01.31.08

1) Keep a “junk” page handy for cleaning your printer heads. Before you print on your expensive sheets make sure you print a simple centered word on your test page. This gets rid of any black on the edges and makes sure there is no ink dried inside 2) If at all possible make sure there is at least a 1/2″ of fabric more on each side than what you intend on printing. This way if the fabric curls at the edges or there is some ink it may not ruin your piece 3) Print your image on paper first. This can save you a lot of frustration if it is not centered or for some weird reason your program is cropping the picture. 4) Set your printer on the slowest printing setting. Patience makes for better images. 5) Heat set with a pressing cloth. Irons are a pain to clean if some ink transfers and can smudge the look. 6) Do a stay stitch around the outside of the fabric and wash it the first time before putting it in your quilt. This will save you if does bleed. 7) When washing the fabric after printing make sure not to overfill the washer. Creases or folds can cause the ink to collect and make blotches. Get funky with it! Try printing on other colors

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01.19.08

First Podcast! Beginings

Posted in Podcast, Uncategorized at 1:42 am by Administrator

One Stitch at a time Episode 1 "beginings" www.lufftocraft.com [37:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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01.17.08

First Podcast Notes! Beginings

Posted in Podcast Notes at 12:21 am by Administrator

Notes for my firs podcast :D I’ve included some of the wonderfull letters I recieved on how other OST members had their beginings ENJOY!!!

Re: [QCC] How did you “discover” Quilting?
I was raised in Southeatern Minnesota and the winters were cold and snowy. I
started doing hand quilting with my parents, grandmother and sister at the age
of seven. That is how we spent the winters quilting tops made of the
Grandmothers garden pattern that my mother sewed together by hand. The only time
she used the sewing machine was to finish the quilt off with prairie points. I
got away from quilting after leaving home for nursing school and marriage.
Raised four children and worked full time so I didn’t have time to quilt but I
did do cross stitch patterns. Finally got back into quilting about 20 years ago
as the grandchildren started to appear and each one needed a quilt. I have taken
various classes on making the different blocks and have made several quilt tops
but now they need the finishing. I thoroughly enjoy creating with my hands and
will tackle paper piecing a block before the traditional way. Thanks for reading
my story.

Rosemarie Klein
Re: [QCC] Re:how did you “discover” quilting
My mother when I was growing up tried to teach me how to be a proper “lady” and
made sure I had lessons in everything but quilting. I never thought about
quilting until about two years ago. I still consider myself a newbie, cause I
have tons to learn yet.

I was a detective sergeant for a police department. I was on call 24/7 365
days a year. As my hubby put it I was a highly stressed person, as I was the
only detective for the department, so I handled every case a officer did not
handle themselves. When I retired I had a 600+ case load a year. I needed to
find a way to really relax and let myself go becaue I was on the way to a
nervous breakdown.

I was in downtown Clarksville TN on day and happened to drive by a lil shop
called “The Meandering Stich”. I thought what the heck, and went in. I was
just transfixed by all the fabrics and colors, I didnt know what to do or where
to start. SO the nice lady helped me and signed me up for a begining sewing
class, a pillow case and from there I was hooked. I then signed up for a
beginning quilting class at the same shop. The staff helped me pick out some
wonderful batik fabrics and a wild multi-colored themed fabric and I made my
first quilt. I ended up giving the quilt just the other day to my ex sister in
law who just had her first baby at the age of 40, a little girl named Abby. But
I could not figure out how to do the binding, so I hand whipped the quilt
binding in variagated colors that matched the batik colors.

Since then I have taken tons of classes from another store called “Betsy’s
Quilting Barn” and have tons of quilts and novelties started just waiting for me
to finish in my craft room. This weekend I am going to try binding my first
quilt the right way. LoL.

Since I retired and taken up quilting, my hubby says I am a much nicer person
to be around. LoL.

Happy Quilting All.

Beth in TN

Beth Bequette

many years ago when i was a preteen, i delivered the newspaper in our small
rural town, anyways there was an elderly lady who was always working a quilts
(by hand) her frame set up in her living room etc and i was was very
interested, but it stayed on the backburner of my brain for several years and
then 4
years ago, in our local paper a beginner’s quilt class was being held, and
memories of that lady and her beautiful quilts reminded me i want to check this
out, ever since my first class ive been completely hooked. Shawna
Well my mother taught me how to sew when I was young but she never
quilted. In fact I found some pieces in the basement of her house
that might have been an attempt at one time to quilt but nothing ever
came of it, and that fabric is long gone (and it wasn’t cotton).

