Archive for the 'Sewing' Category

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Incommunicado Again

Published Date: June 9th, 2008
Category: Personal, Sewing

Howdy!
Not playing hooky this time. Nope, I’m neck deep in the Hoffman Challenge, which is due July 25th. I don’t really think I’m an accomplished enough seamstress to actually win, but I fell in love with this year’s challenge fabric, so I decided to give it a shot.
So…after 75 (yes, 75) different rough [...]

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Finished.

Published Date: May 24th, 2008
Category: Sewing

Eleven cushions. Four curved backs, four large seats, and three small ottoman/coffee table. I’ve decided Lily (my machine) and I don’t do upholstery projects (except for myself). Enough said.
Now back to my previously scheduled life.

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Happy Birthday Heidi!

Published Date: May 23rd, 2008
Category: Sewing

Wahoo!
Finally got the last of my baby quilts done (for now). This one is the smallest I’ve done in a while, and took the longest to get to its little girl. But now it’s there, and everybody’s happy.
Heidi’s folks didn’t know this was coming, so all I had to go on [...]

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And Tyler Makes Three

Published Date: May 6th, 2008
Category: Sewing

Three baby quilts in as many months. Granted, I didn’t sew one of them (see previous post), but still…that’s a lot of quiltage. And I’m almost done a fourth. Only nine months behind schedule on that one.
Anyhoo, here’s Tyler’s quilt. If you can’t tell, he had a cowboy theme going. [...]

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More Baby Quilts

Published Date: April 21st, 2008
Category: Sewing

Well, I’ve made two baby quilts in the past two months, and designed a third (someone else did the hard work of putting it together). We presented two of them yesterday, so I can finally post pictures. The third will go up after May 3rd.
This is the one I designed, but didn’t piece [...]