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Chickens Are On The Loose
Because every family that raises chickens needs a chicken quilt! It was such fun pulling fabrics for this one! These chickens were inspired by a chicken block from Sewinspired. Each block was a joy filled 15 minutes of daily play … Continue reading
Posted in Design, fabric, Finishes, Quilting, Uncategorized
Tagged baby quilt, chicken quilt, crafts, quilt, quilting, quilts, scrap quilt, sewing
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Mastering Collage Quilting Techniques
This Christmas 2020 wallhanging quilt for our youngest granddaughter, Amelia, the unicorn loving one. This Laura Heine collage was a winner! Even after quilting for well over 40 years there was still so much color value to be learned! This … Continue reading
Posted in collage, Crafting, Design, Family, Finishes, Gifts, machine quilting, Quilting, Uncategorized
Tagged crafts, quilt, quilting, quilts, sewing
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Amelia approved!
I whipped this bag up, as a Christmas gift, for our youngest grand-daughter, Amelia. Her family recently took up camping and you know, if you have ever camped, you can never have enough tote bags. Well, if you travel with … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Crafting, Design, fabric, Finishes, Gifts, Linkys, Sewing
Tagged camping, canvas, cotton and steel, crafting, fabric, mochi dots, noodlehead, poolside tote, poolside tote review, poolside tote size, sewfrench, sewing, soft and stable, tote bag, tula pink forest frivolity, Zippers by the yard
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All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
★★★★☆ “Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of … Continue reading
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
★★★☆☆ From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent and Day After Night, comes an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of young Jewish woman growing up in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Finishes, Reading
Tagged Anita Diamant, books, reading, spoilers, The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
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Nursery Door Silencer…
Latch Cover…. what ever you want to call it, it is what grand baby needs. This is how I did it. I also used 2 layers of quilt batting to pad it just a bit. And seeing how we have … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, Finishes, Sewing, video
Tagged diy, door silencer, measurements, Nursery door latch cover, tutorial, video
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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
★★★☆☆ Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Finishes, Reading
Tagged books, Dark Places, Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, reading, spoilers, The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
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The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
★★★★☆ In The Silent Sister, Riley MacPherson has spent her entire life believing that her older sister Lisa committed suicide as a teenager. Now, over twenty years later, her father has passed away and she’s in New Bern, North Carolina … Continue reading
The thing about reading blogs…
is there is always something you didn’t know you needed until you see someone else makes it! When I saw what Allison, at Cluck, Cluck Sew, had made, I went digging around until I found a our youngest’s most precious baby … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, Design, fabric, Family, Finishes, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged baby doll sleeping bag, baby doll wrap, baby wrap, birthday baby doll, Madame Alexander Huggums doll, sewfrench, valentine gifts
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Zippered Card Pouch
I don’t know about you but this pouch has been on my radar since I first saw it a really long time ago. I think not only the beautifully coordinated fabrics but also the adorable zipper is what hooked me. And the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Design, fabric, Finishes, Gifts, Review, Sewing
Tagged crafting, cutting board, gift card holder, Peter, sewing, zipper card pouch review, zippered card pouch
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