But I had crocheted, knitted, embroidered all things my mom taught me,
but the catalog I got from Hersherners? showed some quilts in there
and I was intrigued. I bought two of the prequilted ones that I only
had to embroider and I was hooked. Got one that you needed to
embroider and then quilt - well I still have it, all embroidered but
not quilted. LOL! Didn’t know at the time HOW to quilt it and no one
to tell me how or any books I could find.

But I’ve done many, many quilts since then. And eventually I did take
courses and really got addicted to this. So now I’m off to finish a
quilt for a great-nephew who will be coming along soon. He’s the 24th.

See ya later.

Charlene
I went to my second foster home, which I was eventually adopted. The mother was
much older, and she did some quilting. She basically told me what to do to
sandwich a cheater top, and I made a pink pigs small quilt for my bio sister,
when I was 13yo. Then, I did my first pieced project a couple years later,
machine quilting it. It was in black and white, with a cross in the center. That
was when I was 15. It wasn’t until I was 21, that I got back into it seriously,
and really got into piecing. I have been quilting for 19 yrs now. Kymberli
Dear Allison,

One of my first real memories of childhood was my grandma’s living room and
the quilt frame pulled up into the ceiling. I remember the Sunbonnet Sue that
she did and how I loved to touch the quilts that were on the frame. She passed
away when my son was almost a year old, but the seed was planted. I did my first
quilt when I was expecting my daughter in ‘73 and haven’t looked back. By the
way that quilt was stolen at my husbands granfathers funeral, but it covered my
daughter while his grandmother held her at the funeral (baby was a week old).
Great Grandpa said it was a girl (before ultrsound) and he knew before he passed
he was right.

Donna in snowy Oregon
I’ve been sewing for 36 years. Even though I was around my paternal
Grand Aunt that made quilts she never taught me to. She did make me one
for a gift when I graduated from HS. My maternal Great Grandma quilted
and I have two quilts that she made the tops for. Both made from flour
sacks. She passed away when I was a baby. My Grand Aunt hand quilted
and finished one of those, a Sunbonnet Sue. I have it hanging in my
sewing room. The other I am going to finish and will probably hang in
my sewing room also. It’s pet/kid free in there.

I learned quilting on my own though. Made my first top in the 70’s.
Used part of that for a quilt I made for my 2nd born daughter in 2001.
I made my first completed quilt using Levi jeans and flannel in 1980.
I’ve just gotten into making them a lot more in the last five years
though. My mind goes much faster than my body so I am quilts behind!

Mary Helen

Hi Mary;

I like the ideas of using her blocks as labels .. And I¹m not sure I would
consider labeling a quilt bragging .. I pulled out my grandmother¹s quilt to
take a pic of it and post it on my blog (which is done btw) and I wish I
knew when she made it; if it was on her treadle machine .. And with my mum
no longer with us, there¹s no one I can ask .. I¹m sure that my uncle would
be totally clueless .. I love the man dearly, but I¹m not sure he would
know about this .. Granted I will ask him .. But not holding my breath.

As for the 50s fabric .. I¹m not crazy about the reproductions from that era
or aunt gracey stuff .. I like the civil war reproductions and 1800¹s .. So
I can totally understand ..

