When you are in your creative mood, do you listen to music, watch tv or do you prefer a quiet spot? If it is music, what types do you listen to? If watching tv, what kinds of shows?

I always have TV on in the background..the usuals are HGTV and the cooking channel. I judge the people remodeling and wonder what I would do in their shoes and when listening to the cooking shows I wonder what it would be like to actually cook!!

Sarah & Julie with their wardrobes

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Saint Corona

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Flow by Geraldine Warner

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Hospital Sketches

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Brithers Be . . .

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A Night to Remember by Bobbie Gideon

Letters Home: A Night To Remember

This quilt draws from our Mother’s letter to the grandparents about an evening of dining, live performances, and dancing ending in a boat ride that was not quite as planned!
Fabric swatch with embroidery

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Moon Mountain Stamp Art

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