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Monday, August 18, 2014

Lozenges

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I shouldn't have looked up my last post about this project. Realizing that five months had passed since the last time I picked it up ju...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Girly Stuff to Sew

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Sometimes it feels like my daughter is too old for all of the neat girly stuff I find online. But this week I've hit the jackpot. L...
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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Pretty Stitches

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I'm not sure how many books of knitting stitches I own. There are the Barbara Walker books, Knitting on the Edge and Knitting Over the E...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Let's Make Baby Quilts {8/15/14}

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A couple of weeks ago, Pam from Pam's Quilt Spot joined the linky party with a post about a Charity Sew Day . I'm just blown away...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

New Ironing Board Cover from Old Fabric

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But I dearly love my ironing board. It came from Grandma (of course) and I've had it for quite a few years. It's pretty. It...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Self Striping Toes

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Self-striping sock yarn can fun. It does pretty things while you just knit in mindless circles. Sometimes, it does things you'd rather i...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

More Puzzles

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Remember that jigsaw puzzle that I bought a couple of weeks back, against my better judgement? Based on previous experience with my older ...
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The Cookies are Escaping!

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Vintage embroidery patterns are just puzzling. Yesterday, I found a pattern of a smiling apple running away from a knife. And a beet juggli...
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Monday, August 11, 2014

I Want Chocolate Covered Cherries!

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Have you seen Jo's new Chocolate Covered Cherries pattern? I'm loving this quilt and it really doesn't hurt that I've been...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Jo's Ironing Board Cover Challenge

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Did you see Jo's ironing board challenge ? Mine could definitely use a new cover. It came to me looking like this and for years I...
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Saturday, August 09, 2014

The Magic Pattern Book

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I used to sew a lot of clothing, but it's something I haven't done much of lately. There was a little cotton top for my daughter a f...
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Friday, August 08, 2014

Let's Make Baby Quilts! {8/8/14}

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Are you entering any of your baby quilts in the 100 Quilts for Kids linky party this year? It runs through September 30, so there's p...
Thursday, August 07, 2014

Meet Roy!

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Thanks for all of the great suggestions for cowboy names. I'm going to have to make more quilts just so I can name them Wyatt and Shane...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Wrestling the Squid

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The bobbles are getting easier, and I've almost figured out how to wrestle four skeins of yarn at once. Double stranding on a projec...
Tuesday, August 05, 2014

The Educational Value of Estate Sales

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I love estate sales, especially the ones where you can tell that the people lived in the house for years and years and raised a family and ...
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Monday, August 04, 2014

Embroidery

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My first French knot came out just the way I wanted to. The second didn't. And then I decided that whatever this sprig of greenery that...
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Sunday, August 03, 2014

A Good Feeling

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It really shocked me to realize that the little pile of sock yarn I'd put together a few weeks ago is gone . Those skeins are now the Su...
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