Quilt Otaku

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Of course, we're expecting!

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Well, you all of course guessed it right, our family is expecting our 2 nd baby. Thanks for all your kind well wishes! You really warm my ...
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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Happy Easter, Happy baking disaster, and happy best-news-ever teaser

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We had a lovely egg hunt and even managed to score some actual seats in church this morning (not an easy feat!) For our big dinner, we will...
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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Do you Moo?

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The above quilt was something we appraised in my class. What a pretty papercut applique. I love blue and white quilts. Moo just gave me a...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

A friendly visitor from a strange land

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Finally my cough is on the way out, so thanks for well wishes. Between those, the humidifier, and the extra naps (thanks honey for being o...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Crawling back to the keyboard....

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So when I went to the doctor today for my cough (the one that has been my friend at 1am, 2am, 3am, etc for 2 weeks now) I thought for sure t...
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Sunday, March 9, 2008

Cough cough, go away...oh, I'm such a basket case!

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The famliy cold has landed squarely in my lap now. I've been coughing like mad for the last 10 days w/ not much sign of getting better....
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Primary election addiction

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I know I admitted to being addicted to blogging in my last post, but this time I think it's time to also admit it's hard to turn off...
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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Are you addicted to blogging?

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Now there is an online test you can take to see if you are officially addicted to blogging or not. Not that I was wondering what the answer...
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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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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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