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Today it has been a fine rain all day nd now the temps ae in the mid 20’s. The gound is freezing and we are going to get snow anytime. KC is getting about 3.5 inches of snow on top of ice. We have at least 3 more months before we can start looking toContinue reading “Ice and Snow”

Today was spent making pillows from a friend’s mother’s favorite clothes. Her Mother passed away on Christmas Eve. So today I made 5 pillows and this cute little Teddy Bear. Now cutting out 2 twin size quilts. This has been a good day. Now back the last few chapters of my book. If you areContinue reading “A day of pillows and a Teddy Bear”

This week I have been sewing and am in the process of remaking a friend’s Mother’s favorite clothes into pillows and quilts for her Grandchildren. Sometimes just having these memores close at hand are comfortating. I am going to be re organizing my sewing room as Daughter #2 got a sewing machine and came toContinue reading “A week of hodgepodge”

We have been out of television since Saturday. With the snow storm last weekend the Dish on the house got covered and we have no telelvision. To clean if off will take putting a 12 ft extension ladder up in the snow and get on the roof to clean it. I have a fear ofContinue reading “4 Days No Television”

Between Friday and Saturday we got about 11 inches of snow. Looking out my sewing room window it is beautiful. I hate our new windows for taking photos out of them. The screen gets in the way and the double panes have a tint to them. I love them for the warmth and blocking someContinue reading “Beautiful Snowy Day”

Got up extra early this morning to wait for Destiny, but got a call saying Mary can’t get out of her driveway. Snowed in. This is a few photos I took outside my front door at 3:30am in Missouri. It is my favorite time to be in the snow. All you hear is the soundContinue reading “Snowy Day”

In the last month I have seen 3 Drs for my headaches. The last one was a Neurologist and said they are tension and sent me to a physical therapist. She told me that I am stressing out my neck causing tension and whe I am sewing I shouldn’t be looking down and at anContinue reading “Doctors”

I hear people talking about their quilting with friends or family. I have been thinking how that may be nice. Well today I got one. Granddaughter number 5, otherwise known as Destiny, was here and was playing in the buttons and coins in a can I have. I got some odds and ends of fabricContinue reading “My sewing buddy”

Tomorrow will mark the first week of working off lists and has had me accomplish more than I thought. This has been great. My list last week had 6 items on it and so then next list will have 9 items. We will see how this goes in a month. Will I be this excitedContinue reading “First week of lists”

This is a pattern for an Infinity Shell Alicia wrote a while back. Give it a try. Infinity Shell By Hooked2yarn Stitches to know Slip stitch DC-double crochet Sc- single crochet Shell -5dc in same stitch Sm V- sc, ch2, sc in same stitch The above infinity scarf was used with Hobby Lobby’s I LoveContinue reading “Infinity Shell”