This little border strip took me 3 days to make. Not what you want to hear if you’re planning to do the Star BOM, right?  Don’t worry!  I spent at least a day dealing with the camera and today was spent cooking.
While I don’t think I lack self-confidence, I’m always amazed when I do [...]

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There are several totally different topics in this post so you might want to read all the way down to the bottom . . even if you don’t care about my new camera (just don’t tell me you don’t care about it, ok?)
The decision has been made and the camera has been ordered and I’m [...]

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Anyone sewing with me today? I’m working on borders. Want to guess which quilt?
Too much time was wasted this morning debating with myself about a new camera. I really want the Nikon D80 but I don’t need it. Part of me (10%) wants to be reasonable and part of [...]

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Mr. Linky has not been very cooperative so if I can’t get him to appear in this post, please leave a comment with a link to your blog.
I added nothing and I used 11-1/2 yards. A small part of that went into the BOM star quilt and the rest was used as backing/binding in [...]

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I have a question for those of you wanting to do the BOM but it will be later in this post so . . please keep reading.
The promised nap never happened.  We did order a new weather radio.  When we moved here, we never found the one we had in Kentucky.  It’s probably still in [...]

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What a sleepless night!  You can bet I’ll get a nap in at some point today.
My plan was to be up at 5 a.m. sewing but I didn’t convince myself to get up til 7.  Everyone else around here is still snoozing and I hate to make noise sewing but . . as soon as [...]

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I think everyone but me was watching America Quilts Creatively this afternoon when two of my quilts were shown. After dinner, I checked my e-mail and goodness . . I had so many! Thanks to all of you for writing to say that you saw them. I can’t remember the episode number [...]

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This week has flown by! How did it get to be Friday already? Time flies when you’re having fun!

As I’m driving across Missouri, often on the back roads, the beauty almost takes my breath away! I love the hills, the lush green valleys, the farms, the barns . . I love this [...]

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I’m out and about today doing a mini-workshop and trunk show and thought I’d leave you with just some “this & that” kind of thoughts.
1. There’s a Quiltathon this weekend. If you want to participate, get some cooking and cleaning done ahead of time! I hope to get lots of sewing done [...]

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Whose idea was it to bust the stash anyway? Not a very good idea if you ask me!

Stash Addition

Yes, I know Sunday was several days ago. Yes, I’ve been dreading this report. Yes, I could’ve posted it on Sunday. If anyone has noticed my stash figures [...]

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