What is a person to do when both the car clubs we belong to plan events for the same day? Well, go to both, of course!! Starting out in the morning, the British Car Club met at in Fletcher for an annual drive around the countryside to the Amish farm for lunch. We had a …
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Scrap Dancing Improv Style
There were lots of leftover pieces from Square Dance, my latest mystery quilt along. I wanted to use them up in something. I was inspired by my friend Kathy, (who blogs at Kathy's Quilts) who has done some really fun improv quilting. I pulled a few bobbins with thread color leftovers I need to use …
Vintage Fourth Tablescapes
This year, I thought I'd do my patriotic table with a vintage theme. I had these Bell canning jars and a vintage-style milk crate for inspiration. It would be something a bit different than the usual flags for July 4th. Plus, making the table fresh and new from previous years using only what I had …
A Safelight Project for the Fourth of July
It seemed fitting that on the day we celebrate our Independence as a nation, the residents of the Safelight shelter might celebrate their independence in their new lives. Safelight is the name of the domestic violence shelter in our little town. This organization incorporates many services for domestic violence victims and sexual assault victims providing …
Road Trip, Embellishing Wool and Oriental Fabrics
Recently, I was having a lovely email conversation with a lady online, and she mentioned that she had a huge amount of fabric she was trying to sell. The fabric came from a friend with medical problems, and the sale proceeds would go to helping with the expenses. When we realized that we only live …
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Recipe Roundup for Summer Fun
Summer is hot, so cooking should be simple to get out of the kitchen quickly. Make ahead is great too, for packing along to watch fireworks, or have fun with family outdoors in the mountains, on a lake, or at the beach. I am running out of time to get in all the ideas I …
Focus Fabric Purse Finishing
Picking up where we left off, today we finish the focus fabric purse. Click on Focus Fabric Purse Part 1 if you missed it. So far we've made the quilted base and the pockets, and added handles. Today we finish the bag, adding embellishments, finishing the seams and boxing the corners. If you want to …
Focus Fabric Purse
Designing this purse was a fun exercise in creativity. I had a fabric that I wanted to showcase, focusing on it, but just making a purse out of it without some other design element was boring. So, I took the basic idea of my Jelly Roll Market Bag, and did this one with the accent …
Caliente Hat
Having some fun with the Caliente theme, I made a few fun things to use on drives with the Mini club like the Geocaching Drive on yesterday's post. For those who missed that post, one of the club 'rules' is you have to name your car. Ours is red, so DH called it Caliente. You …
Geocaching with the Mini Cooper Club
Yesterday was clear and warm, a wonderful day for a drive and we joined the Appalachian Mountain Mini Club for a geocaching event. One of the requirements for the club is the Mini has to have a name. So, with our red one, DH liked the name Calienté. Of course, I had to take that …
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