This quilt is rather garish in it¹s own way .. But it¹s my grandmother¹s
quilt

Grace
My mom taught me to sew and she had alot of cloth she’d inherited
from her mom (who died before I was born) I loved to just sort
through the boxes of it when I was little and I made doll clothes
and blankets out of those scraps as long as I can remember. then
when I was a teenager I started coresponding through the mail with a
lady who quilted, I wanted to learn more though I didn’t know why it
intrigued me. my fist attempt was a quilt of HST how hard could that
be right??:o)
Well like one lady mentioned yesterday I never thought about seam
allowances so didn’t add them when I cut out and wasn’t exactly
EXACT when stitching all those seams together so my blocks didn’t
match up real well. the other thing I didn’t think of was laying it
out first when all my blocks we’re done I just started making rows
my colors were dark purple, mint green, and white. well I ended up
with some purples pointing up, some down, some left, some right :o(
Because of the dark/light contrast it really stood out. It was a
twin size, I used it on my bed for a few years I was thirteen when I
did that. Then when I had my first kid and was stuck at home alone
with an infant all the time I got back into it. I made a crib quilt,
again HST, since I’d been on my own a very short time I hadn’t
aquired any stash yet and used mostly clothing remnants so only had
little pieces to work with and NO machine I hand pieced that top out
of the HSTs that made 2″ squares!!! By the time I was done with that
I was hooked and realized quilting was VERY theraputic. I do believe
it has kept me sane on more than one occasion over the years.
I asked my mom for her machine since she never used it anymore and
have never quit since(nine years)! I still have both those quilts
and though they’re not on display like some of my newer ones I still
treasure them.
I still learn things everyday and love every minute of it. It’s
therapy for me maybe not the cheapest but certainly more healthy
than most addictions.
And lately I’ve gotten into charitable quilting and must say that is
wonderfully rewarding. I highly recommend it :o}
springwillowwoods@yahoo.com
I had been diagnosed with colon cancer and was thinking of something I wanted to
do before I died. The answer, oddly enough, was make a quilt. I’ve finished
one completely and have a number of tops finished.

It’s been 6 years since my surgery and I’m considered cancer free.

Billie in TX
[QCC] Re: How did you “discover” Quilting?
Grace, I “inherited” a bunch of blocks completed by my mother when she
died as well as her scrap bag. Everytime I make a scrap quilt. I
always try to put one piece in their from that scrap bag. And as to
those blocks, shame on me. Some are hand embroidered, others (from the
50’s are a bit garish). I am not one to put labels on my quilts. My
grandmother said that “was just bragging”. But I have thought of maybe
using those extra blocks as labels.

It’s the connections that I think I love the most about quilting.
Connections in the design, to the past, and to other quilters
especially you guys on line.

Good luck with the velvet quilt.

Mary in Northern California

Re: How did you “discover” Quilting?
I took a quilting class at the community college. I have to start off big and
made a king log cabin, took me 4 years to get around to finishing it. I did and
it is on my bed now.I became hooked on quilting over the years and now I have my
own sewing room,and alot of fabric,and finally my great grandmas quilting
frame.Even though I just joined I love reading the messages,tips ect..
Thank you
Debbie
P.S. you can use my name

Re: [QCC] Re: How did you “discover” Quilting?
my mom would not show me how to sew
so i sewed a barbie doll dress i made from scraps by hand when i was young
then i took home ec, made mom a nightgown she never wore
then when i moved out of her home
the first thing i bought myself was a singer sewing machine
i made lots of clothes for myself and others
it is only a straight stitch machine (1968)
took a stretch and sew class once upon a tim ein the 70’s
then i got married in 1982
made my own wedding gown-yuck-lol
then no sewing for years
i ran my own ceramic business 20/7 for 20 years
then while in hospital in 2001, with pancreatic cancer
i was finally coming out of the coma
and simply quilts was on, and other shows
and i wanted to give back to others
and decided that my grannie who quilted with newsppapers and no machines for
years up until her death in
1984
would want me to try and give back thru the quilts
of course i had no idea what that entailed these days
so i tried to take a class at a lqs, that was a bust
that quilt is no tfinished
then i happened across a quilt bee in another town
those ladies have changed my life, they ar emy best friends and adopted me
they stood thru my side thru another illness last year
and i was able to do 3 charity quilts in 6 months when i was well, plus a
personalized paper piece surprise quilt for my DH for Christmas.
today i began a dissappearing 9 patch for a baby project at the austin quilt
guild
i am still tryiing, i am not perfect, and not able to do as much as some,
but i want to give and i try.
at 57, i have way too many ideas to kick the bucket, so now i will tackle
applique net.
i never thought i would like paper piecing but i really do

a wireless message to you
from Carol C.
in Bastrop, Texas-USA

i was a weaver. (stll am) had grown up under my gramms loom.
never considered doing anything else. then had a very serious
accident. couldn’t weave, couldn’t work, couldn’t drive. a friend
brought me some fabric and told me to quit whining.

in the months it took the surgeons to put me back together i
got hooked. it truly saved my sanity. my first piece was a mandella
- all hand stitched and sewed to the backing with beads. It had to
be framed due to the weight of the beads. would have really helped
if she’d of brought me a book. i look at that piece today (16 years
later) and am amazed.

