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This week has seen me burning the midnight oil (as well as the 1 and 2 am oil!) in making Halloween costumes for my guys.  My oldest wanted to be a penguin and the youngest picked a winged-bat-creature-superhero-type-costume that had to be the most obnoxious pattern ever made.  So even though I did not make [...]

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In May, I will be teaching another class at Maplewood Quilts using my own technique developed in the Turtle Tracks Quilt.  In preparing for this class, I made a sample for the shop to display and I am very pleased with how it came out.  Inside, I am jumping up and down since this quilt [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I discovered a pattern for the cutest “Bunny Stuffies” on Kwoozy, a really neat etsy shop and blog.  In need of a gift for my niece and a friend’s little girl, I decided to give them a whirl. 
I chose to use some fleece scraps for the belly and ears which had an interesting [...]

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After seeing a post for a little crayons and paper art pad for children, I came up with the idea for an art bag.  One side would have slots for markers and the other would have slots for crayons and a pouch for miscellaneous stuff.  The inside of the bag would be perfect for a [...]

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With each new bag, I have been trying little variations in the pattern.  Here is the second bag, which will be an exchange gift for my husband’s work, and on it I did a smaller band across the top.  I wanted to see what it would do the proportion of the bag and I think it [...]

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