I’m back home with my husband, my son (although he’s at work and I haven’t officially seen him yet), my dog, my perfect lime green kitchen and my sleepy little town with friendly folks and no traffic.  There’s no place like home .. unless it’s mom and dad’s house!  It’s always so hard leaving.  Once [...]

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and . . not as I do! So much for my for Quiltathon Saturday. Here’s how my day went:
6:15 a.m. - Up and ready to sew. Had to be quiet til Vince and Chad were awake. Cut out a few pieces and loaded a quilt on the longarm.
7:30 a.m. - Heard [...]

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Since I’ve had lots of thinking time the past few days, I came up with the idea to sell some things, in addition to my patterns and book, over on my Sunshine Quilts website. I’ve added extra wide backing fabrics and EQ items. It will take me a while to get the shipping [...]

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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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Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - 37 yards
Net Yards To Go - 113 yards
I’m not a quitter! I will reduce this stash. But, I have a pretty hopeless mess on my hands! You’ve seen pictures of the neatly-folded-and-organized-by-color stash but you haven’t seen the total [...]

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Net Stash Reduction Goal for 2008 - 150 yards
Net Used to Date - 26 yards
Net Yards To Go - 124 yards
Well, you all gave me such positive feedback on my parenting skills, let’s see what you have to say about my housekeeping skills!  No, please . . I know I’m a terrible housekeeper!  Don’t [...]

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My friend from Springfield, Elaine, met me in Joplin today for lunch. I had several things to do:

Take back a purse that I had used one week and the stitching had come out of the handle
Go by Office Depot and pick up a refund due on my camera
Take a book back to Books-A-Million for [...]

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And I’m sticking to it!
Some of this fabric was already here. You can click on the picture to see a larger image. Before Mom and Dad arrived for Christmas, I found a good size pile of unwashed fabric so I stuck it in a cabinet in the laundry room. Some [...]

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Mom and I went to Quilts Bayou while I was home. I didn’t do too bad, did I? The notecards are gifts for friends, the top and bottom fabrics will be used for pillowcases, mostly gifts. I couldn’t pass up the fabric with the Louisiana food on it. Not [...]

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I came across this fabric on sale at Big Horn Quilts and had to have it. A friend back home is a beautician who had always cut my hair. When we were back for Daniel’s funeral, she met us at the shop on Monday (her day off) and did mom’s hair and cut [...]

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