This month's block for the Teacups quilt along is an embroidered block. The quilt along is a mixed techniques one, so I am throwing in some handwork. This was mainly due to the complexity of the design I wanted for the sugar and creamer, more delicate and intricate. If you haven't joined us for this …
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Hands2Help Features the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project
Today, the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project will be Featured on Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Sarah's annual Hands2Help project. I've participated in her event several years now, as she gathers support to assist charities with quilt donations. There are prizes to win as well, and I am providing one of the prizes for the …
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Favorite Foodie Tips
I have a bunch of small ideas to add flavor to meals, and quick ways make store bought taste homemade, none were enough for a whole post. So, I have gathered them into one flavor idea packed post, and I hope you'll share some of your ideas too. So, first, I make jar tomato sauce …
Reblooming Amaryllis
Back in December, I repotted both my amaryllis bulbs in the hopes that they would bloom again. The red one was a gift from my dear mother-in-law in 2013, and it rebloomed every year for four more years, but didn't bloom last year. I thought repotting it and giving it some food would help. Plus, …
Buttonmania Strikes Again!
Buttons can be such fun to play with. I have several tins full, some have been sorted into little bags to keep sets together, and lots are just loose. Whatever project I have in mind, it seems that there are plenty of buttons to use. I still have this Button Basket sitting in my sewing …
Completing the Last Queen Quilt
When this project began, I made the commitment to make and send five queen size quilts to Wilmington for the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project with the help of friends. The last of the queen quilts was finished in a diamond design, yet another way to arrange the blocks. Many thanks to Claire and Mac Warner, …
Mardi Gras Tablescape, with a Springtime Blog Hop!
Mardi Gras comes later this year, it is tomorrow! So, time for a tablescape featuring purple, green and gold. I thought it would be the ideal table to bring out the green Depression glass grill plates. I've had these for many years, and in the past we used them quite regularly, often for take out …
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Fun at Quilt Retreat
Three days of sewing with friends, what could be more fun? I could have really used the time to get farther along on the Scrap Dance Minuet Mystery Quilt Along, but Step 2 hasn't been posted yet (coming next Friday), and I didn't want to give any sneak peeks, LOL!! So, I took a bunch …
Teacups Quilt Along – Block 8
Last month, we did a teapot, and the discussion that followed was about sugar and creamer (or milk for the true tea drinkers) to go with the quilt along. I looked around but didn't really see anything I liked. I briefly considered making an applique pattern from my own little sugar and creamer set from …
The Raulston Arboretum, Part 2
Returning to the JC Raulston Arboretum, there is so much more to see. Day lilies are prevalent in NC, and they had a number of beautiful specimens in bloom in August. My home garden day lilies are earlier bloomers. At least the ones I have left, LOL, after digging up a bunch and giving them …
