Month: October 2010
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Acceptance
Change is a powerful thing. In Em's case, it has also been a scary thing. And full of grief and loss. We're still working our way through all of the stages of grief and working towards acceptance. She's okay and is doing a great job working her way through a new school but sometimes it… Read more
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As fast as I can
I'm quilting and quilting as fast as I can these days. I have a Sunday deadline to get this next quilt off my dining room table. So, every spare minute that I can, I'm quilting. This is Emily's quilt. A quilt I promised her over a year ago and that was going to match her… Read more
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It wasn’t the cat
After the kids got home from school today, I let the dog out the back door. He had been gated in the kitchen all day and hadn't been out in hours. I couldn't get him to head outside so I walked out with him, walked around the backyard for a few minutes and then came back in.… Read more
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Something for me
Remember the table runner I made for my dining room a couple of weeks ago? When I bought the fabric, I thought I was going to make the table runner quite a bit longer and reversible. I changed my mind and used a cotton/linen fabric for the backing and so I ended up with a lot of extra… Read more
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Pure Wonkiness
I finally finished Libby's quilt! The pattern is called a Wonky Log Cabin Quilt and I started it a year ago when I joined the Old Red Barn Co. Quilt Along. The squares took a very long time to piece and, while I love the wonkiness of it as opposed to a perfectly square quilt, I have… Read more
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Outside my windows
A neighbor recently posted a photo on her blog of a beautiful tree outside her sunporch and it really inspired me to take photos of my yard. Here's a few outtakes of the trees outside my windows. Hope you had a great weekend! P.S. I'm doing a little blog re-do so hang in there with… Read more
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Welcoming fall
About a week ago, I started thinking ahead to Halloween and the holiday season and realized that a whole new set of "newness" was upon me. It's a new house, a new neighborhood and some of our old traditions are going to need to be re-worked. "My Thanksgiving tabletop accessories won't fit on the new… Read more
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Restoring my sanity
It's been almost a year since I was able to sit down and spend time quilting. I've been missing it terribly but didn't realize how much and why until I pulled everything out last week and started playing with fabric. October 17, 2009 was the day we started ripping apart our old house in order… Read more
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Friends + fall evening = happiness
The weather here in Indiana has been amazing for October. We've been in the 80s for the past few days and should have a few more wonderful days ahead of us. After a couple of weeks of shivering and turning the furnace on, the outside temps were a bit of a shock at first but… Read more
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Taking It Easy
I walked past the office the other day and saw Maggie lazing around on the chair in a patch of sunlight and thought, "Wow, that looks so darn cozy. Must be nice." Well, I've been doing my version of that for the past day and a half. I've been sewing and quilting for the first… Read more