June 2011

What I’m Reading

June 26, 2011

Readers often ask me what I’m reading. Since I love getting book recommendations, I’ll try to do a better job of sharing what I’m reading and what I think about it. I like love story, happy type books and I like history. I do not like suspense, scary, mean or ugly books! I get email [...]

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Carpenter’s Square Progress

June 26, 2011

Staying on track with “The List”, the pink carpenter’s star is now quilted. I do love this quilt! The colors are so happy. The batting is Warm Blend, it was quilted with the panto, Fay Feathers, with a pale pink thread in both top and bobbin. The blue top is pieced. The colors don’t make [...]

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Stash Report – Week 26, 2011

June 26, 2011

This was a busy week. Lots of fabric used and nothing added. 26 yards were used: .75 yards for the binding for the Indigo quilt 6 yards for the pink Carpenter’s Star top 6 yards for the blue Carpenter’s Star top 6.25 yards for the backing for the Indigo quilt 7 yards for the backing [...]

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Chad, the Photographer

June 25, 2011

Yesterday I had to put on a decent shirt, as opposed to an old, comfy T-shirts, and put on real makeup, as opposed to a little powder across the nose and one swipe of mascara and a bit of lipstick. I had an interview . . not a job interview but an interview for an [...]

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Cooking as a Hobby

June 25, 2011

Cooking is as much for me as is quilting . . though cleaning up after cooking is not so much fun. With Vince gone and Chad rarely home, there hasn’t been much cooking going on around here and I miss it. There’s a wine that Chad and I both like, and I’m not much of [...]

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Yesterday’s Accomplishments

June 24, 2011

Staying on track with the list, the pink Carpenter’s Star quilt was actually finished on Wednesday night but I did get the backing pieced yesterday. The purple fabric has 1996 on the selvage. I remember buying that while I still lived in Louisiana and I left there in 1997 so it’s an oldie but a [...]

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