Hey everyone! I hope you are having the merriest of holidays this 2011. Have you given or received quilty gifts? Do tell!
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Leah Day’s commentary on dropping your feed dogs
Leah Day’s demo of how to modify a plastic closed-toe darning foot:
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Me! In 2 hours, 57 minutes and 32 seconds. This is a major milestone in my goal to complete a full marathon before turning 40. I am so stoked! Er, and a little sore.
I would post a pic for you but I don’t have one yet, and there are probably copyright issues with the pro photos that were taken. Besides I look craz-i-fied when I am running. You understand, right? 
What are your goals for 2011? Here are a handful of mine:
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I read a ton of blogs and so far this year I think I’ve seen three different blogs (V and C0 and Chalicat, I know there was a third but it was in December and now I can’t remember which one) that chose a word of the year instead of making resolutions.
Hmm. Interesting.
Ok, there is just no way that I can avoid making goals for myself. That’s just me. And you know what? If I don’t know what I’m aiming at I definitely won’t hit it. So I won’t be skipping the goals for the year (notice I didn’t call them resolutions, because it is not really resolved. Ha ha.) But I thought I should think of a word for the year.
The word is so unbelievably obvious.
So that is what I’m going to work on this year. Doing. Sometimes I just can’t get myself in gear. But not this year! This year I’m gonna do.
What word would you pick for your year?
Thanks a million to the lovely ladies who jumped in to the Mayhem. It was so much fun! This is a rather short podcast but I finally (third time is a charm) got one together. Thank you again to everyone who participated!
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Are you a Lost fan?
We’re closing in on the end of May Mayhem! Keep up the great work, everyone! I’m so blessed to have dedicated quilters virtually beside me during this challenge.
Check out the Virginia Quilt Museum – I get to visit it this summer!
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Last week I posted a podcast discussing the goals that people were looking to achieve in their 15 minutes of daily Mayhem this month. This week I’m talking about what everyone accomplished. I hope you all are having as great a time as I am with the Mayhem. I love making real measurable progress. Woohoo!
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Thank you to the many listeners leaving comments! The Husband especially likes your feedback
In March I had the opportunity to see Patricia Knoechel of Quilt-in-a-day fame speak and give sewing demonstrations. It was well worth the $3.00 entrance fee and the 1/2 day of vacation! She was promoting her sister Eleanor’s book, ‘Quilt Blocks on American Barns’. I bought a few things and had a great time. I am glad I took the time to go.
Hurray! I finished The Boy’s quilt. Sorry, we are having technical difficulties with the camera so no photos yet but I wanted to share the awesomest finish on the binding I have seen: the ladder stitch! I heard someone mention it on a podcast – I am thinking Annie Smith but honestly it was months and months ago so I am not sure who it was. So I googled it to find a tutorial. I found this super-clear and easy to follow tutorial at Turning Turning. Check it out.
Head on over to Big Tent to join the Pioneer Quilter group! You will need to join the main Quiltcast Supergroup before you can join Pioneer Quilter. Signing up will get you entered in a drawing to win a year of Quilter’s Newsletter! You can also enter by leaving a comment here and by leaving feedback on iTunes (and then notifying me of your feedback here.)
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In this episode, I talked about:
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Things I mentioned in this episode…
Keepsake Quilting – I am still in love with that Halloween block of the month.
AQS – a contest! Just fill in the form here.
The Alliance for American Quilts is holding a quilt contest. Entries aren’t returned, but it is for a good cause and your work will be documented in the Quilt Index!
My sister Karri is participating in the three day Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure event in Cleveland this year. If you can provide her some support it would be greatly appreciated! Also she is hosting a children’s clothing swap & shop March 6th in Rootstown, Ohio.
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