tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73094937695261753912024-03-03T18:26:02.978-06:00Buzzing and BumblingLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755191961134444671noreply@blogger.comBlogger383125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309493769526175391.post-66029189480074811112020-08-26T14:32:00.005-05:002020-08-26T14:32:58.545-05:00What I Did Over My Spring and Summer "Staycation"<p><image alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k591/darlaroyal/LindasSignature.png"></image></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2020! What a year so far! I keep waiting for spring to come and then I realize it is almost fall! So far, I have not come down with Covid-19. I have stayed in most of the time and when I had to get out, I wore a mask! I've washed my hands until they are even more wrinkly than before, but wrinkles are inevitable anyway.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So.....what <i>have</i> I done? (other than making masks, baking bread, and living through a master and guest bath remodel)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphw4QMpXZKoqFn4LDiz4_cCnqZNhxVwaz8ZIUI12ETt6Jrky6w2NSIhyphenhyphenImDWJ_cJTklrq4Km1GPglmmxSW8t6igjG1JfSJ-gDhGYobrQnbzCz0IbU29v96cvK54gGFBnkPmKwVuWQLWpu/s640/Delaneyquilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphw4QMpXZKoqFn4LDiz4_cCnqZNhxVwaz8ZIUI12ETt6Jrky6w2NSIhyphenhyphenImDWJ_cJTklrq4Km1GPglmmxSW8t6igjG1JfSJ-gDhGYobrQnbzCz0IbU29v96cvK54gGFBnkPmKwVuWQLWpu/w384-h512/Delaneyquilt.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I made a quilt for my granddaughter who is a university freshman this year! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I ordered fabric on June 3 to make a quilt for my grandson in the colors he requested, but so far everything I ordered is backordered. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfiSPnkMAYd4SxJmBf6HBTGQwcBV3tejaKJw5hx2kI9H-t2QMwQl5rtwLwYlVFBm7jjopJe9AA6HSGigh9WQjsN0Pq93fohLLLun16rub-0ucxOSFYNILYXkIChO8xV8a1M_xVuZjQxNv/s640/hail4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfiSPnkMAYd4SxJmBf6HBTGQwcBV3tejaKJw5hx2kI9H-t2QMwQl5rtwLwYlVFBm7jjopJe9AA6HSGigh9WQjsN0Pq93fohLLLun16rub-0ucxOSFYNILYXkIChO8xV8a1M_xVuZjQxNv/w384-h512/hail4.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We had a small tornado and a little over a FOOT of hail! (Some areas nearby got 2 feet!) This is a picture the next day. Besides losing this and another large oak tree, most of our plants were stripped of leaves. The roads were so covered with leaves, you couldn't see where to drive. Our roof was destroyed also. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG0tgZufoAF8QHjgr0-g7w6Fet6qkLO_xjksKGzUDw3M1EwlKUyTjGoRcN-v6reiaRzhYbLILDdt5Sx7hSy42FdrvZrT4p8oCf4Uat0qe_5zjsYDn3e0cpb_SpynSOm3dPQpEb0zYS6UD/s640/puffytacos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG0tgZufoAF8QHjgr0-g7w6Fet6qkLO_xjksKGzUDw3M1EwlKUyTjGoRcN-v6reiaRzhYbLILDdt5Sx7hSy42FdrvZrT4p8oCf4Uat0qe_5zjsYDn3e0cpb_SpynSOm3dPQpEb0zYS6UD/w384-h512/puffytacos.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Besides the weather and all that goes with that, my husband and I have had a great time cooking together! We cook something different every Friday. These are puffy tacos, a San Antonio specialty. The masa is shaped into tortillas and fried immediately. 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After the sous vide, he browns the outside in butter. Lately we are cooking something old (an old favorite recipe) and something new (that we've never tried before!). It has been SO much fun! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2rwBqVtzMg0nwLrzUriTCCPs-sFprg7nh2USftBUU6Wlr_8eK0Ba8syR9ANxofT6JQibo6Ihe4trkmH-70HHua6H40EFg10igNIc5xzN2ma5gjetSYhgbFNz6nuINcjlppZ85z9iF9YZ/s320/sunset5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="287" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2rwBqVtzMg0nwLrzUriTCCPs-sFprg7nh2USftBUU6Wlr_8eK0Ba8syR9ANxofT6JQibo6Ihe4trkmH-70HHua6H40EFg10igNIc5xzN2ma5gjetSYhgbFNz6nuINcjlppZ85z9iF9YZ/w359-h400/sunset5.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We've enjoyed gorgeous sunsets causes first by the Sahara dust that sweeps all the way across the Atlantic ocean to Texas and beyond. Then more caused by the tragic California wildfires. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">All that to say, we're making the most of a bad situation. I can't imagine being isolated with anyone more fun and wonderful than my husband! (We had our 50th wedding anniversary July 31st. We celebrated at home alone. We had great plans that included our grown kids, but maybe we'll do that next year.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Stay safe everyone!</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755191961134444671noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309493769526175391.post-77660709339739615572020-04-10T00:01:00.000-05:002020-04-10T00:01:04.393-05:00Going Green with Red!<br />
<span style="color: red;">Note: This posted originally in 2012! You can use this little tutorial to make a lipstick blotter to save on tissue and toilet paper!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My husband's Aunt Rubye was an extraordinary seamstress. She had a career embroidering monograms for </span><span style="font-size: large;">Neiman </span><span style="font-size: large;">Marcus at one time! She shared with me the little embroidery design of the two birds with the word "Lip Stick" in between them. When I asked about it, she said that during World War II, tissues and toilet paper were at a premium and they didn't waste them by using them to blot lipstick! They made little red towels to blot their lips on! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Here I'm going to give you a simple tutorial for making your own!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(Of course, if you embroider, you can just hem a red cloth and embroider near the bottom.) This is such a simple project, many of you will not need a tutorial, but I have several followers who are new to sewing. I do have a little tip in there that even the more experienced might appreciate, so glance through it for that. If you're new to sewing, this is EASY! You can do it!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Cut two pieces for the front and the back (I'll call these A). Also cut a coordinating strip for the bottom (B) and if you want to add trim, cut that too. The size is not crucial. You can make it any size you want. My red strips are 7" x 13" and my bottom strips are 7" x 3". The trim is cut 7" long each.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. HERE'S THE TIP! If you will use a glue stick to stick the trim where you want it, sewing it into the seam will be SO much easier! The trim I am using is so narrow, I have dropped it down so that only the top of it is on the 1/4" seam line. If your trim is wider, you can just glue it flush with the raw edge.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Place each A piece right sides together with a B piece, sandwiching the trim in between the two. Sew a 1/4" seam to connect the two.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Put the two pieces right sides together. Pay attention to match the seams at the sides for the borders.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. Sew all the way around, leaving a gap at the top that is about 2" to 3" wide. Turn the piece right side out through this gap. (I like to cut the points off the corners first to reduce the bulk, but be sure you don't cut across the seam when you do this!) Push the corners out with a long skewer or some other tool. Press and hand sew the gap closed. You're finished! Wasn't that easy?</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are going to be used by the seafood department of a local grocery store.</td></tr>
