I like to keep a pincushion with an attached bag next to my sewing machine so as not to end up with a zillion threads all over the floor for my dog to eat. 😉 I’ve had my last one for several years — I honestly can’t remember when I […]
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My quilt buddy, Phyl, and I go to the Houston Festival each year, and we need to keep our badges handy for easy entry to the show and to any classes we take. Not really a problem, right? Except that I detest the badge holders that go around the neck! […]
Back in August, I wrote in this post about having some lovely new tile installed in our home. After we’d recovered from the resulting problems, we began to be less than happy with how the kitchen cabinets looked; the wood-tone cabinets and the grey tile just weren’t a great combination. In […]
Back in 2001, my late mother-in-law was visiting and commented that she had a small black sewing machine that was going to waste and did I want it? My eyes lit up, of course, in the hope that it was a lovely little old Singer Featherweight. To make a long […]
Who said the weather in the Las Vegas area is always the same? A few large raindrops fell on me as I was coming home yesterday afternoon. Once home, it began *pouring* — we ended up with over 1/2” dumped on us over the course of the late afternoon! We desperately […]
I was in need of some little gifts for three young children and was tearing my hair out trying to think of what to make. Then I happened to see this blog post yesterday and knew I just had to make some of these adorable elephants! They’re actually very quick […]