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Things Are Looking Up
'O frabjous day! Calloo! Callay!!'He chortled in his joy. Things are pretty happy at my house right now. My husband received a great job offer which he has accepted. Things are looking up indeed. No need for me to work two part time jobs, so I will be drastically cutting back my work hours and…
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Happy Sewing & French General Giveaway Results
Things are going splendidly with my Winter White Schnibbles blocks. I am so happy that I decided to scratch my first poorly executed effort and start anew with fabrics I had on hand. Look at my blocks above! So sweet. I have all my flying geese units completed and have been enjoying myself enormously, trimming…
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French General Giveaway!
I don't know what I am more excited about–this giveaway or the fact that the incomparable Kaari Meng from French General read my blog! Evidently one of my enthusiastic raves about her new fabric design Rouenneries came to her attention, and she emailed me to say that she would like to contribute a couple of…
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It’s A New Dawn, A New Day
On Saturday, I woke, still smarting from my sewing fiasco of the previous day. I lay in bed, fuming at my sloppy work, my lack of planning and my wasteful use of both time and fabric. Then, I remembered something. The lovely Cheryl, my friend from Gran's Quilting Place, had recently sent me some gorgeous…
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These Geese Crashed and Burned
Does this ever happen to you? You haven't had time to sew in ages. Finally, a day off presents itself with no other obligations! You can spend the entire day in the sewing room working! You start a new project. From the first moment, everything goes wrong. You measure wrong. Your fabric choices are wrong. …
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Some Celebrity Stunt Sewing
I took my trusty Singer Featherweight with me up to Andrea's and managed to get ALL my blocks completed for the Celebrity Stunt Sewing Gig I am involved in currently. What do you know. I did more than just eat all weekend long. Wish I could show you the blocks, but shhh, they are top…
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And Ozzie Goes On Vacation
Oh yes. Ozzie had a fine weekend. We packed his kennel, his dog food and his leash and headed north east to the Sacramento area–a three and a half hour drive from our house—for the weekend. We left behind our cooler weather, Ozzie's sometimes prickly sister Sophie, and hit the road for a little mini-…
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Queen of Tarts
Ahh. What a wonderful weekend I had. A vacation actually. My husband, Ozzie, and I went up to Granite Bay to stay with my sister Andrea and her husband Rick. Seriously, they should just open up a Bed and Breakfast for weary hardworking people such as my self to escape to. We keep trying to…
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R & R
Time for some R & R. My husband, Ozzie, and I are going to visit my sister Andrea and her husband Rick up in Granite Bay. That is my choice of destination when things have just been a bit too much. Which has been the case lately. I can always rest and reflect and collect…
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For Vann
Our dear friend Susan of Blackberry Creek lost her beloved husband Vann today. Mere words are not enough to provide the comfort my heart desires to give, but it is all I have. This poem by Raymond Carver gave me some solace after the death of my mother. Susan and family, please accept this offering…
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