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I have been making microwave bowl cozies for quite a while now and have decided to remake them into different sizes.  Today’s size is 15×10 inches.   In case you would like to make one for yourself or for gifts. I started with cutting an oval that was 16×11 inches out of 2 pieces of fabric.Continue reading “New Idea Day”

Went to the Auction not planning on buying anything.  I think that was the first BIG mistake.  Find #1)  2 totes 11x13x12 full of fabric.  (60.5 yards of fabric smallest piece 2.225 yards).  Fine #2)  6 Beatle’s Posters.  Find #3) 2 Large new rolls of quilt batting.  These rolls are 5 ft tall and IContinue reading “Day after Auction”

Finished the quilt top I was testing,  Geese Migrating.  I am calling this Green Geese Gone Wild.  Never thought I would get this finished.  it is pretty and the photos don’t show the light green colors.  I will have to work on my photography.  Any suggestions?  Today is auction day (I am going with myContinue reading “Geese Migrating”

I have been thinking a lot of the first few quilts I made.  I thought here I have been sewing all my life, so what is the big deal about quilting?  The first quilt was just alternating squares and I embroidered randomly on it.  Easy….Hahaha. I learned the lesson of NEVER say “easy peasy”. MyContinue reading “Throw back Thursday”

Last year we took a long planned vacation from Missouri thru the SW United States.  It was a trip we planned for 15 yrs.  While Hubby planned the National Parks we would visit and see I planned on Quilt Shops I wanted to visit. Our first Quilt shop stop was in Taos, New Mexico.  I amContinue reading “5 Great Quilt Shops We Visited On Vacation”

We have been trying to get everything finished up for the sale Saturday.  I have only a few more things to finish up and then will be done.  I am assuming most of you know about Missouri Star Quilts and Jenny Doan.  I have been working on her Cathedral Window block.  Makes it so easyContinue reading “Craft Fair Saturday”

What a beautiful day it has been.  Nice and sunny in the low 80’s and butterflies are all over my yard.  No, not just my garden, but in my quilts also.  A few years ago I was involved in a block swap and loved it.  We all made 11 butterfly blocks and then swapped them.Continue reading “Butterflies in the Garden”

Cutting table is finished and in.  Working great and I just can’t wait to use it a lot. I now have a place for my old buttons and threads.  I started cleaning the sewing room this morning and then Hubby thought a trip to Omaha, Nebraska zoo.  It is about 3 hour drive from Independence,Continue reading “Cutting table is finished”

Hubby finishes my cutting table today and I can’t wait.  He is putting the final coat sealant on it and then tomorrow it will be in my sewing room.  This will be perfect as I am ready to do some cutting. Today I will be trying my hand at some English paper piecing.  A fewContinue reading “So excited”

Lately I have been sitting at my sewing machine working on several different projects for Craft Fairs.  I keep getting more ideas and while some of them take lots of time there are many that don’t.  If I am not sewing I am watching the humming birds and squirrels playing outside my window.  I canContinue reading “Spending days in Sewing room”