Quilt Otaku

Quilting, Sewing, Knitting, and Spinning

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Permanent ink on quilts

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Writing on your quilt is like giving it a tattoo . Traditional Baltimore Album quilts had copper plate calligraphy on them. There is a cool...
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Sunday, April 27, 2008

It's a Boy!!

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Well, with twice as many girl guessers as boy guessers...I have to admit the odds of winning the give away were slighly in favor of those r...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Boy or Girl? You guess....you win!

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Today was a HUGE day in our household, we had our big ultrasound, and we found out the sex of our newly expected arrival. I wanted to do a ...
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Monday, April 14, 2008

Chevron scarf

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Joelle Hoverson's book (owner of Purl Soho ) Last Minute Knitted Gifts really lit a fire under me to put some effort into learning h...
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Friday, April 11, 2008

Papa visit

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This weekend my husband is off at a photo workshop , getting inspiration in Big Sur , California and getting inspiration from his instructo...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

You know you're crazy when...

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...you try to make ketchup from scratch. I have this cookbook that has a recipe for turkey meatloaf that I wanted to try, but in order to ...
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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Doll quilts

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The Doll Quilt Swap is on again, after taking some time out for maybe about half a year. Looks like there is a new host, and lots of folks...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

It's twins!

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Oh my goodness, we're expecting twin babies! Isn't it amazing! I had an appointment w/ my OB this afternoon, and she was looking at...
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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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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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