tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45939163931227795512023-11-16T10:36:02.269-05:00A Moment of WhimsyLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827401608677447554noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593916393122779551.post-17855479995235518762014-05-24T18:14:00.005-04:002014-05-28T20:01:21.118-04:00Birthday Celebration for StephanieWe just returned from a fabulous birthday celebration for our friend, Stephanie. Stephanie's family and friends all got together at Oriole Park to wish Stephanie a very happy birthday. 130 people who love and support Stephanie and her family were gathered together and we had an awesome time. <br />
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My daughter suggested I make a quilt for all those friends to sign for Steph to remember her special day.</div>
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So I gathered up her favorite colors and made her a quilt. I think it ended up about 36" square. </div>
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I laid out the squares late at night and tried to decide which layout I like best. My husband voted for the one with the white in the middle so that is what I went with (even though I was thinking the other way the whole time I was sewing).</div>
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I backed it with Kona white and quilted it with a swirly flower motif. </div>
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I used leftovers from the front for the binding and finished sewing it about an hour before we left for the party! (Not that I am motivated by deadlines. At all.)</div>
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My husband told my granddaughter that she needed a green dress for St. Patrick's Day. He told her I would make her one. Then he started picking out fabrics. So funny! I went upstairs and found a shamrock print (with ladybugs? why?) and quickly made a guess at the size. I sewed it together pretty quickly but it was a little large. So today, I took it in and made it shorter. I added the sash, put binding around the neck and armholes, and hemmed it. Today's sewing was way longer! </div>
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Here it is on Saydee. She is never still, so it is blurry. Her mom was trying to bribe her. She was so excited about the dress, she danced all over the living room.<br />
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The shower was today and I gave Carylynne the little quilt I made her.</div>
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Here is a little of the process.</div>
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I checked her registry and saw she had asked for yellow plates. I thought I could make a wall quilt to go in her kitchen. I love yellow and gray so that is what I pulled.</div>
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I decided to make another tube quilt. They are fun and look more involved than they are. I picked four gray and four yellow fabrics and cut 2 1/2 inch strips the width of the fabric. </div>
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I sewed each gray to a yellow. Then I sewed the pairs together to make four fabrics. Then I closed up the tube by sewing the last seam. </div>
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I ironed the sets flat and used spray starch to help stabilize them then used my 9 inch square ruler to cut triangles from the sets. Starting on one end, I lined up the point of the square with the top seam and used the 6 inch mark on the sides of the square ruler. I cut out the triangle, flipped over the ruler and cut again. I made all 16 squares this way. </div>
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I ironed them again (lots of bias edges) and laid them flat on my lovely design floor.</div>
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I took pictures of both and I liked the second one best, so I sewed the squares together. I added a white border. The top ended up about 27 inches square.<br />
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I backed it with more gray. I quilted it with a curvy stipple and put feathers all the way around the white border. I used one of the original gray fabrics for the binding (Michael Miller Dumb Dot in Gray). I love polka dots!<br />
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Lesli came over a few times and together we got it made. The staff all signed the back. We had to chase some of them down but most of the teachers signed it. I added a few fish and a few crabs to spice it up a bit. The words were from a book (<u>She)</u> and we printed them onto iron on printer paper (which I do not recommend! It is not easy to work with and it cannot be ironed. Not fun.). </div>
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I took a workshop with Jacquie Gering (<a href="http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tallgrass Prairie Studio</a>) through my guild, the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild. Jacquie had a great trunk show and we were all in awe! She has only been quilting for about five years but she has quite a wonderful body of work. The quilts are fresh and colorful and a little edgy. </div>
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I made mine in all black and whites with pops of red. My daughter had requested a new table runner and this was my chance to get something done! I got most of the squares pieced, laid out, and sewn into rows. I finished setting the top and began quilting it at another guild sewing day. </div>
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I quilted it with black thread in a loopy meander. It is a little bit hard to see when you match the thread to the quilt so closely. I guess that way no one can see my mistakes. I got the binding on the day after Christmas. I had some squares left over so I made her some matching coasters.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I made a Christmas present for my wonderful mother-in-law, Ann. She was without power for a few weeks last year during and after Hurricane Sandy. I keep picturing her freezing in her own home and I knew I needed to make her a quilt! So here it is.</span><br />
