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PHEW, WHAT A YEAR THAT ONE WAS....
2023 is done and gone and here we are solidly in 2024. It was a year of big accomplishments and awards and some just getting through. ...
leann hileman
Mar 7, 20242 min read
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MOVE
No, I'm not moving out of my house but "move" means to me getting in motion. As some of you may know, my dear husband Rick passed away...
leann hileman
Jan 25, 20231 min read
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Post-Paducah
Phew! What a whirlwind I have had in the last month! First, my quilt Main Street Tonopah won Best of Show (Solo) and First Place...
leann hileman
May 11, 20223 min read
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Mid-March, Growing in My Space
Bloom where you're planted... and along with that comes grow in the space you're in. Here in Arizona's Valley of the Sun, we have two...
leann hileman
Mar 15, 20221 min read
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Who Do You Work For?
I know, it's a weird question. Especially for people like me who are technically retired even while working pretty much full time on my...
leann hileman
Feb 23, 20221 min read
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Gratitude = Happy
Happy 4th of July, Independence Day! Today seems like a fitting day to share some thoughts I've been cogitating on since I returned from...
leann hileman
Jul 5, 20213 min read
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Stray Thoughts for a Monday
Good morning all! A couple of months ago I said I wanted COLOR in my back yard so in went some roses and a yellow bells in a pot. This...
leann hileman
May 24, 20211 min read
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Farm Ways
Yesterday I had the opportunity to re-connect with childhood friends. Our two families were farm neighbors and neighbors in a very...
leann hileman
Apr 30, 20212 min read
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FOCUS!
In a time when we are bombarded with visual information, the ability to focus sometimes seems impossible - phew, so much energy being...
leann hileman
Mar 3, 20212 min read
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What's the Process?
In response to this question, I'm going to simplify and oversimplify what I teach in a 3 day class. First of all, it's constantly...
leann hileman
Nov 15, 20203 min read
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SHADOWING... and no, not spying or following...
"Shadowing" in my context, at least, and that of quilt show judges, is the showing through of a darker fabric on a lighter fabric. You...
leann hileman
Nov 14, 20203 min read
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CHOICES!!!!!
Some days it seems there are just too many choices to make and not enough direction in how to make them. My little pup Joey was whisked...
leann hileman
Nov 3, 20202 min read
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Post-Road to California
I have a long history with Road, having rarely missed in the last many years. This year was the second year I had quilts showing at...
leann hileman
Feb 5, 20192 min read
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Making Clouds
There is a certain amount of alchemy in what we art quilters do. For example, how do I portray vapor in such a solid medium as fabric? ...
leann hileman
Jan 20, 20191 min read
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