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Making HSTs is really quite easy. I can’t begin to count how many I’ve made over the years, and I always use this process. It’s just too simple to consider changing. These directions will give you one HST block. I wrote this tutorial in 2012 when I made this quilt for a student who was […]
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This DIY is from 2015. I can’t believe that I refinished this table and it’s still sitting next to my recliner. I use it daily. Here we go: Richard and I got this table from a second-hand store. I fell in love with it because it’s an old school table. I mean, really why bother
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How to Attach Binding to a Quilt. Step by step directions for attaching binding with mitered corners.
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After making my sister a small wallet to hold her credit cards and keys, I decided to use the pattern to make another to hold my rosaries. Since I keep two rosaries in my purse and have had to take measures to keep them from tangling, I thought I’d solve that problem, too. Materials List
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Do you find that it’s difficult to buy just the right gift for someone? Or maybe you have some ideas in mind, but none are quite enough? One way to consolidate all of your ideas is to build a gift basket for the person. I like themes, so I try to stay within a themed
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After a few weeks of wearing a diaper only, Caki was finally able to handle being touched and we visited to see our little darling wearing a tiny little handmade cotton gown! I remember crying because she finally seemed human. We had held our breath for weeks before her birth in prayer that she could
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