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Cold and Dreary
I stitched on New Year's Day and finished up another Ziploc bag of baskets this morning. There are 20 in each bag. I have now completed 240 baskets with 51 more to go! It's always exciting when I...
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The Perils of UFOs
I decided this morning to go out to the Cottage and select two UFOs to work on - to get them ready to go to the quilter.First up was the Moda Modern Building Blocks. I started this quilt in September...
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Party Time
Today is Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras. There's a Mardi Gras parade today in my little town, but I think I'm going to stay home and enjoy my day off. Mardi Gras surely wasn't a paid holiday in the other...
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The Light
You know that light at the end of the tunnel? I think I can see it.I haven't been able to work much on the basket blocks lately because of other commitments. I did finish 250 but had no more prepped....
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An Exciting Weekend
I finally accomplished the one thing I've been wanting for years and years. A design wall!It ended up being 96" wide and 80" tall. It was interesting to get it up, and for a while yesterday I was...
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Losing Track of Time
I always have the best intentions and then things go wonky. Before I know it weeks or months have gone by and my best intentions have fallen by the wayside. There always seems to be something going...
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Baskets
This week I picked up this project again to work on. The baskets are from When the Cold Wind Blows by Blackbird Designs. I now have 260 baskets done - only 31 more to go. I think I'll leave this one...
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Slowly working on finishing up the basket blocks. I have finished 269 out of 291. If I'd concentrate and push a bit, they'd be finished in short order. I seem to be piddling now that the end is in...
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Busy Weekend
When the Cold Wind Blows, 291 appliqued baskets, 280 done ...... 11 to go. The end is VERY near! I'll try to get them done by next weekend, but we'll see what roadblocks pop up this week. Those 11...
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No More Basket Progress Pictures
I promise I won't show any more progress pictures. You know why? Because they're done! Yep, all 291 of them!The next time they're posted will be on the design wall!I have to figure out how I'm going...
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God Bless Ameria
“We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our...
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July Sewing
Not a lot of sewing this month, but I am easing back into it after a year and a half with nothing going on but bindings and applique.Lucy ...I am further along than this picture and I plan to get her...
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A New Month Begins
I have to say that it felt good to get into the Cottage and get some things accomplished in July. Of course, I wanted to do more but I'll take it!I pulled out the Metro Scope blocks and finally got...
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August through Labor Day 2016
It's bad when you wait so long to blog that you just name the post by the month. Sheesh!I got a good bit done during this period but not as much as I had hoped. There are several projects in the...
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Hi There - It's Me!
I don't know what happened as to why I haven't blogged in such a long time. Well, I know what happened. It's called "life."I felt so badly for so long and couldn't quite put my finger on what it was....
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Happy New Year
Penny and I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. We have decided that 2017 is going to be way different for us. We're both going to stay healthy for the whole year!To once again quote my...
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Trying Real Hard ...
I'm trying real hard to get back in the swing of things! I've been trying to catch up on some things that I fell behind on when I was feeling so puny. Today I am going to prep the next appliqued block...
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I've been sewing up a storm lately and have a lot of things to post. Unfortunately, Picasa is no more and all the pictures I thought I had downloaded are nowhere to be found. I haven't really had...
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