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Entries from April 2008

My Next Project . . Maybe

April 30th, 2008 · 26 Comments

Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - <46 yards>
Net Yards To Go - 197 yards
When I come home from a quilt show like Paducah, I’m always torn between making a quilt to enter in the show or just doing what I do day in and day out.  I had [...]

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Tags: Quilting

Quilt for An Hour Tips

April 30th, 2008 · 14 Comments

Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - <46 yards>
Net Yards To Go - 197 yards
The next Quilt for an Hour project will start on Monday, May 19. There are a lot of quilt activities going on in blogland these days and I know everyone can’t do everything [...]

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Tags: Quilt for an Hour

Making Do

April 30th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - <49.25 yards>
Net Yards To Go - 200.25 yards
Living in a small town is so different from living in a larger town. I’ve never lived in a real “city” — something big like Houston, Dallas, Louisville — those type cities. I’ve [...]

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Tags: Just Stuff · Small Town Living

Back to my regular schedule

April 29th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - <54.25 yards>
Net Yards To Go - 204.25 yards
What could a lonely, not so desperate housewife do on a Monday after such an exciting week last week?
How about an early morning trip to the dentist, then take the car to the shop to [...]

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Tags: Just Stuff

More on Paducah

April 28th, 2008 · 12 Comments

Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - <60.5 yards>
Net Yards To Go - 210.5 yards
Is anyone tired of hearing about Paducah yet? Good . . I didn’t think you would be. It’s so much fun to get together with my girlfriends and talk and giggle all [...]

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Tags: Fabric · Quilt Shows

Men & Their Shopping Habits

April 27th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - <60.5 yards>
Net Yards To Go - 210.5 yards
How does your man shop? For Vince, the absolute best way for him to go shopping is without his adorable, loving, impatient, hates-to-shop wife!
Here’s an instance of how I shop. I needed some [...]

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Tags: Just Stuff · Shopping

Stash Report

April 27th, 2008 · 17 Comments

Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - <60.5 yards>
Net Yards To Go - 210.5 yards
How’d you all do this week? Hopefully everyone in the free world did better than I did! Every day I said to my friends: Please do NOT let me buy fabric today! [...]

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Tags: Stashbusting Report

A Surprise for Me!

April 26th, 2008 · 5 Comments

When I attended a quilt retreat recently, I met a lady and her very nice husband. I had known the lady for a while through the internet but we had never met. She wrote me last week and asked for my address . . she had a little something to send me. [...]

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Tags: Just Stuff

Quick Update

April 26th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I’m home and I am one tired little critter.  I’m glad to know that my posts showed up as scheduled.  Thanks for all the comments and mail sent while I was away.  There’s no way I can respond to it all but I did read every bit of it and chuckled at quite a few.  [...]

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Tags: Just Stuff

Honey Do List

April 25th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - 37 yards
Net Yards To Go - 113 yards
Well, if things are going according to schedule, this post should appear Friday evening. I’ve probably done all the damage I can do in Paducah. Hopefully some of my friends came by to [...]

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Tags: Family