A Spoonful of Sugar…or 25 Pounds

From time to time I run across a blog chocked full of creative inspiration.  Tinker Verve is such a blog.  I’ve been following it for a while and have been consistently impressed by the wonderful creations Elaine makes.  Not long ago I told Elaine I’d love to look inside her mind.  It occurred to me [...]

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Tea on Tuesday and New Play Pretties

Happy tea on Tuesday!  It’s a beautiful, crisp day in Mississippi.  I relish cool weather and am thankful for it.  It’s perfect weather for opening windows and letting the cool breeze flow through our house.  It’s perfect weather for hot tea.
Last week I broke the morning coffee habit I’ve been chained to for more years [...]

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100 Post Giveaway ~ Moments

Liz is giving away a copy of Pretty Little Pincushions and a handmade needle case in celebration of her 100th blog post.  She is hoping you will drop by and help her celebrate and leave a little bloggy love.  Every sewer loves a pretty pincushion…and needs a needle case.  Why not check out Liz’s blog [...]

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Tea Wallet

One more thing before I really get to the business of the day.  Last night I made a tea wallet for someone special.  I’ve seen a few “out there”, but for this one I used my own ingenuity and winged it.  I’m pleased with the outcome.  I hope the special someone will be, too. I [...]

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I Feel Like Making…

something today, but time does not allow for it, so I’m sharing something I recently made.  Last month I hosted a “Because I Have Two” giveaway.  The very humble gift was recipe index book.  I planned an unannounced surprise to accompany the book…unannounced mostly because I had not decided what the “surprise” would be…and a [...]

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Dog Bone Neck Pillow Tutorial

Recently I brought my dad’s dilapidated neck bone pillow home, took it apart, made a pattern and sewed a new one for my mom.  (I thought the ragged one belonged to her.)  Not until I gifted the new one to my mom did I learn the old one was my dad’s.  Today I made a [...]

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Stolen Time For A Small Project

For days and weeks that turned into months I’ve tried to take time to sew…finally today I let everything else wait, and I made a small project from start to finish.  My mom had a ragged dog bone neck pillow on her couch the last time I went to visit, and I said it was [...]

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Japanese Fabric Giveaway & Amy Butler Bag Giveaway

The Fabric Shopper has another great giveaway going on until March 31.  It’s a Japanese fabric giveaway.  Loverly, yes?  I would love to add it to my stash…

Head on over and check it out…leave a comment to enter.
In a separate giveaway Amy Butler’s Swing Bag and $25.00 toward fabric is the prize!  You can’t beat [...]

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Fresh Yard Eggs

My SIL is selling fresh eggs out her beauty shop.  She needed a sign to remind her customers to take their eggs home.  I finally made her the promised reminder after much nagging.  I should be ashamed, because the eggs are mine, and I kept putting this little project off.  Scooping out enough time was [...]

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Tiny Softee Bears…

a “she bear” and a “he bear” for baby grands.  The pattern for this little bear can be found at Bunny Hill Designs.  It’s located at the bottom of the free pattern page.

Until next time…
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, [...]

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