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When I was working I would be spending my Spring Break doing anything I wanted to do after spring cleaning the house. Mother in law and I would take a day going to yarn shops and going to garage sales. Now jump ahead 7 years and I have retired and another granddaughter here is ourContinue reading “Spring Break”

I finally finished the Sea Glass quilt and have been doing a happy dance. This was a fun quilt and I have found out my son wants one this size, but more “Rustic” Once I figure this out I will start on one for them for Christmas. This week is catching up on some UFO’s.Continue reading “Sea Glass is done”

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Sun shinning in the upper 30’s, lots of things accomplished. Met our oldest Granddaughter’s future In Laws, who are sweet people. Who could ask for more? ME…….I have been asking my sewing machine why it doesn’t like the thread I want to use for the quilting on my Sea GlassContinue reading “Beautiful Sunday”

5 degrees is what the day is starting out to be. You know sometimes cold is just cold and the temp doesn’t matter, well that is where I am today. Got the bird feeders filled and fresh fruit out for the Cardinals and Blue Jays and seed on the ground for the ground feeders. PeanutContinue reading “Is it ever going to warm up?”

This morning I was awaken by the phone ringing. My 2nd child was calling and when she gets frustrated she yells. With this said she is yelling in my ear how she got stuck on her way to work because someone decided to turn around in the middle of 4 lanes of traffic and carsContinue reading “Snowy Day ahead”

I’ve been working on my Sea Glass Quilt, and it is growing, and growing, and growing. I have never made a Queen size quilt without a pattern and so this has been interesting. I saw this quilt on Facebook and then decided that I knew how to make the Log Cabin and so I gotContinue reading “Quilt that grows and grows”

Woke up to snow outside. Getting more snow, so quilting today and working on a puzzle with Hubby. For Christmas our oldest daughter got us a Mystery Puzzle. There is a booklet with a story with hints as to who done it. You put the puzzle together without a picture of what it is toContinue reading “Snow Quilt Snow”

Finally our own little world is starting to get some kind of normal. The last 2 months has been a roller coaster. Thanksgiving went to Texas to visit family and Hubby got sick. He started a new medication and had a reaction to it. He gets his diabetic medicines from the VA. His Dr prescribedContinue reading “Looking Forward to a Better 2022”

?I am working on just a few little gifts for the granddaughters. I want to make a few special gifts for the girls. They are all on their own and I think a few special things for them to start their own homes. Our November craft fair was good. There were over 100 vendors andContinue reading “Just a few more gifts to make”

Still getting ready for some craft fairs this month. Finishing up and we are making Christmas spiders. They are cute and the story makes them even better. Here are the last 2 I made yesterday. Now here is the story. I know there are several different versions, but this is the one given to me.Continue reading “Spiders spiders and more spiders”