Maggie
That is so similar to my first quilt experience - my grandmother had one of
those wool quilts and I remember one that was tied with red wool. I carried
that memory with me for years - dark wool and red wool. I started sewing in
school; I always loved quilts - tried it, didn’t know how - sewed some wide
strips of anything together and made a quilt. Then I got a book, a rotary
cutter, a ruler, some FQ and a mat one Christmas and away I went…

JoAnne
I slept under quilts at both of my grandmothers’ houses. It was always so
cozy. The first quilts I really remember helping with were made from old
wool clothing. My mother sewed squares together and we tied them using a
flannel blanket as backinging and an old blanket for batting. We used
these blankets upstairs in an unheated bedroom in Detroit (back in the
dark ages about 57 years ago). They weighed a ton but were warm in that
cold room.
The first real quilt I got was a wedding gift from my grandmother. she had
her Mennonite neighbors quilt me a floral whole cloth quilt. I still have
it after 41 years. I’ve sewed since I was about 7- but mainly dressmaking
and home dec. Quilting became a passion about 8 years ago and now sewing
for my grand daughters is the only dress making I do. Everything else is
quilting.
Jean in Indiana
RE: [QCC] Re: How did you “discover” Quilting?
I too always loved to sew I got my first sewing machine when I was 10 for
Christmas, still have the little Singer. I always sewed my 2 DD’s clothes
when they were small until they reached the age where they wouldn’t be seen
in public with anything I made them LOL. My 1st quilt came with leftovers
from all their dresses it was a Dresdan Plate McCall’s pattern. All done in
Poly/cotton with that really cheap thread 3 for a $ after 24 years and
several washings I have only had to repair one plate and that was only about
an inch long. So it has held up very well, of course it is just out camping
quilt now. I have no idea where I came to loving fabric & sewing so well I
never remember anyone in my family sewing my Mother was an avid knitter but
couldn’t sew.

Have a great day

Wendy

Re: How did you “discover” Quilting?
I had a similar introduction as Mary in Northern California.

I remember playing in the same type of “tent” growing up. My Grandmother used
to make
me get on my knees and put my hands on the floor and rest my head on my hands.
Then I
was to repeat after her the following poem.
” I know my heart… I know my mind… I know I am… Stuck up behind!”
She only did that when she and my Mother were quilting. My children now love
when I tell
that story of Great Grandma.

Diana in Kent

Hi Alison

I’ve always been interested in sewing. Mom taught me to embroider when
I was 5 years old. I actually worked on pictures she traced from
coloring books for a quilt she was going to make for me before I was
born. Neither of us finished it. I taught my daughter to embroider on
the same quilt. Finally finished for my first grandchild 10 years ago.
First quilt I did was for my great-nephew. Again from coloring books
only this time I painted as well as embroidered. After stitched
together I used a baby blanket for backing and 1″ wide satin ribbon
for sashing. No pattern, made it up as I went along. After that I
decided it was time “to learn the right way.” Found books at the
library to get started. Still pretty much self taught, look at
pictures and take it from there. I love applique, mostly machine but
hand work is fun too. First “real quilt” was log cabin, twin, 12 years
ago, with 4 foot frog appliqued on the top, for my then 6 year old niece.

Donnajean
Alison,

I’ve always loved to sew. I used to design and sew clothes for my
Barbie doll. My mom always thought I’d be a fashion designer when
I grew up. I’ve collected fabric and patterns for the last 25 years
with the intention of someday teaching myself to quilt. Love to
touch and fondle the fabric and dream of beautiful quilts. Well,
someday finally arrived in the past year or so. Started with a
quilted memory pillow and have done another complete pillow and
wall hanging and three small tops and one big mystery top. I have
a lot of UFO’s and several to do’s on my list and am trying lots
of new techniques including PP and NYB. Next on my list is applique
and stained glass. I am learning a lot from this group and hope to
make many beautiful quilts in the future.
Sorry this post is so long. Feel free to use my name and thank you
so much for helping this newbie with patience and friendship.

