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April 24, 2022
Cultivate from Terificreations's Weblog

Cultivate: Further: Encourage.Seek the society of; make friends withto improve by labor, care or study. Most words have more than one meaning, or connotation and often it takes a little time to define, understand in context, and grow in the use and definition of that word. Often this is an incorporating of the definitions and… Continue reading Cultivate

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April 18, 2022
Fifteen Years on WordPress from Terificreations's Weblog

Today I celebrate Fifteen Years on WordPress! I brought my blog here from another platform where I’d been blogging for six or seven months. There are a couple of stories that are my faves including the bit about the squirrel at Christmas and the Blue Goo. And also the organizing posts (uh my studio is… Continue reading Fifteen Years on WordPress

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February 2, 2022
Well this is quite the week! Click Here. from Terificreations's Weblog

Normally on a Tuesday like this I’d be in the shower already getting ready to go teach the Advanced Beginner Class at Poppy Quilt & Sew and going to book study at my parish tonight. Instead I’m at my kitchen counter staying home with what is allergy related sinus thing (no temp, not achy). We’ve… Continue reading Well this is quite the week! Click Here.

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December 1, 2021
Quilt Festival Postlude from Terificreations's Weblog

Before I get started on this day I would like to send you over to two podcasts. Quilter on Fire Episode 48 with Victoria Findlay Wolfe and Quilt N Tell Podcast Back to the Beginner Brain Episode 64. I have thoughts on both podcasts and how they are related to one another. There are more… Continue reading Quilt Festival Postlude

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November 16, 2021
Does this ever happen to you? from Terificreations's Weblog

Where you finally get all the bits and pieces lined up ready to go and then a wrench gets tossed into the works, effectively derailing what you’re doing? And because of what it is you can’t really be mad about it first because you really have no control over it and second because that will… Continue reading Does this ever happen to you?

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November 10, 2021
A Shout Out to Alex Anderson from Terificreations's Weblog

Oh goodness this is a throwback isn’t it. This is from 2008 from a Ricky Tims Quilt Super Seminar just north of Albany New York. I was super new to the wonder-filled world of professional quilting and Alex is beginning what I’ve enjoyed as a delightful adventure hosting The Quilt Show, and the whole development… Continue reading A Shout Out to Alex Anderson

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October 20, 2021
Quilted Features: Quilt Basket & Cutie Patterns from Terificreations's Weblog

Today begins a new, long term series Quilted Features, this will cover all the interesting things I would have covered at Quilt Market. I’m slowly reaching out to companies who were going to vend at Quilt Market for an opportunity to show off their wares, new fabric lines, notions, patterns, or the quilt/sewing related things… Continue reading Quilted Features: Quilt Basket & Cutie Patterns

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August 26, 2021
Hey! Good Morning Friends from Terificreations's Weblog

We have air conditioning friends! We have air conditioning. Kudos to the hvac company for doing their work so well when it’s so hard to get parts right now. Now I can quilt and all the related things. More on some of this in a paragraph or two. I listened to the full Quilt &… Continue reading Hey! Good Morning Friends

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August 16, 2021
A Book Review, Catching Up, and Planning from Terificreations's Weblog

The Restoration of Celia FairchildMarie BostwickWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$16.99 Normally I’d have an image of the book cover here however I didn’t reach out to Marie or William Morrow so this review will do. The Restoration of Celia Fairchild follows a brief and dynamic moment of change in Celia’s life that leads her to her hometown… Continue reading A Book Review, Catching Up, and Planning

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August 10, 2021
Threads of Success, Quilting, Accountability Post from Terificreations's Weblog

Threads of Success When the email arrived letting those of us who are scheduled to teach know that for 2021 Threads of Success is postponed to Quilt Market 2022 I was surprised but not surprised. Twenty twenty was a lot, while things are shifting and changing some of twenty twenty has carried over into twenty… Continue reading Threads of Success, Quilting, Accountability Post

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August 2, 2021
Lightening, Self-care, and upcoming classes from Terificreations's Weblog

Well, this post is lower than molasses on a snow covered hill. I just got off a call with a friend helping me regain focus on setting and meeting goals. I have some thoughts on this that I will share. As I finished meeting half of one of the goals it started pouring, I’m enjoying… Continue reading Lightening, Self-care, and upcoming classes

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July 12, 2021
Ruined: The Angel Food Cake Saga from Terificreations's Weblog

Baking is my first creative love beginning with the staff of life, bread. Oh how I enjoy kneading the dough until it’s just the right consistency then there’s that yeasty build up from the moment it goes into the oven when dough and heat combine preparing the bread for consumption. Waiting until the bread has… Continue reading Ruined: The Angel Food Cake Saga

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July 5, 2021
Pardon me While I get a bit Sentimental from Terificreations's Weblog

It all starts about mid-May every year. Sweet, sweet memories of the beginnings of the preparation for our wedding. Figuring out what we could do. Finding a wedding dress in the City for under my budget. Finding wedding rings. And those oh so comfortable moments when one gets super frustrated because this is a big… Continue reading Pardon me While I get a bit Sentimental

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May 7, 2021
Did you know from Terificreations's Weblog

A couple of months ago Michele Muska of Oliso Fame introduced me to the effervescent Brandy Maslowski the Quilter on Fire. This name is representative of her work as a quilter and as a firefighter. And her work, WOW. Our conversation was thoughtful and fun. I am looking forward to sharing the interview with you… Continue reading Did you know

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May 3, 2021
A Coffee Story from Terificreations's Weblog

Oh Good Morning Friends. I have a coffee story for you, but first it’s a Quilt & Tell Podcast kind of day. The other day Tracy posted this on her Instagram page, and includes an email address to let Golden Peak Media know in part what we love about Quilt & Tell but also that… Continue reading A Coffee Story

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March 10, 2021
Okay, so here’s what Happened and Then from Terificreations's Weblog

It’s been a week and it’s Wednesday, and had to check that by hovering the cursor over the time on the laptop. Last week I dropped something off with a friend here locally as I left her house on my next errand a small rock kicked up and hit the windshield causing a star right… Continue reading Okay, so here’s what Happened and Then

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February 9, 2021
Blog-versary from Terificreations's Weblog

A bit of a funny moment happened. I received a “Happy Anniversary” from WordPress the other day for registering my blog with them thirteen years ago. It took me a few minutes in this just waking up and sipping coffee moment to remember that I’d been blogging for five months when I switched over from… Continue reading Blog-versary

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January 25, 2021
Holding Space from Terificreations's Weblog

As a general rule I don’t cover hot topics in this part of my quilting world. Hot topics were reserved for the magazine blog & social media spaces. Then someone of note in the industry said/did something that not only did I disagree with it was in fact demeaning and demoralizing. I wrote this Op… Continue reading Holding Space

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May 26, 2020
Dreaming as Creativity from Terificreations's Weblog

My Sweetie asked me a question, “when are you going to open your own quilt shop?” I’m not. But this got me to dreaming. Dreaming is good, it leads us to innovation, solutions, realizations. Having worked in a couple of quilt shops, traveled to so many over the years, attending Quilt Market, and all I’ve… Continue reading Dreaming as Creativity

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May 17, 2020
Virtual Quilt Market from Terificreations's Weblog

Twenty-twenty certainly has a vision all its own. One that seems to show us alternative ways of approaching all the things we’re doing from moving and book reviews to major quilt events. As a quilter learning alternate ways of doing things has allowed me to figure out what works for me. Once I learned the… Continue reading Virtual Quilt Market

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