My view, this weekend

Not my usual view, I took a short trip for a bit of a mental health break. This is the view from a little B&B over cross-country trails. Faster, higher, stronger has never been my motto, but a sport whose highest aspiration is gliding through the woods might be one I can appreciate, maybe it’ll [...]

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Starry, starry night…

I’m toying with ideas for my month in my bee, and I — of course — have too many ideas. One of them involves stars, so I went trolling through flickr. I’m not sure why I thought this would help me narrow down my choices – but, at least I decided to share some of the [...]

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Winter weather…

I gave a sneak peak a couple of weeks ago, when this project was all but finished, then wandered off and forgot to show you all the final results. Sorry! I don’t know about where you are, but around here, we’ve had snow, after snow, after snow. So, I keep picking out the blue-gray palettes [...]

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Sewing for a new space

A little before Christmas, I moved offices at work to a newly renovated space. The renovations have been nicely done to make the suite a functional, welcoming space, and to bring sunlight through, even though there are windows on only one wall. My office is currently a rather white block, a blank canvas in desperate [...]

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Work in Progress

Just a sneak peak of a new project: I’ll post more once I’m done:      

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Still posting Christmas gift projects…

January 8th, perfect time to post a Christmas present, right?. I showed you a preview of this here, when it was just a trial block on the design wall, but nothing since. This is the (almost) finished runner. Observant readers will note the binding clips and threaded needle. I took these pictures as I was packing [...]

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Tutorials: Getting Organized

Happy New Year! (I can still say ‘happy new year’ three post’s into 2011, right?) Continuing my not-terribly-regular series of sifting through my long list of bookmarked tutorials, and passing them along to you. In honor of new year’s resolutions to get organized… … a tutorial to sew Simple Fabric boxes from One Crafty Mumma …  a [...]

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Charming

 I don’t buy charm packs – or layercakes, jelly rolls, fat quarter bundles or whatever precut configuration they’ve come up with now. I know I’m the odd ball on this, but I like to put my money just into the fabrics that I really like from a line. But, I made an exception for Dream On and bought charm packs. [...]

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New Year’s (Sewing) Resolutions

As I mentioned, my sewing resolution is to sew more for myself, and less because I “should” in some way.  It’s really a sub-set of a bigger resolution about prioritizing, and not taking on more than I can handle with inner calm and good humor. Last year, I said I would make a  project from [...]

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