively, perhaps you need one of these for your quilt guild meeting to keep the Quiltzillas away from your preferred chair?<\/p>\n

Julie wrote very well<\/a> about The Sketchbook Project. I have to admit that I got one, too. Since she wrote about it and, basically, wrote everything I was going to say, go look at what she wrote. My theme is In Flight<\/em>. I haven’t started.<\/p>\n

I saw a slide show of a sketchbook<\/a> by Victor A. Lundy on the Library of Congress site. It reminded me that practice makes perfect and that sketchbooks can be small. The drawings are much better than I can do right now and capture some great images. I studied the people in the drawings especially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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