tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32954689013422370282024-03-13T23:29:05.529-05:00Adventures of the Singing QuilterCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-23048499311800142342017-02-25T13:46:00.000-06:002017-02-25T13:46:06.543-06:00Goodbye and Hello!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hey friends!</div>
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See you there!</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-69621446223861572632017-01-14T22:12:00.000-06:002017-01-14T22:12:55.914-06:00Since I've Been Away...<div style="text-align: center;">
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I hope you will forgive my absence.</div>
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It's been with good reason.</div>
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Our firstborn grandchild arrived.</div>
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I would like to introduce you to our sweet boy,Walker Wyatt.</div>
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He was born September 6th weighing in at 7 lbs 2 oz.</div>
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This is my son and soon to be daughter-in-law.</div>
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They make such a beautiful family.</div>
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Now that Walker is 4 months old, he's really starting to develop his personality.</div>
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He is incredibly sweet and when he smiles, his whole soul shines through his face.</div>
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Nothing prepared me for the love that flooded my heart when I saw this little man.</div>
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Truth be told, I still can't talk about him without getting tears in my eyes.</div>
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But mostly, nothing could prepare me for this...</div>
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...watching my baby tenderly care for his baby.</div>
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He is such a good daddy.</div>
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To say I'm proud is an understatement.</div>
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Walker is growing so fast and he will let you know that he is </div>
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the 'coolest. dude. ever'. </div>
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We're also ready for baseball season.</div>
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Go Yankees!</div>
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(although I was THRILLED the Cubs won the World Series last year!)</div>
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I also received the most touching gift from my sewing sisters across the US.</div>
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They coordinated making this beautiful quilt to keep here with me </div>
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for Walker to use when he comes to visit.</div>
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If you would like to see all the wonderful and talented makers of this quilt,</div>
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just check my IG link<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BKjvXhiAHJK/?taken-by=adventuresofthesingingquilter" target="_blank"> HERE</a>. Click on the photo and you'll see all the names.</div>
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I have a pretty sweet tribe!</div>
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2016 was truly a year of blessings, none of which I will take for granted.</div>
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I love being a mom, but being a grandma is an honor I don't quite feel I deserve,</div>
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I promise to not take one bit of it lightly and wear the name badge proudly.</div>
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Believe it or not, I do have some fun crafting and sewing projects in the works</div>
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and cannot wait to share them with you!</div>
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<br />May 2017 be your year for dreams to come true!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-45861428135074531842016-08-09T21:29:00.000-05:002016-08-09T21:29:19.102-05:00Summertime Yummies<div style="text-align: center;">
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I ate my first garden tomato of the season and it was mouthwatering.</div>
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Lucky for me, I have great friends who share.</div>
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Tonight I did my first try at zoodles (zucchini noodles).</div>
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I purchased a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Veggetti-Table-Top-Spiralizer-Quickly-Vegetables/dp/B00VQTHRAA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470794818&sr=8-1&keywords=vegetti+spiral+slicer" target="_blank">Vegitti</a>, and I have to say, it was well worth the money.</div>
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I even used it to make curly fries for my hubby.</div>
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But tonight was about seeing if I could replace pasta with a veggie.</div>
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By golly, it worked.</div>
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Before I cooked the zoodles, I whipped together a homemade meat sauce.</div>
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Oh my goodness....I think this was the best sauce I ever made.</div>
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Newman's Own Cabernet Sauvignon.</div>
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I let those flavors marry together another 40 minutes or so.</div>
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Oh.........my............gosh......</div>
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there are no words for how delicious this was.</div>
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Totally pulled this recipe out of the air, so I wanted to make sure I had it documented so I can make it again.</div>
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It made enough for my husband and I to eat for supper and to each take leftovers in our lunch tomorrow.</div>
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I've also been working on a little bit of sewing.</div>
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I made my first pineapple block.</div>
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This is a GREAT scrap buster. I had no rhyme or reason while sewing it. I just pulled my scrap</div>
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bag up to my sewing machine and picked fabric as I went along. This is a great block to sew up in between projects. I can't wait until it grows up and becomes a quilt.</div>
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We have just a few short weeks left until Baby Boy Smith arrives.</div>
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To say I'm excited is an understatement.</div>
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This little boy is going to come into this world with so much love.</div>
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You really can't ask for more than that.</div>
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So I've also been doing some 'grandma' sewing.</div>
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The due date is August 26th, so technically it could happen any day now. I just can't wait </div>
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to meet my little grandson. My heart swells every time I think about him!</div>
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I hope you all have been enjoying the produce of your gardens (or your friends/family/neighbor...lol).</div>
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It's that time of year where healthy eating is a breeze!</div>
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Until next time!</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-73526105887782752962016-07-24T22:43:00.001-05:002016-07-24T22:43:55.547-05:00Berry Crazy<div style="text-align: center;">
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I hope your weather is holding up well.</div>
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It has been horribly hot and humid here.</div>
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I decided to make the large cherry block from Lori Holt's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Farm-Girl-Vintage-Lori-Bonnet/dp/0988174979/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469417354&sr=1-1&keywords=farm+girl+vintage+by+lori+holt" target="_blank">Farm Girl Vintage</a> book. </div>
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To go with it, I also made a set of mason jar coasters.</div>
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There is no pattern for those. I was totally inspired to make them</div>
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from a set that <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/53856688@N07/with/26716946745/" target="_blank">Jackie (chloeandme ) made.</a></div>
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I hope you all have a wonderful day!</div>
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XOXO</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-87808328462823316282016-07-06T21:28:00.000-05:002016-07-06T21:28:54.573-05:00Sweet Tweets for You!<div style="text-align: center;">
Glad to be back with a more cheery post today.</div>
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Thank you all so much for the comments and emails regarding</div>
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I have a friend going through some life struggles, </div>
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books in my sewing library. You can read more about it on <a href="http://whynotsew.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erin's blog</a> <a href="http://whynotsew.blogspot.com/2015/09/sweet-tweets-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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It's just a sweet book full of inspiration!</div>
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Erin's directions to help get you started with free motion applique are wonderful. I do suggest making sure you practice a few times if you've never done it before. I swear my lines used to look like I drank 10 pots of coffee before I started sewing. Now they flow so smoothly through the machine that it's hard to stop!</div>
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So if you're new to free motion applique and would like to build your skill and make cute things, Sweet Tweets is for you.</div>
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We had to say goodbye to our sweet Sam the other day.</div>
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I hope you can bear with me as I share my memories of her.</div>
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I'm not doing this for sympathy.</div>
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truly was one of a kind. Sam was only in our lives for 14 months, and these past 14 months have been so joyous.</div>
