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The luckiest baby in the world!!!! Good luck to you both...you are going to be great parents!
Sunday Drive
These days feel like such a bonus. As the baby's due date inches ever closer (less than three weeks from today), we leave the house only a little bit, somehow, staying close to the phone and our suitcases, in case she arrives early. I really thought she would be six weeks early; I'm so thrille...
BEAUTIFUL!! I want to pick your brain on this when we have a chance...it is stunning!
Movements
I went on a retreat this past weekend. It's so nice to be only an hour from home and yet it feel like you're a world away. 16 ladies from my local guild descended upon a small Texas town, locked ourselves into very comfy retreat house and stitched away. I've always been curious about the pro...
OMG....this post made me laugh out loud. When I was growing up, the worst thing my parents or grandparents could say about someone is that "they were lazy" or "wouldn't work." LOL..I understand your angst.
That last photo made my heart skip a beat!
Work
If you knew my family, you'd think that Labor Day might be one of our high holy days, up there with Christmas and Easter. The stories passed down through generations in my family are all about work. How my great-great-grandfather could have made a lot more money if he'd had a medical practi...
Good luck you two...sending happy thoughts and wishes your way.
A Journey
Tomorrow Andy and I will board a cross-country train as our adoption journey takes us to a place I never in a million light-years thought it would take us: back home, to Illinois. That we are going to Illinois now and that we came from Illinois then are total coincidences, and not even as stra...
I look at your photos and think "wow...there are places that are green this time of year." We are baking in Texas and have for the entire summer. Thanks for providing some virtual respite!
In hiding
This summer has been a little heavy on the obligations and appointments, so when I haven't been in the car (68 percent of my time), in a waiting room or lobby of some sort (37 percent), filling out paperwork (42 percent) or changing and washing sheets in anticipation of overnight guests (29 p...
WOW...I knew you were talented but this is spectacular!!!!
Navigating New Waters
I discovered, way back here, that I'm not much into figurines, or portraits for that matter. Hardly any photos around the house, even of the girls. But I love quilts, and I love to learn new things to do with fabric and quilting. I really try to be choosey on what classes that I take, not wan...
I love your little doll quilt! Are the baby shoes painted? Way cute. Once again, your binding post saved me last night!! Thank you :)
Hugs and Kisses
In my last post, I talked about my procrastination in getting a project done, right down to the wire. What I failed to disclose at the time, was one of my design issues. I was working on a similar quilt with the X's and O's and wanted to do the quilting in large words written in script. I wan...
I am soooo happy I visited your blog today! Thank you for the imagery...beautiful...
Stills
A couple of years ago — or maybe it was even last spring? — I read Howards End for the first time. It blew. my. mind. I had seen the movie many times and had always loved it. The movie is fantastic. One of the best movies I've ever seen. As great as the movie is, the book is ev...
I love the pic of the hay and big puffy clouds....what a perfect Texas summer picture!
The Sounds of Summer
Oh, the dreamy sound of a happy sewing machine! It practically purrs. I love that hummm. Nothing irritates me more than to have to schedule an appointment for my machine at a dealership, an hour away, to "drop off" the machine and then go back two weeks later to pick it up. Several years ag...
I love this and it would be beautiful embroidered!! Such a talented daughter. Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!
ribbon fairies
My Mother's Day gift...titled "Ribbon Fairies" and signed by Ellen. That and a trunk full of flowers for the yard. I hope they attract some ribbon fairies. Happy Mother's Day!
I spent a summer riding horses in California...truly the best summer(or winter, spring or fall) of my life!
I can't wait for the pre-order on your kits!!!!
Old Bones and Simple Stitches
I've been riding a lot the past few days and it's all still kind of just blowing my mind — can't quite find words to talk about it, really. I probably will find some words at some point, knowing me. For now, when I get home I am sooooo tired, it's actually quite hilarious. I'm speechlessly tir...
Adorable!!!
Meet the new neighbors
I've been spending a lot of time looking next door. Sometimes I even get out the binoculars and spy. Normally I'm not that nosy. But I can't get enough of my three new neighbors. If there's anything cuter than a baby fox ... I can't imagine what it is.
It is beautiful!
Spring Blossoms Quilt for Quake Survivors
I finished my quilt for Japan on Saturday night. I am so pleased with it. I think it might be one of my very favorite things I've ever made, and it will be a privilege to donate it. As I mentioned last week, I made this quilt for the Quilts for Quake Survivors benefit being organized by Susa...
