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Collaborative Quilt – Part II

There will be a Part III of this quilt report…..because this awesome project is not quite done.  To get your self up to speed, a group of eight quilters got together to share in the creation of a group project (click on the word project).  Each quilter got a thumbnail section of 1/8th of a [...]

At the same time each year we are always pleasantly surprised that the ballerinas have returned

Cornelius Family

During my trip to Texas (see below), Mom and Mel and I spent several days going through old photos.  Most were from Mom’s high school, college and early married years.  There were pictures of my parents being goofy.  There were pictures of family and friends we didn’t know.  There were pictures of places we couldn’t [...]

Arcata Marsh

It was spring here in Arcata this morning.  The windless-weather prompted a nice long walk, with camera in hand, down to the Arcata Marsh.  Residents call it “the marsh” but it is officially  known as The Arcata Waste Water Treatment Plant and the Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary. It’s a pretty special place — habitat for [...]

Collaborative Quilt Progression

My friend, Edith Harmer, and I have generated collaborative quilt projects in the past…collaborative in that a group of quilters come together to create one fiber piece.  Last year we worked on a close-up of a rose.  Four quilters created four segments of the rose photograph, we exchanged our quadrants and then pieced those four [...]