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<image alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k591/darlaroyal/LindasSignature.png"></image>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755191961134444671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309493769526175391.post-35007844330233584942019-09-03T11:52:00.002-05:002019-09-03T11:52:27.155-05:00Making a Tablecloth for a Large Round Table<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I love setting a pretty table. </span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Christmas setting from a few years ago. Because I used regular cotton quilting fabric, I needed 9 yards.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My biggest problem is that my table is too large to use commercial tablecloths. I just can't find any big enough!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately, it is pretty easy to make my own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to find upholstery and drapery fabric when I can (on sale of course!). It is 60" wide and comes in pretty colors and patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I buy 6 yards (sometimes 7, if I need to match a design) and sew two 3 yard pieces together down the center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Match up designs as well as you can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(this is why you may need extra when there are large designs involved)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fold in half and find the center. Attach a string to a pin and attach the pin to the center. (I use a non-stretchy cotton string. Yarn can stretch too much.) Attach a piece of chalk to the other end. It should end at the edge of your fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hold the chalk, pulling the string taut, and draw an arc on your fabric. Cut along the chalk line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I found it helpful to hold everything in place with a chair leg!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If your fabric is thin enough, you can turn your hem. The fabric above was way too thick to turn, so I used an overcast stitch (shown below) to finish the edge. (A serger would work great here.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's all there is to it! I steamed the seams flat afterwards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most upholstery and drapery fabric has been treated to resist stains and sometimes water, so I will just spot clean it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next time you see this cloth, it will have pretty dishes and a centerpiece!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some of my tables from the past.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fresh flowers always look good! This cloth is from drapery fabric.</td></tr>
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(see the flying birds I suspended over the table?)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Well, the last one is not officially a table setting, but the centerpiece is pretty sweet! This is why I always keep a cheap plastic tablecloth to throw over my tables after setting them! I certainly don't want cat hairs on my plates!) I pull it off just before guests arrive!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This quilt is based on a very old pattern called Joseph's Coat. It can be sewn on the machine, but curves are so easy by hand! (Sugarplum thinks I am making it just for her!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am also working on an ongoing year-long project. It's a "temperature quilt" and each square is based on the high and low temperature of each day of the year. I am really behind on it! You can find out more about temperature quilts by "googling" it. I was unable to find where the idea started, so I can't give credit to the first person who made one. It's really fun, though!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wow! What a summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We started a little early with a cruise to Nova Scotia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went directly from the cruise ship to a flight to Niagara Falls. We stayed several days on the Canadian side of the falls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We returned for just a few weeks, then headed west on a 3 week, 5,000 mile road trip! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We returned home the first of August and hit the ground running - family visits, doctor appointments, vet appointments, then 5 days of out of town company. We enjoyed it all, but we're pretty worn out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sugarplum and the deer have kept a close eye on us since we've returned. I think they missed us! </span></div>
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I’m dancing in the new year with a new and contemporary quilt pattern. </div>
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I can't believe it's already December! This year has flown by way too fast!</div>
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I have been busy, but I've managed to design a couple of new quilts. </div>
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The first is a Christmas Advent quilt banner. The little banners are actually little pockets, just big enough for a small candy or a scripture.</div>
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The second is a large (57" x 68") springtime themed quilt. It will be released after the first of the year.</div>
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In personal news, I've been busy since I last posted (July? really that long ago?). My parents celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary and my brother and sister and I gave them a party. I made the cake, so that kept me hopping for several weeks, making sugar paste flowers. </div>
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My parents original wedding cake topper was displayed between tiers of cake. </div>
