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Monday, June 29, 2009

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I've tackled the list! Two sides of the Weed Whacker are sewn down. I got the background of the little chicken wall hanging pieced and t...
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Friday, June 26, 2009

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mustn't start anything new....mustn't start anything new...mustn't start anything new.... That's the mantra over at Stashbus...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

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Although I love the way that snowball blocks look in finished quilts, I'm not all that excited about piecing them. My latest pet project...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

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I tried piecing letters today, inspired by the fantastic ones at Lazy Gal Quilting . Doesn't that Halloween sounds quilt make you wannt ...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

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Just the thought of machine quilting has been making me skittish. Using the machine at all makes me a bit nervous. Not enough to keep me fro...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

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I am so in love with this quilt that I've even lost my bitterness about the selvedge bag with no selvedges in it . I might've made a...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

the excavation continues

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I'm slowly sifting through the mounds of fabric and patterns and half finished projects that've accumulated in the corner of the din...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

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My deal with myself was that if I stayed strictly no-buy (which I haven't managed), I could start as many new projects as I wanted. So I...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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Today was errand day and we were on the road for hours. I really didn't think I'd get it all done, but the kids are signed up for th...
Tuesday, June 09, 2009

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This afternoon, while I was trying to pretend that I thought my noisy little boys were actually taking a nap, I played with strings. Yes, I...
Monday, June 08, 2009

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We've been travelling. Which is great and wonderful and fantastic, but by the time we got home I was really looking forward to playing w...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Miles of Muslin

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It seems like I'm always running out of muslin. The nice white muslin, not the tea dyed that I need to save for the sashing of the cat q...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

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When I first started knitting and quilting I read stories about how stash, sometimes lots of it, just fell into people's laps. Even afte...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

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I have enough blocks this time! Monday afternoon, I sewed the last triangles onto my Weed Whacker strips and got them pieced into blocks. It...
Sunday, May 10, 2009

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Traditional quilts with pieced curves make my heart go pitty-pat. Up until this afternoon, I'd only pieced one block with curves, but t...
Saturday, May 09, 2009

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Many years ago, I could touch type close to a hundred words a minute and actually keep whole sentences organized in my mind while I did it. ...
Friday, May 08, 2009

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The giddiness has subsided into a nice sane happiness. There's been no quilting here for going on three days, but I've really been t...
Tuesday, May 05, 2009

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I finally got that chicken grit I've been waiting for. Actually, Alex found it when she was cleaning the porch and asked me where to put...
Monday, May 04, 2009

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I'm just a bit giddy this afternoon. First, there was the new addition to our household -- To see really giddy, you had to be here in o...
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Sunday, May 03, 2009

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I cast on a project Friday night and actually managed to join 130 stitches in the round without twisting them, and to get the pattern establ...