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taos sunflower taos sunflower piecing a life saturday march 19 2016 anyone out there after almost a two and a half year silence here on this blog i woke up this morning to find a lovely comment from a quilter named karen on the posting about the passing of my dear little cat larry i will admit when i first opened the e mail it occurred to me it was spam but even the spammers have given up on posting comments here imagine my joy to find out it was genuine so much has happened in the last couple of years things i didn t feel were right for sharing and some things that were just too personal and special grand children things to share in a public way even my most die hard followers you know who you are gave up writing me privately to see why i wasn t posting if it makes you feel any better i have missed you and have felt guilty about just dropping off but it s what i had to do trust me as did many others i shifted my attention from blogging to instagram it s been great i have kept it almost exclusively for my interest in quilting and have found a community of like minded people who share their knowledge and skills and support however it looks like that party is changing because facebook has purchased instagram and is changing the flow of postings to being relevant instead of chronological i haven t noticed it but it s apparently a big enough issue i ve seen people circulating petitions to facebook and seen rumblings about the possibility of going back to blogging again how timely i m wondering this is anyone still checking on this blog and if you are would it interest you if i start posting again i m thinking about resurrecting it probably focusing on my quilting life and i d love to know if anyone cares if you do please leave me a comment and let me know what you think cheers martie posted by taos sunflower at 11 02 am 11 comments wednesday august 14 2013 bad blogger no donuts somehow it has been months since i posted here last i offer no stellar excuses i m just finding my life has gotten busier than it has been since the shop closed in 2008 it s mostly good things family travel sewing spinning and oh yes my latest big project losing the weight i ve gained since last fall it s an old story you re all sick of hearing about so i won t go there false start in june i decided to tackle the marcelle medallion quilt pattern that s been a big thing in the quilting world these last months it s featured in alexia marcelle abegg s great book liberty love an homage to the many fabulous tana lawn fabrics created by liberty of london over the years it s a pattern that i would never have dreamed of tackling three years ago when i started quilting but felt ready to try this summer my quilting buddy terri was here and together we launched off into the unknown better idea first step find all possible candidate fabrics and stack them nicely on my desk this looked this good for only about an hour second step cut pattern shapes out of template plastic note make sure they re copied to correct size so you don t screw up like i did the first time third just start cutting and sewing first attempt looked ok but was the wrong gauge so i bagged it and started over finished top one month later i finally finished it i am tickled with how it came out i learned a lot and am looking forward to time to tackle another oh and the false start ended up being well on its way to becoming a pillow cover yay posted by taos sunflower at 9 20 am 8 comments labels marcelle medallion quilt quilting scrap quilts friday march 22 2013 gypsy kisses kisses in progress a while back i fell in love with another blogger s version of the maple leaf rag quilt from the book material obsession 2 i got the book checked it out and decided it was going to require too much design wall room and attention when what i was really looking for was something easy to sew on in the evenings first kiss then i flipped pages and found the gypsy kisses quilt known by other names by other designers i think kaffe fassett calls it olive dish in one of his books i fell in love on the spot and began printing out the 96 paper templates on which to do my piecing then i raided my stash and cut a bazillion strips of fabrics and tossed them into a box and started sewing there s no love like new love the only problem was that i was neck deep in the middle of the string quilt from my last posting and i swore when i started quilting three years ago i wouldn t be the crazy lady with lots of quilts in progress and loads of tops waiting to be quilted silly me i should have known myself better than that posted by taos sunflower at 10 20 am 5 comments labels gypsy kisses qulting sunday march 17 2013 one strip at a time a couple of months ago i decided to start a strip quilt i thought it would be a fun project to work on in between other projects my plan was to make a block here and there until i had enough for the quilt i should have known better my compulsive personality had me sewing like a maniac on these for what seemed like weeks i really don t recall now how long the total project took but it was a blast i have known since the beginning of my fledgling quilting hobby that i am a scrap quilter at heart this one seals the deal posted by taos sunflower at 3 17 pm 8 comments labels quilting string quilt saturday march 2 2013 i m still here it has been a long time since i ve posted i can blame it on my busy life but all bloggers are busy people or they wouldn t have anything to blog about i can blame it on laziness hibernation and lack of interest and these would all be a bit true most of all i think i feel like it s time to take this blog in another direction i m just not sure what it is right now since fall i have knitted a lot of donation hats read a few books done lots of quilting started a new crocheted rug and worked on an embroidery project back in october i was fortunate enough to take a quilt class with kaffe fassett and brandon mably and it was just an amazing experience two very different incredibly talented men who share and inspire and teach in the most positive of ways everyone came away a winner that day no criticisms in that class life has been quiet here in the mountains of northern nm this past week a small amount of snow sunny days and alas what appears to be the winds of spring starting their nastiness a few days ago ani harvested these tomatoes from the indoor garden and i cooked them into sauce our friend buddha is waiting patiently for the flowers in his garden to return actually i think we all are so i ll be back soon thanks for hanging in there with me posted by taos sunflower at 7 36 am 8 comments friday september 28 2012 tranquility one of two gazebos down the road my time here in onsala has been very very restful i am not the person who measures a trip by sights seen preferring instead to just observe how people live their day to day lives as best as i can there s also a little thing called jet lag i don t seem to be adjusting from not so easy as when i was a lot younger that s for sure my visits with my friend have included running errands and a visit to the local mall yes they re here too i found that day particularly interesting as i was able to see a nice variety of people mostly women out shopping one observation i made is that the primary color palette in the women s clothing stores appears to be neutrals lots of grey and black with colors being the accents and not the main feature it is a look that i see on the women and it is to my mind quietly elegant accent scarves attention to hair and makeup and an amazing assortment of boots topping it all off i must admit to feeling the slob wearing my mommy jeans and no make up something to think about for when i go home another treat has been grocery shopping the store is very small compared to our enormous grocery stores but well stocked many items are packaged in much smaller quantities than i see at home this could be one of the reasons why i have seen only a handful of people i would even consider calling overweight that and the local passion for walking i see my neighbors burning up the lane walking each day sometimes twice a day note to file i leave you with this picture of my new favorite yogurt it is a whopping 10g of fat per 4 oz serving but i m pretending i can t read that and am happily slathering it all over wasa crackers one of few concessions to weight watchers i love this little lady on the carton she just cracks me up everything i open the refrigerator posted by taos sunflower at 2 28 am 7 comments labels sweden travel wednesday september 26 2012 far far away i am in sweden it seems so strange to say that for some reason maybe because i don t recall ever blogging from out of country or because i haven t been here before or maybe just maybe it s because i ve been pretty firmly planted in the southwest the last good number of years at last the spell has been broken and i am truly here after years of plans made and cancelled fall is here it was hot and sticky when i left san diego last friday rain and autumn leaves are a nice change i am staying near the sea which has that pungent odor i recall from my years as a child visiting the beach at santa barbara maybe it s the sea weed on the shore or maybe it s that the air here is so fresh and brisk things are more magnified it s lovely i wish i could share it with you posted by taos sunflower at 6 49 am 4 comments labels sweden travel older posts home subscribe to comments atom about me taos sunflower i ve lived off the grid in the mountains of northern new mexico since 1993 and in the straw bale home we built since 1998 i used to own a yarn store called taos sunflower hence my blog name nowadays i quilt spin knit hook rugs and read as much as i can before falling asleep at night life is good view my complete profile labels bear 1 california 4 celebration 1 family 5 garden 1 grandchildren 2 gypsy kisses 1 hand spun yarn 2 knitting 1 marcelle 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