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I've also decorated for Christmas, although I kept it fairly simple this year with only one tree, wreaths, and a couple of centerpieces. </div>
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(I did a little re-decorating this season, too. I moved the couch and loveseat from this sitting area to the living room and the chairs from the living room went in the sitting area. )</div>
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Yes, magic has been happening the last month! I finished a new banner pattern! It is designed to go on a classroom door, a studio wall, a workroom, or any place that magic happens! There are extra art images (an art palette, tube of paint, paint brushes) and the applique images can be repeated or omitted to fit the need. It will be released when the cover image has been photographed. As a former elementary teacher, I love bright pops of color to welcome children in and give them the feeling that their new classroom is a great place to spend their time!</div>
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My lavender has been blooming and the bumble bees as well as honey bees are really buzzing despite the 100+ temperatures!</div>
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We spent two weeks on the west coast visiting two of our sons and families. While in Oregon, we drove up to the Hoh rain forest in Washington state. It was a great experience. We also spent a day on the beach!</div>
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In California we spent time with family and then brought our granddaughter back to tour universities in Texas. </div>
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We started out at Abilene Christian University. They have a beautiful campus that is green and shaded. It is a smaller private university where I got my degree. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Yes, the old lady is me and the young, beautiful one is my granddaughter! I have cut my hair really short. Speaking of short, I am quite a bit shorter than my granddaughter - about half a foot!)</td></tr>
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After Abilene, we drove to Waco. Before touring Baylor University, we made a stop at Magnolia Market. </div>
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<b>I'm not going to give excuses. Yes, I've been super busy, but not all of it was work! Here are a few highlights of the last year! (I'll show you quilt updates toward the end!)</b></div>
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<b>We've been hosting lunches and dinners for friends. My sweet husband gave me a set of mid-century transfer ware (English Staffordshire called "Welcome Home") that I can use in the fall and winter months for entertaining. </b></div>
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<b>We've been working slowly but surely on the next stages of this house. (We finished the stairway!!</b></div>
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<b>We've bought a game camera and discovered that in addition to the deer, we've been visited a bobcat, a family of foxes, a family of raccoons, an occasional porcupine, an occasional possum, and a whole rafter of wild turkeys. (Thank you, Google, I would never have called a bunch of turkeys a rafter!)</b></div>
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<b>We've taken my Mama and Daddy to Boulder Dam so he could revisit his childhood home in Boulder City. My granddaddy worked at Boulder Dam while it was being built. He started out as a scaler and ended up as an electrician. We walked into the museum in Boulder City and the first picture we saw had my granddaddy right in the center!</b></div>
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<b>We've gone on a 4,000 mile road trip to Yellowstone and back, (2,000 miles each way), stopping to climb into cliff dwellings, to examine petroglyphs, to see forest, mountain, and desert scenery. We've hiked, climbed, crawled, and walked. We've tasted regional foods. We've stood on mountaintops and waded through streams in the valley. </b></div>
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<b>We've seen bison, elk, moose, bears, and even a wolf. </b></div>
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<b>I revived an old love of decorating cakes and made some for a few wedding showers.</b></div>
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<b>I built a papier mache tree in a classroom. (sorry, no after picture, just during the process)</b></div>
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<b>I am healthy, happy, and just as sassy and silly as I ever was! (My sister jokes that I am a "princess".)</b></div>
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<b>This has been a time for family and friends. I do not regret spending time for them or with them. My parents will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary later this summer and I will celebrate my 48th with the man I have loved for what seems like forever!! (And what a wonderful forever it has been!)</b></div>
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<b>I will try to pop in every now and then to keep you updated and to share new patterns and tutorials. I have updated my Patterns page. Thank you for hanging in there with me!!!</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been really busy since I last posted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have almost finished the downstairs. We still have the staircase to trim out and finish, but the downstairs apartment is very livable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Above is our little kitchenette. It has a sink, microwave, and refrigerator. If we needed to add a stove, we could put a cook top in the island. We mostly keep snacks here to use with the media room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here you can see it in relation to the staircase (unfinished as you see). There is a large patio door at the side that you can't really see. It is in a covered area and gives access to the back patio. (Sugarplum photo bombed me! She really likes this new area.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is the main guestroom downstairs. The bed is a queen, so the room is small, but not tiny. (The painting on the wall is an original watercolor by my sister. It is of my granddaughter and me at Topsail Island hunting shark's teeth.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is the room a year ago!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The pink room in the BEFORE picture above, became part of the new bedroom. Two bathrooms went beside that. Here is the one off the bedroom. You can see the big window in the following guest bath photo. Since we have rock on the wall outside, we didn't want to have the expense of changing the window. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I still need to make drapes and paint the closet door to match the walls. (Media rooms are supposed to be dark!) We designed this room as a second downstairs bedroom. The platform for the theater seats is made to be removable. The couch is also a hideabed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my sewing room, I now have a rolling cutting table! