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I'm just joining this new guild, in addition to my other 3 guilds!  I'm leaning more toward contemporary quilting and look forward to connecting with others who feel the same way.

For anyone interested, in my next Embroidery Bee is December 9th, 7-9pm at The Neighborhood Cup. Here's the info: http://katydiddys.blogspot.com/p/embroidery-bee.html

Hope I get to meet some of you there. Otherwise, I'll see you at the Holiday sew!

Yolanda asked me about my Embroidery classes, so I thought I would let the group know about them. I take a modern approach to embroidery. I teach traditional stitches, but I encourage people to relax and enjoy the process rather than worry about the "rules". (Yes, I let them knot their thread if they want!)

I also do a little sketching and provide unique and modern patterns. No ladies with bonnets (unless you are going to embroider them in neon colors!). I love…

Hi everyone! Just want to share a link to "The Quilt Show" which featured a vblog by the awesome Pam Holland on her visit to Hoffman California Fabrics: http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/3092.

It is something that we all struggle with. How to photgraph a quilt without it looking like a exercise in perspective. You know what I mean, the taper toward the top, the fade to black.

Well here are a few tricks for getting a good (well decent) picture of a larger quilt. Now let me state up front, I am not any kind of an expert, but since I have started selling my quilts on Etsy, I have given myself a crash course on quilt photography, and I hope I…