This is a very busy time of year for our family. One adult daughter has a birthday in late April, the other adult daughter has a birthday in mid-May, and my husband has his birthday in late May. I’d add my mother-in-law’s birthday (also mid-May) to the list, but she […]
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I hope everyone is having a relaxing day with their loved ones. 🙂 I know I am. And yesterday one of our daughters came over with her SO to give me her gifts, since she has to work today. The gift that’s easiest to show you is this gorgeous orchid […]
Today is our granddaughter’s fifth birthday! I can hardly believe she’s five already, and she’s the youngest of our five grandchildren. Yikes! Naturally, we bought her a toy that she wants, but then last night I decided I ought to make up this pattern for a Little Cupcake Tote I’d bought last January. […]
In Houston last fall, I took another class from one of my favorite teachers, Philippa Naylor. This one was on techniques to use in curved piecing. I only finished the very center portion of the piece in class, and then — as these things so often happen — it was […]
That’s bits of bad luck, of course. 😉 It all started with the plumbing in our home, which had been built with the wrong plumbing fittings. As a result, we had to have the entire house re-plumbed: three days of noise, mess, and stress — all followed by massive cleaning […]