I Finished That Halloween Quilt

I finally finished that Halloween quilt that I started in October.  I got the top done before Halloween, but I didn’t take the time to get it it quilted and bound.  So, thanks to this #sew365 resolution, I got caught up on enough other projects, and had no excuse not to finish the quilt. The…

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A Christmas for Sewing

My husband gave me the best Christmas present I could think of, and better yet, I wasn’t expecting it.  He bought me a Singer Featherweight sewing machine! There’s a little damage to the cord that Matt wants to fix before he’ll let me use it.  He’s afraid I might burn up the motor with the…

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Christmas Decorating

With the ridiculous amount of snow we got on Friday, I decided that it was time to do a little Christmas decorating. And with all of the vehicles were snowed in, it wasn’t like I could do anything else. So, I got my husband to drag up a few tubs of Christmas decorations – the…

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Christmas is Coming Along

My Christmas crazy quilt is starting to come along.  Which is really quite surprising as I haven’t been working on it anywhere near as much as I should.  With my steampunk crazy quilt, I spent about an hour or so each evening, piecing my blocks and then spent another couple hours each night working on…

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our house to yours! Here’s hoping you have a wonderful day full of family and fun.

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Stocking Wreath

I found a great wreath idea on the Midwest Living site last year. It’s a spring wreath using an umbrella, but it gave me the idea to make a wreath from a stocking. My wreath is currently hanging out  on my fake ficus tree at work, but I’ll take it home when the office closes…

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Christmas Wreath

A couple months ago, my sister asked me to make her a Christmas wreath.  So, we went down to Hobby Lobby and picked up a wreath, some decorative picks, and a few flowers.  I love the Hobby Lobby weekly sales.  We got a great price on everything. For most of the last month, all those…

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Easter Roundup

Easter is coming up in just 2 weeks.  I guess that means I should get on the band wagon and consider doing a little decorating for the holiday.  Thanks to Pinterest, I have a nice little board full of holiday ideas. The people at Southern Living seem to have been most helpful in my search…

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