Episode 218: Home for the Holidays

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Hard at work on “Sweep Exit”–so many threads to bury!

The quilted center:

If you want to hear the Crafty Planner interview with Mark Lipinski, go here:

http://www.craftyplanner.com/2017/11/13/mark-lipinski/

The quilting book I referred to (incorrectly) about quilts from the 1950s and 1960s: Unconventional and Unexpected: American Quilts 1950-2000 by Roderick Kirocoff.

 

The latest Quilts, Inc., survey: http://quilts.com/assets/qia-2017-results.pdf?mc_cid=2d42d560b6&mc_eid=8f4fe123f6

 

What I’m reading:

The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by Gil McNeil

The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebanks

 

What I’m watching:

Alias Grace (Netflix)–lots o’ quilts!

My So-Called Life (Hulu)

 

See you next time!

Episode 217: Gettin’ Her Done

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After a summer of slow quilting, things are speeding up in Off-Kilter Quilt Land. Got this top finished:

 

And I finished the back, too:

Now it’s time to get quilting. Yikes!

I made a new design board, so now I’ve got two.

That pink line down the right side is a measuring tape.

Reading:

The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Alan Jacobs

Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher

Dreaming in Color by Kaffe Fasset

I’ll be speaking at the National Archives next week–here’s a link, if you’re interested:

http://www.francesdowell.com/news/frances-oroark-dowell-discuss-shooting-moon-national-archives/