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My husband made it out of the cubicles and top I had been using. The top is actually the top from my daddy's old drafting table, so it is a sentimental addition. It is also the perfect size for a large cutting mat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted my table on wheels so I could move it around. It is perfect for moving to the side of my sewing area!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sewing room is quite large and if this area were used as an apartment or "mother-in-law suite", this would be the living/dining room area. It even has a door to the front yard and a separate entrance as seen near the dress form above. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are nearing the "home stretch" now! We are slow at getting the work done, but that is the way it is when you do things mostly yourself on a budget! With the help of Craigslist, thrift shops, recycling what we had, etc., we have done pretty well I think! I love my new space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"From north or south, east or west, with friends and family we've been blessed!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've started preparing for Christmas meals with family and friends! I am using my souvenir travel plates, but don't worry, I have clear glass plates to put over them for actually eating on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The vintage map centerpiece goes well with the souvenir plates! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I used a piece of "vintage map" fabric by Tim Holtz for the center of my table. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There were only 1 1/3 yards available, so I made a larger tablecloth of cream paisley. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The house was a cardboard form bought a year ago on clearance after Halloween. I pulled off the bats and covered it with pages from an old atlas. There is a plant stand under the fabric to raise the house.. The snow on the roof is vintage "cotton batting snow", complete with glitter. The stars are from the same old atlas as the covering for the house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I included a Fitz and Floyd Santa that miraculously survived the fire! (I guess if Santa can go down a chimney, a house fire can't hurt him!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To get an idea of scale, the table is 90" across. We will pull up chairs for each of the 12 place settings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The living room with the dining room in the background. We have a very open concept area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like little vignettes around the room so that your eyes have places to stop. This is simply a couple of vintage figurines, both pulling a cart, filled with candy canes. To tie it in, I put large candy canes in the flower arrangement between them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fireplace is kept simple with three carved Santas on an upturned shallow galvanized bucket and a small tree in the larger one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The tree sits beside the fireplace, so that is really all the decoration it needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've dressed up the throw pillows on my sectional with simple ribbons tied like a package. They also make a great addition to an accent chair. (Check out the sectionals in <a href="http://bit.ly/2fxxNxd">this link</a>!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the easy care of my leather furniture! I can dress it up or dress it down, depending on my mood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I removed the regular centerpiece and replaced it with a collection of nativity scenes, all hand made in Mexico and Peru. I placed two of them on the "holey" rocks we have outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kitchen island, visible from the living area, has a large mirrored tray on it filled with snow globes and live flowering plants. I've covered the hand oiled red cedar top with a clear vinyl cover in preparation for the 13 children who will be here for Christmas Eve brunch! (All my sister's grandchildren. My two will not be here this year.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Snowmen dance on my window ledge in the kitchen along with a card from family the reads, "When life gives you snow, make a snowman!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have overloaded you with photos, so I'll save the bedrooms and downstairs for next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, get some inspiration at the Home for the Holidays pages at <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/arhausfurniture/home-for-the-holidays">Arhaus Furniture Pinterest Pages. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am really feeling nostalgic today! I've been working on patterns and house renovations and I am weary! I need to see my grandkids! The photo above was taken 10 years ago when we lived on the east coast. We had built a great pond and deck and finished it just in time to find out we were moving. Our granddaughter loved putting her hand on the water and feeling the fish tickle it thinking she might have some food for them. I would love to have that pond and deck here. I would love even more to have my grandkids here! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I write, I'm waiting on workmen to come put the glass shower door in downstairs. Doug's television for his media room will be delivered this week, too. We still have a lot to do, but we're making progress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(This is actually a new pattern. I made this wall hanging in 2013, but had not written it up as a pattern until now.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Jesus Loves the Little Children"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These have all been remade with multiple photos and better instructions. They are also in a 8 1/2" x 11" format, unfolded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do not have them yet in download form, but will happily mail them out to you if you want one. ($15 each plus postage). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't believe it is September and fall begins on Thursday! How did that happen? I have been super busy giving presentations, teaching classes, and working on rethinking my patterns. I am going bigger, better, clearer, and with lots of pictures. That means that I have to remake the quilt to not only evaluate the pattern, but to take photos at every step. Not a quick thing to do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The renovation is coming along. My sewing room is almost finished, but we still have the cutting table to do and the baseboards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is my wall of cubicles. My husband built me a platform to put them on so they weren't sitting on the floor. I found the little gray collapsible baskets at Walmart! