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As I write this Creative Nudge newsletter, I have just finished my stay at the Color Marketing Group Fall conference in Portland, OR. People always ask me after this conference – What is the "hot color" right now? I always … Continue reading →

What a crazy week this has been! After a week in Houston at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival, I flew home for a day, and now I am in Portland OR for the Color Marketing Group conference. I should buy … Continue reading →

When I travel, I always make time to visit a museum or art gallery. I enjoy not only looking at the art, but also watching the people who come to look at the art. We can learn a lot by … Continue reading →

There is an old quilting urban legend told by sales reps – it is the tale of the golden thread. One day a sales rep for a thread company came into a quilt shop and told the owner that she … Continue reading →

I guess I am lucky that one of my 3 children has developed an avid interest in quilting and fabrics. They say that quilting and sewing tends to skip a generation in families. Although I learned about sewing from my … Continue reading →

Here in Boulder, we are having our first Frost of the season tonight. Over the weekend we had snow up in the mountains, and this morning when I dropped off the kids at school, there were parents pulling into the … Continue reading →

Beauty for the Sake of … Beauty One day last year, on one of my overseas trips, I came across this amazing ornamented building. I had just spent the day at a national art museum, and as I strolled down … Continue reading →

Do you censor your Internal Artist? Were you told as a child that you were not creative? Were you raised to accept that creative time was a waste of time…worthy of guilt? If so, you are not alone. I can't … Continue reading →

National Good Neighbor Day Do you remember when everyone left their doors unlocked, Brownies went door to door selling cookies without a chaperone, new neighbors were welcomed with a pie or cake, and there was no such thing as Road … Continue reading →

Deborah Lancaster is going to India and needs donations to help a group of untouchable women learn to quilt to help support their families. Please take a look at her blog page and donate even a few dollars via Paypal … Continue reading →