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Back at Square One? | Betty Jo's Blog
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Back at Square One? May 11, 2015. By Betty Jo's Blog. Sew I am busily working on books and downloadables. As soon as I am ready, and have done a bit more research, I will relaunch. I don’t know how long this will take. I’ll keep you informed. At that time I will have embroidery designs, printable appliques, and quilts for sale. I anticipate the first book following shortly after that. Life is an adventure and quilting and fabric arts of all kinds can be a great part of it. Fall and Winter Sewing Time.
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My micro-business | Betty Jo's Blog
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Spiral Galaxy Completed and a Few Thoughts. July 26, 2016. By Betty Jo's Blog. Posted in Deep space quilts. I finished the quilt! It hasn’t been professionally photographed yet, so full pictures will come later, maybe after its debut at a quilt show. Here’s a detail shot I took myself in which you can sort of see my quilting:. Detail picture by BJ. Here’s where you can see my quilts as of publication of this blog post:. First of all, you can see pictures of many of my quilts either on my website gallery.
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Painting and Writing and Missing Quilting | Betty Jo's Blog
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Painting and Writing and Missing Quilting. April 22, 2015. April 22, 2015. By Betty Jo's Blog. I also have been “painting” horse appliques and preparing a package for each horse that will include instructions for printing and appliqueing and patterns for stitching the tails and manes. I have two horse designs ready to test and am making progress on learning the things I need to consider for building each applique package. I will have to test everything for these too. Fall and Winter Sewing Time. Spiral G...
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A Ribbon, Good Friends, and Starting a Special Quilt. July 30, 2016. By Betty Jo's Blog. Posted in Ancient manuscripts. Canterbury Knight in AQS Syracuse with Ribbon and my friend Libby. This has been a rather emotional week. First of all, as many of you already know, my little quilt. From Wikipedia: “ Anna Mary Robertson Moses. September 7, 1860 December 13, 1961), known by her nickname Grandma Moses. Was a renowned American folk artist. Was sold for US$1.2 million in 2006.”. Smaller right corner blocks.
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Food for Thought | Betty Jo's Blog
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Encouraging Enthusiasm in Quilting and Sewing. August 14, 2016. By Betty Jo's Blog. Posted in Food for Thought. In which she ends up by calling on us to mentor a child. I’ve actually seen recent comments from quilters or sewists criticizing other sewists for the way they shop or buy a class, or blaming problems on the “aging” quilters, who, they assume, don’t buy anything anymore (WRONG! I hope we will continue to support each other and encourage the “ancient quilter” making something spectac...I loved L...
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Scheduling for Maximum Creativity | Betty Jo's Blog
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Scheduling for Maximum Creativity. April 26, 2015. April 26, 2015. By Betty Jo's Blog. Posted in Food for Thought. So I am going to be a tough boss and tell myself I have to:. Take vacations (probably will be quilt shows). Adjust work on sale items to a more comfortable level…it is, after all, a micro business just to supplement my retirement income. Find time for other creative outlets (photography, painting, exercise). Adjust your schedule to help reach maximum creativity. Fall and Winter Sewing Time.
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The Hoffman Challenge Is Finished and Now…. June 22, 2016. July 16, 2016. By Betty Jo's Blog. OK I finished my Hoffman Challenge quilt. I still have to make the label and put the hanging pocket on the back, but otherwise this little quilt is finished. I had intended to spend only a few weeks making it. Here is a picture:. Summer Media.photo by Ken Tatum. I went out to G Street Fabrics today to pick up a few things (an hour there and an hour back, plus I always spend some time there). And NOW…. By Betty J...
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A Little How-To | Betty Jo's Blog
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August 6, 2016. August 7, 2016. By Betty Jo's Blog. Posted in A Little How-To. I have been kind of concerned about whether or not I could get the border right for the quilt my son Ken designed for me. It uses complex Celtic knots and designs. This is my first test of stitchout 1…small right corners. Here you can probably see that I have only half of the block finished with glitter paint for comparison. It seems the right finish to me. But I am not happy with the metallic threads here. So I starched and t...
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Peppered Ikebana: Starting the Journey | Betty Jo's Blog
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Peppered Ikebana: Starting the Journey. May 4, 2015. May 4, 2015. By Betty Jo's Blog. Posted in Design Work. My teacher made me sketch every single flower arrangement I did while studying with her. If you want, you can make one along with me. I will be blogging this whole quilt. This design is currently 54″ x 54″and I used one of the EQ7 predesigned layouts and just removed the outer border…I may adjust that a little. Try something new and creative. Fall and Winter Sewing Time. On Testing Border Designs.
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High-Tech Studio | Betty Jo's Blog
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August 6, 2016. August 7, 2016. By Betty Jo's Blog. Posted in A Little How-To. I have been kind of concerned about whether or not I could get the border right for the quilt my son Ken designed for me. It uses complex Celtic knots and designs. This is my first test of stitchout 1…small right corners. Here you can probably see that I have only half of the block finished with glitter paint for comparison. It seems the right finish to me. But I am not happy with the metallic threads here. So I starched and t...
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