Oh, goodness, that title doesn’t sound like my usual blog posts, does it? If you click on the photo above, you’ll see the e-mails that greeted me this morning when I checked my mail. Speaking of clicking on photos, is everyone else getting something different when you click on the photos to enlarge them? [...]

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Maybe the one above is better.
I’m really terrible with making labels. This is the one I made for my friend’s quilt. Does it look funny? I just showed it to Vince and he thinks it looks . . at first he said “dorky”; then he said “girly”. Maybe I’ll just [...]

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There are two purpose for this post. First, a friend is in desperate need of prayers. I haven’t asked her permission to share this info here so I’m not going to share real personal details. Second, even though our medical system is fantastic, there are cracks and we all need to be [...]

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Vicky’s recent post brought to mind The Purple Dress!
Once upon a time, I bought clothes and shoes and purses like I’ve been buying fabric. My husband and I both worked (and had no children at that time) and shopping for clothes was my main hobby. My favorite shop would hold the new things [...]

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Here it is Wednesday. How’s everyone doing with the stash busting? I wonder if buying fabric is like eating when you’re on a diet .. are there events (stress, frustration, excitement) that trigger fabric buying binges? Are certain days worse than other days? I never thought much about whether I had [...]

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Even though these aprons were just cutouts (like from a panel) and all I had to do was seam up the four ties, turn under the edges and attach the ties, these are the kinds of things I never do! I saw these at a shop a few months ago and thought they’d be [...]

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This quilt really needs a new name. Santa on Speed isn’t good! I like this quilt too much for it to have a name like that. Anyone know of an appropriate name? Speaking of Santa’s Little Helpers, look at Chad on top of that stack holding the quilt for me! [...]

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Stash busting can have a different meaning for all of us. What’s right for me probably isn’t right for you. Each of us has to decide how we will handle our own stash busting efforts. There have been so many times I’ve tried to stash bust and I failed. I may [...]

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I’ve had several comments and several e-mails from those of you who were very surprised at how much stash busting you did last week. We sometimes don’t realize how much we’ve done until we see our accomplishments set out on a list. Making a list really helps me in almost every aspect of [...]

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Be sure to check out Laura at The Organizing Junkie for more weekly menus. She has a new address so if you haven’t checked our her new site, please click on the link and let Laura help you get organized!
Since I’m trying to work really hard to get lots of quilting done, there [...]

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