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Gifts from Japan

July 6, 2009

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Just look what arrived in my mail box last week from Japan: I ordered a couple of small things from the lovely Mai who sells her hand made items on Etsy, but I call this “gifts from Japan” because I received so much more than just the things I ordered! It was all so beautifully [...]

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Bloggers Quilt Festival

April 16, 2009

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Amy @ Park City Girl is calling all quilters to the First Annual Bloggers Quilt Festival beginning April 17! How can you participate? From Amy’s blog: Be thinking about, and post on Friday, your favorite completed quilt project, and the story that goes with it. I will have mister linky sign-ups here starting Friday for [...]

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Happy Easter and a Coffee Cozy Pattern Review

April 12, 2009

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There were Easter goodies found at our house this morning! The bunny plush kind of took over the whole basket. But what’s that in the back there? An empty…cup? Ahhh, it’s a hot chocolate cup cozy! The bunny had a bit of help from Mom this year. I saw a coffee cozy at Insanely Crafty [...]

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Crafty Sewing

April 1, 2009

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LittleOne’s favorite color (at the moment) is blue and she loves anime, so when the lovely Kathy at Pink Chalk Fabrics got this Alexander Henry print in stock, I knew we had to order some. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out what exactly to do with the two yards that came [...]

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12 Ways to Recognize Bias in Your Fabric

March 20, 2009

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When you’ve oh, so carefully sewn two pieces of the exact same size together, yet one of them overhangs the other by yards at the bottom of the seam. When you’re trying to cut a simple thing like 1½” strips, and every time you move the ruler, the fabric twitches like it’s alive and you’re [...]

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A Needle Nest? Nook? Nanny?

March 16, 2009

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I was totally sidetracked over the weekend by this little project. I’ve been meaning to make something like this for a while, and finally just did it. If I have to change the type of needle in the machine, but it’s not really an old, ready to throw away needle, then I have to store [...]

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If the Shoe Fits

March 6, 2009

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File this under “Possibly silly, but pretty cool:” Will you lookit that?!? Hmmm…where have I seen that design before? Hey, it’s my quilt, on my shoes! How. Cool. Is. That?!? I discovered custom Keds shoes at Zazzle.com a couple of weeks ago, and just had to try it out! I took bunches of new pics [...]

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