Quilt Otaku

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Friday, May 30, 2008

Cat-B-gone

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Here's the full BabySchool quilt picture. It just came home for it's first weekly wash. With any luck it will be tough enough for ...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Quilt binding - getting in a bind and getting out of it too

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I really really wanted to bind that Japanese Kid's quilt in red, but I had a billion small pieces of red fabrics, and none of them had e...
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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Japanese Quilt for kids

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It's a holiday weekend here in the US, so we have Monday off as well. I'm taking advantage of it by finishing up this Japanese kid...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Something old...something new...

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For the last week, we have been traveling like mad. We visited the mid western United States for the wedding of some very good friends. Whil...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Fabric calligraphy tips

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A few questions came in about the calligraphy so here's a couple more tips. Yes, I do use freezer paper on the back for stability. I f...
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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day

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Hope your Mother's day was as great as mine was. I woke up this morning to our 2 yr old bouncing into my bed saying, "Get up Mommy...
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Friday, May 9, 2008

Babyschool quilt

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Our 2 yr old son drags a tiny little infant blanket to school with him, which is way too small, so I decided to quickly put together this l...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

FMLA, CA PDL, CFRA, and other such evils

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Oh, if you know what any of the above acronyms stand for, God bless you, as you have been through the hoops to take a maternity leave from ...
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Saturday, May 3, 2008

World's tiniest pincushion

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I have developed a fetish for making the worlds tiniest pincushions. They are so addictive, and I'm started to make them in all sorts o...
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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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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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