margaret | January 14, 2010
Those of you reading this probably already have a blog, but many of our fellow quilters are a bit timid when it comes to setting up a blog. It is in response to this need that I’ve developed a new lecture and workshop to reach those quilters wanting a little help in joining the blogging community.
This is a pic of the website page, “lectures“. When you visit the page, just click on the buttons on the images to watch the movies I’ve made to let you know a little bit about what to expect from the lecture.
Lectures are just the tip of the iceberg, and the true learning comes from the workshops. This pic is from the page “workshops“.
My thoughts from so many years of teaching college students:
Lectures provide teachers an opportunity to share.
Teachers provide students an opportunity to grow.
Students provide teachers an
opportunity to teach.
If you provide the
opportunity,
I’ll share.
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margaret | December 2, 2009
I’ve decided to separate my portrait and pictorial work from my quilt patterns and I’ve just gone live with the new pattern website, www.patterns2quilt.com. It isn’t totally complete, but new websites take time. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to visit.
I also gave a make over to the portrait website, www.chiseledincloth.com. The make over isn’t complete either; as time permits I’ll get it completed.
These websites keep getting in the way of the fun BOM I’m designing. It is a six month, queen size BOM. I’m writing the instructions and soon it will be off to the testers.
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margaret | July 11, 2009
Recently Michele at QuiltingGallery.com was kind enough to allow me to be a guest blogger and since I’ve often been asked how I got into quilting I thought that might be a good subject. Below is the article. Visit all the guest bloggers on Quilting Gallery for fun and interesting info.
An epiphany happened to me about twenty years ago. There was a void in my life and I didn’t even know it was happening.
I think an inspiration is like a flash of light in your psyche just waiting for action, and I needed one.
On the wall in a fabric store hung a stunning Oregon Trail Jacket. I bought the pattern and soon realized, even though I had no quilting experience, it had to be very similar to making a quilt. There was piecing, thin batting, matching seams and so on. Whatever it was called, I was hooked. (more…)
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margaret | June 14, 2009
Have you heard about Ruby the new magazine for women? It got me to thinking of early magazines for women and how the new and the old compared to one another. Well, the new one hasn’t made the debut quite yet (it’s premiere issue is due out July 1) but I do know a little of its contents.
According to Wikipedia, magazines for women began as early as 1827! I had no idea. Sarah Hale, the author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, was the first woman editor of one such magazine from 1837 until 1877. During that time frame the subscribers jumped from 10,000 to over 150,000. The magazine included articles by influential authors such as Edgar Alan Poe, illustrations, patterns, and poetry. They avoided political and controversial topics, but stuck to information to help the average woman. Hmmm…that sounds very much like the new ezine, Ruby. (more…)
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margaret | March 21, 2009
If you enjoy appliqué, then you’ll love the Applique Society website. Their mission is “to promote, to teach, and to encourage the love of all types of appliqué in quilting”.
The website offers free patterns, information about lost quilts, links, news, show and share, cruises and retreats, appliqué info, events and so much more. By the way, they have a Hawaii retreat scheduled. Check it out.
Hawaii — October 7th – October 14th, 2009
What does Aloha and Appliqué have in common?
It is The Appliqué Society’s 2009 Hawaiian Retreat!
If you’re interested in joining the society or simply to learn more about applique, you’re only a click away. Members wishing to express their willingness to teach are placed on a Resource List; guilds looking for appliqué teachers just need to click on http://www.theappliquesociety.org/ to find appliqué teachers willing to travel and share their knowledge with your group.
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margaret | March 18, 2009
A big shout out and thanks to Karen Gass, editor of Cotton Spice Magazine for honoring this blog with the first ever Cotton Spice Best New Blog Award!
If you aren’t familiar with Cotton Spice web quilting magazine, now is the time to check it out and learn about the latest techniques, news, patterns, projects, challenges, contests, blogs and just about anything you ever wanted to know about quilting. Each issue is filled to the brim with wonderful stories and creative presentations.
If you’ll read the first fifty-six pages and then slide down to page fifty-seven you’ll see the wonderful review of our Quilts and Thoughts. . . blog. Thanks Karen!
And, don’t forget to visit them often; something fun is always happening at Cotton Spice.
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