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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Bring on the sunshine

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Please raise your hand if you're had enough rain in the month of February already. Maybe some of you could say the same for the snow, ...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008

The tale of the red blanket - part III - "Happy Reunion - Diamonds for Blankets"

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After many years of the red-themed gift exchange, and my poor sister typing "red blanket" as her computer password on a daily basi...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

The tale of the red blanket - part II - "The Cold War"

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As you might have guessed, my then-boyfriend-now-husband was more than slightly upset that his red blanket had been swiped. My sister was t...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The tale of the red blanket - part I - "Grab it and Run"

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This story is so famous in our family, that I cannot believe I have not told it yet. Several years ago, I went on a trip to the Amazon regio...
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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Patchwork Quilt Tsushin #142

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Issue number 142 of Patchwork Quilt Tsushin is really out of this world, I must say. One of their best yet. Tons and tons of quilts with t...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Super Tuesday

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Clinton, Obama, McCain, Romney...it's a policical three ring circus on TV tonight with so many state primary elections. Some folks just...
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Friday, February 1, 2008

The Blues

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Rain beautiful rain. It's still raining here. I'm seriously afraid to leave the house without my trench and umbrella. Being from So...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Suspicious Redwork Quilt

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When I was in my quilt appraisal class, we looked at TONS of quilts. One of them belonging to a fellow classmate had these really interesti...
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Monday, January 28, 2008

Liberty, Freedom, Emancipation for Yarn Balls!

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When I flew down for my quilting classes, I brought a knitting project to work on a little bit on the plane. It is a hat for a friend of my...
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Friday, January 25, 2008

Japanese Fabric - red

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Here's a photo of the red fabric that my friend's mom gave to me. They are all so pretty. Perhaps I feel a valentine quilt coming...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Gifts from Japan

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My good friend that I used to work with was here visiting from Japan last weekend through today. Unfortunately, I was out of town at quilt ...
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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Road to California Quilt Show - heading home

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What a nice time we all had at the quilt show. Lots of classes were taken, loads of new things were learned. Lots of booths were visited and...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Quilt Appraisal Class - day 2

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Today was my second and last day of quilt appraisal class here at Road to California. Sort of an interesting blog talks about some of the in...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Quilt Appraisal Class - day 1

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Here I am at Road to California quilt show in Ontario, California, and I just finished my first day of classes on quilt appraisal. Our tea...
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Monday, January 14, 2008

First present of the year

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When I was just dating my husband, he started this amazingly romantic tradition of giving me the first present of the year. Every year that...
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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Busy bee weekend

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So far this weekend has been a busy one, but good all the same. Some friends hosted us for brunch which was wonderful! So nice not to coo...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Road to California quilt show

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Oh oh oh, I'm really starting to get that excited feeling now that Road to California (the quilt show, of course! in Ontario, Californi...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

I am 1!

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Dear Readers, It's Marisa's blog, Quilt Otaku , talking here today. I wanted to write you a thank you note for all your kindness, l...
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Sunday, January 6, 2008

Kaffe Fassett quilts

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Our power is back! We were only out for just over a day I guess, so we're happy and warm again. Good thing we had some nice offers to st...
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Saturday, January 5, 2008

It's dark here...

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Well, as much fun as it it so conduct your evening activities by candle light, I must confess this power outage is getting old. We have bee...
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Otaku (おたく) means "nerd", so I'm a wanna be Japanese-quilting nerd. I'm not Japanese though, just an American looking for tidbits of Japanese quilting while living here in San Jose, California - USA. I also knit and spin - find me on Ravelry and Instagram as quiltotaku
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