Category Archives: Hobbies
progress
I got a lot done this weekend so I have a lot to show you! I am making good progress on my Christmas stockings. I have the monograms done and ready to sew to the stockings. I am on track to finish my first ufo for 2012! On Friday night, after much complaining and irritation, and …
Yarn Harlot
Although I only have knit one thing, I loved Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter. There are so many parallels between knitting and quilting, or really any crafting activity. Her chapters about her stash were hilarious, her frustration with certain patterns was also hilarious. When she triumphantly achieved a new knitting skill after …
free sample
Today a guest blog from — ME! I’ve started a new blog, called April Sewing. You can see by the title this blog will have a broader scope than April Sewing Journal. I am beginning it due to the need to keep track of my reading. You may have noticed I set up a book list page. However, …
denim ender leader wrap up
With the holidays, I missed showing you some projects that I finished for gifts. Here is the finished ender leader denim quilt. I am very happy with how it turned out. It is backed with polar fleece, then I simply brought the edges up and over and used a zigzag stitch to create the binding. …
Pant free fishing
So, first: I totally have permission to tell this story. In fact, I was even encouraged. About two weeks ago, Paul and I went fishing. We were trying a new place very close to the Mississippi River. We parked the car and started walking. It was a surprisingly hot day for October. I had my big …
August Ufo
Yes, I finished it! I expect I will trim it and sew it onto some kind of back. I think it will eventually be part of a tiny quilt. I started this a long time ago and carried in my purse for several years. Periodically, I would take it out and do a little bit. …
biking
So I have started really biking. I say really biking because I have been a casual biker for years. However, I am proud of myself this year because I have ridden my bike to work eight times. My work is about 6 miles from my house each way. Riding to work, combined with some recreational biking brings my total …
God’s message
I don’t know if God speaks to you through your radio, but he does to me. Now, he doesn’t tell me when the world is going to end. He knows this would be a bad thing to do because I am usually driving when he talks to me. If He told me when the end of …
graduation again
So, for the past few weeks I have done almost no sewing or crafting. I have been busy cleaning and fixing up my much neglected house up for my son’s graduation party. I supposed there is some creativity involved, but mostly I am imposing order on my much-loved chaos. Also, I have had a few temper tantrums …
spring bounty
Steve had an exciting time mowing the lawn. He was luckily looking where he was going, and he found four of these little fellows. So, we went down to the parkway and we found some more. We had a beautiful meal of pasta with morel cream sauce. So good! Even made better because we saw them at …
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