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Upside-Down Pear Gingerbread
We were fortunate over the holidays to receive a gift basket from Harry and David's. They are known for their amazing holiday gift assortments, which often contain a selection of perfect pears. We have been enjoying the contents of the gift basket over the holidays and into January. After eating all the cheeses, crackers, chocolates,…
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A Well Loved Quilt
Well, this quilt has been well-loved. I made it for my nephew probably 20 years ago and he has definitely used it. We were at my father's house this past weekend to go through closets, books, and other possessions for donation, and the subject of quilts I had given to the family came up. My…
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UFO for January
Does anyone remember this UFO? It is a pattern called Take It Easy by Primitive Gatherings that uses one or two jelly rolls. I don't know if you can still get the pattern. I checked on their website and couldn't find it. I chose it for my January UFO Challenge. I decided I couldn't be…
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Is Finished Better Than Perfect?
Is that something you believe? I'm going to be controversial today and say that I am not sure I fully agree that "finished is better than perfect". I follow a couple of Facebook Groups, Sewcialites being one of them, and so I regularly see people proudly post pictures of their weekly blocks. Blocks where they…
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Let’s Get This Done
I buckled down and finished making those darn square in a square blocks for the Family Reunion quilt. I then cut out the 7/8" wide lattice strips that separate them. I made good progress with those and hope to get this darn project done and off the design wall this week. Are you interested in…
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Crazy Weather and Some Sewing
Rain? We've got rain. Wind? We've got wind. Flooding? So many roads in our area are closed. Power? Luckily yes. Internet? Finally back on. Rain hitting sewing room window. Whew, my area of California is sure getting hit with some weather. We had no internet all of yesterday and many neighbors did not have power…
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Sampler Spree Quilt Along
During the past couple of weeks, I have had an opportunity to putter around in my sewing room and take a look at the many projects I have started over the past couple of years and have not finished. Sharing the care of my father was a privilege, but it definitely prevented me from keeping…
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5 Backlist Titles I Read and Loved in 2022
The great thing about "backlist" or books published in previous years is that you can get them at your library, or purchase them fairly inexpensively. I don't know about you, but I have shelves of books I have not yet read. Reading what you already own is a good way to save money and discover…
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10 More Five Star Books From 2022
How about some more of the five-star books I read in 2022? I read some really good ones, and want to share them with you. Some of these reviews appeared earlier this year in my blog posts, but it may be handy to have them all together in one post. I'm going to divide these…
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My Five Best Books of 2022
Happy New Year! It's time to go through my very best books of 2022. I hope you enjoy my book reviews, because I am devoting the first three posts of 2023 to re-capping my favorites! I read 130 books this year. More than half were digital (on my Kindle), about one-third were hardback books, and…
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