I don’t post too often about our pets but occasionally they take a staring role in what goes on around here. Holly has been in our care for a little over a year now. We have been ‘fostering’ her for a friend of ours and last Saturday we took her to see a Vet about… Continue reading Pets Get Sick Too, Some Sad News This Week
The 16 Patch Double Pinwheel Quilt Has Borders, Ready For Bluebirds and Bluebells!
Hi Everyone! As promised in yesterday’s post I have a picture of the 16 Patch Double Pinwheel Quilt project with it’s new borders! This was the first time I’ve sewn a mitered corner on a quilt top so I wasn’t exactly too sure how it would all go down but it looks like it came… Continue reading The 16 Patch Double Pinwheel Quilt Has Borders, Ready For Bluebirds and Bluebells!
Butterick 5682 Jeans (Again) with Butterick 5612
Hi Friends! As you can see I’ve been busy! Sometimes it feels good just to sew and sew and sew and get some things done! I first had to work through some of the design issues that were bothering me on the Butterick 5682 Jean. What I didn’t like most of all was the fact… Continue reading Butterick 5682 Jeans (Again) with Butterick 5612
Butterick 5682 Jeans with McCalls 6604
Hi Friends! I had a few moments this afternoon to take some pictures of me in a couple garments I’ve made recently. I actually wore these two together for work today and I thought to myself there’s no better time to get these pictures done than right now! You’ve already seen the top, McCalls 6604… Continue reading Butterick 5682 Jeans with McCalls 6604
I los sum teef! — Jamba at 5 Months
Hi Everyone! I guess I have been slacking in my posts about our Canine Companions Dog Jamba! Yikes! How quickly these dogs grow up! Jamba is 5 months old today and has been losing his baby teeth rapidly. He has two more big ones to go (the upper canines) and then this phase of his development… Continue reading I los sum teef! — Jamba at 5 Months
The 16 Patch Double Pinwheel Project – Auditioning an Inner Border
Hi Everyone! My 16 Patch Double Pinwheel Quilt has been pulled out of hiding and put back on the project table. I thnk it has been many a long while since I've sat and worked on this. You know, sometimes things just need to ferment, you know? Just to catch you all up on the… Continue reading The 16 Patch Double Pinwheel Project – Auditioning an Inner Border
The Gifted Box of Mysterious Sewing Items
Every once in a while something like this finds me. About a month or so ago Jim asked me if I wanted some boxes of sewing items that were looking for a new home, or soon to be thrown out, that were from a woman who had recently passed away. All told, four… Continue reading The Gifted Box of Mysterious Sewing Items
An Interesting Read – Gertie’s New Book
Hi Everyone, So getting back to some sewing, you all know I have A LOT going on right now and I’m sure you are just patiently waiting for me to post something Sew-Worthy! I digress. I got an email from the Library that said Gertie’s book was in and I could come and pick… Continue reading An Interesting Read – Gertie’s New Book
Twenty Years Together – Celebrating at the Chopping Block!
I’m going back in time here to September 12th. That was our twentieth wedding anniversary! I can hardly believe we have been married that long but it’s true. My husband decided to ‘surprise’ me with a little activity. We’d talked about doing a lot of things to celebrate our 20th, Paris, Charleston, buying an RV,… Continue reading Twenty Years Together – Celebrating at the Chopping Block!
There’s A Seinfeld Episode In This Somewhere – Look What Showed Up!
I think the Seinfeld episode is called “The Opposite”. It’s the one where George tries to change his luck by doing everything that would be opposite from what he normally would do. It is also the episode where Jerry discovers he is ‘Even Steven’. Jerry throws a twenty dollar bill out the window to test… Continue reading There’s A Seinfeld Episode In This Somewhere – Look What Showed Up!
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