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When my husband said he wanted a Jack Russell for our next dog, I thought he was crazy.</div>
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Never having one before, I only knew what I heard others say.</div>
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My friend knew we were looking for one, and it just worked out that we were able to adopt Sam.</div>
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Everything just fell perfectly into place.</div>
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She was a spit fire - not in a bad way.</div>
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One of my friends once said, "She is the happiest dog I've ever seen".</div>
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No truer words were ever spoken.</div>
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She truly was the happiest dog we've ever known.</div>
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And she LOVED everyone. It was never 'how she felt about you'.</div>
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It was just a given that she loved you at first site, as you can see from my friends below.</div>
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In a freak accident, we lost her on June 23,2016.</div>
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It was a blessing that my husband and I both got to be with her as she took her last breath.</div>
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We were the last two faces she saw as she left this earth, both of us telling her</div>
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how much we loved her and that everything was going to be OK. You see, Sam was</div>
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Sam did her absolute best to make you know everything was OK</div>
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and all you needed to do was be happy and run and jump.</div>
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She annoyed a lot of people, but to the majority,</div>
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they fell in love with her. To all those who deliver to our house - Schwan, Culligan,</div>
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UPS, Fed Ex.....they all grew to love her and didn't care that she jumped into their vehicles.</div>
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They would give her treats and she would love them up with doggie kisses.</div>
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That is truly all Sam ever wanted to do - love you.</div>
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That was it.</div>
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She really couldn't help herself. </div>
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She had to jump all over you and lick you to death.</div>
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It was just her.</div>
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Right now we are so lost.</div>
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Today is day two without her.</div>
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I am still in shock and walk around in a daze.</div>
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We've had to say good bye to many dogs in our 31 years of marriage,</div>
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but saying good bye to Sam has been the hardest.</div>
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I've always been a dog person and still remember my first dog, Mulligan.</div>
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We buried Sam by our front porch because she loved to sunbathe and</div>
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We'll be planting a special flower garden where she's buried.</div>
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Her personality was one of a kind.</div>
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She and Sadie quickly became best friends.</div>
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Sadie is just as lost as we are right now.</div>
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Sam was the best spooner I know. </div>
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It's hard to fall asleep at night without having her right by our side.</div>
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I'll share a little secret.</div>
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I kept Sam's favorite toy. An 'unstuffed' lion.</div>
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We would play tug-of-war every night with it.</div>
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But it's ears are as soft as Sam's were.</div>
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Every night when Sam would snuggle in,</div>
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I would rub her soft ears, kind of like a little kid rubbing the soft edges</div>
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of a silky blanket.</div>
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So calming, it made you fall gently to sleep.</div>
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Now I rub the ears of the lion,</div>
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because the pain in my heart is so deep,</div>
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I need the calming feeling of the soft ears to bring me enough comfort</div>
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to fall asleep.</div>
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My friend and I were discussing at work yesterday,</div>
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what the lesson was to learn from all of this.</div>
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Having Sam such a short time, there has to be something.</div>
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And really, I think the lesson is to just be happy and run and jump.</div>
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Live life to the fullest and don't take one moment for granted.</div>
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Sam was like a little person.</div>
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So unique and just loved life and people.</div>
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Her heart was always open.</div>
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She loved with her whole heart, unconditionally, every...single...day.</div>
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That's what she did.</div>
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My little Stinky Winkerbean.</div>
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Until later my Sweet Sam.....</div>
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I love country life.</div>
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I love old things you can turn into something cute.</div>
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I love flowers.</div>
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Oh heck...I just love life.</div>
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Searching around home, I found some old buckets, the boys old Radio Flyer</div>
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they were younger, an old chicken feeder, and all kinds of goodies.</div>
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I ripped out the old day lilies and gave them to good homes.</div>
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I put landscaping fabric down and then red lava rock,</div>
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I have to add a note to let you know I told my hubby I needed 20 bags of rock.</div>
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and only brought home 15.</div>
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Um...yeah....we'll be making a trip to get 5 more bags once he's done working</div>
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crazy hours.</div>
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The bench makes a great place for the kitties to take their afternoon cat nap.</div>
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See Tom poking out there?</div>
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The action figure is one I found last year when I was digging up flowers.</div>
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My boys left behind all kinds of treasures.</div>
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He now makes sure my flowers are safe.</div>
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The old roaster has housed my chives for the last four years.</div>
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I have always love Spirea bushes. We bought two of them last year</div>
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This old basket didn't have a bottom.</div>
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An old wheel barrel and rake that were going to be discarded.</div>
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I'll take those please.</div>
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This was a columbine the birds so nicely planted for me a few years ago. </div>
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It comes back every year and has spread.</div>
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I LOVE it.</div>
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I just planted sunflower seeds behind it,</div>
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But now it can be all kinds of pretty housing flowers.</div>
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and do embroidery or read a book.</div>
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And the lilacs are in full bloom right now.</div>
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The fragrance is heavenly.</div>
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What are your gardening plans?</div>
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here's to dirty hands, fragrant blooms, and beautiful landscaping.</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-56233197351048325882016-04-25T06:44:00.001-05:002016-04-25T06:44:40.195-05:00A New Bag<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been in need of a new bag to carry.</div>
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I knew the kind of bag I wanted.</div>
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One that would easily allow me to find things</div>
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without having to dig to China.</div>
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One that was able to showcase some of my favorite fabrics.</div>
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One that was stylin'.</div>
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One of my blogging heros/friends is Melissa Peda</div>
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of <a href="http://100billionstars.com/" target="_blank">100 Billion Stars</a>.</div>
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I've mentioned her a few times on my blog.</div>
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She has been such an inspiration to me through the years.</div>
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If you don't follow her, I highly suggest you start.</div>
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She blogged about a bag she had just designed,</div>
