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Monsoon color
Monsoon storm over Tucson last month. Photo by the University of Arizona.Our summer monsoon storms have been rolling in regularly, so I thought it would be fun to post storm photos interspersed with...
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Full moon and Costco clothes
Did you see the full moon this week? It was a super moon and it was incredibly bright when it came up over the mountain behind my house!It inspired me to start a full moon coiled basket.My iPhone...
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Sunshine in a bowl and a batik top
A yellow coiled bowl, lemon pasta and yellow watermelon are brightening my weekend while I hide inside in the AC because it's still over 100 outside.I started the bowl because I was inspired by last...
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The bowl is done!
I wrapped up my sunshine bowl when I ran out of cording. I only had three yellow strips remaining out of the big pile that I started with. I had to put on my sunglasses to take its picture because it's...
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Visiting fabric artist Judy Sall in Flagstaff
I've been gone from the blog awhile because I was in Flagstaff, AZ, visiting my friend Judy Sall and from there went to Gallop, NM, for a big pow wow (more on that in my next blog post).Judy creates...
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I got my kicks on Route 66!
Earlier this month I took a road trip with a friend along parts of historic Route 66 from Flagstaff, AZ, to a pow wow in Gallup, New Mexico. It was the 101st Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, a...
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Blue bowl finished
I finished the big blue bowl and put on the blue sunglasses for a photo because the blues remind me of warm blue lagoons and swimming pools. Instead of tapering the end like I usually do, I let it...
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Colors of Flagstaff
It's been awhile since I did a "Colors of ..." post, so here's some major color from my trip to Flagstaff, Arizona, this past week. The parrots belong to a guy from Cottonwood, who was showing them off...
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Grand Canyon and Cameron Trading Post
When I was in Flagstaff last week my friend and I took a side trip to the Grand Canyon, including a stay at the beautiful and historic Cameron Trading Post. The colors of the canyon and its sheer size...
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Playing with sunset colors
Since I got back from the Grand Canyon, I've been itching to do a quilt with those colors. I was going to paint my own fabric, then I found this yardage in my stash. I can't even remember buying it but...
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Introducing the Material Girls
I finally hosted my first quilting group since moving here, just like old times back in Gig Harbor. Meet the Material Girls, a mini group of the Tucson Quilters Guild who all live in Oro Valley. We...
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Bowl, canyon quilt and a concert
I'm still spinning out layers to my orange bowl. I'm going to keep going for another few inches with a turquoise rim with some shots of orange in it. I think.It's mindlessly addictive sewing. Now if I...
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Orange bowl finished!
I finished the big bright orange bowl and put sunglasses on for its photo.I ended it by coiling the tail around a big button and tying the button on with heavy blue and orange threads. I hand stitched...
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Cloud Appreciation Day
Today is Cloud Appreciation Day, so I'm going to show my appreciation by posting a sampling of the thousands of cloud photos I have taken. Most of these are from Tucson in the southern Arizona desert,...
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Another yellow bowl
I just made another big yellow bowl because I have a buyer for the first one. I can't get enough of the sunny colors!I finished off three spools of thread. All that zig zag stitching between each row...
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Headed to Spokane for the wedding
I'm headed to Spokane today for my daughter's wedding to this wonderful man, but truth be told I'm even more excited about their baby who's on her way in four months!Look at how much she's grown! The...
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The wedding!!!
My daughter's wedding in Spokane was beautiful -- we laughed, we cried, we hugged, we rejoiced in the perfect weather with the rose garden at Manito Park in full bloom.It was sunny and warm on the...
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Dia de los Muertos at Tucson gardens
Don visited from Flagstaff last week and we enjoyed two of Tucson's beautiful gardens, starting with a Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) display at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. Dia de los Muertos...
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Eclipse and hiking
I forgot to buy eclipse glasses for yesterday morning's eclipse, but I got to watch it through the crescent shaped shadows that it cast on my patio. As the moon moved in front of the sun, the crescent...
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Earth, Wind and Fire spirit dolls
I made three more spirit dolls this week to take up to the gallery. I picked out fabric that I liked and then realized that they could represent earth, wind and fire, like the music group!I made the...
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