Category Archives: Create

I’m on Substack now

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Fran Gardner

If you have not had a chance yet, please check out my writing at frangardner.substack.com. I’ve been writing there since Septembe 2022, and I’m getting great response. I hope you will choose to subscribe; it costs nothing To start you … Continue reading →

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And this was then

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Fran Gardner

I found this item while rooting around in my old daily exercises. It’s like a fever dream. Every thought engenders another. My life was full then, and it is now. January 9, 2014 11:14 AM As I work in the … Continue reading →

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Pressman’s hats

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Fran Gardner

September 17, 2019 It was Crazy Hat day a few days ago here at Hawthorne Gardens, my new home in assisted-living land. Robert and I are wearing historic hats—the kind worn by generations of newspaper press workers dating back to … Continue reading →

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Memories and fabric

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Fran Gardner

On her While She Naps blog, quilter and designer Abby Glassenberg describes a new project, a quilt with 99 hexagons, each one representing a fabric in her stash. “I’ve had some of these fabrics for more than 10 years,” she … Continue reading →

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A little notice

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Fran Gardner

Jessica Skultity at The Wonky Press (issue #39: Why I’m Writing a Book, Bright Yellow Quilts, and Some Great Links) has said some kind things about a little quilt I made earlier this year. Since it was for a baby, I used … Continue reading →

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