Nancy Brenan Daniel
Creating more ZING-for-the-SEAM
Valley Quiltmaker’s Guild: Slice ‘em and Dice ‘em Workshop
Monday, April 28, 2008
The Valley Quiltmaker’s Guild is scheduled for two full days of scrap quilting fun starting with the lecture “Successful Scrap Quilts... Everytime” and ending with the so-o-o- popular Slice ‘em and Dice ‘em Disappearing Nine Patch workshop. I’ll be seeing this guild the second week of June,
CHICAGO Festival, 2008!
Friday, April 18, 2008
I arrived in Chicago on Wednesday... the sun was shining and I was wearing a medium-weight sleeveless fleece vest over a heavy cotton sweater. The weather went downhill from Wednesday to the closing of the show... but, we didn’t care! All the fun was inside at class or on the sales floor.
Artisan Breads for the Eating!
Monday, April 7, 2008
My daughter, Karen, and I have fallen in love (again) -- with a new book about BREADS. We share a great love for cooking, baking, canning, and buying cook books. She is better at everything except buying the books.
Our latest find was reviewed in the Arizona Republic Newspaper a few days before
“The Art of the Handmade Quilt”... coming soon!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Sewing machines are speeder -- but quilters are discovering that working by hand provides even more pleasure and sometimes... superior results.
Although there are many original quilt designs in this new book -- some of the designs come straight from my collection of antique quilts. I’ve
Santa Rosa, CA, Guild
Monday, March 17, 2008
This group of quilters was so motivated -- high energy all day! Phyllis organized several impromptu ‘bonus’ techniques from the Slice ‘em and Dice ‘em Quilts book that kept us super-charged all the time. That woman would give the Energizer Bunny a run for her money.
Another member of the class
Welcome to my blog: The thought is that I’ll add to it as something interesting hits me...
My Blog
Name: Nancy Brenan Daniel
Gender: Female
Birthday: March 8
Born: Indiana
Hometowns:Tempe &
Prescott Arizona
Current Favorite Quote:
“The Trick about Life... is to Make it Look Easy”
New Reading: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini; The Collectors by David Baldacci, Leeway Cottage by Beth Gutcheon
Current Favorite Movies:
The Guru; The Counterfeiter;
La Vie en Rose;
Recent Workshops...
Santa Rosa, CA, SLICE ‘EM & DICE ‘EM:
Star Workshop. This guild had a beautiful space for a workshop -- a kitchen, plenty of tables and outlets for the machines!
This snapshot was taken just before lunch. Look at the variations in the stars! Some over-achievers took home completed medallion quilts... at the end of the day... others played with all the bonus designs and got a good start on several quilts.