Lovely story!!!
Lunch with Andy
Today I fell in love. I've been delivering meals to shut-ins for a few months now. I don't have a regular route but I fill in as needed a few times a week on any of the various routes in the area. I've seen parts of town that I didn't know existed, and I've lived here 25 years. I've met a var...
I love saving the work of underappreciated crafters! This is adorable.
the gingham cat
If you don't like cats...or cats with earrings (and a tail ring?) and necklaces, or pink gingham and olive together, or possibly don't like seeing wrinkled linen then you might not love this tea towel as much as I do. But the stitching and applique work? Everyone has to appreciate that...un...
I recently purchased both of your books and have stalked your blog....what inspiration. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
ON THE MOVE...
NEW SHOP ADDRESS FROM TUESDAY 1st March 72 Roseby Street Drummoyne NSW 2047 Phone (02) 9819 6455 Here's a map. Very handy location. Now if you are thinking I don't live in Sydney what does this mean...well it means that if you ever come to visit we will be more handy than ever. The new ...
I love those red barns...are we going the red route in our redo?? Can't wait to find out!
The wallpaper gene
My great-grandparents survived the Great Depression by becoming paperhangers. Nanny taught my mother how to hang wallpaper, and my mother taught me. I am genetically predisposed to hang wallpaper. I have wallpapered rooms of every kind in both of the houses that I've owned and even, in a fit ...
I love hearing about Clover Meadow! Thanks for the hilarious visual....I'm still laughing.
Folk Coat Show
PATTERN: Swing Thing by Theresa Belville SIZE: 2-3 years YARN: Garnstudio DROPS Nepal in Gray-Green 7139 BUTTONS: Orange Gerberas and Leaves wooden buttons from Apples and Eggs The adorable Amy, Rob, and Dax the corgi came for dinner a few weeks ago (which reminds me that I need to remind Andy...
So glad you are back! I've missed your ramblings! :)
Extreme
I didn't mean to be away from blogging for almost a week, but I have a good excuse. I was busy having a new insight into my personality. A personal epiphany, as it were. I realized I am not a middle-of-the-road kind of person. I kind of wish I were, but I'm not, and it's better to know these...
This is lovely!! Great job...by the way, I have the same books...great minds think alike! :)
sewing nook
I finished my sewing nook project on my snow day last week. The paint color is from my old Martha Stewart samples and is called "snowy owl"...fitting the mood around here. I had the rub-on letters from a set I used on a train case and like how they give the cabinet a little personality. ...
Love your Farm chicks vignette! My daughter is in her 2nd semester of her sophomore year in college...I find I feel it more acutely every time she leaves...:(
I think cheering yourself up with gumdrops is a good thing!
What to do on a snowy Sunday
Among my finds last week was the first spun-cotton figure of 2011, a pinecone snowman. He felt right at home, since Sunday was a snowy day. It's hard to beat a snowy Sunday when there's nowhere in particular you need to go. We ate pancakes and read the newspaper. I made bread and soup, and w...
Congratulations on that wonderful sign!
An excellent week that included farm animals
The first week of 2011 is drawing to a close, and on several fronts, it was an excellent one. One of the fronts was the shopping front, because any week that brings an abundance of vintage kitchen items is excellent. I was particularly happy to find these three stainless steel canisters .....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! love, love, love your book by the way! All the best to you :)
I'm in the mountains for my birthday, looking out...
I'm in the mountains for my birthday, looking out the window at this. It's so pretty here. They say it may snow tonight! Xoxo, a
Twisted Stichers?! I love it....and I love what you sent to Stampington...very cute. I hope to see you in the New Year!
Packing up
Before I put these away, I wanted to share with you what I brought home from a handmade ornament swap. Pipe cleaner tree by Julie Upshaw, embellished wool heart by Tonya Littmann, painted inside and out-glass ball by Judy Kriehn, felt and metal snowflake by Carol Morrissey, worlds smallest tab...
I so agree! I am not going to buy anything unless I absolutely love it....and after I have decluttered this mess of a house!
Out the door
The good thing about having a case at an antique mall is that when the urge to declutter strikes, as it always does in January, there's something to do with the stuff. Namely, sell it. Get it out the door, mark it thrift-store cheap and hope that somebody buys it before you have to actually t...
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