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I have started trying to relearn crocheting. This started when I misread the pattern and it said to double crochet in each double crochet increasing by 10. Easy next row (20) for 5 rows. I had a beautiful ruffly doily. Each row should of had 10, 20, 30 stitches until row 5. As I wasContinue reading ““Frogging””

This morning I woke up to a 2 degrees with a wind chill of -20 I will be making working on a quilt today and watching the cars try to get up the hill in front of our house. The 2+ inches of snow has been packed down and then turned to ice is makingContinue reading “It is cold out there”

Hello we are finally back after a while of craziness. My hopes and prayers are that 2025 will be a little more calmer. I had a foot surgery and then had to have it redone because the first Dr. messed it up and I ended up with bones not attached to the foot. Just hangingContinue reading “Super Bowl Weekend”

It has been cold here in Missouri for a few days, but today is -7 with a windchill of -26. While I sew I like to look out the window, but it is a little chilly in here. We got new windows a few years ago, but I have realized that when it is hit a placeContinue reading “A Little on the Chilly Side”

We are having too cold of a cold spell. It is 15 degrees today with a windchill of -2. Tomorrow the temp is gonna be in the negative numbers for the next 6 days. I am at the sewing machine and looking out the window and you can see the branches on trees just bouncing with the wind. Tomorrow itContinue reading “A Little Too Cold”

I was a little surprised when I noticed how long it has been since I’ve posted anything. So far 2024 has started out pretty good for us. I am hoping that this year will be a good one for everyone. We are still making, but looks like we are slowly changing to more candy making, we willContinue reading “Been A While”

This morning got the granddaughter off to school, got the bedrooms, bathrooms cleaned, and picked up living room. After running the vacuum I want to sew some and then do some baking. Starting the brittles so I will have some to take to Tx for Thanksgiving. The kids and 3 of the 5 granddaughters areContinue reading “Big Plans For Today”

I hope that we are back and ready to keep going. This Grandma has had so much happening that I had to take a short break to get my act together. I am in the middle of my last year as my Quilt Guild President. It has been a wonderful experience and I would highlyContinue reading “Taken A Little Break”

What is there to say about Y ? I don’t like them very much. I’ve tried to” stay away from them until I agreed to test the “Origins Shooting Stars” by Jamie Kalvestran. https://www.jamiekalvestrandesign.com/sewing-with-jamie… #scrapbagspatterns After doing a YouTube search and practicing each different way of making them and found the one that made senseContinue reading “Y Seams”