Tag Archives: 100 things
charms
I did something fun last week. I cut some 2 1/2 squares for a friend who is doing a charm quilt. She suggested that I cut some for myself as well. This is what I ended up with: a snapshot of my scrap collection. This is every quilting fabric I have in my scraps. To …
Happy birthday, Dad!
Happy Birthday, Dad! I hope you are having a great day! I’m so glad you are my dad. I know that you are a huge part of the reason I write at all, and if there is any skill at in my writing that speaks also to your influence. And not just because of the enormous amount …
tools of the trade
One more post about my visit to my mom. We picked up this iron at a garage sale. It is awesome. It has buttons for the different fiber content, and is very heavy. It was two dollars and so much better than my other irons which are very lightweight. The extra weight really flattens things. It is …
Stuff
I just finished the book, Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things. I read it in two days. I am a big fan of Hoarders. This book is case studies of the same type of people on that show. As well as glimpsing into some pretty frightful situations, the book discusses what the authors …
new craft
Yes. I am thinking about it. Even though my studio is so full that I have been throwing stuff out as much as possible, I am thinking about starting a new craft. My son is graduating next spring and I am getting a little nostalgic. I am thinking of taking up making scrapbooks. It makes …
pillow
So I eliminated seven things from my wardrobe. Two of those were a beautiful skirt and a tank that happened to be the same color. However, the tank had a spot in a very difficult area to conceal and the skirt ALWAYS made me look frumpy. But I loved the edge on the skirt. So …
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