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Jean Ray Laury

Many many many years ago, when I was pretty new to quilting, I signed up for a class at the Vermont Quilt Festival. It was about clothing design and it was with Jean Ray Laury. (I also remember the person … Continue reading

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All those words (high rant content)

What I really wanted to say was that a group of us has been rallied around the do-the-work flagpole for a long time – do more work, do your own work, do lots of work and do more of it and eventually, well eventually you’ll have a big pile of work if you keep it all. Otherwise you’ll have traveled down a road maybe trying out some stuff and developing some things you like doing. Maybe a few things you keep going back to. Maybe the long term arc of other ideas. Who knows what could happen. Continue reading

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Magic: art & science

From an article in the NYT Magazine : Magic” is a word that Apple uses often these days. The iPad was introduced last year as a “magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price.” And “magic” is also a word … Continue reading

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Things that make your brain explode:

A couple days ago, someone was asking questions about what I do (quilting-wise) and the question became “so where do your ideas come from?” I just sort of shrugged but simultaneously there was this BLAM as my brain exploded. It … Continue reading

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Women Artists

This week Betty Friedan’s 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, has been getting a lot of air-time. No particular reason like an anniversary although there is a new book out, A Strange Stirring, by Stephanie Coontz. I was intrigued when Robert … Continue reading

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