2009 June 22 — Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

New Look

June 22, 2009 · by JudyL

Have you noticed a new look to the blog? Thanks to Michele from Quilting Gallery . . I love it! When we first began talking about a makeover, I thought I wanted a magazine style layout. The more I looked at some of the possibilities, the more I decided I liked clean, crisp and no frills. I think that’s what Michele has created. I’m real happy that she set up recent comments and recent posts over on the righthand side. And, she has all the free patterns listed so you can see them easily from the main blog.

Much thanks to Viviane who did the logo. Graphics amaze me and she did a wonderful job without much help from me. I just couldn’t visualize what I wanted and she went through my blog to determine the “feel” of it and came up with the fantastic logo.

I’d love to know what you . . the readers think about the new look.

Thanks again, Michele and Viviane!

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So, It’s Monday . . Again!

June 22, 2009 · by JudyL

Last night when I went to bed, I was thinking . . Goodness, the weekends are too short! Vince has so much to do on weekends and our schedule is not so rigid and we have more time together and then my next thought was . . I’m so glad tomorrow is Monday. I wish Chad wasn’t off work all day! A day to myself. Is that normal? I enjoy spending time with my family but I enjoy my time alone too.

Star BOM

I’d love to get this top quilted. I’m using it in one of my lecture presentations and the edges are beginning to ravel a bit.

One of the first blogs I click on each day is Ronda’s Creating Quilting. Go check it out. I’ll wait right here til you get back . .

Not only is Ronda showing a quilt with lime green but look at that quilting! Ronda mentions Sherry Rogers-Harrison. Sherry has the patience of Job! When I got my first machine more than 10 years ago, I found Sherry on the internet. I loved her feathers. I must’ve bugged the heck out of that dear lady but she was so helpful. I guess I didn’t practice enough because my quilting surely doesn’t look like Ronda’s quilting.

I’m going to learn to do those borders! I’m going to learn to do them soon. I have some quilting for customers to get done before I can practice anything though. This is going to be a very busy week . . going north, going south, going west . . I’ll be thinking out these feathers in my head as I’m driving but I can’t wait to get started actually quilting them.

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Design Wall Monday – June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009 · by JudyL

I’ve made a little progress this week. After I finish the Chicken Dance quilt (the one in the center of the design all), I’m going to work on the quilt that goes with the ribbon border; then maybe I can work on those pinwheels that have been on the design wall for more than a year!