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last week did some alterations for a neighbor on her wedding dress and with this done I wanted to do something fun. Now we have dragonflies flying around the sewing room. What I am most happy with is the center dragonfly. I dyed the fabric with alcohol ink. I will be making more of these.Continue reading “Dragonflies All Around”

Saturday I was going thru my scrap stash to give away some and what I wanted to keep. At one point Granddaughter was grabbing and running off with some pieces. After I had divided what I had to seperate I walked into the living room to find someone busy at work. We took the photos,Continue reading “Sturday’s Stash”

For the last 2 weeks we have been in a sick house. Granddaughter had a “virus” and tested negative for covid, and then hubby got it. I have been cleaning with bleach, spraying Lysol and running RC essential oil thru the defuser. I decided I needed something Cherry for Easter. I found this pattern andContinue reading “Fun little things”

The last few days have been very cold here. The highest the temp the last few days has been 4 degrees with a wind chill of -20. We’ve had ice and snow so we decided to start feeding the birds. Let me tell you those little critters can eat. We went thru 40 lbs ofContinue reading “Cold February”

I got the quilt for a friend finished and she will be picking it up tomorrow. My first scrap quilt and am happy to say I am hooked. I will be making 2 more next week. It will be a little different but basically the same. I had never made scallops before and was lookingContinue reading “What a Week!”

One year ago we were planning on going to Washington DC to see the blooming of the Cherry trees. We would drive from Missouri to Washington DC with stops along the way. In 2017 we went to the New England States and stopped at the Flight 93 Memorial it was so very emotional to readContinue reading “What were you doing a year ago?”

I have talking about trying a scrappy quilt and now I am making one. It isn’t for me, but for a friend of mine. It is turning out to be pretty good. I am trying not to plan each block, but it is what it is. After I make this one I will be makingContinue reading “Scrappy Quilt”

yuu have to come up. Tuesday we decided to walk a more flat area which is down one of the ways into the neighborhood. No sidewalks so as we were walking on the road when a car came we walked in the grass so not a problem. We had gone about a mile and thisContinue reading “Think I am safer quilting and a little round”

I got my Covid 19 quilt finally finished. I started it last April. I started on a Quilt along with a group from Italy and then life got in my way. The lighthouse because I wanted something from home on it. Then today worked some more on my Dear Jane got 6 blocks done. IContinue reading “Quilt finished”