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Quilts are starting to arrive at the office in Wilmington for the Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project, a few per week. Throughout this post will be pictures of some of the arrivals in the past month. The first post with all the details is still linked to the button on the sidebar, and you can click …
Continue reading Carolina Hurricane Quilt Project February Update
This month I wanted to do a teapot, but multiple tries with EQ8 was frustrating yet again. For some reason, the program refuses to print the entire pattern when it goes over one page. I have sent yet another bug report to them, but still no fix. I was also going to make another applique …
Last summer, when we went to Florida to visit friends, they took us to the Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens in Port Orange. Knowing that we enjoy walking in nature, this was a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. While I work on secret sewing projects, and it is bitterly cold outside, I thought it would …
Making An Impact, something we can all do. While having lunch last month with a group of friends, I was once again appalled at the server who set down our water glasses, then haphazardly tossed eight straws on the table for five people. I immediately grabbed the one closest to me, and said loudly to …
Continue reading Making an Impact with Aurifil and Dream Green
It's my blogging anniversary! Five years ago I decided to begin writing my own blog, and I am still here, with more to say, LOL!! From the beginning, I wanted my blog to be a bit different. I wanted to do posts on all the things I am interested in, not just a single subject, …
I am always open to a new idea when it comes to cooking, and enjoy watching cooking shows on TV. While watching Milk Street a couple of weekends ago, they demonstrated a new way of cooking chicken using a spice blend called za'atar. I looked it up in my Milk Street cookbook, and was delighted …
There is still activity in the garden, even in the deep winter. We don't have the epic snowstorms like the northeast area of the country, but we do have our share of cold. One of the joys of living in western North Carolina is the almost perfect four seasons, about three months of each. Not …
Last week I was lamenting about my lack of inspiration and the overwhelming amount of fabric scraps I seem to have collected. I thank you all for your supportive comments and good suggestions. A couple of the comments mentioned cutting up all the scraps into squares, but honestly I didn't have the energy to do …
Don't you just love dogs? They are bundles of furry love with doggie breath, and sometimes they like to chew on things. Recently, I was contacted to repair a well-loved quilt that had seen its share of doggy attention. Two of the corners were chewed off completely. This one was on one end. This was …
Slow cookers are marvelous for making moist and tender roasts. I've made pork roast a lot, and have a number of recipes on the blog for using up the leftovers. This time I had an idea for a gluten free gravy for it, so I tried it. DH approved, going back for seconds!! The cut …
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