February 2009

A Few More Thoughts

February 26, 2009

Thank you so much to every one of you who commented and/or emailed me about the blog issues.  Through the various emails, a couple of thoughts popped into my head that I pondered as I lay in bed this morning trying to decide if today was a good day to stay in bed all day [...]

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The Husband & The Chickens

February 26, 2009

No, the husband is NOT a chicken but we’re spending a lot of time these days discussing my chickens, a chicken tractor and chicken coup. No, silly!  Not that kind of chicken . . this kind of chicken: And, for the record, because I know there are some out there just waiting to peck my [...]

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What Is Wrong?

February 25, 2009

I swear there are days when I feel like giving up blogging completely. Here’s my advice to each and every blog reader out there:  If you don’t like my blog . . STOP reading it! I blog because I like to write and I like to “journal” my life.  There’s no way I’d get up [...]

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Quilt Magazines & Economy

February 25, 2009

There’s been a discussion on the quilt designers’ list for a while about designers not getting paid by magazines. It’s been a very respectful discussion and no names of magazines have been mentioned, though it was easy to google the names of the designers who hadn’t been paid and see which in magazines their articles/designs [...]

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Just Orphan Blocks

February 25, 2009

When I’m doing trunk shows, this quilt stands out like a sore thumb.  It’s so unlike anything else in my collection.  But, it always gets plenty of attention. Because most every quilter I’ve ever met could make this quilt . . because we all have orphan blocks. In Kentucky, I taught several beginner beginner and [...]

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Tiny Computer

February 24, 2009

Last week when I was moaning and groaning with my back ache and blaming it on my big, honking Toshiba laptop, Vince went out and bought the tiniest little laptop for me! Vince likes little bitty computers but I do not.  It hardly weighs anything and I might use it when traveling but I don’t [...]

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