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If you’ve read this blog for any amount of time, you know that I am proud of my Cajun French roots and I love Louisiana and the Louisiana people. Mix all that up and you have a jambalaya of fun. We speak in English. Almost always. But we express ourselves in Cajun French. I have […]
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I’m not sure how everyone else feels about our second month, but it seems that it flew by. Quickly. I suppose it has something to do with the cold. Everyone stayed home as much as possible. Trust me, when it’s cold in Louisiana, it’s truly cold. Being in the South doesn’t help much when the
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I’m not sure when Dr. Seuss Day actually is, but Meme’s school is celebrating tomorrow. Of course, Dusti enlisted me to make a Sneetch costume. I did not even know there’s a book! Happily, Dusti is current on Dr. Seuss and picked up everything we needed. A yellow shirt and yellow pants and yellow shoes.
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Some of the scenes from around our house. I sometimes take my phone with me on my afternoon walks. On some of those days, I remember to take photos. Right now, we are getting a miserable rain. Which we are grateful for as there’s been a burn band for the state. So we desperately need
Around the House in Winter Read More »
Those are magnolia painting sales. I decided put my magnolia painting at the Bluebonnet Swamp Spectactular (exhibit) in Baton Rouge. I entered a cotton painting last year, which sold. This exhibit features “work from local artists in the fields of Fabric Arts, Fine Arts and Photography – focusing on the theme ‘Impressions of Louisiana Nature’.”
A Painting in Baton Rouge and One in Texas Read More »
Say hello to Rebecca Budde, one of our new quilty followers, who has a board just for string quilts. Yes, some of these will soon be on my “heart, quilts” board! A surprise for me, this board is almost at 14,000 pins. Though I imagine a few are duplicates. Next, these modern quilts are from
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The Cotton Quilters are going strong! We have a new president, who is very laid-back. But we’re getting things done, because she’s game for almost anything someone suggests. How much fun is that? “Our fearless leader” lets us lead! Case in point: we had a sew-day, lunch, and meeting all in one day. And she
CQG February Meeting Read More »
Don’t we all have that one friend? You know, the one who brings great joy and laughter into your life. But that same one has well defined reasons for everything. Imagine quilting for that one will tell you in a second where to get off, how to go and what to do when you get
The (Nervous) Joy of Quilting for a Friend Read More »
Welcome back to PIW! Let’s look at a few modern quilts, all of which are in the modern section of my “heart, quilts” board. The modern section of “heart, quilts” has over 800 pins, so if you need some inspiration to get started on your next project, this might be a place to begin. Have
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Welcome back to PIW! It’s time to say “hello” to a few followers. Shelly has a board titled “Scenes of Inspiration.” Oh wow! Great title! Georgia Messer is all ready for Valentine’s Day. Take a look at some of her pins. Camille J. has a board about camping that has several sections, a rabbit hole
Pin It Weekly 356 — meet new followers Read More »
