tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27230291005458995952024-03-12T20:37:44.137-07:00allsuziQadventures in modern quilting Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-44693311943466478552015-03-23T22:44:00.000-07:002015-03-23T22:54:03.544-07:00Round, round, get aroundIn my new wheels, in my new city, I was able to find two great fabric stores in Kingston ( 2 so far...)<br />
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The first was Stitch By Stitch - a huge quilter's/sewing paradise recently moved to new quarters on Days Road at Bath Road. Lots of friendly quilty feeling there. Chatting with other customers, checking out the classes offered. I shall return.<br />
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The second - and don't laugh, Ottawa folks - was Fabricland in the same neck of the woods, in Gardiner's Town Centre, corner of Bath Road. This Fabricland in Kingston is the cleanest, brightest, best organized Fabricland I have ever seen.This one's a delight. Large quilting cotton section though I always get distracted by the huge array of other material there...<br />
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Oh and here's my new car that's taking me places I really like going.<br />
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I got the hatchback.<br />
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I am in love with it, for real. In love. With a car.<br />
Just like a boy!<br />
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<br />Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-16178557065524638062015-03-09T21:59:00.001-07:002015-03-09T21:59:44.885-07:00Save the Canadians: Costa Rican Animals for the Overworked<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-XPOSldsLFw" width="480"></iframe>Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-91554639228093444542014-10-04T19:49:00.000-07:002014-10-04T19:55:20.240-07:00Writing and PackingWell it's been awhile.<br />
A year of big changes, still underway.<br />
I'm in the process of selling house and moving forward.<br />
I stopped quilting/sewing last March as I began writing again with a lot of new found energy. It's been great.<br />
Also secured the services of a super declutter maven who helped me clear the chi and get the house ready for sale. We ended up making a dedicated sewing room, where I cannot sew lest I mess it up! Have to stay neat for the Showings.<br />
I guess I hoped the house would be "sold in 4 days, above asking!", as some of the real estate flyers I get boast. Two weeks isn't long but it feels like so much longer when you are ready to leave and don't know yet where you'll be when the - ack! - snow flies.<br />
So that's what's been happening here.<br />
I still browse quilts and quilt blogs and wave to those who pop in here from time to time.<br />
I've put my studiozuzu etsy store on hold for the time being but the digital store, <a href="http://pixelzuzu%2Cetsy.com/" target="_blank">pixelzuzu.etsy.com</a> is still open, with instant printable downloads, including a Hallowe'en sheet and some Sherlock bookmarks.<br />
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...a quartet of my mugs in real life, with one of my mug rugs underneath them!<br />
Happy with the promise of Free Shipping, I ordered 4 of my own mugs from [ <a href="http://www.society6.com/studiozuzu/prints" target="_blank">my society6 store</a> ] to see how they'd turn out.<br />
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And the finished product makes me very happy!<br />
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Like this little applique pattern from a magazine a few seasons ago.</div>
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I cut the paper pattern from the magazine then traced it onto plastic sheet bought at a dollar store to make a sturdy reusable template. Careful scissorhands are needed to cut a smooth outline.</div>
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I'm spending much of my time doing digital graphic design for <a href="http://www.society6.com/studiozuzu/mugs" target="_blank">my society6 storefront</a> but haven't forgot about needles and threads and fabric. Will need to get "tangible" again soon.</div>
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Downton Returns to North America Day. Excuse me while I wash my hair and brew the tea.</div>
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I can't even tell you how much I love French General fabric. Almost all of it. Kaari Meng is the designer, based in Los Angeles. The pallette, the designs, even the names of the fabric lines are so special to me.</div>
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Every time I arrange my prints - and I do that a lot, laying them out side by side, I change my mind and get them all mixed up again. One day they will speak to me in a collective voice and I will know exactly what to do with them on a larger scale but for now, I just cherish them.</div>
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Yes, it's a bad case but it makes me so happy!! Spoken like a true addict, eh?</div>
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Do you have a fabric line or manufacturer that you just love like this? </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">This is my entry for the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild's collective artist show at the Brushstrokes Gallery in Carleton Place, Ontario in January.</span></div>
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This is a small table runner or wall hanging - approx. 10" x 23". Still have to get the dowel and hooks for hanging and have it ready for the Monday guild meeting.</div>
