Month: January 2012


  • it is so good to be home…

    yesterday and today were days of…laundry, cleaning out my purse, cleaning out teaching stuff…going through the mail…going through 45o emails…putting up the booth for Lakeland/Tampa Florida…Nick and I made homemade spaghetti & meatball for supper…then I quilted Luke’s quilt that has been loaded on my long arm for a few weeks, it is just two…

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  • Building wool pennies…

    Going home today… I am in SanFran… Going to Chicago then home to Appleton… Going to try and get all my pennies stitched…

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  • It’s a wrap…

    My last worshop for January…. I think i will take a few days off now… My January tour…4 cities..6 workshops…126 students…I had a blast!!!! Loved meeting all my new and groupie students!!!! (yes some actually pay $$$ to come back again) Getting people excited about wool and showing them that they CAN DO IT too…there…

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  • It’s the Sun

    I am enjoying a little CA sunshine before I go to the guild meeting tonite..see my shoes… Yes those are my fav pair of flipflops and I am just a stitchin away on my next design for wool retreat weekend…us Wisconsin girls suffer from sun deprivation… We do not see it for months, that is…

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  • It’s Beverly Hillbilly Bill

    I am laying in my hotel bed thinking about what I have done in the last 10 days or so…here is a quick list….did a trunk show/lecture and taught 2 workshops(32 students) for Salt Creek quilt guild in Hinsdale IL…flew to CA, met Nick there who drove all our “stuff”, set up and vended at…

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  • A bet is a bet….

    Here is California’s biggest Steeler’s fan paying off her bet of our GB Packers beating her Steelers in last year’s Super Bowl. Raquel from Stars & Scraps Quilt shop in Corona CA had to wear Nicks a-rod jersey all day during the q-show…she looks very dejected wouldn’t you say….but Nick wouldn’t let her off the…

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  • Sunny CA

    I have spent the last week in sunny CA and it is very nice…when we first arrived Nick and I took a drive…to the mountain…so we drove until we could not go any farther…it must be nice to pick an orange or a lemon off your own tree! But I suppose it is no different…

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  • Snow from my hotel room…

    Salt Creek Quilters in IL, are you coming to guild tonite to see me? I hope so…I have goodies for you all! Don’t let a little snow stop you, just drive safely…see you later…LB

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  • Scrap Basket Block #8

    Ok…I know I get a little side tracked but this last week when I was rummaging around in my sewing room I came across my 6″ Scrap Basket Blocks that I started awhile back…I have given you directions for 7 so far…I am sure you all can relate to my dilemma here and forgive me for…

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