Birth Sampler: Part 4

Good day, my friends! I hope you are doing well. My “downstairs” project(s)” hadn’t been happening in the last few weeks. Baby needed all my attention. But these past few days, she has let up on her demands as she has learned to entertain herself better… so, when the “cat” (Baby) plays, the mouse (Mom) [...]

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Autumn into Winter: Final Sneak Peeks

I completed my Autumn into Winter quilt at about 4am last Saturday morning. My husband told me that I had this silly grin on my face when I finally dragged myself to bed. I don’t remember the silly grin. I guess I was just happy that I was able to meet the deadline on the [...]

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Thread Talk from My Sewing Machine #3

Quilters have expressed to me they just don’t know “what” to quilt on their quilt tops when they try to free-motion quilt. I always tell them to start looking at their fabrics! Some fabrics have “built-in” quilting motifs in the print designs if looked at closely. These fabrics are simply womderful for quilters to practice [...]

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On the road to…

… an heirloomy collection!  This time, the enabler is my sister!  She had presented Baby with this precious picture frame! Being a person who is crazy about heirloom and keeping things in sets, I couldn’t resist when I saw this to add to the collection for Baby.   You can’t expect me to walk away from [...]

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I smiled all day!

The following  email (excerpted in part) from Karen awaited me in my inbox earlier this week : “I am just thrilled to have found your blog!  And after checking out the sidebar where your projects have been featured… well, most of them are projects that I have marked in my magazines as a future project [...]

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