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Feb 26

Flower Power

QuiltUniversity.com offers online sewing and quilting classes. I was drawn to a few of the appliqué classes and signed up for one with instructor Susan Brittingham called Flower Power. There are 5 classes with a new one opening each Friday.

In this class, we are going to examine a number of ways to use appliqué and embroidery to capture and recreate images of flowers and add them to our quilts. We will look at a variety of techniques, including the spontaneous free-form collage method, quick and easy fusible appliqué, and the complexity of freezer paper and upside down appliqué. We will add embellishments and details with embroidery and dimensional surface design.

I picked a single lotus flower as my class project and will share my progress.

Lotus Flower

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Feb 22

Potholder Pass 2: a potholder swap

Potholder Pass 2

Thanks to a friend, I was sent to the website for the New England Modern Quilt Guild. Amy, a member in the guild, is organizing a fun potholder swap with other quilters. I missed the first round, but I’m signed up and sewing for Round 2. There are over 50 people signed up from all different countries!

The rules are simple:

1. Potholders should be a minimum of 6″, preferably 7-8″.
2. Use hot pad insulation – at least one layer.
3. Try to accommodate your recipient’s color requests.
4. Send a set of 2 potholders – identical or coordinating.

Partner assignments and sewing begins March 1st, and potholders need to be shipped by April 1st.

I’m very excited and will update you on my progress!

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Feb 13

I ran. I uploaded. I got blogged!

When the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit first came out, I was one of the geeks that grabbed one. My foot shape doesn’t work well with Nike shoes, so I bought a shoe lace snap-on for holding the sensor. Plugged it into my iPod nano and started tracking my runs. And when I sync my nano to my computer, it automatically uploads my workout information to the Nike+ Running website.

On January 22, I happened to upload the 200,000,000 mile on the site … and the Nike+ team wanted to celebrate the milestone. So I answered some questions and wound up on their blog :)

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Feb 09

One class finished. Another one started.

My first pottery class finished up in December and I was able to pick up all my finished glazed pieces right before the holidays started. Since I shared my excitement during the class, I figured I should share some of the final photos.

Not to worry – I signed up for another 8 week class and have been spinning out lovely vases with larger chunks of clay. And I will make NO MORE BOWLS!