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The fabric squares are designed by Lotta Jansdotter - let me check the spelling - hence the name of the piece LottaLove.</div>
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Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-12251240748666147012013-12-24T11:53:00.000-08:002013-12-24T11:53:18.538-08:00Attempting to claim my blog now...<br />
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you. </div>
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Thanks for looking at my blog here and I look forward to more interaction in the New Year.</div>
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I'm still getting used to the controls on this blogship.</div>
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But I promise to not accidentally erase any comments, as I did once this year.....(M-R left a lovely one when my grandson was born and I somehow accidentally hit the wrong key and deleted it. Though it now looks like she said something I didn't want you to see, what she actually wrote was approximately: 'Yay! Congratulations!')</div>
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I'll also finally get the right size header at the top of the blog in the new year. </div>
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It's the finished product of the Fast and Easy HST tutorial - a jolly bright table runner. I admit the colours are not Christmas traditional but more mid-century. More...modern, eh? :)</div>
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For the quilting I did wavy lines on the ends, echo quilting of the triangles and a centre radiating circle. The small size of this project made it fun to do, not a monumental chore. </div>
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It's backed with a multi-toned heart and spiral print. I thought the top was a Sherri Berri print but now I think it's another designer who used the same pallette as some Sherri Berri prints I bought a few years back - which I love almost too much!</div>
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Mrs. Patmore the Persian Cat.<br />
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Especially ole blue eyes Matthew Crawley. And Anna and Bates. Carson, Lady Mary...and of course the Dowager Lady Violet.<br />
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Saturday November 30th is a great day to be in the Glebe. There's lots going on.</div>
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I will be participating in one craft sale this year - the Mutchmor Holiday Craft Fair at Mutchmor public school in the Glebe on November 30th.</div>
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The fair runs from 10 a.m. til 3. I think it's the third or 4th year for this new show.<br />
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The more-than-a-century-old school is currently undergoing a major reno in the west school yard so the 185 Fifth Avenue side, with it's impressive arched doorway, is closed.<br />
<b>Entry</b> is around the building through the <b>Fourth Avenue </b>door, which is nonetheless grand.</div>
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There are a few other events in the neighbourhood that day , including the wildly packed Abbotsford Bazaar, so come on out and have a shopping day in the Glebe.</div>
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If you can't find parking, come over to Ella Street - there are usually spots there and it's just a short walk to Mutchmor, one of my daughter's old schools. There are also lots of side streets on the south side of Fifth Avenue.<br />
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Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-16994532108114874502013-11-09T13:44:00.001-08:002013-11-09T13:47:18.863-08:00Happy happy joy joyWell, sooner than we thought...baby grandson arrived safely this morning at 6 a.m.<br />
Everything is A-ok. :)<br />
My daughter again delivered with no interventions. Awe-inspiring, that woman.<br />
All of them - Mother, Father, first daughter and new son are doing well and all catching some shut-eye.<br />
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Whew.<br />
We came down yesterday to help out and bring things for my extended stay. Little did we realize that the stay would start now. He was due Nov. 17.<br />
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Very relieved, very happy, very thankful that all went well.<br />
New big sister was puzzled that her parents weren't home this morning but not worried. She was so sweet at the hospital too though she got a bit over-tired.<br />
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I will sleep well tonight, recalling the beautiful sight of my radiant daughter cuddling with her 2 children in the hospital bed.<br />
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It's a <i>wonderful</i> life.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Lovely little cherubs. Re-appearing after Dec. 28th.</span><br />
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I've put my 2 etsy stores "On Vacation".<br />
It seems so counter-productive to stop "retailing" at this time of year but c'est la vie - family matters matter more right now as we wait for the new baby and both his parents are under the weather.<br />
The stores will be back in action after Christmas, around the 28th.<br />
I likely won't make the November nor the December OMQG meetings, which is why I haven't signed up for the three fun things they are doing now...oh well, there's next year!<br />
