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Happy Monday everyone!  I am happy to announce the names of the winners of my little giveaway in honor of Monique Dillard's new book "Tradtional Fat Quarter Quilts".  Paula Zumaris has won the book, and Michelle of Island Life Quilts has won a ruler.  Congratulations girls!  Please let me know your mailing addresses and your […]

Thanks for your interest in my stash sale.  It was a great success!

Look at these buds just bursting open!  I am so excited to feel a hint of spring in the air.  I have an elevated back deck that gives me the feeling I am up in a tree house, and one of the trees that shades it is starting to do some very interesting things.  As […]

Well, actually I have sort of.  If not abandoned, neglected for sure.  So, I got out my book, my blocks, and my Marti Michell template instructions and tried to reconstruct exactly where I am in this project. I have progressed as far as the 27th block, using my Marti Michell template instructions.  Marti received permission […]

I am making good progress with my Birdie Stitches project, and have completed the second block.  This is the block for February–Kissing Birds.  (Sounds like "Kicking Bird" from Dances With Wolves). The stitching with fewer strands of thread (the flowers, stems and floating hearts) are definitely more forgiving than the thicker six strand stitching for […]

Here is my first Birdie Stitches block, finished this weekend.  I found myself really enjoying the hand embroidery work.  Just so you know, this project calls for using six strands of DMC embroidery floss for most of the stitchery.  I have never used so many strands at once, ever!  I do like the thicker bold […]

Dear friends,  I am hoping to get back to blogging (and sewing!) in the New Year.  Thanks for your support while I have been slogging through a multitude of concerns.  The light is in sight at the end of the tunnel!  Blessings of the season to all of you, and the very best sort of […]

She's here!  Our dear sweet Baby E has arrived!  Sara is holding her for the first time.  She had just looked into her baby's eyes and said  "You are Evangeline Nicole, and I am your mother".  I cried like a baby, and will again whenever I remember it. Can't think of many happier days than […]

Sara and I made mini design boards for our Farmer's Wife blocks yesterday.  We found a tutorial on Lori Holt's blog Bee In My Bonnet.  Lori explains how to do it way better than I can, so do check out her Mini Design Board tutorial.  I love her philosophy, "If you are going to make […]