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I really am amazed I was able to get anything done this year! It was a strange year for me. Just after New Year's, I made the neighborhood quilt from the BMQ guild row robin. I was diagnosed for a spinal tumor in January and had surgery to remove it in February. I made it back to the sewing room in March (a little) and was back at work after Easter. I managed to make a wedding quilt, a volunteer gift quilt,and two baby quilts in May and June. I started a quilt for my granddaughter Saydee and my newest grandchild, her sister Aleena. I ended up making three quilts for Aleena before I got Saydee's quilt finished.<br />
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I spent some of my free time last summer helping my daughter make and quilt a queen sized quilt for her bed. I finished a quilt for my mother in law to keep her toasty and warm (last year she was without power for a few weeks after Hurricane Sandy). I attended two great workshops with Malka Dubrowski and Jacquie Gering. I made a quilt for my older daughter to use with some matching coasters (ha!). <br />
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After the baby came, I spent a lot of time babysitting for Saydee so that my daughter and son-in-law could visit the baby at the hospital (she is supposed to come home tomorrow-New Year's Eve!!).<br />
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Which brings us full circle after a full year. May all your New Year's dreams come true!<br />
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I added myself to <a href="http://www.play-crafts.com/blog/year-in-review-link-up/" target="_blank">PlayCraft's Year in Review</a>. Click over to see what everyone accomplished last year.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827401608677447554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593916393122779551.post-57486182916101856662013-12-23T18:21:00.001-05:002014-01-04T09:16:18.551-05:00Christmas Ornaments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started this quilt for my granddaughter, Saydee, back in the summertime. I spotted a smaller version on Pinterest in red and black. My daughter told me Saydee likes the newer pinker Minnie Mouse so I changed the color scheme. I drew the Minnies myself (hehe) and just used wonder under to iron them on a handful of the squares. I zigzagged them on so they will withstand the whirlwind that is my adorable granddaughter. <br />
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For the back of the quilt I used a rainbow of colors with the black and white. This is a super easy block pattern. Saydee's room is blue so this side matches it a little better (and maybe in the future if she ever repaints!).<br />
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Then they let her come home! Happy day! Well, of course I still had the yet to be finished small wall hanging. Now what? hmmmm..... I added a few more borders and quilted it up to be a little carseat quilt.</div>
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So there it is. The last elephant quilt I am making in 2013. And possibly forever.</div>
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My third grandchild was born in August. Aleena weighed 4 pounds 2 ounces at birth and had to stay in the NICU for 44 days. Her parents went every day to hold her and love her. I went several times but mostly I watched her big sister when I could to help out. We are so happy she is home with her family now (although she will need heart surgery as soon as she is large enough). While she was in the NICU was a stressful time on all of us. So even though I had already made her a quilt, I ended up making a few more (I recognize it was more for me and my stress relief!). All of the quilts have little elephants on them and have purple, grey, green, and pink, as those are the nursery colors. <br />
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This was my contribution. I made four large 22" blocks and put them together. My husband says it doesn't look like a baby quilt. Sigh. I like it anyway.<br />
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I used a gray with variagated yellow dots for the backing. I meant to make it the right size for a full, unpieced backing but of course I got carried away making the front so it is a little bigger. So I pieced it. And I like it. I should just assume I will piece the back. I seem to do it every time. And Sometimes I end up liking the back more than the front!<br />
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827401608677447554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593916393122779551.post-40747714770040498292013-08-13T23:07:00.001-04:002013-08-20T07:48:03.817-04:00Elephants on Parade!My lovely daughter is due to have her second baby sometime between now and next Wednesday. She requested an elephant quilt for the nursery, inspired by a pattern she found on <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/159877855494867068/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> by Sew Much Ado. I made my own little elephant drawing and the rest was easy. She painted the nursery bright green and she requested the gray, pink, and purple to go with it. I used all fabrics from my stash, except the Kona white (which I seem to run out of all the time!). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> She made this gorgeous queen sized quilt for her bed. She actually started it last summer and finished it up this year. She used a fat quarter pack (<strike>I bought it but right now I have no idea what it was</strike> edit: it is McKenzie by Dena by Westminster Fabrics) plus some random fabrics we found at the fabric store. Don't you love the colors?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is my adorable granddaughter on the front...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And the back (pieced, of course!). Carolyn even learned how to do a little FMQ. She used a loop de loop pattern. Her husband quilted one of the squares, too. I helped and I did the borders in a pod/vine type design. