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Danny’s Christmas Quilt

Danny asked me to make him a Christmas quilt. I tried to use as many of the fabrics that he “delivered” to me from my stash. I was still stitching the binding closed on Christmas Eve, but he did get the quilt by Christmas!  

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Grandma, use this fabric in my quilt, too

Danny, age 4, likes to play with my fabric stash. Lately he’s been talking about a quilt that he said I was going to make for him with all the Christmas fabrics he found in the stash. He seems so sure that a quilt is going to appear, that I decided to get busy. I drafted the idea on Saturday …

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Christmas Bag

This beaded bag has been an ongoing project. During Christmas season 2004, I did the beadwork.  For a pattern, I scanned a black-and-white illustration out of an old book (pre-1920), and printed it on inkjet canvas. I worked bead embroidery over the pattern, then backfilled around the pattern with the ivory beads. During Christmas season 2005, I sewed the beadwork …

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Here, at the very beginning, you aren’t expected to know anything and you can’t fail. There’s no competition involved. You’re learning to draw, a specific accessible skill, not searching for talent. Your final drawing is simply a record of your learning process.

— Claire Watson Garcia, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner

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