So Much Sewing

In the last week, I feel like I’ve made quite a bit of progress on the quilt which was once the #dyosampler. I have 5 full sections complete, and the other 3 sections are partially complete. Overall, I’m pretty happy with my progress so far. What do you think?  

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Fashion Friday – The Teacher

As I mentioned in last week’s post, I think you should always dress well.  And since I’ve been back to teaching classes at the University for a couple weeks now, I’m wearing a lot more suits than I did during the summer.  That’s alright though, I love a good suit – and it’s even beginning…

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Fashion Friday – These Boots are Made for Walking

This is a special edition of Fashion Friday. Today, we’re going to talk about boots. Why boots? Because boots aren’t just for keeping out the winter weather, they are for work, fun, and even fashion. I own quite a few pairs of boots myself. Everyday Boots I have a brown pair of riding boots from…

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Dear Jane

Dear Jane, I fell in love with your quilt the first time I saw it… of course, I would never make one.  I haven’t the patience to make 225 of those 4.5 inch squares.  But I do love your quilt.  Of course, I’ve always loved “scrappy” quilts made with remnants of past projects.  That’s probably…

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Craft Month 2011 – Day 5 – Felt Flower Dahalia

It’s the fifth day of craft month and I am still going strong. Whoo!  Today’s project is brought to you by a tutorial for Fabric Dahalias from Holidash.  I used this project as a test for some thicker, more wool like felt that I had laying around.  I bought it for it’s beautiful chocolate brown…

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