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Penny Pincher
New Year, new project. I love the name of this pattern, as it sums up my goal for a frugal January. "Penny Pincher" by Primitive Gatherings. I have a beautiful new bundle of fat quarters, also by Primitive Gatherings, so I think I am ready to launch into something new. The colors in the fabric…
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2016 Reading Overview
I thought it would be fun to rank some of the books I read in 2016 according to various categories. I read 82 books this past year, and some I definitely enjoyed more than others. This was one, if not the most, prolific year of reading I can recall. Let's get right to it, shall…
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Fall Book Reviews
Time for some Fall book reviews! I read these books in October, November and December and hope you will enjoy some of them as much as I did. By the author of "Wayward Pines", "Dark Matter" is a suspenseful and strange novel that takes place in not just one, but several parallel universes. I've never…
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Re-Cap 2016
2016 was my year to give quilts away. I gave 14 quilts away to family and friends this Christmas, plus I donated at least a half dozen to worthy causes. Most of my effort this year was focused on sending tops off to be quilted and then sewing the subsequent miles of bindings. I did…
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Checking In Before New Years
The huge Christmas Quilt Give Away went great. I didn't get any pictures of the presentations because it was total pandemonium when we opened our gifts at my dad's house on Christmas night. Everyone seemed to like what they got, so that was good. Oh, and my widowed brother in law? Who I was…
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Merry Christmas!!
Eva decorated two gigantic gingerbread cookies this week. She spent an hour placing the frosting and decorations on them. When she finished, she declared "They are Nana and Denny". That would be Denny on the left, and Nana on the right. We have been Gingerbreadized. One last quilt to share with you. I am giving…
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One More Christmas Quilt
Isn't this a fun one? And it actually is a Christmas quilt pattern! Coventry by Brenda Riddle from her book "Comfort and Joy". Here is a close up of the fabulous quilting my fabulous quilter does so fabulously: And here is a photo of the quilt before being quilted–enlarge the photo to see the fabric…
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More Christmas Quilt Gifts
My quilter and I called this quilt "Modern", for lack of a better name. It is an Evelyn Sloppy pattern called Apple Crisp, from her book 40 Rotary Cut Quilts. I have someone very pizzazzy in mind for this quilt. The colors are so amazing, and I think she will love it. The fabric collection is…
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Christmas Gift Quilt 5
Of all of my Christmas gift quilts, I have to say, this one is my favorite. It is called Message in a Bottle, a Miss Rosie's Quilt Company pattern. I love everything about this quilt. The colors are gorgeous–a wonderful selection of Civil War blues, tans and browns from my stash, and the pattern the…
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Christmas Gift Quilts 3 & 4
This girly quilt is going to…one of the young women in the family. Big surprise. It is called Hugs and Kisses (a Fig Tree pattern) and is made with various reds from Fig Tree collections. I like the border for this one, with the grey print making a little saw tooth design. And this is…
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