November 2009

Design Wall Monday – November 30, 2009

November 30, 2009

This is kinda not true because as of last night, this quilt was not on my design wall.  The borders have been added and it’s ready to quilt. What you might notice is that the block smack dab in the middle is wrong! It’s fixed now.  This is my Black Friday top, which really came [...]

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So I Missed a Week!

November 29, 2009

I think I did this same thing last year!  Actually last week I messed up and put Week 48 when it should have been Week 47 and no one even noticed.  Really . . I knew . . I just wanted to see if you all knew!     Not really.  I totally screwed up. Instead [...]

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Irreconcilable Differences

November 29, 2009

What happens when the husband loves to shop and the wife does not?  I’m betting that most times, it’s the wife who loves to shop and the husband who does not. We’ve about gotten past the point of physically shopping because Vince knows I don’t last long when we wander aisles of stores.  I’m ok [...]

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Picky About My Flour

November 29, 2009

Mom and Dad has asked me to make bread while I was there and since I’m a flour snob, and I knew I couldn’t get my favorite flour there, I brought along my bucket of flour. These plastic buckets, with gamma seal lids are great for storing bulk items such as flour, sugar, wheat, beans [...]

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Week 49, 2009 Stash Report

November 29, 2009

Finally I can report that I’ve used fabric.  I started and finished the Black Friday top, pieced a backing for it and may (fingers crossed) get it quilted today.  The top took 10 yards (according to EQ) and the backing was 5 yards for a grand total of 15 yards used with nothing added. Used [...]

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A New Holiday Tradition

November 28, 2009

Looks like we’ve started something new that will probably continue as long as we live in this town.  Seems as though either Christmas or Thanksgiving, we have to replace the heating element in our water heater.  It was the day after Christmas last year when we had these dudes here working on the water heater. [...]

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