Happy New Year!

My dear friends, it will be 2011 when I post again next Monday.  So, I thought I would wish you a safe, happy and blessed NEW YEAR on this New Year’s Eve!  Thank you for friendship.  I look forward to another year where we share about and lovingly round up heirloom memories for our loved [...]

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2010 in Review #4

I was fortunate to be included in a couple of new quilty ventures this year, namely being published in a couple of new magazines. In UK’s Popular Patchwork: 1.  Pieceful Garden 2.  Cosy Patch Fons & Porter’s magazines: 1.  Jungle Jim and Jane (Baby Quilts 2010) 2.  Christmas in Ohio (Easy Quilts Winter 2010) It’s [...]

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2010 in Review #3

This week I packed up a going-to-be heirloom Bible signed by the lady after whom we named Miss Baby’s middle name, shortly before the lady’s passing: In my little corner of the world, 2010 meant the home-going of a most loving and influential friend in my life. I am glad we have that Bible on [...]

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Something she can use…

I wanted to interject a bit of a homemade element in our Christmas… thus the homemade fabric briefcase for Miss Baby as her “something she can use” Christmas gift: I found a most helpful tutorial for making this little briefcase. I reworked the dimensions to fit Miss Baby’s pint-size stature, about 2/3 of the dimensions [...]

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Something she can keep…

You know I love anything that is heirloom.  The heirloom theme carried over to how we go about with gifts for Miss Baby this Christmas.   We bought an heirloom carousel music box for Miss Baby for her “something she can keep” gift this past Christmas: It plays a sweet little tune that reflects the beauty [...]

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