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Christmas Wish BOM Progress
I am now about to begin the 4th block of gail pan’s Christmas Wish BOM, and I’m so enjoying making them. The three above are the ones I’ve completed up till now, and the
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My First Attempt At Embroidery
I’ve been wanting to learn to do embroidery for a while and when I saw the Christmas Wish BOM over at gail pan designs I thought it was the perfect opportunity to teach myself.
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The Finished Product
Today my mother sent me photos of the tea quilt I made her after she got it home and put it up. It’s kind of exciting for me because this is the first quilt
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My Secret Project
A few months ago I started working on a secret project. My parents were coming over and I knew my mother would be celebrating her birthday while they were here. I wanted to make
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The Sampler
I’ve finally dug out the sampler quilt I started making in my quilting class oooooh 1.5 years ago. I had finished all the blocks but they were just tucked away in a drawer waiting
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Oh Twismas Twee, Oh Twismas Tweeeee…
Argh, I just went and saw that the theme for this week’s photo hunt is LIGHTS! I wish I’d saved this post for Saturday rather than on Friday, so I’m just going to make
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So I Can Sew!
I’ve been talking for a while about getting a sewing machine to try to make things to sell like rat hammocks, hedgie bags, play tubes and other fun pet stuff. Basically, an idea for
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Tree Skirt Progress – 1 Week
It’s now one week since I started my tree skirt project for x-mas. I still have a month and a half to finish it but I’m trying to get the patchwork done as quickly
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The Quilting Bug
Last winter I took a quilting class with another expat girl I know. I know it sounds like something only old women would enjoy, but it’s actually quite nice. It’s relaxing to sit and
Read More »In Demand
Today a friend sent me an MSN and demanded I write a blog so he has something to read while at work today. The pressure! I don’t actually have a whole lot to write
Read More »Who’s Calling?
This morning at 6:30am (approx 40 minutes ago) I was laying in bed and heard the phone ringing in the livingroom. The phone in the bedroom is broken and by the time I was
Read More »Bad Blogger!!
Little self-scold there… seeing as I’ve been such a crap blogger lately. Not a whole lot new here. Been working on my quilting a lot and doing some knitting.. my scarf should be done
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