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Plaid Picnic Crib Quilt
Even though school is out and the summer break is in full swing, I'm still making sewing a priority. Do I manage it every day? No, but when I do get in my sewing room I make the time count. I'm really...
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Charity Pet Quilts
In the few weeks before Gideon's passing, I made quite a few trips back and forth to the vet's office. My vet provides a boarding service for cats and while the cages are spacious and multi-tiered,...
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Thank You For Your Comments!
I just wanted to say thank you if you've commented on my past few blog posts. I thought I had just lost all of my readers but upon further inspection of my blog, I did indeed, see that I have several...
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A Traditional Wedding Quilt
When one of my best friends met the love of her life 6+ years ago (I think?) I knew I wanted to make them a quilt for their wedding gift. And lucky for me, I had lots of time because they weren't...
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Musical Trio
I finished these last month and very excited to be gifting them to my son's music teacher tomorrow. I've been wanting to make something for his classroom since he started kindergarten - he's in 3rd...
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2019 - A Fresh Start
This past year wasn't what I expected. I'm not saying it was bad, but I definitely didn't accomplish as much as I would have liked in terms of sewing and blogging. In looking back, I never even set any...
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Happy New Year
We rang in the New Year on a week-long Caribbean cruise and with the new year came... the PLAGUE. It started with me while on the last day of the cruise, then my son on the first day of school, and...
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The Great Purge of 2019
I'm not sure what started me on this path the other day but in opening up one of my scrap bins to find some fabric, I realized that I have saved every single scrap from the time I started quilting in...
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Quarterly Goals
So I missed the opportunity to participate in the link-up for the First Quarter of the 2019 Finish-A-Long, but that's not going to stop me from posting the things I hope to accomplish.1) First up, is...
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Hamilton Takeover
The last 3+ weeks have been an absolute whirlwind due to work. The touring production of Hamilton was in Orlando and it was at The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, where I work. That meant...
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Seattle Showers
With everything that's been happening at work, it's been quite a while since I'd posted anything quilting related but I'm happy to say that I'm getting back into a groove and have a finish to...
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A Farewell Gift
A few weeks ago I was very saddened to learn that my boss and friend had accepted a new position at a performing arts center in Michigan. My first thought was how is this native Floridian going to...
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Why is this so hard?
Hello Blogland. Yes, I'm still alive despite my silence. I don't know why but blogging has become so difficult lately. And don't get me started on keeping up with everyone else's blogs. I just don't...
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Bionic Bag Finished!
I'm so pleased with how this project turned out, I can't help but smile every time I see it. Was it a challenge? Absolutely! Toward the end, I thought I might not make it given the fact that I broke 2...
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2019 Stash Bee Blocks
I am once again participating in Stash Bee this year but what's different for me is that I'm no longer running it. I handed it off to 2 very capable women who have things running smoothly. It's a nice...
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Charity Quilt Design
Every year my local quilt guild participates in a holiday charity event called the Festival of Trees. It's a fundraising event for one of our museums where there are beautifully designed and decorated...
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A Wedding Table Runner
My cousin got married last weekend and I wanted to make her something for the house she and her husband are fixing up. Since I made a table runner for her sister a few years ago, I thought it only...
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Circus Act Baby Quilt
My husband's best friend is pregnant with her first child and went above and beyond decorating the nursery in a circus theme, specifically The Greatest Showman.While helping her sew the red and white...
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Website Overhaul
It's about that time again - time for me to look at where I want to go with my quilting and blogging and make some changes to better suit my life. It's obvious to any of the readers that I still have...
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Looking for someone to help finish that quilt top that you took such care to make? Let me help you! Whether it be a quilt for everyday use or that gift for someone special, I strive to make every quilt...
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Festival of Trees
Sometimes I struggle with how to quilt a top. I have an idea in my head of what I think I want and it gives me a mental block when I can't take that idea and make it a reality. This is one such quilt....
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Disappearing Pinwheels
It's been a while, but I finally made a finish just for me. I recently made a table runner for my cousin's wedding and I liked it so much that I ended up making 2 more! The bride's mother hired me to...
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Otterly Adorable
One of my absolute, favorite animals is the otter so imagine my excitement when my son's new school chose it as its mascot. Transferring to a new school is never easy for a kid, especially one on the...
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A Quarantine Finish
So it seems that I'm lucky if I post once a quarter now, but add a pandemic into the mix and it's a miracle at best. For the last 10 weeks, I think I spent all of 4 hours in my sewing room. 3 of those...
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Holiday Finishes
2020 has been quite a year and I've done very little sewing but the need to get two holiday gifts completed forced me to sit down at my sewing machine. They are wall hangings for my niece and nephew....
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