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August Goes South
August is a month that frequently goes south on me– there’s been too much ice cream, too many sunburns, too much hilarity and all of a sudden I find myself sin dipped in misery. Meanwhile, the summer’s running out and… Continue reading
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Two new starts!
Two weeks worth of quilty progress to show you today– and I started two new things! (sigh) Let’s get right into it. Fat Quarter Shop’s yearly FREE Christmas stitch-a-long started in July and I was resisting perfectly. But they had… Continue reading
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wHaT!?
There it is, friends! Shocked is the only description I have for you. All I’d like to say– if you’ve ever wanted to enter a quilt show, you should– you’re good enough! I FORGOT MY PHONE, so I couldn’t even… Continue reading
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Pinch me…
I am having the summer of my life! A beautiful chapter has opened in a setting I never dreamed of, completely plot twisting the story of my life. It’s the dog days of July in the mountains of Maine, each… Continue reading
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A Good Effort
I’ve had another fabulous finish! “The Secret of Sugar Meadow” is show ready for Maine Quilts in Augusta, July 24-26th. Be there! My piped binding came out like a champ– many thanks to Susan Cleveland for her “Piping Hot Binding”… Continue reading
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Carefree Highways Tutorial
Most of my progress since returning to my belove Quiltopia has been on my Carefree Highways quilt– I have a November deadline to enter it into the brand new, New England AQS show which I already have hotel reservations for… Continue reading
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Situation 51
After 36 hours of flight delays, I’m back from the Moonbeams wedding in Charlotte, North Carolina! Thunderstorms were the problem, but misery loves company and at least our delays made a splash in the news. There were 1600 flight cancellations,… Continue reading
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Cuteness Overload
Sugar Meadow Pinks are here! Only my most diehard fans will remember me saying how I wanted to breed chickens this year. I imagined my Rhode Island Red rooster would mate with a white Brahma hen and the result would… Continue reading
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Happy Father’s Day!
Here I am, feeling a bit jet-lagged after a flight home last night from Atlanta– can you be jet-lagged if you never left your time zone? Yes, because after five minutes of trying to navigate the airport, I was jet-lagged… Continue reading
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Focusing on Everything…
“Focusing on Everything” has been our family motto and inside joke for the week– I hope you immediately recognized the tongue in cheek! Yes, we all have a lot going on and it’s all progressing, at one rate or another.… Continue reading
THE BEST NEWS to me is for the therapist saying your shoulder is loosening up quicker than expected. Having a…