Episode 36: Once more unto the quilt block a month breach dear friends

Mar 8th, 2016 by champagneandsocks

Episode 36: Once more unto the quilt block a month breach, dear friends

Completed Solstice Quilt top (before borders)

Cosmos quilt - Jinny Beyer

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Episode 34: I’m baaaaack

After a reasonable hiatus, I’m attempting to get back to my twice weekly schedule.

Here, a quick summary of where I’ve been.

Also, my craft space. It is to be downsized.

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Episode 33: End of year knitting.

Keep an eye out on my Instagram for pics of the items I’m discussing.

Yarns mentioned:

Jorstad Creek - Tweed DK, Turquoise

Blue Moon Fiber Arts

Space Cadet Creations - Mini Skein Club - I’ve been documenting the skeins per month on my Pinterest board

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I was supposed to be sitting down to write a piece as part of the blog tour on Parenting and Creativity. My piece was going to be about coming to terms with the anger of discovering the feminist line of “women can have it all” that had been pushed on me in the 80s and 90s had turned out to be a complete and total lie. I’d spent 18 months or more ( Read more... )

Even though I was away from the laptop a good chunk of this week, I still managed to have a fair few tabs open:

The Nobel Prize winners over time in a dynamic graphic

The Vanity Presses - ABC Podcast

NASA releases over 10 000 photos from the moon landing.

The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace

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By the end of the week I end up with far too many tabs open with articles I’ve half read and want to come back to later. Every now and then, I send myself an email with all the links to clean up my browser. I’m going to start posting them here instead.

What women critics know that men don’t - the gendered politics of critique

Elizabeth Gilbert has ( Read more... )

Episode 30: Garden update and Space Cadet mini skeins baby sweater

Virtual Design board - My Virtual Quilt

Space Cadet Creations Mini Skeins Club

Check out my Instagram for photos of the jumper project!

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Episode 29: Farmer’s Wife Quilt

(and singing from the toddler in the background)

More talk of the Farmer’s Wife.

And Quilt As You Go

Check out my Instagram for photos of this unfolding project!

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Episode 28: A Meandering Walk Through my Stash

Mentioned in this episode:

Quilting Lessons: Notes from the Scrap Bag of a Writer and Quilter by Janet Catherine Berlo

Brenda Dayne:  Cast On

Sock Clubs:

Rocking Sock Club by Blue Moon Fiber Arts

Cookie A Sock Club

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Episode 27: I’m Back!

I’m back after illness and a serious case of podcast block.

Some things I mentioned this episode:

Dear Jane Quilt - and my Dear Jane Pinterest board

Farmer’s Wife Quilt

My Mug Rug Pinterest board

Closed Facebook group - Quilt Block N Swap

My Instagram: girliejonesadventures

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