Some day I will know how to maintain a garden. It seems for me gardening is a learning process. It is not my natural gift. Learning one type of plant a year is my goal. (This year is a Meyer Lemon tree – don’t die don’t die don’t die!) For now, I am enjoying the gardens my parents have cultivated….
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Holiday pretties
QAYG Traveling in Circles Tote
I’ve been wanting to make a quilt as you go (QAYG) Traveling in Circles Tote for quite sometime. When I found myself with a few more scraps of Florence, Denyse Schmidt‘s newest fabric line coming out in just a few long weeks, I knew now was the time. The QAYG panels were fun to make. Using duck canvas as the…
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Fresh Sewing Day {July}
Funny how summer can fly by even when it is, well, summer. Despite the lazy days or maybe because of them… poof there they go! Here’s a sampling of what I’ve made in June. 1. Scrappy trip top finished, 2. Pondering which quilt to make from this book and these fabrics, 3. Working on a QAYG #travelingincirclestote I’ve intimidated myself!,…
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Scrappy Trip Along Quilt Top {A Finish}
After resisting the overwhelming urge to do what everyone else was doing, to be different, to be unique, to not jump … I started a scrappy trip along quilt top. And I’m really glad I followed the crowd. 🙂 I’m really in love with the way the quilt looks – the random patterns and the bright cheery colors. I’ll be…
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Best Neighbor Ever
Before closing on our house last year, we met our neighbors. Everytime we drove over to have something inspected, another neighbor would trot over and introduce themselves. We are extremely blessed to have an awesome neighborhood. It’s very picturesque, there are kids everywhere and every neighbor is friendly. We couldn’t have imagined a better neighborhood for our family. So…
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