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"Peachy Posy" is among many FIRSTS in my life recently! We had a stormy Montana spring and those rainy skies became the inspiration for this design which began first as a sketch while longingly gazing out the window. It represents many "firsts" in my life, one of which was a time...
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I have taken 5 classes at QuiltUniversity.com. It's terrific! They post new lessons every friday so you can begin working on your new homework that weekend. Most classes run from 3 to 6 weeks. They have a forum where you can post questions and interact with other students which is very helpful. Most...
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I just finished my 1st solo piece. It was quite an ambitious project so I'm really pleased to have achieved it. I laid it on my table and I admire it and have shown it to my friends and neighbors who think it is wonderful (so much for my doubts). Only I know there are mistakes in it, after all it...
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[quote user="FibreReaction"] Currently I've a thing about 'doors'. Last year I believe there was a blog project where one specific day people uploaded pics of doors. It just struck something with me, as being a really easy topic to gather info on. So right now I've got about...
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As I was reading some of the other posts on the "How Often" topic, I started wondering about inspiration. I have several sources for inspiration - but most of them seem to be things that trigger a thought in my head and sometimes a full blown picture. Like I'll hear a piece of music or...
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The first fabric quilted piece I made was a sampler in a class using one of Alex Anderson's books. My teacher taught us how to choose colors of fabrics (basically using a color wheel which I had never done) and how important it is to use different values (which was also new to me). I didn't stick...
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Some people love their fur-faced animals, some are inspired by their children, others by nature, skyscrapers or even other art forms and artists. What's your muse? Do you just have one? How do you access it? How do you make it go to sleep at 4 am when you're ready for bed and it still wants to...