Last night I finished reading Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life by David Allen. I checked this book out while waiting in the library queue for his blockbuster Getting Things Done on CD (my number just came up, yay, so that’s next on the list). The book is full of focused [...]
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Giveaway Week Day 4 – American Folk Art Quilts + 52 Projects
This is the type of book I would normally check out at the library. Receiving a complimentary copy from the publisher is even better, the lucky winner will get to keep it! Beautifully photographed and designed, American Folk Art Quilts by Maggi McCormick Gordon is chock full of folk art history seen through a quilted [...]
Book Review: Seams to Me: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing by Anna Maria Horner
I’m so excited to be offering Anna Maria Horner’s new book Seams to Me: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing for give away. Remember when I made the pledge to give away all the gratis books I received from publishers? Fortunately for all of us, two copies of the book arrived yesterday, one from the [...]
The Beginning of Great Things
Ashley gave me the bug to start my very own Chevron Scarf. Hers is absolutely gorgeous. There’s a Flickr group too. My final push came yesterday when I met Daphne for a little shopping at Churchmouse after she biked 33 miles in Chilly Hilly! She gave me the low down [...]
A Square Deal – Mystery Quilt Step 3
Step 3 consisted of joining my remaining selvedge to selvedge strips to make 2 1/2″ by 6 1/2″ strips. I then joined them to the pieces I created in Step 2 to make 60 blocks. 30 of each kind.
As I set up my stacks to complete the 60 blocks I noticed a stack [...]
Time Flies
OK, it’s September 29. When did that happen. Yesterday we were spending the final days of summer being lazy on the beach. Today I’m thinking about Halloween costumes and what I want to cook for Thanksgiving. My week in review:
Finished my commissioned mini-quilts one and two.
Finished The Good Earth. Loved [...]
Book Club
As with most things I undertake, my effort to compile all the book recommendations was a tad bigger than anticipated. I’m glad to have it done and posted, another item off my to do list. I made it a permanent page over to the right. Check it out. Thanks to [...]
Lists and Progress
The girls headed back to school on Wednesday. It feels SO good to have a little breathing room all to myself. Whenever this change over occurs I have a sense of renewal, a feeling that I can accomplish more, achieve great things. I have a nice big list of specific tasks. [...]
Good Reads
Before Caitlin was born I read like a mad woman. I always had a book in my hand. I had favorite authors and kept my eyes and ears tuned to finding great new reads. What happened? 11 years after the birth of my first child I can’t even choose a book [...]
Happy Earth Day
Several things I want to write about this morning. First up is this fabulous book. 5 years ago we had an experience at our house in Santa Fe that changed my view of standard household cleaners. We had a Pinon tree outside one of our bathrooms that was slowly turning brown and [...]
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