tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43336023458581223992024-03-12T23:25:04.266-07:00sew crazy daysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333602345858122399.post-18853545434404326232012-01-21T16:16:00.001-08:002012-01-21T16:16:07.044-08:00life<div id="dE_H" style="position:relative;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);background-image:url('http://www.resolvica.com/writewithme/templates/img/bck/b4.gif');background-size:auto auto">Sometime ago this whole thing started...without purpose or intent. Where it would go I didn't know. I haven't been diligent about sustaining it's life. I am not who I was before. I can't unknow what I have learned. <div><br></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333602345858122399.post-8168029315719174332012-01-02T10:29:00.000-08:002012-01-02T10:29:03.101-08:00first attempt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As promised, here is the very first quilt I ever attempted. Every stitch done by hand. I didn't know how to use a sewing machine. Didn't know what the word 'bias' meant. I did this in 1991 I remember it was at the beginning of the first Gulf War I was riveted to the TV, but kept sewing. Yes, it <em>really is</em> as crooked as it looks. <br />
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Not having any lessons or teachers at my beginning didn't stop me...I think if anything it made me more daring, I learned from the very start (and to quote the now famous Tim Gunn) "Just make it work!"</div>
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I'm glad to still have it-reminds me of how far I've come.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333602345858122399.post-65657238194286644372011-12-26T15:00:00.000-08:002011-12-26T15:00:47.679-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4333602345858122399.post-91466310119067224082009-09-09T08:41:00.000-07:002009-09-09T09:42:26.803-07:0009-09-09I think today is as good a day as any to start a blog. I have been inspired and instructed by so many fabulous stitchers and artists out there in blogland...it's time for me to get on board.<br />My current interests, and focus for this site, are crazy quilting and everything that goes along with that: embroidery, beading, fabric, design, ribbon work, etc. Hence the title: 'Sew Crazy'...I added on the 'Days' as a catch-all for other things that become facinating on any given day. [food & cooking are a strong possibility] Enough said.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0