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Year: 2012
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Spring is finally, truly upon us! It’s so wonderful to have some sunshine filled days. Bj did a deep clean on our porch so we could dress it up again, as we do every spring. I can’t believe that we’ve been using this porch since summer 2009. This will be our forth summer using our favorite outdoor room. I only have partial pictures, because though it’s dressed up Tuesday decided one of her cardboard houses needed to come out. One of my thrifting finds from the weekend o’ thrift with Sciarrino: I thought $8 was a…
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Oh how I am addicted to this simple fun pattern (free pattern found here). This is the second one I pieced, the first top was pretty much the same as the example. Making up different color combinations is so much fun! I chose to do the back simple, in a Kona solid. I love how it shows off the quilting. Even though I practiced (and ripped it out once one the actual quilt) the swirl was really hard for me to get right. I had to free motion for the first bit before the circle was…
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Are you doing Project Life? Have you gotten behind? I was. I was about four weeks behind current time on my spreads. I decided the best way for me to get back into the groove was to do a current week and then work backwards. It worked. Once I got the current week done I was able to remember just how much I love this project and cruise through the remaining weeks. That is the spread that spurred my latest bout with the project. I have been so into sewing lately that I didn’t think anything…
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