Rick and I were talking, and somehow it came up that Snickerdoodle Cookies are his favorite. That got me thinking…I don’t think I found my forever Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe. Hmm. I might have to work on that. Then, a few days later, I was talking to my friend Pam, and she said she was making …
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read moreRick was at my house on Saturday too. He determined it was going to be garden day. After working on getting the tiller going the day before, he tried it the next morning, and on his first pull, it started. Karl offered to till the garden on Monday so we put the tiller aside and …
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read moreMy local quilt group is working on a BOM again this year, this one designed by our “fearless leader”. She’s a talented quilter/designer who has had some quilts published in a magazine, and she volunteered to do this one for us this year. She made the blocks 8″ square, with a separate tree block to […]
read moreA guest post from Kayla I’m back with another Book Buddies post. Last time I recommended The Glass Castle and Wavewalker which I described as “The Glass Castle on a boat.” When I asked for other suggestions for books about Strong Willed Girls with Parents Who Make Poor Choices, Educated by Tara Westover was popular. …
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read moreWhat do you get when you combine four days, seventeen students and boxes of fabric?
A lot of work! A lot of fun! A lot of projects!
It is remarkable to see how they gain confidence and skill in so few days. Several plan to ask for sewing machines for Christmas.
And all send their thanks to my great friends who share the fabric that makes it possible. You are helping support the crafting creative arts in the next generation.
read moreI am stitching less nowadays, and I’m totally okay with that. I’ve been filling my life with people and not as many hobbies. It’s all good… Last week I was working on this… I worked on my Americana Trio. I am stitching this on the called for colors on a piece of orphan linen from …
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read moreHow about a set of potholders? Yes, I seem to be stuck on potholders right now, but they really are fun.
This hockey fabric must have been very popular, because there were pieces in multiple scrap bags. Match on!
read moreTerri Butler and I have created a new video to help you to align and cut your strips to prepare you for making a OBW quilt or jacket.
I’m doing a little series of posts that feature old blog posts. I have been going back and looking at them. It’s been fun. I started blogging in June 2009…WOW—over fifteen years. Today, I’m still playing catch-up, so today I’m telling you about May of 2015. I made a quilt for a wedding. This is …
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read moreFriday afternoon I spent some time in the kitchen. I made some of the kids’ favorites, Ritz cracker cookies, and S’mores bars. Rick came over and prepped a big brisket for the smoker. The smoker ran overnight, and we could all smell the brisket as the kids started trickling in for our day together. Of …
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read moreI had some unexpected time off from watching Anders, and I made the best of it. I debated for a bit on what project I could finish up quickly. I had shown you several options that I was thinking of finishing in a blog post last week. You can find it HERE. The funny thing …
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read moreYou know how life goes…you become single, and you eat better. HA!! It’s been that way in my life, anyway. I’m not trying to lose weight, but I am trying to add more veggies and fruit to my diet. I’m staying a little further away from sugar, too. That’s smart with my diabetes and cancer …
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read moreOver the last few months, I let my email get a bit away from me. It’s not terrible like it once was…but it is above the amount of emails I want in my inbox. I’m sharing a few of them with you… Holly sent me a picture of her version of the Pfeffernüsse quilt. It …
read moreYou might remember how happy I was during my week of radiation to have grabbed my stitching bag and for me to have things to stitch in it. I decided to restock the bag. Who knows when I’ll need to grab that bag as I head out the door again. I had fun going through …
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read moreWhen I was growing up, I loved breaking into a fresh package of colored pencils. There is just something perfect about all
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read moreare somewhat estranged at the moment. Studio is a bit messy, showing signs of work and a lack of orderliness on my part and a great desire to start quilting Split Complementerity Redo. The delay in starting the free-motion quilting has to do with my schedule including some “need to be attentive to” things. One… Continue reading The Quilt Studio and I
read more…and just like that, the calendar flipped into May. This year is speeding along. I’m so happy I was able to move several projects in my sewing room along. I got my John Deere 4 patch quilt blocks ironed. I need about 100 more. I got more strip sets cut…and put together 120 more 4 …
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