I’ve been working away on my Sampler Table Runner and should have it completed by later tomorrow. I sure hope so anyway because it’s my April ALYofF Goal and at midnight tomorrow I run out of April! I have finished quilting the Sampler blocks using my walking foot and now it’s time to drop the feed dogs and practice fmqing…
As adults, our children are way past the age of Easter baskets and egg hunts but I do still like to give them a little something on the occasions when we’re together for Easter. So yesterday afternoon I searched through my fabric dresser and found a pretty fat quarter with Easter eggs on it and a coordinating fat quarter. I…
Recently I was trying out a new recipe that called for Italian Seasoning. It’s not something that I usually have on hand in my spice cabinet so I went looking on-line and found that it was super simple to make from herbs that I already had. Homemade Italian Seasoning 1 tbsp each of the following herbs: Parsley, basil, thyme, leaf…
One of the zipper pulls on the duffle bag that I use to carry the majority of my sewing and crafting supplies with me when we’re traveling from contract to contract broke. But the zipper itself was still fine. So I stopped off at Joann Fabrics (with 50% off coupon) and picked up one of these zipper pull repair kits.…
In our new apartment, the kitchen counter has an overhang on the living room side that creates a breakfast/eating area. This neccessitated the purchase of two bar stools. When we went shopping we picked out ones that we thought would be comfortable to sit on during meals and also while working on our laptops since the breakfast bar doubles as…
I had a little less than 1/2 yard of fabric left over from the backing for the 4th of July table runner and when I was at Joanns the coordinating fabric from that line was on sale for 50% off so I picked up 2/3 of a yard of flag fabric and turned them into cloth napkins to use on…
This week I’m working on a couple of quilty projects. I’m slowly working on completing the blanket stitch on the animal appliques for my One Big Cabin quilt that I posted about last week. I’m also working on a 4th of July table topper. The day before yesterday I got it hand basted. In the photo is looks like there…
Have you been on a beach holiday and spent some time collection shells? Or maybe you’re lucky enough to live close to the ocean and go every chance you get! (This was me when we lived in Maui and Florida.) If so, get ready to make some sea shell angels! What you’ll need to make a Sea Shell Angel:…
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it here on the blog before, but I have allergies to a lot of the perfumes used in soaps and lotions that you buy in the store. This past summer, for health reasons, I switched to using only organic shampoo, conditioner and soap. But I was having a difficult time finding an organic lotion…
Since starting my low GL (glycemic load) eating plan in July of last year, I have lost two full clothing sizes. I don’t own a scale so don’t know how much I’ve lost in pounds. I am gauging my weight loss by how my clothes fit. Weight lose has slowed but I’m still losing so I’m okay with that. Better…