This Is It!

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Over a week since I posted - what's up with that? LOL Nothing interesting to post about - all I've managed to accomplish is the stitching on this flour sack towel. Oh, I had grand plans to sew; instead I've been sitting like a vegetable on the couch. Abeit, sometimes it was a vegetable holding a stitching hoop. LOL I do have a teeny tiny excuse - my allergies have been wreaking havoc and I've been feeling extremely tired. It's just that time of the year! Ugh!!! * This cute design is by Debbie at Busy As Can Be - it was really fun to stitch. I'm very lazy about tracing embroidery designs; since I discovered Transfer-Eze I've been a happy stitcher. Just makes life so much easier for complex embroidery designs. I had used every sheet of Transfer-Eze and while perusing Bird Brain Designs I discovered printable "Sticky Fabric-Solvy" by Sulky and decided to give it a try. I do like it very much and I feel sure it'll rinse off as easily as Transfer-Eze does. You can see it's still attached to my flour sack towel.

I feel the need to say

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"I'm just here to sew, share & make friends."

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Enjoy your week - sewing, sharing & making friends!

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In Friendship!

Sewing Time

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First let me wish you a Happy Spring - it's MY favorite season! :-)

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Managed to get some sewing time in - woohoo!!!! This is my 'tweaked' version of Summer Dreamin' from The Moda Bakeshop. A bloggy friend and I decided it would be sweet with sashing strips and corner stones between the blocks; I'm quite smitten with the results. teehee! I cut the sashing strips at 1.5", corner stones are 1.5" x 1.5" and first border is also cut 1.5". I'm not sure what I will do for the outer border (scrappy or one print) - still thinking. :-) I also stopped with 16 blocks - 4 x 4 (blocks finish at 16") - big enough for me. Lest you think I haven't been keeping up with you - I have definitely been peeking over your shoulders and keeping up with happenings in your corner of the world. I'm finding the balance with work and play. LOL * Enjoy your day - I'm hoping to prep some handwork today. * In Friendship!

Can't think of a snappy title!

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I've spent the past three weeks adjusting to changes in my every day life. The first two weeks I was one very tired woman - every part of my body hurt (alot). LOL It happened so suddenly but I feel it was simply meant to be. It literally fell in my lap and it's become more than I anticipated. :-) What? I've gone back to work and it quickly became full-time employment. LOL I used to have a very good career in Human Resources and over the past 10 years I've made some very bad career decisions - those details aren't important. LOL
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I'm off today and tomorrow and couldn't wait to get into my sewing room this morning. This is the first time I've felt like sewing in quite awhile and I had tons of fun. I found myself smiling most of the day and I know my heart was singing. lalalalalalalala!!!!!! While I was working on the project du jour I was thinking, "maybe I'll work on this one for awhile and then I'll pull out a new one....wait there's that other project, too". Serious silliness!
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So here's how I spent my day...................
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I added the 30's prints around my October, November and December Annie stitcheries. Aren't they sweet? :-)


Speaking of redwork embroidery - please take a few minutes to visit Debbie at Busy As Can Be - she has a new adorable freebie. Feel free to tell her I sent you. :-)


Then I decided it was time to play with my Charlevoix prints. I am seriously smitten with this line of fabric by Minick & Simpson/Moda and have two quilts planned.
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Summer Dreamin' on the Moda Bake Shop blog looked appealing so today I made 9 of the 20 blocks. I plan to tweak the pattern a little so stay tuned. I think it's going to be a terrific summer quilt. By the way the blocks are just tossed on my design wall - that's not my planned layout.





I hope you're still visiting - I do plan to be around more often.
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In Friendship!