Posted on July 26, 2009 by thestitchinchicken
I don’t think that I have ever been away from posting here for such a long period of time. Going away to Tulsa, and then trying to get caught back up around the house and at work, has left me with a lack of any time and energy to sew much. Although I have been [...]
Filed under: Fabrics, Quilting, Sewing, Swaps | Tagged: DQS7, Fabric, Quilting, Sylvia's Bridal Sampler | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 17, 2009 by thestitchinchicken
I just wanted to post up this article that was sent to me in an e-mail. It is so right on! The older you get, the more you realize it. I hope that you have a wonderful weekend! It goes to show that a 90 year old woman can tell us a lot about life [...]
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Posted on July 16, 2009 by thestitchinchicken
This week has been geared toward family. Both at home, and at work. Wednesday was my daughter’s birthday. She just turned 26 (how can she be so old, when I’m so young? sigh!) She requested a white cake, raspberry filling, and cream cheese frosting, Nothing fancy. You’re never too old to have mom bake your [...]
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Posted on July 13, 2009 by thestitchinchicken
I recently received a book called ‘Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler from Elm Creek Quilts’ by Jennifer Chiaverini. Many of you have probably heard about the Elm Creek Quilts Novels, I’m not sure how I missed these, but there was a wedding sampler quilt made for Sylvia’s wedding to her beloved Andrew. I was so intrigued about [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2009 by thestitchinchicken
Well, I have to say that I am disappointed. The pinwheel baby quilt that I have been working on for the baby shower at work just isn’t working out. I have been having too many problems quilting it. I guess that there are too many ‘firsts’ on this one for me. (I started the list [...]
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Posted on July 11, 2009 by thestitchinchicken
It is huge!!! And the baby shower is on Thursday! Yikes!! You know where I’ll be!
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