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I wanted to take it outside to photo, but ground too wet so I moved things around in the livingroom and here it is. #sewingwithjamie and tag&nbsp @jamiekalvestran Tonight I will press it and tomorrow night I will sandwich it and hopefully get it quilted next week. Then it will be ready for the QuiltContinue reading “Sawtooth Zig Zag #dreamyblue”

Hello in the world of heat. Today it is already in the 80’s and gonna keep going up. We got out early this morning to get groceries and then it is on to quilting. Did go to the farmer’s market this morning and got some fresh veggies. Now it is time to work on theContinue reading “More of #Dreamy Blue”

Happy to post the 2nd row of my Sawtooth Zig-Zag, I will be sewing it together and then work on Row 3 this afternoon. This is going together really fast and so much fun. For more on the designer of this quilt check out https://www.jamiekalvestrandesign.com/ . #sewingwithjamie and tag @jamiekalvestran Get read to check into theContinue reading “Row 2 of 9”

It has been almost a week and lots have happened. I found out that pretty soon I will have to joint replacements in 3 toes, 1 hammer toe fixed, and a bunion removed. I have a nice little cart as I will be off my foot for 2 months. That is the worst news andContinue reading “Progress on Sawtooth Zig-Zag”

I have finally gotten thru 3 craft fairs 2 of which were in 100 degree weather. The last one was only high 80’s and was great compared to the others. What to do now? Well I will tell you. I am testing a quilt pattern for Jamie Kalvestran Design. The name of the pattern wasContinue reading “A Month has come and gone”

This is something I have been asking myself for a few weeks now. I love quilting as much as I love making sweets. Last week was our first Craft Fair of the year and boy I was ready. I made 50 lbs of peanut brittle, pecan brittle, jalapeno peanut, and jalapeno pecan brittle. I hadContinue reading “When does something fun turn not fun?”

I don’t know about anyone else, but I have been struggling to get back to “Normal” I am someone who learned at an early age to be successful in chiaos. In the past 2 years of Covid, the shutdown, life slowed way down and the chiaos of everyday living ceased to exist. Now all hasContinue reading “Learning to live without Covid”

Between everyday life with ups and downs, I have been in the sewing room thinking. Our quilt guild is having a row by row with in the guild. We broke up into groups of 6 and as a group choose theme, and each had to design a block. The dimensions of the block I choseContinue reading “Sewing fun”

With the weather saying Spring has finally sprung I am getting more and more organized to get the most done. I get up Monday thru Friday get granddaughter off to school, then home to make 2 batches of peanut brittle(each takes about 45 min to an hour), then off to the sewing room. My brainContinue reading “April what a fun month”

The sun is shinning and birds are singing here these days. It is great outside. I only hope it stays this way. The day started off in the low 30’s and will get to be nice and warm in the 70’s. With spring in the air it means Craft Fair season is upon us. IContinue reading “Spring is Here.”