Author Archives: Andrea

Patchwork & Quilt Inspiration

I follow a lot of quilting and patchwork blogs via RSS. Moda Bake Shop has a lot of free tutorials, working mostly with pre-cuts. Today they posted a list of the 15 most popular posts in 2015. My farourites from the list are the Gooseberry Star Patch Quilt (rated easy) by Peta Peace and the Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt (medium) by Karin Vail. The instructions call for the use of layer cakes or jelly rolls (which you can look up at weights and measures), but you can use yardage as well and do the cutting yourself.

Gooseberry Star Patch Quilt on Moda Bakeshop

Richard shared a photon with you!

MetaFilter: Let’s draw Feynman diagrams! (Part 1 of 20) You do not need to know any fancy-schmancy math or physics to do this! That’s right. I know a lot of people are intimidated by physics: don’t be! Today there will be no equations, just non-threatening squiggly lines. Even school children can learn how to draw Feynman diagrams (and, I hope, some cool science). Particle physics: fun for the whole family.
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Christmas Eve Eve

Tradition for 21 years: meeting my friends from school on December 23rd. It takes a whole night to catch up for the whole year. Always great to see everyone at least once a year!