I am off and traveling today. My uncle passed away. He is the last of my mother’s siblings. I still have aunts by marriage left from my mom’s side of the family but there is something different when it’s the last sibling. It’s the big realization that me and my generation of the family are …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are about Linnea asked: “Speaking of Buck is he still seeing his girlfriend you introduced us all to a while back? You …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Kathleen wrote and asked:“You have been dating Jerry long enough that I have some Grandma questions for him. Who are his people? Where does …
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read moreToday I am tackling some of the questions and comments from the comment section… From Sue:“Question for Jo or anyone else out there. What type of batting do you use for the charity quilts? And where do you buy it? I am looking for a source for charity quilts that won’t break the bank for …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Vivian asked:“Hi Jo I’m watching your scrap video again (Piccadilly) and I was wondering what’s the smallest piece of scrap you save when …
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read moreI have always been a little intrigued by the royalty of the England and Queen Victoria. It’s so amazing how she came to be the mother or grandmother of so many leaders of countries in Europe. That often leads me to the Romanov family leaders of Russia and of course to Anastacia. So…when I saw …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Barb asked:“Jo, your pears are just beautiful. I am a cross stitcher- not a quilter but seeing both on your blog. I’ve mostly …
read moreI’ve had a lot of people asking how I’m doing…if I have any side effects left, and what’s the plan for the future. Rather than answer all those comments and emails individually, I thought I would answer them all here in one blog post. If you are new here, I have thyroid cancer. I was …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response too. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today I am only answering one question from Melonie about Crumb Quilts. Melonie asked:“I’ve been planning to make a wacky quilt like you …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response too. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. After my blog post about buying clearance plants from the garden center last fall (read the post HERE if you missed it) and …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are about cross stitch buys, the community quilt list and my checkerboard quilt. Debra asked:“Good morning Jo. loved your post this …
read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are about a variety of things. The first question comes from the comment section:“I don’t cross stitch, but was given a …
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read moreI have had a few questions from the comment section. I thought I might answer them here as I know some of you might be curious as well. The first one comes from Liz:“Your upbeat, positive attitude through all of this is just amazing. I honestly don’t know how you manage to stay so positive. …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are about quilts. Question #1 comes from Gloria. She found this vintage quilt and is wondering if someone knew the name of …
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read moreOn Sunday I answered questions about this quilt…Rustic Charm and today I’m doing a follow-up question. You can read all about Rustic Charm in THIS blog post. I have a new question from Rosie. She asked: “OK, Jo. Now where is All Are Welcome published? It’s not in the same issue by any chance, is …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are questions and comments that came from the comment section here on the blog. Wendy wrote:“I haven’t posted in awhile.I can’t get …
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read moreWhen I wrote my Thankful Thursday blog post, I added some random pictures of my daughter Kelli. She’s who the post was about. Anyway, I included this picture. The picture is of Kelli and me. She’s in the foreground…I’m in the background. She is helping me trim up a quilt top. I have had several …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions and comments are coming from the comment section. Pat said, “Jo, After reading the menu, I am concerned that spinach is …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are about dough bowls. Recently blog reader Bernie asked:“Where do you find all your neat dough bowls and wooden trays? Are …
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read moreEvery so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions touch on my UFOs. In the comment section, Hedy said:“I think a blog post about why you have 18 UFO would …
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