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Three down; 17 to go. I have to limit my time at the sewing machine these days in the interest of back pain. Even an hour or two means I have to lie down afterwards. But I refuse to give... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2025 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Snow Day in Dixie

We got the promised snow this morning--actually a little more than they promised, I think. At least a couple of inches. Jesse has gone out to ride his four-wheeler around town to see the sights. I'm going to the sewing... Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2025 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Change of Plans

I got bored with these. And switched to this. A while back I started a quilt to give to my BFF's daughter, Kris, who had been begging me for ages to make her a cat quilt. When I finally got... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2025 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Girlfriend Quilt a Hit

Alicia's quilt was well received. Jesse said she loves it and will pass it down to her daughter some day. I didn't do an awful lot of styling for these photos, I'm afraid. Jesse was in a hurry, so I... Continue reading

Posted Dec 29, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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The Rest of the Books for 2024

Typepad has stopped letting me use the Typelist function to list books at all now. Either that, or they've developed some secret process that they aren't telling me about. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong. If so, I have no... Continue reading

Posted Dec 27, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Happy Boxing Day

I hope everyone had a great Christmas Day. It was good here, just me, Jesse, and Andy. We cooked and ate and then ate some more. Then Andy and I watched a few more episodes of "From" on Prime. It's... Continue reading

Posted Dec 26, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Current Angels

In 1980, I bought two angel kits from Current. I made one tree top angel for me and one for my sister. Some years later, one of her cats peed on Ramey's angel and she had to discard her. Then... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Book Club and Stuff

Sister Ramey, my book club's resident leader and guru (we just call her the book nazi) has been down with COVID. She's all better now, but she had still not got all her oomph back on the date of our... Continue reading

Posted Dec 15, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Busy Days

I picked up the Girlfriend Quilt from Angela the Longarm Quilter on Thursday (or was it Friday?). Anyway I've begun stitching down the binding. But I had to put it aside to finish my book club gifts. I have them... Continue reading

Posted Dec 8, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy

This is the result of several days in the sewing room trying to create gifts for my book club members. The video looked so simple to do. But nothing is ever simple in my hands. I think I have it... Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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30 Years Ago

It was a day much like today in 1994, sunny and cool as I recall. I was nervous and happy. I had said I'd never get married again since the first time had not gone exactly smoothly. But that was... Continue reading

Posted Nov 26, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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And More Kitties

This is what I accomplished over the weekend, along with a couple of loads of laundry. I also began working on some Christmas gifts for my fellow book club members. There are only seven of us, so it's not a... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Winter Pays a Visit

Our Ozzy. Actually daughter Andy's Ozzy, but I''m his grandma. And he's a very good boy. Temps have been in the 30s for the past few nights with chilly, windy days. But don't get excited. We could see 80s again... Continue reading

Posted Nov 22, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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More Kitties

It's a rainy, dreary day here at The Yellow house, a perfect day to spend in the sewing room. Well, I haven't spent the entire day there, but I did get six more blocks for Kris's cat quilt down before... Continue reading

Posted Nov 19, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Church Thanksgiving Celebration

I attended my little church's annual Thanksgiving celebration after service yesterday. The food (turkey and dressing and so much more) was amazingly good and the fellowship was fun. I made the pasta salad. By the time I got home, my... Continue reading

Posted Nov 18, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Quilt Progress

I finally got the last one of the blocks for my Teacup Kitties wallhanging done. Each kitty represents a month of the year. Top row: January, February, March, April Middle row: May, June, July, August Bottom row: September, October, November,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 16, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Weeks Later

Don't know about Ozzy, but I've been in a slump. Thanks to those of you who checked on me to see if I was still around. I don't know what the problem is these days. Time just seems to go... Continue reading

Posted Nov 15, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Catching Up

This is my new granddog Ozzy. Daughter Andy recently adopted him. He initially showed up at Jesse's girlfriend's house, and after trying unsuccessfully to find his owner, she made him at home. But having one dog, two children, three cats,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Girlfriend Quilt Progress

I've promised to have Jesse's girlfriend's quilt ready for him to give it to her for Christmas, so I"ve been putting lots of miles on the old Bernina. I have 54 completed sawtooth star blocks and 6 half completed star... Continue reading

Posted Sep 4, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Girlfriend Quilt Off and Running

I spent several hours yesterday working on the orange-teal-and-purple quilt. I played hooky from church this morning, planning to get back working on it. So far, plans have not panned out. I've spent most of the morning trying to get... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Girlfriend Quilt Kickoff

A few days ago, Jesse asked me, rather haltingly, if I would make his girlfriend Alicia a quilt. And I, rather haltingly, agreed. Then he told me her favorite colors are purple, orange, and teal, so could I make it... Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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It's Me!

Wanted to report that I got around to updating my books read list in the left sidebar. I have been a very bad blogger this summer. I hate summer. It always makes me more sluggish than I even am normally.... Continue reading

Posted Jul 26, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Rosie's Dollhouse Gets a Ribbon

2nd Place Ribbon in Machine Applique Category More photos of show to come. Continue reading

Posted Jun 23, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Quilt Show Weekend

Sister Ramey and I drove to Bessemer on Tuesday to turn in my three quilts that I'm entering in the quilt show. Since then a bunch of hard-working guild members got all the quilts hung. Judging is taking place today,... Continue reading

Posted Jun 20, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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Our GPS (Mis)Adventure

For quite a while Sister Ramey and I have wanted to check out the Presbyterian Children's Home thrift store in Talladega, about 35 miles from us. So Tuesday, we finally got around to it. After the 45-minute drive to Talladega,... Continue reading

Posted Jun 6, 2024 at Blackberry Creek Home Arts

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