#OurProject52 – Summer

Summer has been lovely this year. It hasn’t been super hot until the last few days, and there are lots of wildlife around our new house.  We have two grey dove nests outside the house and they have been particularly enjoyable to watch.

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#OurProject52 – Your Favorite

I’m working on catching up on my #OurProject52 challenge posts.  This one was for week #29 – with a theme of “Your Favorite.” When I think of my favorite things, quilts are always near the top of the list. So, here are a few photos of some of the quilts in my house.

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Book It – Short Fictions and Disturbances

August has been a light month of reading for me.  I lost two whole weeks of reading to moving into our new home. And since then, there have still been boxes to unpack and decorating to do, so I’ve had less time to read. That’s thanks in part to using a reading challenge that’s expanded…

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Puff the Fabric Dragon Mini Quilt

Puff the fabric dragon lived by the seam And frolicked in the stash box in a land called quilting bee Little Template Paper loved that rascal Puff And brought him lace and tiny beads and other fancy stuff Now that I have destroyed a perfectly lovely children’s song for you, I’m happy to present to…

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WIP Wednesday

My husband and I just moved into our very own home, and with that has come the moving of my sewing space from one house to another.  My sewing space will still be located in the basement at the new house, which is a good thing, considering how messy my sewing space tends to be.…

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Booklr Questions – Do you reread books?

Do you reread books? I certainly haven’t reread every book I’ve ever read. But, there are a few books that I find myself rereading on a fairly regular basis. I tend to read my copy of A Wrinkle in Time about once a year. It’s a book that I’ve enjoyed reading since I was first…

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Exciting News

I’m excited to announce that I’m going to be an aunt!  My sister (and her husband) are having a baby.  And I got to take the announcement photos.  Since they posted them on Facebook yesterday, I think it’s safe for me to share them now. We had a lot of fun doing this quick little…

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A New Home

I have some exciting news for you. My husband and I recently bought our very own home! There were a lot of blood, sweat, and tears along the way, but we finally achieved our dreams. And I couldn’t be prouder of ourselves, even more so because we just knew nothing about the real estate market,…

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