And Why You Should Never Stop Learning When I began my quilting journey I never gave much thought to any aspect of the process beyond fabric, thread and a machine. Nor did it occur to me that this path would become a life-long learning to experience. That once you learn the ropes – the basic …
It is an understatement to say I am amazed at the number of comments I continue to receive regarding my review of the Janome 9450 both online and in person. When I made this purchase I felt the 9450 was IT. IT would be the last sewing machine I would ever purchase. IT still is …
Quilting – Coming or Going? It’s been more than once or twice during the past few years I’ve been seriously quilting that I’ve run across the term “Quilt-As-You-Go” – QAYG, the acronym often used. I never really gave it much thought until after I finished quilting a rather large quilt for my granddaughter’s Sweet 16 …
And… The top three things I learned today. First Things First Since I first published my review of the Janome 9450 (1 year ago) I have received so many questions online as well as offline. I would say several each week however, it was the most recent question that I received this morning that caused …
My Quilting Space / Sewing Room Before: Organized chaos And Now: How it’s going… As you can see, the sewing room makeover is still (just like a few of my quilting projects) a work in progress. As much as I’d like to start another sewing or quilt project, it’s just not feasible. I so wanted …
When Life Appears To Be In a Stand Still… The winds of change could be on the horizon. You’ll look around and see nothing is any different today than it was yesterday or last week or last year however, that marks a signal to pay attention…close attention. What comes next could be a series of …
Inspiration – be it a little or a lot – it’s the magic ingredient that sparks our need to create. If the adage , “Inspiration is everywhere”, is true, then the task of becoming inspired is not so much “where” to find this inspiration but how to recognize the potential of an event/object/idea to generate …
My Sewing Room has witnessed a lot of activity during the past couple of weeks. As I write this post I only have one unfinished project in the works but my little quilting space looks like its been hit by a series of multiple tornadoes! I don’t do well in a cluttered environment however, I …
There is nothing as tempting and seductive as a fresh, new fabric bundle. It swirls, dips and waltzes into your world and before you can change the needle in your sewing machine it has set up residence in your sewing room – complete with a mailing address, landline phone, name plate, etc. However, once the …
Like death and taxes, mistakes are inevitable. No one likes them but we live in a world of duality – ying and yang, good and bad, day and night, right and wrong, etc. The optimist would say mistakes exist to help us appreciate those times when we have not made a mistake! How we respond …
