Category Archives: crafty stuff

01
Feb, 2009

christmas, part 5: fun new toys and good old friends (or, hooray! i have my laptop back!)

so… my laptop is fixed and i now have access to my christmas photos again and the saga can continue. one of the fun things we did on our christmas vacation was visit some very dear friends who live in … Continue reading →

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19
Jan, 2009

all caught up with common threads

i finished jenny’s block today.  i loved working with these fabrics.  i think i’ve decided that (at least for me) the secret to sucessful “wonky blocks” is to cut the pieces freehand with scissors instead of trying to use a … Continue reading →

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18
Jan, 2009

finally, the quilt!

it’s so reassuring to see that other people have trouble photographing quilts well in winter!  i have struggled to get a good shot of this one and i think this is the best it’s going to get: i made this … Continue reading →

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15
Jan, 2009

catching up with common threads

holiday craziness sort of knocked me off schedule with the common threads quilting bee (and i think i’m not the only one), so here are two blocks i recently finished: these fabrics were sent by nadia with a special request … Continue reading →

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09
Jan, 2009

we interrupt this christmas retrospective…

to bring you a special report about a new craft love of mine. this is actually the second new craft love for me in the span of about 3 short weeks, so my brain is buzzing with possibilities, but i’ll … Continue reading →

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02
Jan, 2009

slowly unpacking

whew.  we made it back from our epic holiday journey a few days ago and although the suitcases and boxes of presents have all been unpacked and put away and the laundry has even been washed, the unpacking of the … Continue reading →

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01
Dec, 2008

tiny crafty… and a contest!

during thanksgiving weekend, i got together with a young friend of mine to do some christmas gift crafting.  although we had plans to make lots of different things, the only one we ended up having time to do was ye … Continue reading →

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24
Nov, 2008

fun mail!

so, a few weeks ago, i got an e-mail from leslie of good-ness telling me that a comment that i’d written on her blog was one of the 100th comments and so i had won a prize of a $10 … Continue reading →

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20
Nov, 2008

a gift for a friend

i had tea with a lovely friend of mine about a month ago.  we hadn’t talked for a long time and this visit was such a great chance to catch up and deepen our friendship and we both had difficulty … Continue reading →

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19
Nov, 2008

a gift that keeps on giving

i saved the best for last!  i wanted to make sure i had photos to post before i told you about this splendid scarf made for me by my minneapolis friend.  isn’t it beautiful?  it’s got this fuzzy textured velvet … Continue reading →

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