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Oh, but then I will be putting my house up for sale, so....who knows?<br />
All is in flux atm, so I'm going "On Vacation".<br />
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<br />Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-14471593193476087122013-10-17T16:14:00.000-07:002013-10-17T16:22:43.456-07:00Always get 3 Estimates, darlingBut first....coming soon to <a href="http://studiozuzu.etsy.com.../">studiozuzu.etsy.com...</a><br />
quilter's mug rugs made from selvedge edges.<br />
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Your Public Service Announcement for today....<br />
Bit the bullet and shelled out for a new exhaust system. (See preceding post about muffler troubles)<br />
My (very old but otherwise fit) car once again runs smoothly and quietly.<br />
I only mention this to urge you to <u>always</u> get at least 3 estimates for expensive car repairs. There was a two thousand dollar difference, folks. Not $200 but <b>$<i>2000. </i>Outrageous.</b><br />
The best value was also the most convenient.<br />
Same thing happened with a house repair I needed done. 3 Estimates. A 100% difference in the quotes. Again the best value was the most local.<br />
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Now. If only I still had a beautiful local quilt shop!! This is why I need my car most of all - to run hither and yon, coveting fabric, rulers, thread and sewing machines....And to visit my beautiful family of course.<br />
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Maybe this is called 9 squares, or divided 9 patch. Just squares separated by sashing. I got this fabric a few moons ago at the late and great Dragonfly Fabrics. I still really miss that lovely shop, the beautiful stock, the store lay-out, the classes and always seeing Linda Doyle and Sherry there.</div>
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It was beautiful weather for a long distance drive but the muffler needed a temporary repair along the way...yeah, you probably heard us driving by!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Laura Piggott, president, presents her work - the first quilt shown at the first meeting of the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild, Sept. 23, 2013</span></div>
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The Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild became a reality at a fine first gathering last Monday, with about 35 quilters on hand. We all had to tell 2 Truths and 1 Lie about ourselves, and show an item if we brought one. This took up most of the 2-hour meeting and was well worth it, for the laughs and some eye-opening info. </div>
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There was some small discussion about trying to define what "modern quilting" is, or can be within this Guild. Generalities were cited - negative space, geometric shapes, bold colours, etc . but nothing is etched in stone.</div>
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One thing already in the works is a Guild Show in January at a small art gallery in Carleton Place.</div>
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Most of the Guild contact will be online through <a href="http://ottawamodernquiltguild.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">[ the blog ]</a> and [ <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/2163683@N23/" target="_blank">flickr group</a> ]</div>
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The members are a mix of ages and stages of quilting experience. </div>
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After several quilts were shown, it felt a little funny to show my modest little Glimma table runner but it is probably the most "modern" thing in my recent finishes. I have found the only way I will complete things is if I stay small. </div>
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One perk we got was a limited-time 2 for 1 coupon from the Running Stitch quilt shop in Kanata. Nice! Since the demise of Dragonfly in Ottawa, I go there more often.</div>
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Kaffe Fassett is in Ottawa this weekend, brought in by the shop for a workshop and a lecture. I found out about this too late, alas...</div>
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Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-38638704918669061642013-09-22T10:28:00.002-07:002013-09-22T10:30:07.737-07:00<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Start of something new!</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">MONDAY September 23rd is the first open meeting of the <a href="http://www.ottawamodernquiltguild.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild</a>.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">An executive committee is already in place and this will be the first chance for quilters to meet and join the guild. The meeting will be at the Ottawa Citizen building on Baxter Road, with entry at 7:20 pm for a meeting start time of 7:30. It will run 'til 9:30.</span><br />
I'm going to check it out .<br />
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It will be weird for me to be back at Baxter Road. I was a freelance writer with the Citizen for 13 years, with a weekly column covering music as well as doing feature stories and interviews, etc, and would often be rushing in late at night to file concert reviews in those pre Wi-Fi days.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-43040882657933769072013-09-12T19:07:00.001-07:002013-09-13T09:55:35.329-07:00Over-Quilting?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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No, we're not "over" quilting, as in finished.<br />