Sherry in NC
Well, my grandmother made scrap quilts that she tied and I remember helping her
tie them… I made a few baby quilts over the years, started a baltimore album
quilt but only did a couple blocks…like 35 years ago and I still have them,
wallhangings to try different techniques, but I did not take it serious till
HGTV put Alex Anderson and Simply Quilts on TV…WOW! I could not believe you
could do all that with fabric and thread! So I started buying fabric, books,
and watched more quilting shows…then I discovered the internet two years ago
when I broke my leg…Now I have enough patterns, ideas, fabric, notions to last
me a few lifetimes….So at 64…all I can say is Quilt, baby, QUILT!!!
Alison, I was introduced to sewing at Central Junior High School in Rochester,
Michigan, my home town, in 1967 (?). I have been an avid sewer ever since.
My first attempt at quilting was a tied pinwheel, twin size quilt, for my
nephew in the 1980’s. I only began “real” quilting this past fall. I attribute
most all my quilting knowledge to QCC and the wonderful way everyone is willing
to teach and share what they know.
I have now made 2 real quilts; 1 queen and 1 king and a wall hanging.
I am about to start the Baltimore Blues BOM and the RR with the assistance of
the group.

Claudia
Las Vegas, NV
When I was a child my Grandma would take me to the Church Quilting Bee’s. I
loved watching all the ladies taking pieces and snippets of fabric and turning
them into beautiful quilts.

Shirley

You have my permission.
Oh Mary ..

What a touching story .. The warm fuzzies your story gave me .. While my
mother didn¹t quilt, she did teach me to knit, crochet, do needlepoint and
sew .. My grandmother quilted and I have a velvet quilt that she did for my
aunt that wasn¹t totally finished yet .. It came back to my mum when my aunt
died and my mum gave it to me b/c she figured that I would appreciate the
quilt and finish it .. Shame on me .. I¹ve not done that yet .. Kind of
scared to work in velvet .. Never done it before .. Hmm .. Now since my
mum¹s no longer here, maybe I should work on this before I finish the hand
quilting that¹s kicking around .. But so help me God .. The dog chews it and
I¹ll tie her whiskers in a knot!

Grace
Alison,

I was three or four and I can remember spending days playing in the
special tent my grandmother and mother had made for me in our living
room. It was of course a quilt on a frame. They sat around it all day
long talking and I remember watching their hands “dance” and asked if
they would teach me to dance. When I was older they taught me to hand
quilt. I left it for forty years while I worked and moved and traveled
from place to place. But now I have put down roots, built myself a
quilt room. I have a quilt made by my mother, grandmother, great and
great great grandmother in there. And everyonce in a while my hands
dance just as theirs did before me.

Mary in Northern Calif
My grandmother taught me many years ago. I am not very good at it but try very
hard. I am working on finishing up a quilt for my great niece who is expected
to come into this world around Feb 2. Will post a pic when finished.

Charlene
My daughter had triplets. If that isn’t enough incentive to start quilting…I
don’t know what is.

Deb
Hmm .. I had to think about that .. I picked up a packaged BOM at joannes
and was instantly hooked .. I¹ve made clothes before .. But quilting was
wayy more fun and creative!

Grace
Re: [QCC] How did you “discover” Quilting?
When I was about 6 or 7 years old (1963 or 1964) my great grandmother
decided it was time to teach me all the “girl” stuff I needed to know.
She taught me to knit, crochet, embroider and some simple patchwork. I
remember being given pink and blue squares and hand stitching them to
make a doll quilt. It was tied with pink or blue yarn on the opposite
color. I’ve been doing “serious” quilting, however, since about 1994. My
DH was stationed in Germany and I needed something to do. I had all my
cross stitch stuff but wanted to do something different. So I went to
the base library and got a book of patterns. There were no instructions,
but how hard could this be, right?

I decided on an Ohio Star since it was only squares and triangles. I cut
ALL my fabric into 4″ squares because I wanted to make a 12″ block. Do
you see the disaster coming down the road at this point? You guessed it.
Not only did the squares not have any seam allowances added but once I
cut the squares into quarter-square triangles and sewed them back
together (with the regular seam allowance of 5/8 rather than 1/4) I
think my blocks ended up being about 7″ square or something. I was so
frustrated I nearly threw everything including the sewing machine out
the fourth floor window of our apartment. DH talked me into calming down
and to pick a simpler pattern. So my second attempt was a pinwheel.
Again, no seam allowances but at least this time everything fit together
because everything was cut incorrectly the same way (if that makes any
sense).