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and when I saw it,</div>
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I knew that was exactly the bag I was looking for.</div>
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Let me introduce you to Melissa's pattern, the <a href="http://100billionstars.com/2016/03/working-with-bosal-plus-free-pattern/" target="_blank">Happy Handbag.</a></div>
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She works her magic with creating designs and projects showcasing the focal points of the fabric.</div>
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I don't have a lot of those types of prints in my stash, but I knew</div>
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if I looked in my collection of Kate Spain I would find a perfect mix for this bag.</div>
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For the exterior print I used Serenade and for the interior, I used Verna.</div>
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It was a marriage made in heaven.</div>
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This bag is the perfect size to hold all that you want,</div>
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I can get carried away putting everything but the kitchen sink in my bags,</div>
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This holds the perfect amount of zippy pouches.</div>
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(all received from my sewing friends, so I can carry them with me wherever I go and look slightly organized)</div>
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The pocket is just the right size to hold my cell phone and checkbook.</div>
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I've already had two request from my mom and sister to make them each one.</div>
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I have some fun ideas for them which include some paper piecing.</div>
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What I love about Melissa's patterns is they are great 'as is', or you can</div>
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Melissa is truly inspiring and is all about helping us bring out that</div>
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I hope you go over to <a href="http://100billionstars.com/" target="_blank">Melissa's blog</a> for a dose of inspiration,</div>
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not only with fabric, but also with yarn. You won't be disappointed!</div>
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my dogs, Sam & Sadie.</div>
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These girls had to pose while I was taking pictures of my bag.</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindy</div>
Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-90833219300456271122016-04-07T07:11:00.000-05:002016-04-07T08:46:19.731-05:00Blessings<div style="text-align: center;">
I was thinking I had a few years before I would write about this,</div>
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but God had other plans.</div>
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I'm so glad He knows what's best for my family.</div>
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The moment was perfect.</div>
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My family tells me I don't always keep them informed.</div>
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(OK folks....I honestly think they tune me out and forget what I tell them)</div>
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So a couple months ago, I let them all know to plan for family pictures in October.</div>
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We had family game day at Justin and Amanda's.</div>
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The day was perfect.</div>
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Right before we ate, Amanda asked if I knew what we would be wearing</div>
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for family pictures. I said I thought we could just keep it casual, since none of us</div>
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dress to the nine's. LOL She said she found the perfect shirt and asked if I wanted to see it.</div>
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Sure! Now...it's February, and pictures are in October, but my sweet Amanda is a planner</div>
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and an organizer (which I love), so I truly was not surprised at all that she was thinking ahead.</div>
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She went back to get the shirt and came out with a bag.</div>
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Look what I pulled out.</div>
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We are going to be grandparents!!</div>
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I stared at the shirt and felt my heart just open up as wide as it could go.</div>
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I looked at my son and his face was beaming.</div>
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Jesse and Savannah we sitting on the couch in shock.</div>
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It was such a beautiful moment.</div>
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It was then I knew I could make up for all the mistakes I made as a parent.</div>
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Something overtook my soul when I pulled out this little shirt.</div>
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All I need to do is love this little baby and be there to support Justin and Amanda whenever they need it. I will never overstep my boundaries, but I will offer unconditional love and support to help</div>
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my grandchild grow up to be the amazing person God intends it be. My family is growing. Each of my sons have found a great partner. Both girls have added so much to my family. We are blessed! And now we get to celebrate with a baby!</div>
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All I have ever wanted was for my sons to be happy. </div>
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That they be contributing members of society.</div>
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I thought there was no greater love than when I held my sons in my arms.....</div>
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(GO HAWKS!!)</div>
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Just a little something else to make it more 'real'. </div>
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I've been dying to make this since I saw it! </div>
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May your day be filled with love & blessings!</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-11504582812740517982016-03-21T18:53:00.002-05:002016-05-06T11:00:07.061-05:00Gotta Get Away Retreat<div style="text-align: center;">
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Do you have a favorite spot to go with your sewing sisters</div>
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We have a place that we LOVE. The entire house is set up for</div>
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quilters & crafters and the name is perfect.</div>
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<a href="http://www.gottagetawaynbluegrass.com/home.html" target="_blank"><b>Gotta Get Away</b></a></div>
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I cannot say enough good about it. </div>
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The price is amazing. </div>
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The location is perfect.</div>
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The set up is a quilters dream.</div>
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Linda makes sure you have everything you need.</div>
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Please don't mind the mess in the photos below. We were in the middle of creating.</div>
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You can view the Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gottagetawaynbluegrass/timeline" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> to see pictures prior to our messiness arriving.</div>
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Here are some things we made while away.</div>
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'mojo' starter to get me going, so I made a <a href="http://fabricmutt.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-pixie-basket-tutorial.html" target="_blank"><b>pixie basket</b></a> from the tutorial</div>
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How cute is this? She never ceases to impress me.</div>
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The sewing set up is perfect. Each station has it's own design wall.</div>
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Look at what Tara has on her wall.</div>
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She is incredible!!</div>
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Here's a close up of some of Tara's yummy makes.</div>
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So that's our latest adventure.</div>
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It was a much needed, relaxing, fun, creative time</div>
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spent with two of my most favorite people,</div>
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We were missing our 4th sister (whom I kindly refer to as 'my sister from another mister')</div>
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Julie, you were greatly missed!!</div>
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If you are in the Iowa area, and need a nice retreat place,</div>
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make sure to check out <b><a href="http://www.gottagetawaynbluegrass.com/" target="_blank">Gotta Get Away</a></b></div>
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You will not be disappointed!</div>
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Until next time,</div>
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keep the creative juices flowing!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-84763102084300125532016-02-29T07:31:00.000-06:002016-02-29T09:03:54.548-06:00Sewing Update<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy Monday!</div>
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Thought I would do a quick post to share what I've been up to.</div>
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A did some pattern testing for Angela Bullard</div>
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The pattern is great.</div>
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And also very big.</div>
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The block is 18.5 unfinished.</div>
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It's now for sale on Craftsy.</div>
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I'm also working on a mystery BOM by Pat Sloan.</div>
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These are also rather large blocks.</div>
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They measure 16.5" unfinished.</div>
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By the end of the year I will have a nice sized quilt.</div>
