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Santa Tags
Santa TagsThis is a great 'green' project. If you're like me, you get tired of the sticky gift tags that tend to smear ink on pretty Christmas packages. These can easily be created for any...
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Ode to Satsuma....
I was looking through my quilts yesterday and I came across an interesting. "Satsuma" was my first quilt to design most of the blocks. There are a few that were from different books.I finished it in...
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Ever wonder about the $ for AAQI
A little info. from Ami...Soaring Sales for AAQI: All Because of YOU!Posted onAugust 23, 2012Every month Debbie Chenail (AAQI treasurer) and I sit down to update the Show Me The Money page on the...
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Guess what...
I have several things to tell you about....but first I want to show my new AAQI quilt.It is based on our vacation this summer. One morning on the beach we watched a pod of dolphins leap and flip for...
View ArticleIssac go away...
The sky is bright blue and beautiful today, but that may change soon. Thanks to Issac.The wind is blowing could be Fall, except for the heat.Schools are cancelled in preparation for a possible...
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Issac has left and we are starting to dry out. Keep those in Louisiana in your prayers. They have had terrible flooding. The sun was out today and it was glorious.Speaking of glorious....I have...
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Musings from a wannabe designer....
I just finished piecing the top of my first quilt that will be (hopefully) for sale....soon! Sewing for possible profit is different than sewing for enjoyment. Here are a few things I learned: 1)...
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I don't normally do this but....Over at Family Patchworks Jan has made 100 quilts for AAQI. That is an amazing accomplishment. So go over to her blog and congratulate her on this feat.And if you...
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AAQI
I mailed 3 new AAQI quilts off this morning. Can't wait for them to show up on-line.While your here ... let me tell you about a cool Auction coming in November at AAQI.Celebrity Invitational Quilt...
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I am still here. I am working so I can start a pattern business. It's my first time working retail. It's a lot of fun, but I am exhausted by the time I get home. I am working on some really cute...
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International Quilt Festival
Going to Houston?Every year Houston, Texas hosts the International Quilt Festival. I've never been, it's on my bucket list. Three of my quilts will be there. AAQI will have a booth and sell priority...
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Gift for Sweetie Pie...
OK, I didn't make this today, but I did make it a few months ago. It was a gift for my Sweetie Pie. I searched the stores for a good anniversary card, with no luck. So I thought...I'll just make him...
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AAQI goes to Houston...
Wish I were going... The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative is offering more than 2,100 Priority: Alzheimer's Quilts for sale at International Quilt Festival in Houston. Please head over to the front of...
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Glorious Autumn Block Party..
Hello and welcome to my turn at the Glorious Autumn Block Party. Thank you Michele at Quilter's Gallery for putting on such a fun event. Be sure to run over to Quilting Gallery and check out my...
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Giveaway...extended
Thank you for all of the generous, and funny, comments left for "Yikes!"I have extended the giveaway until October 30. That gives everyone another week (almost) to enter. I am having a problem...
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BOO.....
Spooky House....I have a new quilt pattern, my first wall hanging in my Craftsy shop.It measures 25 3/4 square. It is an easy applique pattern with a simple pieced border. This spider is a larger...
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And the Winner is....
And the winner is.....Sorry to be so late with the winner. I spent the day running errands and taking Little Britches to the doctor and for x-rays. Looks like she might have a broken finger....
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Another winner chosen...
I never heard from our first winner, so I picked another...C-girl helped me out by choosing Jeanne Gwin!Please contact me so I can mail off your awesome new seam ripper.Happy QuiltingCaren
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Show me your hands....
If you are like me, your children have brought home a multitude of hand print crafts from school. I was working on a reindeer pattern and it wasn't working. Then I came across a paper hand print...
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Quickie...
Working full time is really putting a squeeze on my sewing time. I seriously need someone to pay me to stay home and sew! I usually make a number of handmade gifts for Christmas. Not this year. I...
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