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Pay It Forward

Posted in Gifts, tagged on Friday, November 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

There are two posts today…taking care of business. I won a “Pay It Forward” challenge on Jane’s blog.  I’m excited!  I am going to receive something handmade by Jane in the next 365 days.  How exciting…and what a surprise it will be.  She creates the most beautiful handmade things. Now I want to Pay It Forward [...]

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Bookworm Award

Posted in Award, tagged on Friday, November 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Marjorie tagged me for the Bookworm Award. The rules for this award are: Open the book closest to you, not your favorite or most intellectual book, but the book closest to you at the moment, and turn to page 56.  Write out the fifth sentence, as well as two to five sentences following that.  And [...]

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Christmas Stockings

Posted in Christmas, Gifts, Sewing, Wool, tagged on Friday, November 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »

    I’ve been having fun creating a gift for my daughter-in-law, Michelle.               From tip to toe…it was fun designing something for Christmas.       With leaves and flower centers covered with needle felted wool roving mixed with angelina.           And tiny beads [...]

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Such Fun

Posted in Quilting, Sewing, tagged , on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | 6 Comments »

The Quilt Show on Friday was delightful.  They showed the most beautiful quilts.   Each one was a work of art in itself.   We all love different things and there was something for everyone.  I have a couple of photos here of my favorites, but unfortunately I forgot to get the names of the persons who [...]

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Quilt Show

Posted in Quilting, Sewing, tagged on Thursday, November 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Thought I’d share with all of you this postcard reminder I received in the mail this week.  Today begins the Greater Chicago Quilt Exposition at the Renaissance Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois.  I have gone for the past few years that is has been here and it is a nice show.   Not nearly as big as [...]

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Busy Weekend

Posted in Christmas, Friends, Gifts, Quilting, tagged , , on Monday, November 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »

  It was a bit busy this weekend, but fun. Friday my husband and I attended a beautiful wedding of the daughter of a long time friend. It’s so nice to be together with good friends. And what a special occasion to share with one another. I recall the weddings of my three like yesterday. [...]

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Gold Card Award

Posted in Inspiration, tagged on Monday, November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I received a Gold Card BFFF Award this past week.   Thank you Anne.  However, I find it difficult give others the task of passing along these things, so I have deceided to step outside of the rules.  My gift to others will be to ask each person who reads my blog to click the sites on [...]

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I Was Tagged

Posted in Family, Gifts, tagged , , on Monday, November 3, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Paddy’s Daughter tagged me over a week ago and I am now just getting around to answering it. I am to tell everyone 7 unusual things about myself that most people don’t know. Well…this is really hard. My life is like an open book. Even thinking about it for a week and a half doesn’t [...]

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New Quilt for Titouan

Posted in Gifts, Quilting, Sewing, tagged , , on Sunday, November 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Maggy…my soul sister in France…has a new grandson, Titouan. I had to make something special for him. A bit of fun and a bit of the United States. So I found a fabric with lots of English words on it. They are phrases which we hear a lot, but perhaps not so common France…but then [...]

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