Tax Man Cometh

Most people’s treadmills collect dust or dirty clothes – mine collects papers.  Lots and lots of papers.  Old tax forms, receipts, parking stubs, bills and design drawings are precariously piled into this (dubiously) impressive pile.  In other words – a mess.
Since the tax man cometh, I have decided to get a grip on this mess [...]

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How to Start a Quilting Business

Too often I get e-mail from people asking how they can start up a business selling quilts.  It never fails to amaze me that people think I will tell them all my secrets!  I am not in the business of helping create competition for myself – I want all of the customers! 
 But if you [...]

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Miss Grace’s Ladybugs

I am thrilled to announce that Miss Grace’s Ladybug Quilt is FINISHED!!  I am so incredibly excited to have been able to work on this really beautiful full size quilt for a very special young lady’s 4th birthday. 
As part of the Chinese tradition of the Bai Jia Bei, or 100 Good Wishes Quilt, Miss Grace received [...]

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Purple Australia Bag

At a loss for what to make my friend Alison for Christmas, I was thumbing through Carol Doak’s - Mariner’s Compass Stars book when that proverbial light-bulb went off.  So I called Alison and asked her, “If you could travel to any country in the world, what would it be?”  She replied, “Australia.”  Perfect!  Problem solved.
Each [...]

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2007 Brag List

When you stop and think back on an entire year, you may think that you have not accomplished much.  But when you begin to write it all down, you start to realize that you were busier that you thought!  Here is a partial list of what I am proud of having accomplished in 2007:

Baby’s Breath [...]

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