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the far end of the room. You can't really tell much yet by these pictures. The little island is temporary. We are going to build a cutting table that can be rolled around. There is a huge arched window to the left of the room at that end that gives lots of light and a beautiful view.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Sugarplum has found a napping spot there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">None of these are updated in the download version yet, but will be soon. The paper version is $15 each plus shipping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a question about a wall hanging pattern I had in a local quilt shop and realized I had never uploaded it to my Craftsy shop! So now it is being uploaded and if you are interested in an easy, but showy, wall hanging for your sewing room the pattern is available!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the sample above, I used buttons from my grandmother's button jar. The pins have little seed beads so they look like real pins! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The size is 28" x 21 1/2" and the pattern is available for download at $8.99. ($12 plus shipping for a paper pattern.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can use my <a href="http://buzzingandbumbling.blogspot.com/2011/03/applique-tutorial.html">easy applique method (link to tutorial here) </a>to hand applique or just sew it down by machine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Revisiting patterns I designed a few years ago gives me a renewed excitement to get started again! We are getting closer than ever to finishing the new sewing room. I can hear my husband in the background installing my cabinets! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The board in the middle of the room is to protect the floor from scuffing while I put together the cubicle cabinets. The cabinets in the background do not have their drawers in and are being installed against that wall. Baseboards are not installed yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the top photo, you can see the top of a large cabinet sitting out. We will have to have someone come and help install that over it's base. It's too heavy for me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought 13 ClosetMaid cubicle cabinets to put my fabric in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm healing quickly and feeling anxious to get back to work downstairs on my sewing room! Sugarplum and I are tired of working puzzles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Just before the accident, I found these two end tables at a local thrift shop. I think that with a little work, I can turn them into an island for the downstairs kitchen. My husband is "dubious", so now I have to wow him with what I do! I will post a picture when I finish unless it is a big failure. I have a plan in my mind! (The boxes behind them are cabinets for my sewing room. I can't put them together until the floor is down in there because there is no place to store them in the meantime.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Speaking of thrift shops, I found something totally unexpected just Saturday. I was taking my time looking over the shelves and saw a big rock in a zip-loc bag. I recognized it as a fossilized bone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> One person thinks it may be a whale bone. If any of you out there have any other ideas, let me know. Any paleontologists out there? It is very definitely fossilized and weighs about 2 pounds. The minerals in it look like the flint we have here among the limestone. Because this area of the hill country is a retirement area, there are all kinds of interesting things in the thrift shops. This could have come from anywhere in the world, although this part of Texas is known for it's fossils. There are dinosaur tracks not far from here, although I'm not saying this is a dinosaur vertebrae. If it is whale, it was brought here from elsewhere, which is probably the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have not been able to go downstairs these last few weeks, but the underlayment is down, new air conditioning ducts and vents are in, and we are getting closer to being able to put down the flooring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We're still enjoying the wildlife and it appears they are having fun at our expense!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We heard a noise in the garage and when we opened the door, this doe ran out! She found the deer corn and managed to get a new, unopened bag off a shelf and partially opened!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She just stood a distance away to see if we would feed her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope to post pictures of my sewing room soon. I am SO ready for progress! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been some time since I last posted. A lot has happened in that time. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Do you see the top tier of terrace in the picture above? To give you a little idea of the scale, it is about 10 feet from top to bottom. Well, a couple of weeks ago I fell backwards off of this wall and landed just about a foot from the concrete at the bottom. I fractured my tibia near the knee, tore a meniscus, and fractured my ribs. (I also broke a toe, but I hurt so badly everywhere else, I didn't even know that for a day or so!) I have been in bed with my leg elevated and on ice. I was given crutches, but they hurt my ribs so badly I was switched to a walker! (how humiliating! It's good practice for when I get a little older.). I go back to the orthopedic doctor in two more weeks to be reevaluated. Hopefully, the meniscus will heal on its own. I am feeling MUCH better, but have been ordered to stay off the leg until he sees me again.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My sweet husband his waiting on me hand and foot. He is cooking and cleaning and recording when I take pills. He has even taken over my responsibilities at church setting up Bible class supplies for the little ones. He told our friends that I had pulled a "Humpty Dumpty"!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the two showers have been tiled and Doug is putting new underlayment down in preparation for the flooring. We had to scrape and sand the old one just to put a new layer down. He also replaced an entry door. I put a second coat of paint on the walls before my fall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are planning on getting my sewing room set up as quickly as possible. I am unable to get down the stairs right now to even see the progress. (I have said from "day one" that I wanted an elevator! I wish I had nagged a little more!) The work is going much more slowly with only one person working. