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There is a reason for everything
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” <<< That’s a … Continue reading
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Listening to The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving written by Jonathan Evison, read by award-winning narrator Jeff Woodman. A thirty something guy is at his rope’s end, running out of money, no career path or employment history, to speak of, decides … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fabric Tuesday, Quilting, Reading, Sewing, WIP
Tagged "fundraiser quilt", batting, books, hand quilting, hobbs heirloom, marking, Oakshott, reading, revised fundamentals of caregiving, trees, wool
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Quilting is paused…
as I play with my very first Liberty of London, tana lawn, yardage! This one is called Multi Flowers 0025a, over at Purl Soho, where I picked it out. They have a beautiful selection and they are also one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crafting, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Reading, Sewing, Tutorial, Watcha reading, WIP
Tagged "Buddha in the Attic", "Julie Otsuka", books, clothing, coaster, liberty of london tana lawn, reading, sewing, tutorial, valentine, when the emperor was divine
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The First Snow of the year….
is always the prettiest. And when it comes on a Saturday morning with no plans, that is even better. The pavement is still warm enough that no shoveling will be required and it will probably all be gone by afternoon, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Review, Snow, View out my window
Tagged books, Eowyn Ivey, home, literature, nature, outdoors, reading, snow, the snow child, view out my window, weather, winter
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A no/slow progress week
We all have them. Don’t we? You do, don’t you??? Surely it’s not just me, but sometimes it seems like it, LOL! Thank you everyone who entered my first giveaway and gave me so many great movie suggestions! I picked … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Canning, Cooking, Giveaway, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, WIP, WIP
Tagged agony and the ecstasy, blogging, books, Bubble quilt, canning, coat of many colors, elm creek quilts, Honeycomb quilt, movies, Out of this World quilt, quilting, reading, salsa, sewing, unnamed wall hanging, untitled wall hanging
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If the shoe fits, wear it.
I’m not exactly sure why my friend Rosie, shared this with the whole, wide, world. On my Facebook page nonetheless. Anyway, that doesn’t matter… I bought this pattern from ithinksew back in the spring. This is the same company that brought us … Continue reading
Posted in A Sttitch in Time, Books, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Review, Sewing
Tagged a stitch in time, books, finish, house shoe pattern, pattern, review, sewfrench, sewing, slipper pattern
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How I draft a simple pattern
Anyone care to share their favorite sewing reference book? I’m looking at One-Yard Wonders and Sew Everything Workshop. I was thinking there was another one than I kept seeing referred to and can’t remember what it was. Daughter is looking to … Continue reading
Posted in fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Nature, Photography, Quilting, Tutorial, WIP
Tagged books, drafting pattern, fabrics, french seam, Honeycomb quilt, landscape quilt, Malka Dubrawsky, nature, photography, quilting, sewfrench, sewing
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Books I loved, and not so much, in 2011
~One thing that I learned this year is that the books I loved most were the books I heavily researched and read the reviews for before I spent good money on them. Generally, I saw them on several favorite book … Continue reading
What are *you* reading???
This is what I’m reading. Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. On my Kindle, of course. Not sure where this book recommendation came from, a blogger friend, I’m sure or a friend of a blogger friend. Everything just gets away … Continue reading
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