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Introducing “Bring Us Home” — My Original Biblical Musical About the Babylonian Exile
Posting Date: July 8 In 587 BCE, Solomon’s Temple was burned to the ground. The walls of Jerusalem were torn down. The king was captured, and thousands of people — priests, musicians, families — were marched hundreds of miles east into exile in Babylon. They wouldn’t see home again for seventy years. That’s not the…
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The Notebooks in the Closet:
How a $0.25 Target Find Cracked My Heart Wide Open I was digging through the closet in my office — past the safe, past a box of DVDs I still refuse to let go of (don’t judge me, we all have one) — and my hand landed on something spiral-bound. Then another. Then another. All…
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A Song for Every Quilting Circle
What Happens When Different People Sit Down Together If you’ve ever been part of a quilting guild, a sewing circle, or even just a small group of friends who gather to create together, you know there’s something special that happens. Different ages, different backgrounds, different life stories, all sitting around the same table, somehow becoming…
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Why Handmade Quilts Mean More
What I’m Really Giving When I Give a Quilt People give cards. People give candles. People give gift cards. I give hours. When I make someone a quilt, whether it’s for a new baby, a wedding, or a friend going through a hard season, I’m not just giving them fabric stitched together. I’m giving them…
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A Love Story (With a Quilting Ruler)
Every Quilter Remembers Their First Ruler Mine was a simple 6×24. Standing in that quilt shop, I had no idea what I was getting into. I thought I was buying a tool. What I was actually doing was starting a relationship that would, over time, take over an entire drawer. Then a second drawer. Then…
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Two Plus Two Equals Buy More Fabric
The Math That Only Makes Sense to Quilters Here’s a riddle for you: if a quilt pattern calls for two and a half yards of fabric, how much fabric should you buy? If you answered “two and a half yards,” I’m sorry to inform you that you are not yet a real quilter. The correct…
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The Quilting Anthem About Bobbins (Yes, Really)
Why I Wrote a Song About Bobbins If you’ve been quilting for more than a week, you already know the moment I’m talking about. You’ve got your fabric pressed, your pattern laid out, your coffee fresh and hot. You sit down at your machine, full of confidence, ready to power through an afternoon of sewing.…
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Quilt Anthems Is HERE — And Here’s Why I Made It
Okay. It is happening. Quilt Anthems is available NOW on all streaming platforms! Go listen. I’ll wait here and vibrate with anticipation. … Okay. Are you back? Good. Let me tell you the REAL story behind this album. I’ve been quilting for years. It’s one of those hobbies that I honestly didn’t expect to take…
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It’s JULY. Do You Know What That Means?
JULY. It is JULY. You know what comes with July? Quilt Anthems. The album is coming THIS MONTH and I am barely containing my excitement about it. But also? July 4th is around the corner and that means one of my very favorite annual traditions: ordering a ridiculous amount of new pool floaties on Amazon,…
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Six Months In: The 2026 Report Card
Can you believe we are at the end of June? I absolutely cannot. Let me do a quick 2026 check-in because I set some big goals in January and I want to be accountable to them publicly. That’s what we do here — we’re honest. Goal: Release an album every month. Status: ON TRACK ✅…
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Singer-songwriter turning 10+ journals of songs into reality ✨ Classical soprano gone indie | Transparent about AI collaboration | “Through It All” album Feb 2026 | Mom of 2 | 5:30am fitness | Also quilts sewmelanie.com
