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stacks
I've been trying to do a little spring cleaning the last couple of days. just tidying up, getting rid of things we don't need or use, and some deep cleaning (I LOVE my new dyson). after catching up on...
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a little sprucing up
all of a sudden I decided I needed a new pin board. oh, and some sort of design wall. so this weekend tom was handed a to-do list that included finding mounts and hanging up my homasote boards for me....
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this weekend
I made myself an ironing board pad. boring? sure. but it's so useful. my ironing board is finally useful! I simply layered some batting and insulbright and traced out the board. I then marked where I...
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wip wedneday
not sure what it will be, but sometimes just a little sewing is all you need.
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lingering
according to my flickr stream, it has taken me two months to finish this block. though really it was one day of sewing, two months of deciding how to go on, and another afternoon of sewing. I'm still...
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continuous bias binding - a tutorial
I've been meaning to share how I make my bias binding for a while, but always forget. then I tried to explain it to monet this weekend, which resulted in me looking crazy. then amanda was tweeting...
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wip wedneday
I've been calling this the purple quilt, the birthday quilt, the big charmer, selfishness in a quilt, and the quilt of awesome. I'm pretty much indulging myself with this project. tons of fabric from...
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long weekends
are the best when you can include some simple sewing. that quickly turns into a, very girly, quilt top. I picked up some thread and fabric today for quilting and binding. I can't wait to see it all...
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a very girly quilt
this poor quilt should have been done sooner, but the original thread I bought just wasn't working tension-wise. so I had to wait for an order of, my favorite, aurifil to get here so I could get...
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the three day quilt
sorry for the silence, but I think I needed a little recovery time after this last project. then I couldn't share it until the fabric officially debuted at quilt market this weekend. I finally get to...
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a bit of a journey
have you ever been on a journey that makes no sense? I'm talking about the crafting kind. actually, I should say the crafting gifts kind. I first started with a quilt: but once the quilting started...
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I think I need more fabric
post vacation doldrums, I have them. after spending five days at peters valley for cal patch's 'design and make your own clothes' workshop, I miss sewing all day every day, only taking breaks for...
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a new obsession
I've been having a little conflict with all my yarn lately. while I still love it, it's taking up a ton of space that I could use for, umm, walking around or getting to my dresser drawers. I haven't...
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a forced break
or more like I'm so badass when I sew that I break machines. actually, it's more like I tried to use a poorly wound bobbin because I was lazy and my bobbin case decided to pop out and break. I like the...
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juicy picnic quilt
from the moment I picked out the fabrics, I knew this was going to be one of my favorite quilts ever. the construction is simple, but those colors just kill me. this is actually a redo of my...
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this is a knitting blog!
so why don’t I actually write a post about what I’m working on? genius right? as I was grabbing my knitting basket to take pictures I noticed a few things: I don’t have any socks on the needles(!), I’m...
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color craving
for 12 years I swore up and down that I wasn’t interested in colorwork and that I wouldn’t enjoy knitting or wearing it. I’m finally ready to admit that I couldn’t have been more wrong. sure, it was a...
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woolens
can you indulge me a bit today? I’m going to go on and on about yarn in this post and may not even get to a point. at least you’ll have pretty pictures to look at. with that warning…. lately I’ve been...
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the 2000 mile shawl
sometimes I’m very cocky about my knitting speed. I’ll think a car ride is enough time to finish half a sweater, a pair of socks, or, in this case, a whole shawl. nevermind how long the car ride...
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current obsessions
I’ve noticed that with my stashing or knitting I tend to binge in certain things. I may stash a ton of yarn all in the same color without realizing it until I upload photos into rav. or I’ll want to...
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