Archive for the 'Personal' Category

Office Reboot

Published Date: May 15th, 2009
Category: Neat Stuff, Personal

A few weeks ago I walked into our office/sewing room and just stood there, completely at a loss where to start cleaning/organizing/attacking the mess it had become.

So I sent out an SOS to my mother, who excels at this reorganization sort of thing, and last week we redid the room.
This is a built-in [...]

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Another UFO Completed–Baby Quilt

Published Date: April 15th, 2009
Category: Personal, quilts

“In Susie’s Garden”
April 2009

I’ve had this top pieced and sitting on my quilting frame since the first week of January. Only the fact that we were heading up to New York to see my in-laws, and my darling little niece, lit the fire under me to get the whole shebang finished. I actually [...]

Cabin Branch & Stone House Quilt Show March 2009

Published Date: March 5th, 2009
Category: Personal, Selling, patterns

Cabin Branch and Stone House Quilt Show
March 21 and 22, 2009
Location:
Prince William Co. Fair Grounds
10624 Dumfries Rd
Manassas, VA 20110
Hours: Saturday 10am -5pm, Sunday 10am -4pm
The show will have:
Over 200 Quilts on Exhibit
Merchant Mall
Silent Auction
Two Spectacular Raffle Quilts
Quilt Appraisals
Demonstrations
Ample Free Parking
Admission is:
Adults $5
Seniors $4
Under 12 Free
Demonstrations
Saturday, March 21
10:15 Cathedral Windows
11:00 No-Pin Binding
12:00 Favorite Quilting Gadgets
1:00 Children’s [...]

UFO Completed: Harmonic Convergence Quilt

Published Date: March 4th, 2009
Category: Personal, quilts

Although I usually prefer to design my own quilts, I still browse through the numerous quilt books out there for new ideas.  Several months ago (like about 6 or 7), I was captivated by Ricky Tims’ Convergence designs. 
I thought, “Cool! This’ll be a nice, easy project.”
Famous last words.
Actually, I did get the quilt [...]

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More Craft Show Advice

Published Date: February 21st, 2009
Category: Personal, Selling

Alice over at BC Quilter found some excellent advice for being a vendor at a craft show.
http://woodmouse.typepad.com/woodmouse_loves_crafts/2007/11/craft-vendor-bo.html
Thanks bunches, Alice! (oh, and go check out her beading adventures!  Pretty, pretty, pretty!)
Since my next show is only a month away, I really need to get cracking on preparing.  Perhaps now that my crawlspace is all de-moldified, and [...]