Gifts I would Give You if I Could. These six gifts have enhanced my life and creativity over the years as I’ve learned to open them and incorporate them into the rhythm of my life. I hope these gifts will enrich your life as they have mine. Gift # 1: All the time you need to do the things you want to do. Open and read the blog to receive all the free gifts I would give you ….
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Hospitality Quilt: “Welcome, friends! With Open Arms and Open Hearts!”
It is March/ April 2020. Covid-19 is running rampant. People are dying. People are recovering. And we are under stay-at-home orders globally. And the quilt I am making is Hospitality, a collaboration with Cherrywood Fabrics and Siesta Silver Jewelry. Does that seem a contradiction to you? A quilt named Hospitality when we are in isolation? I think it is actually a fitting quilt for such a time as this.
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Quilting! A Creative Act of Hope
Hope is powerful and creativity is an expression of hope. This is all the more important in these uncertain times. One doesn’t take the time or expend the energy to create, to quilt, unless one has hope. When we quilt, we spread hope. We inspire hope in ourselves and in others, one stitch at a time, one thread length a day. As we create, we take our concerns and fashion something beautiful out of them.
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Quilt Inspiration: A Day at the Denver Art Museum
As a quilter I find inspiration all around me. I’m sure you do to. Last week my husband and I went to the Denver Art Museum (DAM) specifically to see the Monet exhibit and my senses were super-charged with color, pattern, design and quilting ideas from what I saw. So I invite you to join me on my inspirational trip to the museum….
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Making my Mom's Christmas gift started in June...or more accurately in 1890.
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