Friday Finds–03/20/2015

Is it Spring yet?  Well, not quite.  Thursday it was damp, wet, cold and SNOWING!! I couldn’t get a picture of it.  The camera just didn’t seem to see the heavy, fine snow flakes that were falling.

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Really. Trust me. It was snowing, heavy, all day.  But it had been warm enough the past several days, it just melted as it the ground.

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Tuesday Tips–03/17/2015

No matter how many years I’ve been sewing, I discover that I can always learn something new.  Today I’m sharing a few tips that I’ve found on the Web.

I’m going to practice some Flying Geese this week!

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The Week That Was–03/15/2015

Well, it’s beginning to look like Winter may be on the way out and Spring may actually arrive! Temperatures have been warmer and the precipitation that we’ve been getting has been in the form of rain.  Driving around yesterday there are still some dirty mounds of snow that are resisting the warmer weather.

My Christmas Amaryllis surprised us – it’s blooming!

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Friday Finds–3/13/2015

Can you ever have too many projects?  I don’t know about you, but even if I have a couple of projects going, I always have a few more in bags waiting. 

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I like to have some simple projects, like pillowcases (for ConKerr Cancer) or bead bags (for Beads of Courage Bags).  I also like to have some bigger projects and of course there is always that project that pops up and must be done right away.

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The Week That Was–3/8/2015

 

I forgot to get a picture of this last week.  Look what my husband & daughter did for me!  They installed a quilt rack over our bed.

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We hung the quilt I made for Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks in 2013. I’ve made some travel pillows to match.  On our bed is one of the quilts my mother-in-law made.

Well, winter is still with us.  The week started with a snow/sleet/freezing rain event and ended with ‘the worst storm of the 2014-15 winter.’  Continue reading

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