I love to read historical facts related to quilting. So you shouldn’t be surprised to hear that Barbara Brackman is one of my quilting heroes. I am just amazed by all the time and research she has dedicated to bring us so much information on the history of quilting.
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Follow Friday: Blue Cricket Designs
Once again, today is not really about quilting. Except in as peering into another creative mind will often spark ideas in our own. And that you can relate to quilting.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Crazy, crazy, but several of the malls around here started to put Christmas decorations up the last week of October! I’m all for planning ahead, but this does seem a little bit too much.
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Follow Friday: Creative Jewish Mom
Starting today, I am going to be sharing some of my favorite “finds” from my Internet travels. These will not always be strictly quilt-related, although there obviously will be a lot of that. I am always amazed at the wealth of information this technology has made available, right at our fingertips, and hope that some […]
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Some days…
…when a water pipe bursts and the trash bag breaks while carrying it out, it rains while out without an umbrella, and I forget the pan on the stove and burn our meal…
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Jamie and NaNoWriMo
This post has nothing to do with quilting. And everything to do with my lovely and incredibly talented Jamie.
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What would you like in a BOM?
Once again, we are quickly approaching the end of another year. And it is about this time that we become really busy at Angie’s Bits ‘n Pieces, planning, drawing, and writing the patterns for the coming year’s block or project of the month projects.
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Bloggers’ Quilt Festival Coming Up!
Whether you have participated or not in this event in the past, you won’t regret doing so now. Everybody is invited to participate!
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A day to rejoice
It was just under two weeks ago that we were glued to our TV sets with the terrifying events taking place here in Ecuador. Now again, it is hard to take our eyes off that screen, but for completely different motives. The rescue of 33 miners in Chile is something that lifts our spirits and […]
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A New Look
Bet you were surprised when you came visiting today, right? Jared and I just haven’t been too happy with the way this blog looked, so over the past week have been working intensely to tidy things up. We hope that the “cleaner” look will make it easier for you to find things and make your […]
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2 Tips to Ensure Problem-Free Sewing
Later today I will be posting the sewing instructions for our Rectangle Fun Quilt-Along. Are you ready? While you wait, there are two things you can do to prepare for some fun sewing.
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10 Household Tips
As I went to put this cereal box in the recycling bin I noticed it had writing on it in English.
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I am a self-learner. I taught myself to sew and to quilt. And I taught myself how to draw. I am learning how to dye my own fabrics and am dabbling with mixed media. I am a quilt designer and teacher, and design and publish my own line of quilt patterns. With this blog I would like to share the bits and pieces of my life.