Especially now that researchers in Scotland have found that quilting has health benefits that exercise can't give you - : D.<br />
I mean "over-quilting", as in - to my own taste - over-doing it on one piece.<br />
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I see some amazing things, many truly accomplished and spectacular but I am also baffled by super heavily quilted pieces.<br />
I always wonder - why?<br />
I guess that's a silly question - one could ask Why? about all kinds of art. Maybe being Amazing is the sum total answer to Why.<br />
Someone else might rightfully ask- Why Not?<br />
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But as for me, minimalism is cool.<br />
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This is a finished snack mat/mug rug.</div>
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It is not "waiting to be quilted"; it is quilted, with an outline and 2 straight lines.I consider it Done.</div>
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<br />Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-70685727144179923332013-09-09T07:04:00.000-07:002013-09-09T07:10:30.771-07:00Joyful words from an almost 2-year oldWith apologies to the non-grandmothers ( non-Mimi's) out there who couldn't care less about this topic - heh.<br />
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This past weekend at my daughter and son-in-law's house we heard my little granddaughter call this joyful message down from upstairs:<br />
"I did it!!! I did it!!"<br />
Yay! Good job!<br />
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In the meantime, here are some new items going into my studiozuzu etsy shop this week.<br />
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<br />Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-35969542227326483552013-08-15T21:05:00.001-07:002013-08-27T17:41:15.945-07:00Flag Finishes for Lac-Megantic<b>Edited Aug 17</b>:<br />
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I mailed these today.<br />
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First, I made the one that is second from the right - *then* read the directions more closely. I accidentally put batting into it where none is the requirement. Heh.<br />
I was very happy to find a good way to use some of the quilt top I made with Aviary fabric awhile ago for the 3 other flags. Machined appliqued a batik heart on each one.<br />
The backs of the flags are the same colour as the acidy-green ties. The outline of the hearts shows up nicely on the back too. Forgot to take a picture of them...<br />
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Similar to the To Boston With Love project, banner flags are being made to send to the Quebec town that was so horribly devastated by the railway accident a month ago.<br />
Flags are being collected by [ <a href="http://courtepointeclaire.ca/">courtepointeclaire.ca</a> ], a sewing store in Laval.<br />
Note: The deadline is <b>Saturday August 24th. </b>(I erred in a previous mention.)<br />
They hope to have a display hung sometime in September.<br />
I'll upload the pictures of my flags later; just wanted to add this link now, since I am a little late to the sew-in.<br />
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Place 2 squared fabric pieces right sides together and sew all around the square. My squares here are 9 X 9 inches.<br />
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Cut one of the triangles along the Red Line I photoshopped onto the picture. In real life, just use your ruler and cutting mat lines.<br />
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Repeat with the other triangle.<br />
Open them all, finger-press or iron and arrange as desired , here as a pinwheel.<br />
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There - 4 fast and easy easy easy HST's with no fuss - no chain piecing, no drawing, no double line sewing.<br />
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<br />Susan aka Zuzuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407941878676452541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2723029100545899595.post-42820693018294241452013-06-14T20:17:00.002-07:002013-06-14T20:36:13.190-07:00Translate the Translations and a Promise<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I put the Translate box on this blog because I appreciated it in the past on other blogs I've visited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But, having read some "translations" of other blogs yesterday and today, let me just say "Sorry" in advance for anything you may read here in translation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some translations were funny - such as "pave the straight seam"; others were totally messed up and made no sense at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Why can't Google do a better job with translations? I do not know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I Promise - for any projects I show in the future, I will use more photos and fewer words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A bientot. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ciao. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bye for now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">P.s. - To be fair - I just translated this post into French, which I can read especially if I know what it's supposed to say :) - it wasn't perfect but I could certainly understand all of it; and into Italian - which I can only barely read - but it looked OK. </span><br />
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