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A couple of months ago Shari Leid’s publisher, Capucia Publishing reached out for me to review Shari’s books: The 50/50 Friendship Flow, Make Your Mess Your Message, and Ask Yourself This. My book report is complete. One of the things I love about these books is the engaging, interactive style. Shari set’s about meeting with… Continue reading the Book Report

Good morning, my friends. We were without power for 21 hours yesterday. It's the longest power outage in my memory. What an exceedingly boring day! Fortunately, I had a fully-charged headlamp, and so I could spend most of my day on hand embroidery. But let me tell you...even for someone like me, obsessed with hand embroidery, it gets old after a while. Besides, previously broken thumbs begin to grumble after a couple of hours. Nevertheless, I was able to finish up the Winter Wonder piece.

It isn't really finished because it should still have a tiny quilt ...

Good morning, my friends. We were without power for 21 hours yesterday. It's the longest power outage in my memory. What an exceedingly boring day! Fortunately, I had a fully-charged headlamp, and so I could spend most of my day on hand embroidery. But let me tell you...even for someone like me, obsessed with hand embroidery, it gets old after a while. Besides, previously broken thumbs begin to grumble after a couple of hours. Nevertheless, I was able to finish up the Winter Wonder piece.

It isn't really finished because it should still have a tiny quilt ...

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Tuesday! Things are looking up here snow-wise. It's 35°F and raining! Yay! That snow can't linger much longer under those conditions. (As I'm proof-reading just prior to publishing this post, snow is falling again. Boo!)

It was an NBS day for me yesterday. After my slow stitching, I went straight to work quilting leaves. Today, I'll start the final round. Yesterday's progress might be described as the Day of Echoing Lines. I began with this spiralizer that started at the tip of the skinny leaf.

Good morning, my friends, and Happy Tuesday! Things are looking up here snow-wise. It's 35°F and raining! Yay! That snow can't linger much longer under those conditions. (As I'm proof-reading just prior to publishing this post, snow is falling again. Boo!)

It was an NBS day for me yesterday. After my slow stitching, I went straight to work quilting leaves. Today, I'll start the final round. Yesterday's progress might be described as the Day of Echoing Lines. I began with this spiralizer that started at the tip of the skinny leaf.

Good morning, my friends! Things are looking up weather wise. For the first time in about a week, I can say there was no new snow yesterday. And...bonus...the temperature was above freezing when we awakened this morning. I think we might escape snowpocalypse 2023 by the skin of our teeth. 

Good morning, my friends! Things are looking up weather wise. For the first time in about a week, I can say there was no new snow yesterday. And...bonus...the temperature was above freezing when we awakened this morning. I think we might escape snowpocalypse 2023 by the skin of our teeth. 

Happy Hump Day, my friends. It's a laundry day here. We'll save our favorite task...grocery shopping...until tomorrow. The good times just keep rolling here at the Three Cats Ranch. 

Yesterday, I met up with my friend Sue at the South Store Cafe. It was a pretty day. I was trying to remember the last time we'd been here, and I believe it was pre-pandemic. In the meantime, they made a few little changes by adding more tables and rearranging the counter where orders are taken. They make good oatmeal here, and let's face it ...

Happy Hump Day, my friends. It's a laundry day here. We'll save our favorite task...grocery shopping...until tomorrow. The good times just keep rolling here at the Three Cats Ranch. 

Yesterday, I met up with my friend Sue at the South Store Cafe. It was a pretty day. I was trying to remember the last time we'd been here, and I believe it was pre-pandemic. In the meantime, they made a few little changes by adding more tables and rearranging the counter where orders are taken. They make good oatmeal here, and let's face it ...

Good morning, my friends! It's a sunny day here at the Three Cats Ranch. We're expecting sunshine this whole week. It will be a welcome relief from the darkness that has enveloped us for the past several days. I expect I'll be able to get outside for a walk in the next day or two. After my slip and fall last week, however, I'll wait for the pavement to dry. It's sunny, but it's cold.

My biggest news from yesterday is that I declared victory over my current nemesis project, Calendula Patterdrip's Cottage ...

Good morning, my friends! It's a sunny day here at the Three Cats Ranch. We're expecting sunshine this whole week. It will be a welcome relief from the darkness that has enveloped us for the past several days. I expect I'll be able to get outside for a walk in the next day or two. After my slip and fall last week, however, I'll wait for the pavement to dry. It's sunny, but it's cold.

My biggest news from yesterday is that I declared victory over my current nemesis project, Calendula Patterdrip's Cottage ...

At least one of my blogging friends mentioned the de-energizing quality of winter weather. I am in complete agreement. It's a time of year when I want to get under the covers with my Warmie and drop off into a state of hybernation. Today will need to be a grocery shopping day, which always throws a monkey wrench into any plans I might have made otherwise.

Yesterday morning started as it often does...establishing the hierarchy of alpha males in the house.

At least one of my blogging friends mentioned the de-energizing quality of winter weather. I am in complete agreement. It's a time of year when I want to get under the covers with my Warmie and drop off into a state of hybernation. Today will need to be a grocery shopping day, which always throws a monkey wrench into any plans I might have made otherwise.

Yesterday morning started as it often does...establishing the hierarchy of alpha males in the house.

I’m excited to share with you a new feature on YouTube, a co-venture with Debby Brown, The Book Report. <—– click here to go watch the video. In this episode we talk about: Sew Cute Baby Animals, Mary HertelThe Big Book of Little Sparks, Carrie Bloomston Love Fat Quarter Quilts Quilters Color Wheel Carry-All Quilters… Continue reading The Book Report

Receiving a review copy this new book by C&T Publishing, My Sewing Workshop, by Annabel Wrigley, made me so excited to teach my grand daughters to sew. Wrigley wrote the book as a guid for young people to learn to sew on their own. If the girls were about 10 – 12 years old, the book would be perfect for that. Because they are much younger, I would utilize the book differently. For me, the book is the perfect outline of how to teach children to sew. It is like having a complete lesson plan with tons of projects all ...

When I left off yesterday, I was finishing the eighth of nine cats for the Ties & Tails quilt. There were still 84 red squares to be sewn together for the block border/sashing. It's all finished now.

Smitty was still a little worried about all these other cats in his sewing room. He thought ...

When I left off yesterday, I was finishing the eighth of nine cats for the Ties & Tails quilt. There were still 84 red squares to be sewn together for the block border/sashing. It's all finished now.

Smitty was still a little worried about all these other cats in his sewing room. He thought ...

Oh my gosh...I thought this day would never come. I've been dying to show you this quilt ever since I finished it, way back before Thanksgiving. So, finally, here we go.

The prompt for the latest Endeavourers art quilt group was "Feelings/emotions." My ideas took me in a number of different directions. I thought of songs about feelings and emotions: “Lights Will Guide You Home” was a contender. Also, books that made me cry: Steinbeck's, “The Pearl” was high on my list. I considered people I love and people I'd lost and people I'd ...

Oh my gosh...I thought this day would never come. I've been dying to show you this quilt ever since I finished it, way back before Thanksgiving. So, finally, here we go.

The prompt for the latest Endeavourers art quilt group was "Feelings/emotions." My ideas took me in a number of different directions. I thought of songs about feelings and emotions: “Lights Will Guide You Home” was a contender. Also, books that made me cry: Steinbeck's, “The Pearl” was high on my list. I considered people I love and people I'd lost and people I'd ...