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today she sewed the rest of the binding on and we washed it and dried it to crinkle it up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now she wants to make some pillows!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My friend's daughter got married this weekend near Richmond, Virginia. We went down to Charlottesville on Friday and toured Montpelier, got up Saturday and wandered around Charlottesville. They were having a farmer's market and they have a nice pedestrian mall with little shops to wander around in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We drove over to Mechanicsville Saturday afternoon for the wedding. It was lovely and I cried through the whole thing! I made a quilt to give the bride and groom (who I don't know very well-I am good friends with her mom) and I took some pictures of the process along the way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, when I think of making a quilt for someone, I make a few sketches and try to imagine what they would like and what I am capable of making (ha!). In this case, I wasn't sure what the couple would like. I spent a few days second guessing myself. I even sewed some squares together, thinking maybe I should try to be more traditional, not everyone likes modern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But in the end, I went with modern. I hope they like it. I hope they love it. But if they only use it for picnics or throw it in the guest bedroom, I am okay with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is the front of the finished quilt. It is 72 inches by 60 inches. Big enough to snuggle under but not really bed sized.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is my original sketchbook with the math notations so I could figure out how much fabric to cut. I settled on a giant improv star.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut big pieces of both colors and started sewing. It took me a few days to get the top done. About midway through, after I rejected using the totally unrelated squares from above, I figured out the back. So I pieced that as I was finishing up the front. I chain piece as much as possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I lost my design wall when I lost my sewing room (my son moved back home) so here is the quilt on my living room floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I actually finished both the top and the back at about the same time, which is a new one for me and quite nice. It meant that I was ready for the next step.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did something else out of order (for me) and that is I made the binding next! I had some wonderful yellow stripes that worked out perfectly-I had just enough! I made it before the basting and quilting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After pondering the quilting design, time (or lack of time) won out. I quilted a meandering loop-de-loop all over the quilt. Then I popped that already made binding on. Tada! Done days ahead of time! (Also never happens!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took the quilt with us on the trip with big ideas of taking great pictures at a historical place but.... of course I left it until the parking lot at the reception! My nice friends help me take the pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Best wishes to Katy and Ryan!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friends Sherry and Paul held the quilt up for me!</td></tr>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827401608677447554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593916393122779551.post-52958267103288843622013-06-16T21:22:00.001-04:002013-06-16T21:22:16.333-04:00Quilts for BostonI was looking at the <a href="http://bostonmqg.blogspot.com/2013/06/so-much-sewing.html" target="_blank">Boston Modern Quilt Guild </a>blogs and admiring the quilts they are assembling from the donated blocks when I spotted <a href="http://amomentofwhimsy.blogspot.com/2013/05/quilt-blocks-for-boston.html" target="_blank">one of the blocks</a> I donated! Woohoo! <br />
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The blog I found the quilt on is called <a href="http://www.dresdenlane.com/2013/06/fabric-friday.html" target="_blank">Dresden Lane</a>. Laurie was nice enough to let me borrow her picture of her quilt. (Go over and say hi to her!) My block is the third one over in the second row (a Scrappy Star Variation). <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made another quilt with my Kindergarten kids! This one is for one of the Kindergarten assistant teachers. She is having a baby in August! We are all thrilled for her! We are having a shower for her before work tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week, I had each of the kids make their own design in a rectangle. I used the rectangles as the outer border on the second side of the quilt (I hate to call it the back!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first side of the quilt is inspired by <a href="http://duringquiettime.blogspot.com/2012/03/baby-gift.html" target="_blank">a quilt made by Amy at DuringQuietTime</a>. I loved the New York Beauty blocks as a sunshine. I just enlarged the idea with more scrappy borders. I quilted a swirl in the sun, outlined the rays, and put some swirls around the sun. The rest of the borders were just meandered (except I wrote my name in the green border with the quilting-I don't think you can see it in the picture, though.)</span><br />
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In my day job, I am a Kindergarten teacher (seven more days!). Every year, I make quilts with my little friends. This year, a childrens' book author, Patricia Pollaco, came to our school. She is a fabulous storyteller. One of the stories she told was about a quilt that each of the babies in her family was wrapped in. The quilt had a heart on it and the part with the heart touched each of the babies. My kids all remembered the story today!</div>
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I have been teaching for quite a few years and have made many quilts. Some of the quilts are hanging in the hallways and classrooms of the school. A few of them have been given to student teachers. A few of them are now retired and live at my house. This year, we are making two smaller quilts. </div>