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before you go, can you spot our visitor in this photo. She was trying to hide from us as we drove up to the house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> These photos are not great,but perhaps you can get an idea of what she looked like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sugarplum woke from a sound sleep when something on the balcony outside caught her attention!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She jumped up to get a closer look!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The male and female have both been frantically racing back and forth with insects to feed a newly hatched brood of baby Orioles in the seldom used (thankfully!) light fixture above the balcony.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are a welcome addition to our wildlife managerie here at our hill country house which includes the deer, a fox, rabbits, squirrels, and many other birds and animals. We have been watching what appears to be first time swallow parents trying to build a nest. It has taken them much longer than we've previously seen swallows build nests, but they finally have it built and I think she is brooding eggs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Walking to the mailbox, I noticed this unusual bag-like nest in an agarita bush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It is about 10" long and covered with lichen. It was hard to get a photo without disturbing it, but I'm not sure it is still occupied! We tried to "shoot" and run! (With the camera, that is!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> After researching the nest and birds common to this area, I believe it is a "Bushtit". (Yes, an unfortunate name, but a sweet, tiny bird that eats insects and sings songs!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It's so interesting to observe the life cycles around us. The mama deer are beginning to really bulge at the sides, so I expect to see fawns soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the "Recycling" front, I happened to hit the thrift store during a time when they were gearing up for a move. Every clothing item was 25 cents!! I brought home more than I should have, but it was so much fun!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am a "petite" (just over 5'1") so buying clothing off the rack has never been easy for me. I decided that for 25 cents, I could play a little with redesigning some of these clothes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> (Here is my attempt at getting a photo of myself in a linen short's outfit that was about 2 sizes too large.) (See my new summer haircut?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I removed the stitches in the crotch seam and made a skirt out of the shorts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A quick photo before hemming and final pressing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how often I will wear it, but the top and skirt together cost me 25 cents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The remodeling downstairs is coming along!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sheetrock was installed and today we have men working downstairs taping, floating, and sanding. Tomorrow they will come back to texture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This will be my sewing studio! I'm getting excited! I haven't gone downstairs to see how it looks today, but this was yesterday. The furniture will go in the media room, but we're having to move it around and keep it covered. They will take it outside tomorrow. I'm hoping the sun will continue to shine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My mind is buzzing with ideas for my new space, but I have to wait a little longer! After I paint it, I will still have to wait for flooring and that will come after the bathrooms are tiled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, I'm trying to stay patient! </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been hexed! I found a fabric that I just HAD to have! (Imagine that!) It's Radiance Lace by Beth Studley for Makower. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I brought it home and started pulling fabrics from my stash to see what I had that complimented the colors in the fabric. Then I started trying to decide on a quilt that would show it off. Most blocks required cutting the fabric into pieces too small to really let the design sing....except for these large hexagons. Each side is 6" long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the look! I at first pulled bright reds and golds from my stash. I decided then that I would try to tone it down a little (really hard for me!) and give it a more feminine look. When I laid it all out to see, I wanted more. I went to a local thrift shop and bought some vintage laces and doilies. I embellished some of the blocks with these. Later, I read that Beth had been inspired by vintage lace, so it turned out to be quite fitting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here it is draped across a bed. I haven't decided on a "home" for it yet, but it is big enough for a twin sized bed and could easily be made larger. It is completely hand sewn with each block quilted as I went along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can envision doing this with fabrics from men's shirts or with novelty prints for a child. It could be any size you want with blocks any size you choose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the homefront, we are getting closer and closer to finishing the downstairs. We are waiting on a couple of inspections before having the drywall put up. After that, I can paint! Of course, we still will have a LOT to do - tiling the showers, finishing the kitchenette, flooring! BUT, we'll be able to see the new rooms with walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spring is here in the Texas Hill Country and things are starting to bloom and leaf out! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The bluebonnets are not as showy around here as they have been in past years. I guess the weather just wasn't right for them. They are beautiful in patches, but just not as widespread as before. It can take a couple of years for the seeds to germinate, so perhaps next year will be more favorable for them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(and yes, my poor little tuffet is a little bit bowlegged! I need to take the legs off and try again!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have designed a new pattern for a spring quilt, but it is not in published form yet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've had a plumber come in and do all the "roughing in" for the
two new bathrooms and the kitchenette downstairs. The electrical is
