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My second entry into the Bloggers Quilt Festival is in the Large Quilts category, and what better to enter than Scrap Dance Tango! For new readers, this is my original design and was the mystery quilt for this year, and ran from January to June of this year. This was incredible fun to do, and …
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This week is the entry week for the Bloggers Quilt Festival sponsored by Amy's Creative Side. I decided to enter Scrap Dance this year in the Small Quilt Category. It is just under the limit of total inches. For those reading my blog for the first time, this is an original design that was my …
More fun at the NC Mountain State Fair began with the crafting competitions. I worked so long on this set of crewel ornaments last fall, and was thrilled to find them hanging in the crafting competition area with a red second place ribbon. This was baby animals day, and we were lucky to get to …
This year I attended the NC Mountain State Fair twice, once with DH and again with a friend. We had a blast both times. Of course, there are way too many pictures to show you everything, especially in one post, LOL!! So, here are some highlights and I'll have more next time. Yes, I did …
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I really enjoy the genre of cozy mysteries, nice easy to read stories without gore, overt violence, sex or foul language. Even the obligatory murder for a murder mystery happens "off camera", and only the body is found. Arlene Sachitano writes such a series with a quilting theme called the Loose Threads Mysteries. The books …
I just can't stand it, I cannot wait one more day for Autumn to begin. At this time of year, I always think of my mother and how much we loved to do things in the fall. We would decorate together, read Bon Appetit magazine together, plan our holidays, bake pumpkin bread, make wreaths together, …
This was a beautiful quilt, and so pretty in the pastel pinks and purples. I love this combination of colors. The blocks are five sided log cabin style with at least a dozen different prints. They were left for our local club's program chair at our sew in and no one claimed credit. The blocks …
Many years ago, I was a new bride learning how to cook by watching Julia Child on her weekly television show, The French Chef, and later, From Julia Child's Kitchen. When she showed her French Lasagne, I decided to try it. Now, the thing with her recipe is that it has many elements, and each …
Ironing board covers do wear out regularly, and need replacing. If you have a standard board that most people have, just buying a new cover is easy. But, my board is a specialty shape that is no longer made. It is larger than the standard board, with an elongated end for ironing in the round, …
Continuing the series on fiction with sewing and quilting themes, today we look at books with quilting as the main theme. These books are in the genre of women's fiction, kind of a catch-all category of stories about real life, life challenges and family dynamics. One of my favorite series in the genre of women's …
From My Carolina Home 