Monthly Archives: October 2013

The Patterns Are Coming!

So I’m working on patterns from my last quilt inspirations, and now I found these to work on too! I love it! I’m excited for patterns!

Confessions of a Quilt-aholic: Ugly Fabric Doesn’t Come Cheap!

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We all know that some fabric out there is UGLY! I’m not talking about your run-of-the-mill ugly. I’m talking about the ‘you dry heave a little’ when you see it! Heck! Some of this fabric makes me want to dry heave a lot! I do mean A LOT! For instance, I was on spoonflower, and yes, there is some amazing stuff on spoonflower, but some of it makes me weep a little for humanity! I mean, some of those prints make me was to cry, just lock myself in my bathroom, sit in my bath tub, turn the shower head on, and cry! Hell, I might even throw on some cheap mascara and then cry, just so it drips down my face for emphasis! I mean, it’s so ugly it offends all of my senses, including taste and smell! I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all, but come on people! Continue reading

Sorry About These Random Posts

So, for the past 24 hours WordPress has been acting strange. When I publish a post, it is supposed to publish to my Facebook page, and I usually share these posts in the groups I am a part of, but lately Wrdpress has been not sharing my posts correctly. I’m not sure why, but hope to resolve this soon! In the mean time, I’m sorry for the random posts as I try to figure out what is going wrong!

Working On A New Scrappy Christmas Quilt

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I’m working on a nice sampler quilt for a few craft shows I’m going to be in this fall. I wanted to use up more of my Christmas scraps s it will just be some fun simple blocks and then I can use that in the shows as a sample. Then after it makes the rounds my cousin, who is obsesses with Christmas wants it. So then once it is shown off, back to Minnesota it goes!

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One More Reason Not To Leave My Sewing Room

Okay folks, I have some awesome news to share with you guys and gals. I have found a way to eat my favorite thing. I love Smores flavored Pop Tarts! I do! They are amazing! Well today I figured out a way to make then without leaving my sewing room! Grant it, bringing a toaster up to my sewing room would have been a simple solution, I decided to take the hard route and use my iron! It turned out amazing and I just wanted to share!

Pop Tart on an Iron!

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