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I'm using a fabric bundle I won at a retreat last year. It's </div>
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I have to say I wish I would have switched the pink and the orange around for the second block.</div>
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It would have created more 'pop'. Lesson learned!</div>
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My favorite project of the month though is this adorable little pixie basket by Heidi Staples of <br />
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I can easily whip one of these up in the morning before work.</div>
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I'm thinking it would make a fun Easter gift for some friends and family,</div>
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You can find the tutorial for this <a href="http://fabricmutt.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-pixie-basket-tutorial.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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I hope you have been busy creating!</div>
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Let me know what you've been up to!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindy</div>
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We counted 27 eagles.</div>
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They are so majestic.</div>
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Out of all the ducks swimming around,</div>
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there was one lonely wood duck, who we believe, thought he was a mallard.</div>
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He found the love of his life and did nothing but follow her all around the watering hole.</div>
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-23147304391501737032016-02-11T07:04:00.000-06:002016-02-11T07:38:58.526-06:00Fresh start<div style="text-align: center;">
I decided before I could do any sewing this year</div>
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I needed to focus on organizing my space.</div>
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With all the last minute projects I had to finish, sewing for Christmas,</div>
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and everything else in between, my sewing room turned</div>
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into a danger zone. The only thing missing were the yellow </div>
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"CAUTION! DO NOT CROSS" banners surrounding it.</div>
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So I'm keeping it real folks. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.</div>
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(don't judge...you know you've been here too)</div>
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Pretty embarrassing, eh?</div>
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So in my usual, over the top, enthusiastic, 'let's get this going' self,</div>
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I wanted to start my blog back up and made my <a href="http://www.myroadtoinspiration.blogspot.com/2016/01/happy-2016.html" target="_blank">first post of the year</a></div>
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with all this chaos in the background.</div>
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I froze.</div>
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I couldn't sew.</div>
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I couldn't get any creative juices flowing.</div>
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I would walk into my room and then walk right back out.</div>
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So one day I just got up,</div>
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put my cleaning clothes on </div>
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and got to work.</div>
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It took a while,</div>
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but I did it.</div>
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You'll have to excuse some of the photo's. </div>
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A few were taken with my phone.</div>
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But it's done and I'm back in business folks!</div>
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Just for cuteness, I have to share this photo that sits on my cutting table.</div>
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Of course, my boys are now all grown up at 26 & 28,</div>
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but I love this photo, and I love seeing how happy they were back then.</div>
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And just for fun, some bling sitting around.</div>
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These cute strawberries are from Lori Holt's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Farm-Girl-Vintage-Lori-Bonnet/dp/0988174979" target="_blank">Farm Girl Vintage</a>.</div>
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LOVE her!!</div>
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My happy space is now my happy space and </div>
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life is good.</div>
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I mean, who doesn't love a room with a view?</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-31142473309634726752016-01-01T09:24:00.000-06:002016-01-01T09:43:30.334-06:00Happy 2016!<div style="text-align: center;">
I hope this finds you all happy, healthy and excited to start the New Year.</div>
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I was thinking what my 'word of the year' was going to be and the one word that kept coming to my mind was CALM. Life is so stressful and I'm always looking for ways to live a more calmer life. CALM it is.</div>
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I've missed my blog, and you. I feel my life settling down a bit,</div>
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which is a great thing. My new normal has developed a much needed routine</div>
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that frees up a few moments here and there for a little selfish alone time.</div>
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That means I can start my blog back up again. I love Instagram, but that's what it is...instant.</div>
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A quick photo to share what's up, but not truly documenting your passion, or obsession (however you choose to look at it). I am NOT a Facebook person. Tried it and truly do not like it. You will </div>
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find me either here, Flickr or on Instagram. It's that simple....and calmer.</div>
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So here's my year in review.</div>
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My hubby and I celebrated out 30th wedding anniversary.</div>
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2015 brought yet another damaging storm. Everything is now repaired, but I'm praying </div>
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we never have another one! Two years in a row is plenty, thank you.</div>
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We are now empty nesters. It was decided to redo our living and dining rooms and I couldn't </div>
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Of course one thing leads to another, so I redid an old buffet that we got years ago.</div>
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Which also lead to redoing an old church pew so I could display all the beautiful pillows I've received from friends. Let's be real....it's the pillows that make this photo perfect. So much love on that church pew....from prayers of past church members to all the quilty love. It's truly a blessed spot!</div>
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I'm very proud to say that my hubby and I did all the work on the remodel ourselves, with the help of my precious family members and great friends. We are blessed!</div>
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We decided our sweet dog, Sadie, needed a friend as we were all missing Stubby so much.</div>
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Stubby took his first breath in our living room, which is where he took his last 15 years later.</div>
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We were so blessed to have his help raising our boys. With that said, we knew our next dog</div>
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needed to be just as special, so we adopted a Jack Russell. Let me introduce you to Sam (Samantha if she's in trouble).</div>
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She keeps Sadie very active. Who am I kidding? She keeps us all active! She LOVES people</div>
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and will try and go home with anyone that stops by. The Culligan man, Schwan man, UPS, Fed Ex,</div>
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My sister and I went to Virginia Beach in the fall to help celebrate our friend, Karen's 40th birthday (quiltingfairy if you follow her on Flickr or Instagram).</div>
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In the front row you have Mary (Fairlymerry), Mel (crandons), Karen (the birthday girl!), Jackie (chloeandme), Marci (marciwarrenelmer). Middle row is Mia (mlrdesigns), Chen (mushyhead), Kat (katmama), Katy (lethargiclass). Back row is me, Sarah (arbonnegirl), Amy (amysewvt) and Greta (gretters). </div>
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Such a great trip, and though I've met some of the gals from our Ohio trip in 2014, it was great to meet even more of our IG/Flickr friends in real life. True, lifelong friendships have been formed.</div>
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The creative talent among this group is amazing. It is truly a blessing to call these ladies my friend.</div>
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This year was also my aunt and uncles 60th wedding anniversary. Our cousin asked my sister and I </div>
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to help with the planning and decorating. It was SO much fun! My hubby set up a painting station in the barn to paint a million and one (or so it seemed) branches for the center pieces. Steph (my cousin) and I were 'happy' campers by the time we were done with all that spray paint. LOL</div>
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And my house looked like a winter wonderland that weekend we put all the center pieces together!</div>
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Now I have to share a proud mom moment. My youngest son was picked to compete in an electrical apprentice competition at a state level. Meet Iowa's #1 4 year electrical apprentice!</div>
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I could not be more proud of him! Since he won at a state level, he'll move on to Nationals in Florida later this year. I wish him all the best and thank his sweetie, Amanda (isn't she beautiful?), for putting together is great photo collage of the competition.</div>
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So that's a recap of 2015 in a nutshell. I am really looking forward to 2016.</div>
