Category Archives: Homemade

Quilting in the Rain

“Arts and crafts keep you sane”-Author Unknown Wintertime is quilting season at my house.  The rain falls steady here most days, and it is too cold for me to drag myself outside to work in the garden. While the weather outside is dreary and gray,  inside my dining room the sewing machine hums as simple...

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Rainy Day Quilt Show

The wind was blustery, the rain fell hard and steady.  Most folks enjoyed the lazy Saturday afternoon watching television or reading by the fire. Soup simmered on my kitchen stove as my husband settled in the recliner to watch the football game.  I gathered my things and waited for my girlfriend to arrive.   Today was...

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Special Pillowcases

The sewing fairy has been busy at my house making pillowcases to donate to a local children’s hospital where each child receives a special handmade pillowcase when they are admitted.  I have been shopping online at Emerald City Fabrics (I love this site!) and at local fabric stores for the perfect, most wonderful fabric to...

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Scraps of Life

“It was an act of courage to take the scraps life provided and stitch them together, wrestling the chaos into order, taking what had been cast off and creating something from it, something useful, beautiful, and strong, something whose true value was known only to the heart of the woman who made it.”-Round Robin by...

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Christmas Baking Day

It is Christmas baking day at our house today.  My daughter flies in tomorrow from Denver (I am hoping with the winter storm coming she can get out!) so I hope to have all the baking done today and tomorrow.  Oh I know we don’t need all of these wonderful goodies, but Christmas is only...

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