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Shopping/Junking: Sometimes I Need a Little Push 20 Aug 2013 | 12:23 am
Karla and I have hardly seen each other this summer, much less gone junking together. Karla had Friday free, and wanted to go to estate sales, but I thought the selection of estate sales, although la...
Sunday Morning in the Kitchen and a FINISHED Journal 18 Aug 2013 | 10:23 pm
Yes, we have a completed journal. Using the fantastic videos from Mary Ann Moss's Full Tilt Boogie class, I finished making my very own journal with stitched signatures. If you click on the link, mak...
Estate Sale TUESDAY! 14 Aug 2013 | 02:08 am
Usually my posts about estate sale finds are titled something like "Estate Sale Friday", but today was an "Estate Sale Tuesday". You've gotta like that. Kansas is the land of milk, honey and all wee...
Crafting Stuff...Samplers, Quilting, Knitting,Crafting Dilemmas 7 Aug 2013 | 05:49 am
I started this stitching around the 4th of July. My inspiration was a picture of fabric cuffs. They made me think "band sampler". Finding the pieces for the bands and then decorating on them was ea...
Estate Sale Friday: Vintage Sewing Stuff 4 Aug 2013 | 10:33 pm
My old routine for estate sales was to grab Thursday's newspaper, circle the sales that looked good, figure how to stagger starting times of sales so I could be among the first inside and still minimi...
Charm Packs 28 Jul 2013 | 04:13 am
The words "charm pack" sound just like magic to me. I just found out about charm packs a few months ago. If you haven't heard of them, charm pack is a quilting term- it means a package of multiple ....
Give Me a Needle, Thread, and a Bit of Fabric 22 Jul 2013 | 06:31 am
...and I'll start a project for you. Notice, I said START. I didn't say finish. When I'm sitting in front of my sewing basket(s), I'm full of inspiration and ideas. But once I see my idea stitched...
Making a Security Envelope Book 16 Jul 2013 | 06:06 am
Before I took Mary Ann Moss's Remains of the Day journal making class, I hadn't given much thought to safety envelopes- envelopes with a pattern inside meant to keep nosy people from peeking through t...
4th of July Etsy Shop Update 7 Jul 2013 | 07:40 am
Actually, it's the 6th of July, but I've been working on my Etsy shop update since the 4th of July. Between my two shops SugarPinkMoon and Gathering Dust, I've added about 30 new items, including j.....
How to Save a Family Reunion 4 Jul 2013 | 08:32 pm
We spent last weekend in North Dakota at my husband's family reunion. The reunion is just for his immediate family- brothers & sisters, their kids and grandkids. Reunions used to be week long specta...