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I will be blogging for sure every other week. Anything extra will be a bonus, but I wasn't going to start my blog up again unless I knew I had the time to commit to it. I look forward to sharing all my creativity and hope to be a tiny bit of inspiration in your world. I know I always love reading, and looking at what others are doing to help keep my own creative juices flowing.</div>
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I wish you all great blessings for 2016. Remember, it's not about having the biggest and the best.</div>
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It's about living a good life, so in the end, you can look back and know you've done everything you can to leave this world a better place. </div>
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God bless!</div>
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XOXO</div>
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Cindy</div>
Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-1552969611605912052015-04-06T06:43:00.001-05:002015-04-06T06:44:58.502-05:00April Lovely Year of Finishes<div style="text-align: center;">
So I missed the sign ups for the March Lovely Year of finishes.</div>
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I had to make sure not to miss <a href="http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/" target="_blank">April</a>!</div>
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One of my sewing goals for 2015 was to better myself in free motion quilting.</div>
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With that said, this month I am going to quilt this beauty and not use straight line quilting.</div>
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This quilt was put together last spring and has been sitting in my UFO pile.</div>
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It was put together using the Jelly Roll Race by Missouri Star Quilt Company.</div>
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You can put together this top in about 45 minutes,</div>
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so if you need something fast, this is for you! Not only is it fun to put together,</div>
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but you don't know how it's going to turn out until you're done.</div>
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So if you're a planner, and want to be a rebel & throw caution to the wind,</div>
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grab your jelly roll and get started!</div>
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On another note, have you seen Lori Holt's new book, Farm Girl Vintage?</div>
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I preordered my book, so when it came, I also received this free pattern, Canning Season.</div>
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For a country girl like myself, this is all right up my alley!</div>
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Here's a little close up of each block in the book. I can't wait to get started!</div>
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Lori will also be doing a sew along as well. Make sure to check out the details on her blog</div>
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This past Christmas I had made little zipper pouches for my brother and two nieces.</div>
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Well, I left my sister-in-law out of the mix. It was one of those last minute 'quick' gifts, because I had to have something to put the gift cards in. I didn't have a gift card for her, and I was only focused</div>
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So I thought for Easter, I would find out what her favorite treat is and make her a drawstring pouch using this lovely material from my stash.</div>
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Using Kate Spain's Cuzco added with a beautiful aqua color from Bonnie & Camille (and I'm sorry I don't know which line!) you can't go wrong!</div>
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I used the 'cute as a button' twill for the drawstring, which I purchased from The Little Red Cottage</div>
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on Etsy. You can find that <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/102811157/cotton-twill-trim-cream-twill-tape-cute?ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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So....on to my 'out of comfort zone' quilting!</div>
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I wish you all a creative and sunny day!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindy</div>
Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-51076940753073773512015-02-25T21:22:00.000-06:002015-02-25T21:22:01.811-06:00February Finish for A Lovely Year of Finishes<div style="text-align: center;">
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My February finish for the group <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2176601@N22/" target="_blank">A Lovely Year of Finishes</a> on Flickr.</div>
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I actually had all the pieces cut out quite a while ago as I mentioned in my earlier post.</div>
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I tried to make it for a couple different swaps, but the fabric choices weren't my partners 'thing',</div>
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which is absolutely fine. This worked out great for me, because I dearly love it!</div>
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My scrap baskets in the background were gifted to me by Jackie (aka <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/53856688@N07/" target="_blank">chloeandme </a>on Flickr and IG) </div>
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I've been such a fan of her work for quite some time now. Not only is her work beautiful, so is her soul. </div>
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Speaking of gifts, I received a very generous one from the lovely</div>
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<a href="http://100billionstars.com/" target="_blank">Melissa of 100 billion stars</a>.</div>
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I can't honestly remember who started following who first, </div>
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but I do know Melissa was the very first blogger I became</div>
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'friends' with. We've never met in real life,</div>
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but I feel as though we have.</div>
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She has been such an inspiration to me and has helped me grow</div>
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tremendously in the sewing world. Because of Melissa,</div>
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I can now sew a little more freely, without solely relying on a pattern.</div>
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I can seriously go on and on about Melissa, but all you have to do</div>
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is check her blog out <a href="http://100billionstars.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a> and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.</div>
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In the meantime, you can enjoy my gift with me.</div>
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Look at all this loveliness of Tanya Whelan's Lulu Roses!</div>
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That with the buttons and hexies make for a great beginning of something beautiful, don't you think?</div>
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Another item I worked on was a small pillow using Heather Ross fabric and linen.</div>
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I love doing free motion thread art.</div>
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I also made an Open Wide pouch by Noodlehead using fabric by Anna Maria Horner and quilters linen.</div>
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I used a decorative stitch on the front of the pouch for a little extra 'love'.</div>
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And last, but not least, this little <a href="http://100billionstars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Penny-Pincher-Tula-Style.pdf" target="_blank">Penny Pincher Coin Purse</a> found in the freebie section of Melissa's blog.</div>
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As you can see, I really am a little crazy over that thread art. :)</div>
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I hope you have had lots of fun creativity taking place in your life!</div>
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Here's to next time!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-4793900983610084392015-02-07T21:40:00.000-06:002015-02-07T21:41:35.323-06:002015 Lovely Year of Finishes<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm baaaaaack!!</div>
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And I'm ready to get my 'sew on' for 2015!</div>
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This past year has been totally insane, </div>
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but I'm finding my groove in my </div>
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"new normal".</div>
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To start off, I'm linking up with </div>
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A Lovely Year of Finishes.</div>
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You can find information on how to join</div>
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at either <a href="http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/?p=5332" target="_blank">Sew Bitter Sweet Designs</a> or</div>
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<a href="http://fiberofallsorts.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-2015-lovely-year-of-finishes.html" target="_blank">Fiber of All Sorts</a></div>
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My project to finish in February</div>
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is in this little basket</div>
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It's been in storage for a little over a year.</div>
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(and by 'storage', I mean in a big ol pile of UFO's)</div>
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I thought this would be a good project to start my 2015 finishes.</div>
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<a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/product/divided-basket-pdf-pattern-2" target="_blank">It's a Divided Basket by Noodlehead.</a></div>
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It's a great basket and I can't believe I haven't finished it.</div>
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What the?? </div>
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:)</div>
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I even have the majority of the pattern cut out!</div>
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Just so you know I haven't been a total slacker.</div>
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Here are a couple things I've recently made.</div>
