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It will be a happy Thanksgiving at our house this year for sure. My husband came home from the hospital yesterday and we now embark on his long road to recovery and mobility. He is beside himself with the idea of being home and seeing Archie, spending time with me, eating my cooking, and being […]

We have a preliminary diagnosis for my husband's rapid onset debilitation that has left him paralyzed at this time.  His neurologists are fairly certain he has a rare auto-immune disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It comes on quickly, over a period of a few weeks and is characterized by muscle weakness, slurred speech, tingling and numbness, […]

Happy Halloween everyone!  I wanted to share this table topper that I got back from the quilter. How appropriate to share today. With all that's going on in my life at the moment, I didn't get it bound in time for Halloween, but I will enjoy it next year. Right now it is draped on […]

I've bought some fabric lately…I've been wanting to sew more with 3 Sisters fabric, because it is so elegant and timeless. It is also easy to decorate with if you have a traditional style, but don't want to go all Civil War Reproduction. This collection is called Cascade, and is in dreamy shades of blue […]

I've been able to do a bit of sewing each day and am making some progress (slow but sure) on the projects I've been working on. These are my blocks 1-6 of the Designer Mystery 2012 project. I love these fabrics and can't wait to figure out how I will put the twelve blocks together […]

Lots of corn kernels around here. I'm making good progress on the Let's Pop Some Corn pattern and am still having fun. These blocks take some time to make, but they sure are cute. I should finish these today and move on to the setting stars. This is coming together nicely. We have a guy […]

This week's block was supposed to be one called "Picnic Table", but it wasn't my cup of tea. In my opinion, that block has too many seams and just doesn't fit in as well with the overall aesthetic of the quilt. Luckily I discovered an additional bonus block which was left off the FAQ page […]

Since I have been reading some rather heavy books recently, I am looking forward to lightening things up in my upcoming reading choices. For some reason, when the weather starts to warm up, my taste turns to lighter fare, and that often means romance! When I say "romance", I tend to lean toward more of […]

I have been obsessing over what clothing to pack for our trip to Dublin, Edinburgh, and London. The challenge is that we will experience varying types of weather and levels of formality. I hate overpacking and really didn't want to take things I'd end up not wearing, but also wanted to have mix-and-match options that […]

A few years back I made these little fabric box caddies and thought they were worth re-visiting. With Mother's Day coming up, it is a fun and easy project you could whip up fast and fill with little goodies sure to please the recipient.  I found the tutorial here, and ended up making a number […]