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This one is for our wonderful room mother/team mother. She coordinated all of our parties and presents and teacher appreciation. She is awesome and we really appreciated all of her help. She is leaving in a few hours and will be gone for the summer in Australia. </div>
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So we made her a little quilt to remember us by. Each of the children contributed to the project. Some of the children got to make the sunflower with handprints. All of them got to make fingerprints and turned them into what ever they wanted to. My co-teacher, Trish, actually did the fingerprints with them. She labeled each fingerprint and handprint. I did all of the sewing and quilting.</div>
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I'll miss her (and her cute son) next year!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The couple I made <a href="http://amomentofwhimsy.blogspot.com/2012/08/kim-and-mikes-wedding-quilt.html" target="_blank">this quilt</a> for last year are now having a baby in July. Their wedding was on the beach last year and they chose a beach theme for their nursery. I just got back from the shower and boy did she get a lot of ocean themed gifts! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This quilt is my interpretation of the ocean/beach theme. I finished it at 10 am and the shower began at 11:30 (plenty of time! Gotta love a deadline!!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tried to make the beach, water and sky. I used different quilting stitches in each color, too. The crabs came from Patches, a local quilt store. We live in Maryland so crabs are on many items. I ironed them on and quilted around them as I went. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite things about this quilt is actually the back. I used minky so it is very soft and has a nice weight to it. I absolutely adore how the wavy quilting and the crabs show up on the back! So cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I got to use some beachy and watery fabric from my stash. I did buy that fabric with the cute little blue crabs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> As I was making the quilt, I cut each layer with both layers right side up on top of each other. Then I used the curve method to sew them together by bringing the part under the foot together about an inch before you sew it. No pins!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did have to rip one out and try again as I must have pulled it too hard and it was a little ripply. And I ripped out some of the quilting that was really horrible because I forgot to put down the presser foot (it is hard to tell on my machine with the darning foot-is it like this on all machines?). Ahhh! Adventures in sewing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made three quilt blocks for Boston. The Boston Modern Quilt guild is collecting blocks to give to survivors of the marathon tragedy. We have all been saddened and shocked by the actions of the two brothers. Someone from my guild is collecting blocks from us tomorrow. I used the Boston Marathon colors of yellow, gray, blue, and white as requested. I hope they can cheer someone up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are having perfect Spring weather this weekend! Just beautiful! My whole family was at the wedding of my son-in-law's sister. The flowers were blooming, there was a fountain gurgling, lovely green grass- just perfect! My little grandson was the ring bearer (not that they let the five month old hold the rings!) and both his parents were in the wedding. My granddaughter made friends with the flower girl and they had a lovely time running and dancing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I gave the newlyweds a quilt, of course. It is my Madrona Road challenge quilt and has been done for a while but I couldn't take any good pictures of it (I was laid up for awhile). So here it is:</span></div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827401608677447554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593916393122779551.post-7330576482513794942013-03-16T11:12:00.001-04:002013-03-16T11:12:48.363-04:00test<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/4272327/?claim=ubwenjfsatm">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827401608677447554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593916393122779551.post-44245546294762945202013-02-06T07:33:00.002-05:002013-02-06T07:33:41.638-05:00Earring giveaway!<span style="font-size: large;">Travel over to my sister's blog, <a href="http://banbasartfulrealm.blogspot.com/2013/02/link-party-givaway.html">Banba's Artful Realm</a>, for a great earring giveaway. My sister, Maureen, makes the most beautiful jewelry. She uses beautiful stones and specializes in wire wrapping. She is just getting started again in her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/122665558/heats-in-knots-turquoise-and-vintage">Etsy</a> shop and she has lots to offer. I wear her jewelry and get many compliments! Here are the earrings she is giving away.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She has some pretty necklaces and bracelets, too. Go check it out! Click <a href="http://banbasartfulrealm.blogspot.com/2013/02/link-party-givaway.html">here</a> to see the giveaway! And thanks for supporting a fellow artist!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you haven't seen an overload of these blocks, you can check them out on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/scrappytripalong/">Flickr</a> or Instagram. The original <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html">tutorial</a> is by Bonnie Hunter on her Quiltville blog. You know, in case you have a few scraps around and you feel the need to sew a block or two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was snowy and cold all weekend. Now it is near 70. Weatherman is predicting snowy and cold for next weekend. Sounds like good sewing weather to me!</span></div>
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