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Continue reading →: “gaining” and hour?
I mentioned in a previous post that I am attempting to find a new rhythm for my blog posting. My intention, for now, is to post every other week. However, this week I decided I wanted to do an extra post because of the time change since it is…
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Continue reading →: navigating multiple crafting interests
In my previous post I mentioned that part of my break was reawakening my interest in crochet. I also mentioned that I initially started to this blog to share the adventures in my relatively new quilting hobby, so obviously I have multiple interests. Interests, distractions, whatever you call them, I…
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Continue reading →: ripping out work
Have you ever taken a break from a project and then when you got back to it, felt like something just wasn’t working? Maybe a crochet project where you decided that the yarn and pattern combination is no longer to your liking? Or a quilt project where some blocks just…
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Continue reading →: it might help to talk about it
I had to step away from my blog for the past several weeks. Based on the name of the blog, it would be easy to assume that I got distracted. It was more than that. It took me several weeks to realize the real reason. I really needed to focus…
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Continue reading →: my very first quilt blocksIn the post about my first completed quilt top, I mentioned that project was not my first foray into quilting. Back in 2003 I had intended to make a quilt – one block at a time, one block a month. The Kansas City Star newspaper used to publish quilt…
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Continue reading →: took another quilt top in for quiltingThis is my fifth quilt top, but my first flannel quilt. I finally got the quilt top done and dropped it off for quilting (I haven’t worked my way up to doing that part yet). It won’t be ready for the baby shower, but I’m hoping to have it back…
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Continue reading →: Merry Christmas Eve!Like many of you, I have some distinct memories of Christmas in the past, spent with loved ones who are no longer with me. I have distinct memories of a Christmas Eve at my in-laws house. My mother-in-law and I watched a movie, The Sound Of Music. It was the…
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Continue reading →: fixing a big oops! on my second quilt topMy second quilting project was for my mom. I’m currently working on another one for her. I grew up in a house on 3.5 acres. My mom had many flower beds. When she and my step-dad could no longer care for the property, they downsized to a 2-bedroom duplex, but…
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Continue reading →: creating holiday cheer in memory careThe 2023 holiday season was the first one for a loved one to spend in a memory care facility. The room did not have much space for decorating for Christmas. If you have visited many long-term care facilities, you know the rooms are usually small. The only surface to set…
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a visit with inspiration
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Continue reading →: a visit with inspirationI hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday. A couple of weeks ago when I was writing the post about what inspired me to start quilting, I realized I did not have a picture of the full quilt that my mother-in-law made for me in 2017. Before I…
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