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 It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am about to release my inner PINK.  We won't get to meet our little one until July, so I have plenty of time!

 Obviously I have gotten a bit distracted from my Eventide project, with the baby quilts and so on.  Monday before work I got myself in gear and made several of the Ohio Star blocks with the half square triangle corners.  I think they will add a very nice scrappy element to the whole quilt.  Here […]

 Today it's Sinta's turn to show what she has been up to with Kim's new book Scrap Basket Sensations.  Go check it out on her blog and leave a comment to get another chance to win a copy of this super book! So, how was your Valentine's Day?  This arrived at our house….  No, not […]

Mon Amour is what Carrie Nelson, the creator of this pattern told me I should name my little project.  (Photo above is before binding was attached).  Carrie's Schnibbles pattern is called Mon Ami, and is seriously one of the best Schnibbles designs ever.   Since my recent discovery of a stash of Valentine's fabrics led me […]

2010 was a pretty good year for quilts, I guess.  I realize now that I had a major dry spell during part of the year when we were getting our house ready to sell and when we had it listed for sale.  Even though I didn't accomplish as much as I would have liked,  I […]

 I am looking ahead to 2011 and the various projects that will occupy my attention and time.  This embroidery project is one of them. My sister Andrea and I want to join in an ongoing embroidery group that meets once a month at my favorite quilt shop, Prairie Queens.  April leads a group of women […]

 I have been making my version of Caesar salad for about 30 years.  My original recipe was from the San Francisco A La Carte cookbook (no longer in print, but you can find used copies).  It was my favorite cookbook for about 20 years, and only replaced by Ina Garten's books when she started writing them.  […]

 Happy Thanksgiving Friends!  I hope you have a very retro holiday, with traditional foods and loads of good memories of Thanksgivings past. My son is home for the long weekend, and we have a big family feast planned for Turkey Day.  I hope you all have many blessings to be thankful for as you sit […]

 I spent my free time this weekend making little cosmetics bags!  I finished six, and have about twelve to go.  I don't know when I have been so taken with a project! Thanks for all the suggestions for embellishments that would set off these adorable little pouches.  I started out making ribbon roses, but found […]

 These two objects pictured above, when placed together make the best embroidery hoop!    When I was stitching with my new friends last Sunday, many of them were using this type of hoop.  It is made by The Colonial Needle Company and costs….$2.60.  No kidding.  It is called a Spring Tension Hoop and supposedly […]