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God Save the Queen!
Last week, as predicted, not much progress. Every day, I had to drive somewhere, except Thursday, and by then I was kaput. When you live in the middle of nowhere, going somewhere usually involves a four-hour round trip. I did… Continue reading
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Dragon Slayer
Last week I decided to tackle the “hard” sewing things instead of the “kit” things, so I started off by making my dragon block for the Moonbeams quilt. I knew I could do it! This was my sketch– I dissected… Continue reading
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Project Shaming
I had a fantastic week– finally, finally getting over the virus from H*LL. I fostered an attitude of less overthinking, more actual working. I did hit a ton of projects this week, so it’s more of an overall progress than… Continue reading
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A Long Winter’s Night…
Welcome to another week of sewing progress in ice cold Maine! Thankfully, it’s always warm in Quiltopia. I did lose a couple of days this week, traveling down to Plymouth, MA, where I still have my eye doctor–LOL– and to… Continue reading
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Keep calm and sew on…
My immune system has been getting quite a workout– for over two weeks now, I’ve been battling a huge cold. I’m finally starting to feel good again– wow, it feels good to feel good again after all this time. I… Continue reading
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Christmas… did you blink?
This one really snuck up on us and the Christmas tree guy at the farm we went to on Christmas Eve said we weren’t alone! We are never the “put up the tree Thanksgiving weekend” people, but this year, we… Continue reading
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Overwhelmed…
“There is nothing like staying home for true comfort,” is a Jane Austen saying I keep seeing here and there, and I whole-heartedly agree with it. After driving five hours back to my old haunts for a visit mid-week, I… Continue reading
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Little things
So at last writing my quilt tops had spent a leisurely week in New Hampshire, courtesy of the post office! Thank goodness they finally made it to Nebraska into the arms of my wonderful longarm friend. Here is Mr. Rogers!… Continue reading
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Meanwhile, in Unorganized Territory…
I just had the BEST Thanksgiving of my life! For so many reasons… We got snow! Ten inches of the huge fluffy wet stuff– snowman making snow! Then the kids went out into the woods and cut down a Christmas… Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I just wanted to say that, although there’s not a lot of other sewing news. I am thankful– so grateful for you all– especially my dear readers here who patiently slog through the blather each week. The new Word Press… Continue reading
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