Category: Musings (Blog)
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I’m BAACK
I don’t know about you, but as I get older I love to go away for a while, but I truly love being home in my own bed. I spent last week with the teens of our church at teen camp. I had 23 girls in my care and it was truly an amazing week.…
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Monday Musings
I’m not sure about you, but I enjoy Monday’s. I love getting back to the computer and sewing machine. Sundays are our busy day with hubby being the pastor of a local church. Our weekends are full of “work” and church. I usually take Monday to decompress and just play with designs and plan my…
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Dark or Light?
When you’re making a mystery quilt (any quilt really), do you prefer a lighter background or a darker one? I think I have this silly unwritten rule in my head that all backgrounds must be light. I really need to jump out of this silly box and shake it up! For example, I had originally…
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I think I am being followed…
Every time I turn around, I see at least one dog there. I love my teeny weeny dogs very much. Truly wish I had a thousand of the short legged wee babies. Such soft nature, such an amazing capacity to love and play with you. My silly dogs followed me around all over the house…
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Finally Time!
Today I did all the little work… the stitching that comes before the big finish. I worked on HSTs, flying geese units, and some tri-recs units. I had enough time in my sewing room to get these all assembled and trimmed to square. I also got one block finished to make sure my math brain…
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Classic Vintage
Today was the day I got to sit for a few hours with block design books and peruse through to find those “normal” blocks, the “go-to” blocks of eras past. I found so many I wanted to use, but alas a quilt can only be so big! I found most quilts had lattice as well,…
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Go-To Blocks
When you are making a quilt to donate or otherwise, do you have a go-to block that you may use in every quilt? An easy one that helps you connect everything or one you include as part of your story in each quilt? I ask because I am working through all the traditional blocks and…
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Still Here
I have been very busy with life for a few weeks, we have had extra grandchildren in the house. My sewing room became bedroom to a 16 year old grandson who sleeps like a hibernating bear! I haven’t had the time or energy to go in there and “work” since he got here. Now that…
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Birthday Playing
Did you ever feel like you were so far behind on projects, you are chasing your own tail?? That’s me this week. With the computer crash, having extra grandkids in the house (sewing room became a bedroom – teenage boy!), and life in general… the past few weeks have been very slow in the cutting…