A.M. Visitor

Coming in from work this morning, this lovely visitor was on the wall outside.  He’s by far the biggest moth I’ve ever seen.  My husband and I had to get the ruler out, and as you can see he’s 6 inches across!  Kevin held up the ruler while I took the picture, praying he wouldn’t take off [...]

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A few bits of randomness

I don’t mean for it to be so long between posts.  I guess maybe it’s a summer thing.  But after I get done working all the overtime I stupidly ambitiously signed up for, I should be back more regularly.  I also want to apologize for the awful grammar that opened up my previous post.  How embarrasing!!  [...]

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Things I’ve learned

My goodness it’s been a long time since I posted.  But I’ve been busy, so I’ll try to give you the quick update on what’s been going on in my little corner of the world.  These are the things I’ve learned since my last post…
1.  I tried to learn knitting from a book.  Someone told me [...]

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Sewing machine Feet

I have a Viking Sapphire 830 sewing machine and I need a walking foot, and a 1/4 inch quilting foot with guide.  The dealer where I got my machine is no longer in buisness, so I can’t talk to her.  Do any of you have any experience with ordering machine feet off the internet, or using generic feet [...]

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My goodness the things that you think about at 3 AM when you can’t sleep.  And then to think I could actually put them up on the internet for everyone to read.  HA.  Thank goodness for delete.  A few people read my early morning ramblings, and I appreciate the nice comment.  Well I did get a [...]

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So Many Shuttles

 
I’ve decided I need to stop making quilt tops until I actually finish quilting the tops that are done.  And since it’s not nearly as fun to buy batting as it is to buy fabric, I haven’t done it yet.  AND, my Viking dealer is apparently no longer in business, since there was a ‘for lease’ [...]

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Tatting Round 2

So continuing on in my lessons like a good baby tatter, I can add a butterfly and a flower to my collection…

I guess you tie a little knot to close them.  The book was a little hazy on this.  I didn’t tie a knot it the first flower and it just fell apart.  So I [...]

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Tatting Adventures

About a month ago, I bought this booklet…

The booklet had the needles included, and I bought some really pretty variegated thread.  I think it’s always more fun to learn something when you have pretty supplies.  The plan was to learn how to do it while I was sitting in jury duty.  Anyone who’s been to [...]

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