Kathy Delaney Appliques

As I mentioned, I went to Quilt Market in Houston last month. This is the trade show where shop owners go to see what is new and trending in the quilt industry.  This is where they find just wh...

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A week ago I was at International Quilt Market in Houston, TX.  For those of you who don't know, Market is THE trade show where quilt shop owners, teachers, designers come to find out what is ne...

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I had an interesting experience with a Frixion Pen that you might find helpful.  I know that it is advised that we just don’t know what the pen will do to fabric in the next 100 years sinc...

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As a quilter, one of the best ways to spend a weekend is on a quilting retreat, and did I ever have a terrific weekend recently!  There were seven of us who gathered at The Creative Place retre...

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Last month I went on a quilting cruise.  “What is that?” you ask. So there is a cruise ship with several thousand people and mixed in is about 125, give or take, quilters and their t...

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Three months ago I had my knee replaced with a new one.  For a few weeks I couldn't go anywhere, and I really didn't feel like doing much.  Before my surgery I prepared by having basted a quil...

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So, I've noticing the Throwback Thursday fun.  It made me think of my teaching experience in Germany a few years ago.  I was going to be in Germany to visit my older son and his wife and someo...

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Something I hear from my beginning applique students often is, "Can you come home with me?"  They convince themselves they won't be able to remember everything I tell them in class.  And even t...

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In the spring of 2002, my first book, HEARTS AND FLOWERS:  HAND APPLIQUE FROM START TO FINISH, was published.  I received a phone call from a producer representing SIMPLY QUILTS WITH ALEX ANDE...

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Whew!  What a month this has been! My husband and I set out on a car trip odyssey that took me to some amazing places where I got to see and do some amazing things.  I had a ball!  I am exha...

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I had the most interesting virtual experience today!  I belong to an online discussion group.  We are an eclectic group from all over this country, Ireland and England.  This means quite a...

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Do you find yourself with deadlines and then get frazzled over them?  I sure do!  In fact, sometimes I think I need a wife. A wife often keeps the house, organizes the family activities, do...

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I went to an art fair and met a painter by the name of Kathy.  (I’m tellin’ ya, there is something magical about the name Kathy and how it correlates to creativity!)  We got to chatting ab...

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Recently I read a blog by Kelly Ashton (Kelly’s QuiltingBlog ) that got me to thinking.  Kelly recounted her discovery of another Kelly Ashton.  The “other” Kelly, while a member of the ...

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