November 2007

Avoiding Temptation

November 30, 2007

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? Until [...]

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Quilt Labels

November 29, 2007

Edit: 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 use a label [...]

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A Friend in Need

November 28, 2007

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 aware of the [...]

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The Purple Dress

November 28, 2007

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 that [...]

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Middle of the Week

November 28, 2007

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 fabric buying patterns or [...]

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Apples & Ginger Aprons

November 27, 2007

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 cute [...]

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