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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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Friday 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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I 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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You 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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Over 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 …

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You 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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When 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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are 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

…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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A guest post from Kayla In a guest post about how I do my reading, I shared that Mom and I recommend books back and forth to each other. I usually share historical romance (but not too spicy) and mysteries (but not too cheesy and not too gory) but I read a lot outside of …

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I’m not entirely certain at this moment. In preparation for Easter I started sourdough sweet dough for cinnamon/cardamom rolls and honey nut rolls. In my food pantry I had these jars of hazelnut, pistachio and some other kind of nut in honey that looked so tasty it was imperative that they join the sweet dough… Continue reading What day is it?

I’ve gotten more information about a few of my blog posts. First up…remember I met Patty? She was wearing that amazing sweatshirt?? Many of you were curious whether she made it. She didn’t. Patty let me know where she got it. HERE is the link. If you search, there is another sweatshirt that is similar. …

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I’m still not completely back in my normal routine, but I feel like I’m getting closer. That won’t last long as my days/times to watch Anders is about to change, and before I know it, school will be out. I worked on my bright half-square-triangle baby quilt. I have the center finished. As is, it’s …

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Good day everyone. I’m excited to tell you that I’ve begun blogging for the massively successful website, Sixty+Me. My posts will appear on the site once per month.

Here is my first ever, Sixty+Me post:

HAVE YOU EVER PUT YOURSELF FIRST?

CARETAKING FAMILY

Like many women our age, for decades, I’d given everything I had to my family: raising children, helping to raise grandchildren, attending to countless medical issues facing both my aging parents, and supporting my husband through his long and stressful career. Don’t get me wrong – I adore my family. They are ...

With the launch of today’s new Boxed Bag Template Postcard Patterns, we now have 21 of the simple Postcard patterns that use

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