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<a href="http://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/perfect-quilted-totes-pdf-sewing-pattern" target="_blank">The Perfect Quilted Tote by Elizabeth Hartman</a></div>
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and a free pattern for an<a href="http://www.sewdaily.com/media/p/2361.aspx" target="_blank"> embroidery hoop wall pocket</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.michellepatterns.com/product/grocery-bag-pdf-sewing-pattern" target="_blank">A grocery bag by Michelle Patterns.</a></div>
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This is THE best grocery bag EVER!</div>
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I'm actually giving this bag away on Instagram.</div>
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You can find me there under cindys0707.</div>
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The giveaway is open until February 8th, 8:00 PM CST.</div>
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Are you still reading this blog post?</div>
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STOP! </div>
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Go enter the giveaway!</div>
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I'll stop for now. </div>
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I'm still in 'shock and awe'</div>
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returning to the blog world.</div>
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I may need a glass of wine to get over it.</div>
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Y'all come back know,</div>
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ya hear!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindy</div>
Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-82139033506398948812014-07-25T07:05:00.000-05:002014-07-25T07:06:04.310-05:00Aeroplane Bag<div style="text-align: center;">
Hey World!</div>
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I hope this post finds you all healthy and happy.</div>
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I have been sewing up a storm these past couple months.</div>
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Now that my big swap projects are complete,</div>
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I will have more time to devote to this little blog of mine.</div>
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I WAY over committed in the world of swaps.</div>
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(please don't take that the wrong way...</div>
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....it's all legit and very legal)</div>
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LOL</div>
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I am very proud to say that all projects were completed</div>
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and shipped on time. My track record has not been broken.</div>
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I'll fill you in on the other items I've made </div>
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(and I cannot WAIT to show you what I've received),</div>
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but today I'll start with the <a href="https://sewsweetness.com/shop/aeroplane-bag" target="_blank">Aeroplane bag </a>I made for my partner </div>
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in the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2078052@N20/" target="_blank">Sew Sew Modern 5</a> group. The pattern is by Sara Lawson.</div>
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It's a great pattern, but I still can't say that I love zippers.</div>
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I also made a matching drawstring pouch. You can find the tutorial for this </div>
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For the pouch I fussy cut 40 2-1/2" squares.</div>
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I also fussy cut 2-1/2" squares for the bag, but lost count!</div>
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If you do make the bag, and want to use the fussy cut squares,</div>
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so put your 'boring' ones on the top sides.</div>
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Also keep in mind where your straps will end up.</div>
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I had put of out of print Heather Ross fabric in this bag.</div>
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Well, the poor little thing can't even be seen because of the strap.</div>
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So, if using 2-1/2" squares, again, keep your more 'boring' fabrics 4 squares in from the sides and 4 squares up from the bottom where your straps will go. I would suggest using your pops of color here and not a fussy cut.</div>
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There are two sizes the bag can be made in.</div>
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This suggestions I'm giving are for the large size.</div>
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I should have made a test bag first, but as I mentioned above,</div>
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I over committed on swaps, so time was not my friend.</div>
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The large zipper did give me some grief. Just go slow and watch your top stitching</div>
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so the fabric doesn't interfere with the zipper pull.</div>
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Other than that, this is really a great pattern. I was joking on IG that I </div>
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probably won't be making another one.</div>
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But I have some cute nieces that I think will enjoy these bags for Christmas.</div>
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More to come on that story!</div>
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The cute twill placed on the linen can be found </div>
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I heard about it from my friend Amy over at </div>
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How about a look at the lining<br />
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Both sides of the lining have the zipper pockets.</div>
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Here's a closer look at both sides of the drawstring pouch</div>
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today is a good day for a good day.</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-21535185716781437802014-05-12T06:50:00.003-05:002014-05-12T06:56:37.355-05:00S.W.A.K.<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm addicted to swaps.</div>
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Majorly addicted.</div>
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I'm really not ready to admit it yet,</div>
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but superficially, </div>
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I'm stating this fact.</div>
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There's just something to say about happy mail.</div>
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It makes me jump up and down when I get happy mail</div>
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I'm currently in three swaps, </div>
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but the one I'm sharing today is a year long one,</div>
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which involves sending out these cute little paper pieced envelopes</div>
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to whomever's month it is.</div>
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The blocks are from the book Patchwork Please</div>
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by Ayumi Takahashi.</div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>WARNING</b></span></div>
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If you try this at home,</div>
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they are addicting</div>
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and I will not be held responsible</div>
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for whatever happens.</div>
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(just had to put that out there)</div>
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I'm sharing some photos of the blocks I've made so far this year</div>
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(minus a couple because I've run out of time trying to find them on my camera).</div>
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Each block is made according the likes of the person receiving.</div>
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Some of the photos are a bit poor in quality,</div>
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so I do apologize! Apparently I didn't double check myself,</div>
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and they have long since been shipped to their new owners.</div>
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With each block we are to also send a little 'postage stamp'.</div>
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And I had to save the best for last.</div>
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If I were to make a block for myself,</div>
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this would be it.</div>
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All blocks were sewn with Aurifil thread.</div>
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This is the only thread I use.</div>
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Yes, I have become a thread snob.</div>
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I hope you all have a fantastic day!</div>
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Happy Monday!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-45513889506119675692014-05-05T21:49:00.000-05:002014-05-05T21:49:22.382-05:00A Cindy Original<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello!</div>
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who will be having a new little one soon.</div>
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Absolutely!</div>
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As my blogger friend, <a href="http://100billionstars.com/" target="_blank">Melissa</a>, tells me,</div>
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So I looked in my stash and found this little cutie.</div>
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As I was 'listening',</div>
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the bunting and the hedge hogs were just begging to be brought into the bag.</div>
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I fussy cut the hedge hogs and had just enough of this twill left</div>
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The twill came from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/130906305/cotton-twill-trim-cream-cute-as-a-button?ref=shop_home_active_2" target="_blank">The Little Red Cottage</a>.</div>
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I had to order more since that was my last little bit.</div>
