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Happy New Year, 2017!

Wow! I am completely blown away that we are already halfway through January and this is my first post of the year. Wait a moment while I hang my head in shame… I actually do feel quite terrible about not … Continue reading

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The Bubby Winter Quilt Along

So many tiny triangles! Tiny blocks are started to add up Blocks are all made and setting triangles are cut out Many more little half square triangles make up the border Quilt top finally complete and ready for quilting  You’ve … Continue reading

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My Dixie Diary Story

Have you heard? It’s exciting news! Barbara Brackman has just recently announced her new Civil War block of the month for 2017, and it will be a companion project to the Dixie Diary project that she offered back in 2014 … Continue reading

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May I Have a Drumroll Please

Ta! Da! I finished putting together my Humble Quilts mystery top over the weekend and I’m absolutely thrilled with how it turned out. I went ahead with my plan to make it bigger, as I so loved the original quilt … Continue reading

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Humming Along to Willie Nelson Songs

For those of you who don’t know much about me, I live on the windblown prairies of Saskatchewan,which means that most of the time it’s darn-near impossible to take a decent quilt photograph outside. In those rare moments of stillness … Continue reading

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Haiku

Around this time last year I was frantically putting the final touches on my latest body of work, ‘one hundred days’, in preparation of opening a new exhibition the following month. The largest quilt, called Haiku, measures about 104″ x … Continue reading

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As Summer Slips Away

There’s a chill in the air and slowly I can feel autumn approaching. All the signs are there, especially in the garden, where I’ve had to pull every tomato, regardless of colour, for fear of early frost. I have a … Continue reading

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Loose Ends

I’ve been at loose ends for ages, focusing on every kind of distraction I can dream up, dealing with various family crises, and truly not accomplishing anything of great value in my work for at least the past year. It’s … Continue reading

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Anonymous Was A Woman – Carol Schmold

Last summer I mounted and debuted my ‘Anonymous Was A Woman’ exhibition and so far it has been the most traditional of all my gallery shows. The feature quilt was my Barbara Brackman block of the week Civil War Sampler/Jubilee … Continue reading

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Swimming Upstream

This month has been all about riding that mad wave of manic creativity that cabin fever brings on each winter. With the fierce cold and the blowing snow I’ve felt compelled to cozy up inside with the sewing machine happily … Continue reading

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Rejection

I have been working constantly lately, finishing up all sorts of projects and creating opportunities for new beginnings. This current trend has been fueled by my daily haiku project, giving me the courage to stray off my usual beaten path, … Continue reading

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Bubby BOM Update

Well things are progressing along nicely and I’m keeping up a good finishing pace, with four quilt tops completed to the ‘flimsy’stage and one quilted by February 1st. The project that my Bubby and I are doing each week has … Continue reading

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