still in progress. When that is finished, we can start with putting up
wallboard. In the meantime, I am sewing in my dining room upstairs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I hope you had a great Easter and if it is spring where you live, I hope it is full of flowers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I'm still here! Above you can see the new patio door installed in what will become the kitchen for the Mother-in-law suite downstairs. This opens under an overhang, so it will be protected from the weather. This is also the sidewalk to the patio. I will add pots of plants outside on the raised bed above the stone wall. The debris you can see through the door is a section of HEAVY stucco still attached to the metal "mesh" they put up to hold the cement. It was removed from the old entrance door, which has been sealed up. (below)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The subfloor in front of the door has been replaced. What you can't see if that we put up gutters. If there had been gutters before, the water damage that had been in this area would not have happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have removed the bathroom that was between the kitchen and this room (which will become the media room). We added a window in this room and the old bathroom will become a closet. We're putting two new bathrooms on the other side of the downstairs space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While taking a break from the work, we chose to eat dinner at a local Thai restaurant. It was sunny and about 72 degrees, so we ate on the balcony overlooking the river park here in Kerrville. I couldn't quite capture the beautiful blue water and the pinkish tinge in the trees, but it was a beautiful sight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chiristmas was a blur! We hosted two gatherings. One with 12 friends from church and one with 25 family members on Christmas day! I had a lot of fun decorating the table to match the Christmas plates that were rescued from the fire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cactus is made of metal. A local man makes all types of things like this to be used in a yard or garden. I put it in the center of my table!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The buffet area was decorated Christmas cowboy style! I found the hat and wooden cowboy Santa in the thrift shop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My daddy does woodwork. My sister and I were in his workshop and noticed the great shapes that were left over when he cut out pieces for the toys he made. We pulled them out of the trash bin and started playing with them, glueing them together and adding bits of wire. Here are two pieces I made. The wood scraps are just as they were pulled from the bin - no sawing was done. (Paint was added!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Notice the little fish under the "waves"? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a friend who told me that during college she cleaned windows wtih "window wax". I had never heard of it, so I have been keeping my eyes out for window wax for quite a while now. Finally, I found some and tried it! It is amazing!! I can't wait for the cedar pollen count to come down so I can go outside and wash windows!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My husband's company has been in the process of lay offs, so that has interfered with life in several ways. He survived the lay offs, but has been cut to two days a week at work. That will slow the progress downstairs down some because we are NOT independently wealthy! On the other hand, perhaps it will be a good incentive for me to get serious again about selling my patterns. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for your encouragement and for sticking by me! I've always felt change was exciting so I've had a couple of adventurous years now!! Life is good!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">This easy recipe is my Christmas gift to you! You can make it in about 15 minutes from start to finish, although it needs a little time to firm up. It has a fudge-like consistency when firm. You make it in your microwave. If you have an old microwave, you may need to extend the cook time. If your microwave is more powerful than the standard, you may need to drop a minute or two off cook time.</span></span><br />
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2/3 cup packed brown sugar<br />
1 can sweetened condensed milk (I use Eagle Brand) <br />
Mix well and microwave on high for 7 minutes, stopping every 2 minutes
to stir well. Watch the last half of the time to be sure it doesn't
start foaming up out of the container. If it does, you will have to keep
stopping and stirring it down. (I think cheaper butter has more water
in it and the steam causes it to do this. That's only my theory, but
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After cooking, remove from the microwave and place on a heat proof
surface. Beat with a hand mixer until it cools a little. Add some
vanilla (about a teaspoon) or a little rum (again, about a teaspoon) and
1 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts. Beat these in well. Pour out
onto the aluminum foil and spread it in a log. You can do this by
pulling the sides of the foil together to form a channel for the candy
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is our downstairs two weeks ago! Our house is called a "hillside walkout". The main floor is at the top where the driveway ends and the downstairs was designed for bedrooms. Unfortunately for us, the previous owners had used the downstairs for 1500 sq. feet of closets! (It worked well for them, but not for us.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had not done anything down there except for one closet that I painted and put a guest bed in for a makeshift bedroom. I can't wait to show you what we'll be doing here. We will end up with a nice "mother-in-law suite" complete with a small kitchen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I put up my first Christmas tree since the fire two years ago. We bought it after Christmas at a substantial savings last year! (Yes, it's artificial. My allergies don't allow me to have a real one.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decorated it with a Mexican theme to fit the bedroom. I made Ojo de Dios to hang all over the tree. I used yarn scraps and "candy apple skewers".</span></div>
