A Saturday filled with sewing and ensuring that everyone got to the places they needed to. A game of Monopoly that went on long, and brought out an interesting side of the participants. DIY going on in one room. Dogs acting as sofa weights, and the wood stove lit, in […]
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Ta-Da and To-Do Creative Catchup
It is an age old truth that when a crafter* starts a project, before that project is complete, many more projects may have left the starting post. The next idea will start nagging, or the urge to knit becomes more important than the act of sewing. It might be a […]
Read moreDear Daughter: About not giving up
(only half the paper templates removed. Causing some wrinkles!) Dear Daughter I have created another patchwork block for your Dear Daughter Quilt. Something very satisfying about adding it to my pile of completed pieces. All waiting to be sewn together. I very nearly abandoned this project. It would’ve been easy […]
Read moreDear Daughter: About Being You
Dear Daughter It has been a while since I wrote a letter and created a patchwork square for my Dear Daughter quilt. I have not forgotten, or run out of things to say. No, the problem has been the patchwork squares. I just wasn’t totally happy with the ones that […]
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