This N That #13
The “nerd prom” is coming up (That would be the Comic Con International- San Diego). It is always the same weekend as the big quilt show in Long Beach, CA. Comic-Con is absolutely huge, the biggest show in the US for pop culture by far. I have a ton of things to do before then… ugh
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During the July 4th weekend we went to my Father-in-Law’s for a family reunion. It also happened to be the week of the Kutztown Folk Festival, with over 2000 hand made quilts on display and for sale. We went Monday the 5th, when temps were close to 100 degrees! The quilt barn is air conditioned, which is nice. Most of the quilts were hand quilted, which was quite a sight.
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Speaking of lots of quilts, my quilt, “Road to Home” was shipped off to the Knoxville Quilt show by AQS, but did not win a prize. However, I’m super pleased to have been juried in. Turns out you can buy a CD of all the entries here.
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This lilac didn’t make it. My new garden outside my office window is otherwise doing really well, but “Mr. Lincoln”, my Lincoln lilac, turned brown and looks near dead. It’s sad too, because I really liked the two-tone flowers. I thought it was damn near impossible to kill a lilac, but I have proven that theory wrong…
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The fabric wedding flowers project is coming along and I’m super pleased with how they look. When the bouquets are ready, I will definitely post pictures here.
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Thank you all for the “swift kick in the arse” over my submitting an article to Quilting Arts. I am happy to say that I am pushing SEND on the email tomorrow, and “come what may”. Thanks for the support!
This N That #11
My quilt, Road to Home, was accepted to the AQS Knoxville show in July! I’m very excited about this, it’s my first AQS show! DH and I are planning to try to go for one day of the show, but it’s mighty long drive to see it.
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Something really cool is happening right this moment that I can’t tell you about yet, but I’m super excited about it. More will come about this later, for sure.
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Yup, that’s a dove in that hanging basket outside, and I have named her Ethel.
DH doesn’t like the old-timey names I give the animals outside, like George and Gracie, our mated duck pair that waddle by the windows every morning.
Here is Ethel’s nest… so cute!
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Ever notice that polka dot fabric never seems to be “just right”? I’ve been on a recent polka dot search, and either the dots are too big, too small, one color, multi colors in colors you don’t want, or (the worst) the dots are spaced too far apart.
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As you may know I’m president of the local quilt guild, and those of us on the board are making signature blocks to exchange to commemorate the year. It’s a fun thing I did while president of the Baltimore Heritage Guild and I think we’ll enjoy making a little quilt out of our cute blocks.
This N That #10
I haven’t dropped off the planet… yet.
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I was putting in my garden the last 2 weeks, which is right outside my office window and an important thing for me this year. It’s all done now and I’m super pleased. It makes sitting in the room I work in all day much nicer. It’s got a number of important flowers to me: Lilac, from my childhood; Azaleas, from living in Baltimore; Yellow Roses, my favorite; Peonies, my all time favorite flowers and also from my childhood; and Lavender, just for the smell. Next year I will put in the rudibeckia (black eyed susan) from seeds we got in Alaska.
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I got a cute hanging basket with a fuschia plant in it, and a dove has taken to making a nest in it. I hope I can get a good photo soon. Not sure if they will abandon the nest, but we don’t plan to touch it except to water the plant.
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I have 4 bushes to dig up, and to cut around 3 trees in my yard before the “yardwork” is complete for the year. Ugh.
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My friend Rita Board Dowd passed away a year ago yesterday. Rita was such a fun person to be around. I don’t remember her ever being angry or sad, just always happy. She had such a broad range of interests, and was a spectacular teacher. She always had some dating adventure she was on with this guy or that guy, which my husband teased he about to no end. We were in a book club together (her book was Ishmael) , went on a couple of road trips together (F&^%-ing OHIO!), and when DH was in Chicago and I was left behind selling our house, she invited me to go out a couple of times, which meant a lot. I’m sure she would be so proud of her son and family. R.I.P. Rita!
This n That #8
Can you believe it’s been since September 2009 that I did a “This N That” post?
I can’t either. Here I said I wanted to “blog more often” and I do have things to say, but then I get all worked up with the Techniques of the Week and never get around to posting other stuff.
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My DH and I attended a lovely screening of Metropolis, the silent Sci-Fi classic which was accompanied bu the Carthage Wind Orchestra. And, it was at the Tivoli, the theatre I used to work at when I was with Soupstone Productions, which feels like a lifetime ago.
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I entered the “My Inner Animal Challenge” over at Quilting Arts Magazine, and though my Octopus was not chosen, it’s in their gallery of submissions here, so go check it out! Don’t forget that I’m one of the forum mods, so join us over there for lots of fun.
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There’s a major redo to my website coming, including all new “branding” which I mentioned to my husband right before picking up the new Quilting Arts Magazine which has a great article by Jane Davila about this topic. 🙂
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Are you going to The International Quilt Festival this upcoming week in Chicago? If so, and you happen to see me, please stop me, say hello! I’m preparing like crazy for that show and the C2E2 comic book show in downtown Chicago at the same time, so I apologize in advance for tardy updates this week!
Minor Delay- But not to worry!
The technique of the week is on it’s way but was delayed by a minor scheduling problem I had from the weekend (read: nap and Olympics watching that dlayed my posting).
It will hopefully be up later tonight! Can’t wait for you to see it!