Those poor two ugly first quilts are still used on the foot of my bed to
this day. DH refuses to let me “fix” them so they are quickly
disintegrating. The fabric wasn’t all that great to begin with and
having the dogs on the bed with us hasn’t helped anything, either. I
hope one day to wake up and find that the fairies have magically
spirited those two pieces into another realm.

P.S. My work is much better now

Ruth R. in OH
Alison,

I was introduced to Quilting 28 years ago. A class taken at Hoffman Estates
High School - How to make a Dresden Pillow.

Ever since that class, back in 1979 I have not stopped. Although I have to
say within the last 5 years I have become more dedicated to my hobby and loving
every minute of it.

If I had the chance to do it all over again, I will do exactly the same way.
“I love it”/

Wendy from Naperville (Maddiebing).

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01.03.08

Inspiration and plates that are overfull

Posted in Quilting at 3:01 am by Administrator

I needed to take a quick break and say… Too many things inspire me to quilt now! I am barely out of the hospital from pnemonia and had to run over to Target because we were desperate for some items. I was walking down the isle of Cleaning Supplies and the colors on the two boxes of detergent I was price checking sparked the idea of a two toned quilt. Then I turn around and the bleach is staring me in the face and I remember how I’ve always wanted to try discharging fabric (won’t happen with two little kids in the house) So I move on to the Baby food section and wham… they have little tee shirts on the end cap and I remember how I’m saving my favorite outfits from every year to make a memory quilt when they turn 18 (each years outfits make one block…). Then like the pink elephant in the room once you realize you need to stop thinking about something you can’t!

Well I finally recorded the first portion of the podcast and it was not the painful experience I thought it was going to be. I am scheduled to record the rest of it this weekend and I hope to get it edited and up soon after.

Quilting Hugs!

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01.01.08

Music source found

Posted in Blog at 9:01 pm by Administrator

While working on putting this podcast together I have found several new podcasts and resources for podcasting through them. My favorite find so far is Manic Mommies Podcast. These ladies are hilarious!!!! If you are a Mom and ever wondered if you were the only Non-Martha Stewart Mom out there this is the podcast for you! My sides are still hurting from trying not to laugh out loud in my cube and give away what I’m listening to at work.

From their cast and several others I have found http://music.podshow.com/

I am still looking through the sit but so far I think it will work well.

I am also collecting right now information on how quilters got started on their fabric obsessions :) e-mail me with how you got started as a quilter and I may read your story on my podcast.

Well more as the podcast pulls together

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12.29.07

Starting a Podcast

Posted in Blog at 6:35 am by Administrator

Many people wonder how do you start a pod cast? I searched and found a wonderful guide on how to create your own podcast.

http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/00-podcast-tutorial-four-ps.htm

I downloaded the software Audacity several months ago and have been playing around with it to try and record different things. So far I have found it so easy to work with. I’ve edited and played around with my own voice and some songs and the results while not amazing have been extremely encouraging. It is always unnerving to hear your own voice and mannerisms. You never realize what your … pause … words are till you have to listen to yourself in recording. Mine are “uhm” and “ya know”. I will be working on that so that you won’t have to suffer through it.

Right now I am searching for some intro music and effects to use to try and make this a pleasant listening experience. The topic of the first podcast will be starting quilting and inspirations. I would love to hear from you if you have ideas for the shows to follow. I will be trying to mix ideas and techniques along with interviews of quilters and their experiences in this crazy quilting world.

I will keep you all up to date for the exact release date of my first podcast and what to expect in the future.

Quilting Hugs and Inspirations to everyone!

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12.27.07

One Stitch at a Time

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Welcome to OST where each creative journey begins with the first stitch. My name is Alison and I will be sharing my creative journey with you as I hope you will share yours with me. We all encounter roadblocks and detours as we continue on our path but the important part is never to give up or allow anyone to tell us we are not artists. It doesn’t matter what skill level you are at this blog/podcast is for you. If you are only in the dreaming stages or have opened your own art exisibit I hope to always have something that will interst you. As my own Artist journey is through Quilting and FiberArts most of the topics I will cover will be geared in that direction but I also hope that all artists will see we all sometimes need just that tiny spark to show us our own path.

I am in production right now of the Pod cast and hope to get it up in the next few weeks but I will also be sharing my journey on this Blog.

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