Love is in the air

February 4, 2010

Its contagious.  I love valentine’s day.  The colors are so pleasing to me.  Its not quite spring, but it thinks it might be. To celebrate, I made a couple of things.  Mainly because I can’t resist Valentine’s Day fabrics, but don’t want to wear them all year, yk?  And I don’t really decorate my house […]

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For my Giraffe Girl

February 3, 2010

My youngest loves giraffes.  Anything giraffe is good with her.  For her birthday, I made her a new quilt for her bed with a giraffe.  I was lucky enough to be visiting my mother to take care of her after surgery.  She had pain meds, I had her long arm.  I had lots of fun […]

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Serger 101, pt 2 Threading

February 2, 2010

Notice that “threading” is not a 4-letter word, and it doesn’t need to be. The good thing is that the basics of all sergers are the same.  They all have the same motions going on and the thread needs to go nearly the same way.  To make things a bit easier, its helpful to start […]

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Sometimes things work just like you imagined…..

January 31, 2010

I love the way my magnetic hanging strip works for all my scissors and cutting implements.  Its from IKEA and is designed for hanging knives.  I’m so happy with the way it works.  Sometimes my visions do look good. Speaking of visions looking good, send my good wishes on executing a valentine bib and child’s […]

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Serger 101 pt1.1

January 26, 2010

So pretty, isn’t it?  Its a “cheater” finish done by a serger, on a wall hanging. So you think you might want a serger, right?  So what to look for when shopping….. My first question is how much should I spend?  I used to get lots of requests for “Just something cheap and easy to […]

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