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Now isn't that a shame?</div>
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I also brought in some extra detail.</div>
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I thread painted the flower and actually painted the stem and leaves.</div>
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And what is a bag without some pockets and a place to put your keys?<br />(I think my sister needs this...she is CONSTANTLY misplacing her keys!)</div>
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Finally, I made my own little label to mark the bag with.</div>
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From what I hear the bag was a success, which makes me incredibly happy.</div>
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What projects have you been working on?</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindy</div>
Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-89961402597988695142014-04-25T06:43:00.000-05:002014-04-25T06:43:35.250-05:00Simple & Sweet Scrappy Swap<div style="text-align: center;">
A quick little post on what I'm currently working on in the sewing world.</div>
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The <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/simplesweetscrappyswap/" target="_blank">4S (Simple & Sweet Scrappy Swap) group</a> is busy</div>
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making things for our secret partners.</div>
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This round we are making fabric baskets</div>
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from a tutorial offered by Birch Fabrics.</div>
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You can find the tutorial</div>
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<a href="http://birchfabrics.blogspot.com/2013/08/tutorial-fabric-bins-featuring-fort.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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We will fill them with goodies such as thread,</div>
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ribbons, scissors, seam rippers,</div>
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fancy lace, twill, charm packs, </div>
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or whatever little goodies your partner</div>
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I am creating my basket using the<a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilting/other/5-inch-economy-block/65573" target="_blank"> Economy Block</a></div>
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that I've been seeing all over Flickr and Instagram</div>
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(btw...if you are on Instagram, you can follow me under cindys0707).</div>
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This block is CRAZY fun to do.</div>
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It's just as much fun picking out the fabric as it is to make.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/quilting/other/5-inch-economy-block/65573" target="_blank">5" block pattern</a> is free on <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/" target="_blank">Craftsy</a>.</div>
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A big shout out to <a href="http://www.redpepperquilts.com/" target="_blank">Rita Hodge of Red Pepper Quilts</a></div>
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Right now I have the front and back panels just about finished.</div>
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I'm still deciding on quilting or may some embroidery. I'm not quite sure yet,</div>
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so I'm letting this sit a while until I can 'feel' what to do with it.</div>
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The fussy cut fabric is by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake. </div>
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The band at the top and the red in the block is Ruby by Bonnie & Camille.</div>
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I am really excited to finish this and am hoping my secret partner will love it.</div>
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I'll share the finished project in my next post </div>
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4S round.</div>
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I hope you all find some time to be creative in your day!</div>
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Happy Friday!</div>
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Woot Woot!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindy</div>
Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-37634971063086671072014-04-18T08:10:00.000-05:002014-04-18T08:26:54.574-05:00Surprise!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm still here!</div>
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It has been a crazy few months.</div>
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I'm getting myself back on track.....slowly.</div>
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Even though I haven't been blogging,</div>
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I've still been sewing.</div>
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To start my "welcome back",</div>
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I'll just get right in to a few projects I've done.</div>
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I did some sewing for Christmas gifts.</div>
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One gift was created using fabrics provided to me by</div>
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<a href="http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/prod/curtain-fabric/prints-checks/emi-curtain-fabric-mimosa/" target="_blank">Terry's Fabrics</a>.</div>
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Terry's Fabrics are a great home deco quality at a great price.<br />
I honestly cannot say enough nice things about this company<br />
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In this case, I used Emi, and exclusive Prestigious Textiles design in the color Mimosa.</div>
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Hey...did someone say MIMOSA? Wait...I'll be right back. I need a drink.......</div>
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I made pillows for my brother and his honey. OK, so they have been together for years,</div>
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and engaged for quite some time, so for all practical reasons,</div>
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I'm calling her my sister-in-law.</div>
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She is just like a sister to me anyway. :)</div>
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The "K" and "L" were purchased from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sweetwaterscrapbook?ref=pr_faveshops" target="_blank">Sweetwater</a> on Etsy.</div>
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This is also one of my favorite shops to find unique items.</div>
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The pieces were 'coffee dyed' prior to being sewn on the pillow.</div>
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Their home is very rustic, so I thought doing this, along with adding </div>
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of coziness.</div>
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I also made a pillow for my awesome mom.</div>
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I have to say that this is one of the most favorite pillows I've made.</div>
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And even though I love my mom to bits,</div>
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I did almost keep this one for myself,</div>
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but I think she deserves it more than I do, </div>
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so mom won.</div>
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One of my favorite things to do is thread paint.</div>
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Even in small touches, it just makes me smile.</div>
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The snowman was creating using a Sizzix die.</div>
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(I love <a href="http://www.sizzix.com/home" target="_blank">Sizzix</a>!)</div>
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You may not remember, but I do pattern testing for <a href="http://www.arialane.com/collections/patterns" target="_blank">Aria Lane</a>.</div>
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I LOVE their patterns.</div>
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Very modern, incredibly informative, easy to follow, and</div>
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their directions are spot on.</div>
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The quilt I can show you now is <a href="http://www.arialane.com/collections/patterns/products/modern-morocco" target="_blank">Modern Morocco</a>.</div>
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The front is so elegant.</div>
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My special blogger friend, Melissa, of <a href="http://100billionstars.com/blog/" target="_blank">100 billion stars</a> sent</div>
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me a BEAUTIFUL care package a while ago. In it contained fabric from Free Spirit. </div>
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From this luscious care package I used Tangier Ikat by Dena Designs, along with Kona white</div>
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to make this quilt sample. I think those fabrics</div>
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worked perfectly with this design.</div>
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Thank you again so very much, Melissa!!</div>
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It was also my first time doing pieced curves.</div>
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I LOVED it!</div>
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Don't let the curves throw you for a loop.</div>
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This pattern is wonderful.</div>
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One thing I love about the patterns from Aria Lane</div>
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is the instructions provided for a pieced back.</div>
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Simple, but yet adds the perfect finishing touch.</div>
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For the back I used Amy Butler fabric, and I apologize because I don't have </div>
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the information as to what line this is from!</div>
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And on a final note, since I've already made this post incredibly long,</div>
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my most recent project was this bag made for a little 10 year old girl for her birthday.</div>
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I apologize for the quality of this photo. I had to make this bag rather quickly</div>
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and didn't realize the picture quality was so bad. </div>