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My days have been busy, but rewarding. I am finally taking some time to prepare for having two of my sons here for the holidays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am hoping to blog more frequently as soon as the holidays are over. (I'm always optimistic about being less busy!) I will be posting my favorite "go to" Christmas candy recipe next week as my gift to you! I hope you have blessed days ahead!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister and I were privileged to attend the 2015 International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas this last weekend. What an experience! We came home with our brains bursting with inspiration and ideas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her gorgeous, beautifully worked samples were very popular among shoppers. She uses linen and wool for charming little projects in colors that are light and cheerful. I bought the kit for the little "Poules Mouillees" in the center of the photo. (It is 30cm x 45cm or a little smaller than 12" x 18")</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> She had some Christmas projects that were really gorgeous, but she had sold out there at the show. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(I don't even pretend to speak French, but I tried to find the translations of the words around the border of the stitchery. It reads, "Pied de poule - lait de poule - chair de poule - poule mouillee - poule au pot - mere poule." Now I knew that "poule" was chicken because that is close to the Spanish "pollo" for chicken. The more literal translation of the words is "chicken feet", "eggnog", "goosebumps", "wet hen or sissy chicken"(?), "chicken pie", "mother hen". Now I know some of you (I have a couple in mind!) are probably laughing at my attempt at translation! Is this a children's song? Just a play on words? It really doesn't matter to me because I think it's adorable! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> There were so many, many more items that I would love to have shown you, but many could not be photographed and there were too many to show here! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This was a huge building, but there were nice places to rest.</span></div>
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Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755191961134444671noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309493769526175391.post-84503058505805992422015-10-26T23:30:00.000-05:002015-11-02T14:06:21.187-06:00Laughing<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Ralph Waldo Emerson said, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"The earth laughs in flowers."</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> How true that is! </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I consider myself a <span style="color: orange;">happy</span> person. I want my home to reflect that. I was asked to show how I use plants and flowers in my home. They are certainly important to my decorating, but also to my creative process. I feel<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> calmer</span> with plants and flowers around. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had the contractor and an engineer out last weekend to let us know where we could move walls in the lower level of our house. So the drywall dust has "hit the fan" again!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I am so <span style="color: red;">excited</span> about starting the next phase in this renovation. This is part of what will become my new sewing room. I am also a little <span style="color: #38761d;">stressed</span>, so I came home with a bundle of fall flowers. (My husband didn't even raise an eyebrow!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">They looked a little"<span style="color: #3d85c6;">puny</span>" for my big space.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The only other vase I have is a <span style="color: #b45f06;">large</span> rectangular vase. It was too big! So.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I added some rocks (cleaned first) and filled in the <span style="color: #cc0000;">flowers</span> with cedar sprays (from my yard) and a few wildflowers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I have a<span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span>space to enjoy a little bit of "<span style="color: #e06666;">finished work</span>"! Flowers can work wonders! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Some of my <span style="color: #3d85c6;">restful </span>spots are very small and almost hidden. This little vintage plant holder makes such a sweet little spot to rest your eyes. There is something so <span style="color: #cc0000;">happy</span> about him! His little wagon with the tiny succulent plant is going to be great in my sewing room (when it is finished!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> My new sitting room, off the kitchen, has lamps with glass bases. You have seen these filled with <span style="color: #e06666;">sea shells</span>, I'm sure. I decided to make little outdoor <span style="color: blue;">scenes</span> in mine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One has a Longhorn because my husband is a <span style="color: #b45f06;">University of Texas</span> fan! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> One has a deer because that is what we see outside our window!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have used real<span style="color: lime;"> <span style="color: #38761d;">cedar</span></span><span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="background-color: black;"></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"></span></span>, but you can use anything you can fit inside the lamp. (I also added a little silicone packet to absorb moisture!) I know the cedar will dry up because I can't water it, but it will hold its color for a long time. Then I can change the greenery or the scene! These don't scream out at you from across the room, but after you sit down and look around, you see them! (Like a little <span style="color: magenta;">surprise</span>!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Check out <a href="http://www.bloomnation.com/">BloomNation, </a> an online marketplace that supports local florists, and get inspiration through their <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/bloomnation/home-inspiration/">Pinterest board</a>!</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I HAVE done a little sewing lately! I designed and made this Dracula doll that is on it's way to my son in Oregon. This doll is fairly large. I made him just for fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the home front, we installed the screen door to my pantry. It swings both in and out and I LOVE it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We painted the walls. You can see the old wallpaper on the left. We will change the countertop and sink later. For now, this brightens it up quite a bit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We bought a vintage Kilim rug and placed it under the dining room table. The cowhide has been moved to the new sitting area off the kitchen. We will pick up the furniture for that area Thursday, so I will show it next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm off to the hill country to enjoy this cooler fall weather! </span></div>
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