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  • I know it sounds as though I am working all the time, and there is some truth to that -- I am working tomorrow as well -- but I did get a little bit of crafting done yesterday: the back of the Provencal table runner. He…

  • It is December first, so we can begin opening the doors on the advent calendar my mother gave us.I have always loved this custom.When the children were small, they ran out every morning in December to see what picture w…

  • Dweezy reminded me of "Suzy Snowflake." It was written by Sid Tepper in 1951, another of the group of songs that includes "Marshmallow World" and "White Christmas."Dweezy mentioned another of them, "The Christmas Waltz."…

  • Pumpkins were the main thing yesterday. We did go to one of the local bakeries for some of their cranberry-pecan bread. It makes amazing turkey sandwiches.And we did our other errands -- hairdresser, grocer, etc. -- and…

  • In order to give myself courage for tearing out and re-sewing my bad quilt squares, I have been reading Quilts from the Quiltmaker's Gift and More Quilts from the Quiltmaker's Gift. The Quiltmaker's Gift is a children's …

  • Two strips of the quilt. There should eventually be seven. I love it already. The man who owns the local quilt shop likes the piecing best. When he finishes piecing the top, he says, he is through with the fun part. He…

  • As you can see, I have begun the colorwork. It doesn't look like anything yet, of course, but I hope that it soon will. Specifically, it is supposed to look like this: LikeWowMom attempted to help me get the graph to be …

  • We made it home. I am therefore a graduate of the Overcoming Agoraphobia program. It has been pointed out to me several times (notably by The Empress, who knows about these things) that one cannot overcome a serious men…

  • Behold the back of Hopkins. And on the right, the back of the applique practice piece, just barely underway. Having traced the design onto freezer paper and cut along the lines with an X-acto knife, you iron it onto t…

  • Partygirl, upon hearing that I was hanging out with the Methodists for Easter, said, "Are you sure you want to be entertained that much in church?" And, indeed, the Presbyterian Assembly, reacting in the 1800s to the Met…

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