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It is great when everything seems to fit together. After the first 2 weeks of falling off my scooter and bending the pin in the toe, I have gotten better at this silly thing and am navigating really well. I have finished the Sawtooth Zig Zag#dreamyblue quilt finished and all the quilts for our GuildContinue reading “Life is good”

It has been a while since I’ve posted (20 days to be exact). I am putting the binding on my Saw Tooth Zig Zag#Dreamy Blue quilt and then a label on the back and it will be finished and ready for our Guild’s Quilt Show in Sept. I am looking forward to September. Our QuiltContinue reading “Today’s Catch Up”

After several years of arthritic pain in the foot I decided it was time to do something about it. Now here I sit day 3 post surgery and for the next 2 months I will be on my little green scooter. I will need to figure out how to get around my sewing room toContinue reading “Doing some handwork these days.”

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”