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Waaaa!! It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to!

Posted in NASCAR, longarm quilting, machine quilting, quilt top, quilting, quilts on September 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Ok, yesterday it was Kay, today it’s me . I’m doing the dreaded “f” word. Yep, frogging. It was supposed to be a quickie, easy peasy little money maker. 42″ wallhanging with Leaf Pile panto. How hard can that be? Well, apparently pretty difficult. My customer requested a variegated with colors in the fabrics. [...]

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Haircut

Posted in NASCAR, applique, daily life, family, quilting on September 29, 2007 | 10 Comments »

At the start of the day yesterday, I had a fairly long ponytail. No more! I got a fun, new haircut yesterday afternoon. I’m really bad about getting a new cut, color, etc., then not going back for six months or more. I’m not good at the “maintenance” part. Hard to find that “pamper me” time. [...]

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Need Some Applique Advice

Posted in applique, quilt top, quilting, quilts on September 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Ok, applique gurus…I would love some input from you. I am to the applique stage on my cousin’s log cabin. Right now, I think my plan is to do fusible with satin stitch on the edges. Or would you recommend a different method? This quilt, though I’m sure it will be well cared for, will [...]

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Making Progress!

Posted in butterflies, caterpillars, longarm quilting, machine quilting, quilt top, quilting, quilts, sewing on September 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »

My starry log cabin countdown is now under 30! Woohoo! I have all the blocks for my cousin’s quilt completed. Now to sew the middle section together and figure out the applique. I’m worried about that part and will be glad to get it done (successfully) and behind me. Then to put it all together [...]

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Busy as a Bee

Posted in daily life, longarm quilting, machine quilting, quilt top, quilting, quilts on September 23, 2007 | 9 Comments »

I feel like I’m neglecting my blog lately, but I have been so BUSY! I took in three customer tops this week, plus I’m still working on my cousin’s quilt, my starry log cabin, and I’m trying to finish a UFO for the September UFO challenge. In between that, I’m putting in eight hours a [...]

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Weekend Report – Long

Posted in Christianity, daily life, family, home improvement, longarm quilting, machine quilting, quilt top, quilting, quilts, remodeling, sewing, spiritual life on September 16, 2007 | 6 Comments »

I think the funk has lifted! Let’s see, where to start…first, for those of you that asked, the bathroom painting was a technique I saw on Debbie Travis’ Painted House. I mixed three colors, a light creamy color, a darker color, kinda like a frothy hot chocolate, and white, with glaze. Then you take your paint [...]

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I Accomplished Something Today!

Posted in daily life, home improvement, remodeling on September 13, 2007 | 6 Comments »

I finally painted my bathroom!!! I suppose now is where I should confess to you that I started this bathroom project somewhere around three years ago. It started by taking down wallpaper that didn’t want to come down. I got stalled out on that. Somewhere in the process I had surgery. That stalled it out [...]

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Just Checking In

Posted in quilting on September 9, 2007 | 8 Comments »

I haven’t fallen of the Earth…it was just an incredibly hectic week. I didn’t even get my log cabin blocks done during the week, but I caught them up this weekend. I also got a little work done on my cousin’s quilt, along with laundry, housework, and doing some straightening in my closet. I went [...]

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