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That's what I get for hurrying to make the bag,</div>
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and hurrying to take a picture before I had to give it away.</div>
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My sister requested a bag for her friend's daughter,</div>
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so I used my own creative juices to put this together.</div>
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No pattern....I've made enough bags in my sewing history</div>
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that it's now rather easy to put together.</div>
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And of course, I had to use a little thread art on both the front and back of this bag.</div>
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And add cute little touches to make it perfect for a young little lady.</div>
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All projects were made using <a href="http://www.aurifil.com/SiteAurifil/HOME.html" target="_blank">Aurifil</a> thread. This is the only thread I use anymore.</div>
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I have so much more to share with you, but I think this post has exceeded it's limit.</div>
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I hope you have all been well</div>
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and are thriving in your own creative juices!</div>
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I'll be back in a couple days....promise.</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-68327780144680889772013-12-19T06:59:00.001-06:002013-12-19T07:00:15.381-06:00Terry's Fabrics and a Divider Basket<div align="center">
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The quality of these home deco fabrics</div>
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I decided to make a <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2013/01/divided-basket-pattern.html" target="_blank">divider basket by Noodlehead.</a></div>
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I used the stars and cherry fabric for this.</div>
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The fabric played very nicely with the pattern.</div>
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If using cotton fabric, the pattern calls for both</div>
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fusible interfacing and fusible fleece.</div>
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With <a href="http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/cat/curtain-fabrics/all-fabrics/" target="_blank">Terry's Fabric</a> I only used the interfacing.</div>
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I didn't use anything when creating the handles.</div>
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The fabric holds up well enough on it's own.</div>
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I don't know why I was so afraid of this pattern.</div>
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Everything went together so easily and I can't wait to make another one!</div>
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I truly LOVE this cherry fabric.</div>
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The addition of the tiny blue dots make it extra cute.</div>
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Stop on over to <a href="http://www.terrysfabrics.co.uk/cat/curtain-fabrics/all-fabrics/" target="_blank">Terry's</a> to see the beautiful collection!</div>
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I'm sure you're wondering what happened to the third fabric in the first photo</div>
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Well, that will have to be shown after Christmas.</div>
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But I promise you will love what's made from it!</div>
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Enjoy your day!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299967254021018465noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295468901342237028.post-30304396444465671032013-12-04T22:02:00.000-06:002013-12-04T22:15:22.223-06:00Quick and Easy Recipes for the Holidays<div align="center">
Happy December!</div>
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Have your Christmas shopping all done?<br />
Coal packed away for the naughty ones?</div>
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Carrots and cookies ready to go for Santa and the reindeer?</div>
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Yeah...me either.</div>
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But what I do have is a couple of quick & easy,</div>
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Lets just start with getting our vegetables out of the way.</div>
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I was watching Food Network a couple Saturday's ago.</div>
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(LOVE that channel!)</div>
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I was watching Trisha Yearwood's show, Trisha's Southern Kitchen.</div>
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She was making this mouth watering corn salsa.</div>
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It goes together VERY quickly. <br />
Actually, this is so good y'all will forget your eating rather healthy!</div>
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I will share with you, because tomatoes aren't in season, I used cherry </div>
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tomatoes, just because they looked better than the orange things</div>
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they try to pass as tomatoes.</div>
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(can I get an AMEN!)</div>
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I took this to work and it was a hit. </div>
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Between myself and two of my friends, we at the whole bowl.</div>
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No lie.</div>
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We are still shocked.</div>
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I won't mention names.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Carmen & Shelley</span></div>
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This next recipe is a little on the sweeter side of life.</div>
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You may already know about it and have it as a staple in your recipe book.</div>
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Paula Deen's Mt Dew Cake.</div>
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That's all I'll say about that.</div>
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It is SO moist!</div>
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It is SO yummy!</div>
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My mouth is watering right now looking at the picture.</div>
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not my friend Pam,</div>
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but a spray Pam.</div>
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The one for baking.</div>
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Have you tried that yet?<br />
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After spraying the pan with Pam</div>
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I sprinkle it with some of the cake mix rather than flour.</div>
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I've honestly never put a glaze over this cake.</div>
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The only glaze that takes place is in my eyes</div>
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after my sugar coma takes over.</div>
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<a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/mountain-dew-cake-391096" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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The only adjustment I made was using 2/3 cup oil instead of 3/4.</div>
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I'll be back to more sewing over the weekend.</div>
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I have my <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2013/01/divided-basket-pattern.html" target="_blank">divided basket</a> started and am hoping to finish it up over the weekend.</div>
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Keep on keeping on and I'll see you back here soon!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And here's my little disclaimer - I was not paid for any of this post. Not even for the cooking (seriously...can you believe that??). All these opinions are totally mine, free of charge.</span></div>
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Hello world!</div>
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Here in my part of the good 'ol USA</div>
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it's freezing.</div>
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6 degrees this morning while I'm out taking all these pictures.</div>
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Our project for the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/2154636@N22/" target="_blank">Across the Pond</a> sew along this month was anything apple.</div>
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So, I made an apple.</div>
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I just pulled scraps from my bucket, got a twig from the yard and</div>
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there you have it! </div>
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I also saw this adorable <a href="http://flossyblossy.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html" target="_blank">BLOCK TUTORIAL</a> on Facebook the other day.</div>
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I chose to make it into a pillow.</div>
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I couldn't be more happy with how it came out!</div>
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I did some free motion applique around the holly leaves and berries.</div>
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And for the back, I used Amy's (from <a href="http://www.eamylove.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">eamylove</a>) <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0A9uAuUIJqbaEZiUVhkdXhkRlE/edit" target="_blank">covered zipper pillow backing</a> tutorial.</div>
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I love this tutorial and use it on all the pillows I make.</div>
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What's next on the list?</div>
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Well, I'm FINALLY going to make <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2013/01/divided-basket-pattern.html" target="_blank">Noodlehead's divided basket</a></div>
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using these gorgeous fabrics from</div>
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These home deco fabrics are so luscious.</div>
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I can't wait to cut into them!</div>
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Be on the lookout!</div>
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xoxo</div>
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