Fortunately, they decided the weeds were tastier than the HUGE leaf mama munched off my newly planted fig tree.

OK, one more:

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I got a new toilet, the kids a new playhouse.

This was the first quilt I made for Leil. It’s a Lazy Lattice block that I paper pieced. The blocks are set in a funky rotation that made matching the four pieces of the the secondary ‘diamond’ way more complicated than it should have been. She […]

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THE best gadget ever to be invented. The self-threading needle.

I learned about the existence of these handy little helpers from Lisa Call. Lisa also did a recent post about bringing all her threads to the top of the quilt and then burying them at the end. I used this technique on Marci’s table runner and […]

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Finally! The never-ending school year actually came to a close on Friday. I’m a true homebody. I’m already scheming on buying enough food for a week’s worth of meals so I don’t have to get in my car and go anywhere for days. Just sewing and listening to my kids say ‘Mom, I’m bored!” […]

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This is my favorite stamp. I used it to create little thank you tags for pattern orders. It came in one of those cheapo packs at Hobby Lobby, the 10 stamps for only $2.99 variety. A HUGE thank you to all of you that ordered the pattern. Orders received by 2:00 pm have been […]

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Greg celebrated a birthday shortly after we started dating in 1989. I made him a Wacky Cake.

The ritual in our family goes something like this:
“What type of cake do you want for your birthday?”
“A Wacky Cake.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to try something new and different?”
“Oh no, I want a Wacky Cake.”
That conversation has […]

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I can’t even begin to tell you how appreciative I am of all the supportive comments you gals sent me. It REALLY means a lot to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It got me all sentimental and thinking about blogging and you, know, blah, blah, blah. Kleenex please.
Then: I was looking for a photo […]

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Wow, it feels so GREAT to be able to say that!

The pattern is available in my new shop. I’ve wanted to say that for a long time too. More product photos on Flickr.
Websites are a lot harder than they look. So are photo shoots, graphic design, Paypal buttons, mailing lists, printing and selling. I think […]

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The theme for my creativity group’s June meeting. This quote evoked warm and comforting thoughts for me. Nothing I like better than a good storm, a cup of tea and my sewing machine. I often imagine magical things taking place in the woods that sit behind our house.
5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″, commercial […]

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Hello class. Today I’m going to be talking about RAW, an image quality setting on a digital SLR.
I’m not an expert on any of this. I’ve been doing a lot of web reading and library book reading and wanted to share some techniques that have made my pictures better.
I have the Canon entry-level DSLR, a […]

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