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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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My Favorite Books of 2014
Someone once asked me how many books I read per year. I had no idea, I know it seems like a lot. It got me thinking. A book a week? Two books a week? Sometimes it takes me a month to read one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Finishes
Tagged amazon, Best book of the Year, books, favorite books, Goodreads, reading, reading challenge, top books 2014, year end review
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Wrapping Odd Shaped Gifts part II
Pillowcases. That’s what I’m talking about. Who can’t use an extra one? This year, instead of using up a roll of disposable wrapping paper and then having to deal with the trash, I am making pillowcases for some of my bulkier gifts. … Continue reading
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