April 2011

Packrats

April 26, 2011

In the past, I’ve mentioned how I save everything.  But Vince . . he’s way worse than I am.  This weekend as he was going through stuff, here are some of the treasures he found: A certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Mechanical Drawing in junior high!  Who would ever have figured he’d grow up to [...]

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Road to Brownwood Instructions

April 25, 2011

Instructions for the Road to Brownwood Quilt will begin tomorrow.  Depending on how much time I think each set of instructions will take, I’ll post instructions every two to three days, avoiding days that have the stash report or the design wall Monday posts.  If you haven’t pulled your fabrics yet, this post lists the [...]

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Searching and Searching

April 25, 2011

If only I could remember anything!  When I was in Louisiana a few weeks ago, I took projects to work on.  Mom has a Bernina 930 so I took my favorite 1/4″ feet along so I could work on a project.  The last thing I remember about that project and those feet is after I [...]

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Design Wall – April 25, 2011

April 25, 2011

Another victim of the move . . my design wall has come down, nail holes have been filled and the spots repainted The camera wouldn’t focus on a blank wall so I had to tape the quilt drawing up there.  Pretty sad to see a blank wall where my design wall used to be.  For [...]

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House Hunt Continues

April 24, 2011

We’ve gone back and forth with every real estate site, every possible search we can think of to find a house.  Yesterday we sat down at the computer and went back over every single house within our price range and tried to think outside the box a bit to see if we were overlooking anything [...]

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Stash Report – Week 17 – 2011

April 24, 2011

The little bit of sewing I did this week was counted in last week’s report so I have nothing to report.  My numbers are the same as last week. Used this Week: 0 yards Used year to Date: 106 yards Added this Week: 0 yards Added Year to Date: 10 yards Net Used for 2011: [...]

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