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Do you get tons (yes, tons) of scraps? Do you save them? Do they seem to multiply when you’re not in your sewing room? My answer is yes, yes, and yes. It can’t be helped, apparently. If you make quilts, you make scraps. The end. So what to do with tons of scraps? Especially since […]
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The dinos are huge (life-size) and quite realistic looking,
Is This Jurassic Park? Dinosaurs in Louisiana Read More »
I completely missed posting about the June Cotton Quilters meeting. That means I also need to post the July meeting, which was very different and fun! But back to June and our show and share.
June Cotton Quilters Meeting Read More »
The Sew Crazy Quilters of Leesville, La, hired me to teach improv quilting early last month. You cannot imagine how much fun it is to teach traditional quilters how to let go of everything they’ve known for 20 years. They are a happy group of ladies. Full of smiles and laughter and good vibes. Oh,
A la Mary Improv and More! Read More »
I’ve been sewing for the nursing home a bit lately. Cookie’s dementia has gotten worse in recent months. It helps to keep her mind and hands occupied, so I made a small fidget bear using Simplicity S8044 with the necessary modifications to add fidget items. The arms and legs all have something interesting to touch
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Our neice recently had a baby. She and her husband knew early into the pregnancy that the baby had little chance of surviving to full term. Though they saw doctor after doctor, no one was able to help them. They lost little Asher only an hour after he was born. A few days later she
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Perhaps you remember that my sister, Cookie, is in the nursing home about 20 minutes drive from my house. She suffers from dementia, perhaps Alzhemiers but we’re not certain. Since I have been visiting for the last year or so, I’ve gotten to know some of the staff, especially Connie who answers questions, checks in
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Evergreen, Louisiana, recently celebrated it’s 150 birthday! It’s a small town of about 300 people, so the celebration was small, but we enjoyed the parade, the park games, and the craft booths. There were a few other vehicles in the parade, but I assume that you’ve seen fire trucks and first responder vehicles. So we’ll
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Welcome back! I’ve been away from blogging for a month. Since the whole EarthLink fiasco. Never, in the ten years since I started this gig, have I been away so long. But I perhaps it’s been a good thing. I’ve certainly racked up a few incidents: gardening, some pictures, some quilting and sewing stuff. I’ve
Gardening, Photos, And Sewing… But No Blogging Read More »
In my last post, what two weeks ago?, I raved, yes that’s the word, raved about having Earthlink, our new internet system. At the time everything was working. Of course, there was a caveat. I was wired into the router. Unfortunately, I had a direct line to nowhere. I suppose you could argue that it
Well, that internet deal was short-lived! Read More »
