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when you're ninety? Seriously! This month has just not been going the way I'd planned. My sinus infection has left me so tired that it feels like every day I'm moving at half-speed. So obviously some of the many things I'd planned to make will be a bit delayed. Like maybe months delayed.But that's not the end of the world!I've still managed to get one of my favorite Christmas quilts hung...and

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It was great to have the whole family home for the long Thanksgiving weekend...and the family grew by one member when Middle Son and his girlfriend adopted a 4 month old kitten. I'd like you to meet Olive!She's such a sweetie and I love her to pieces and miss her ready purr already. When she was taken to her new home on Sunday I'm told she fell asleep on the center console of their car for most

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I'm pretty sure Monica was the first to make the announcement, and NOBODY can top her when it comes to mad Photoshop skills. If only I could make my real washing machine look like that.So yes, you'll definitely want to be checking in with Holly starting on Friday, Dec. 4...she'll be telling you all the details.Suffice it to say there will be lots of sweetness and cute.P.S. No guinea pigs were

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This is of course the time of year when we officially express gratitude for all our blessings and "family" is at the top of the list.All families are unique, and ours is no exception, being a 100% ginger family.Did you know that only 2% of people in the US have red hair? The greatest concentration of redheads is in Scotland and Ireland, and the numbers there aren't all that big either. I'm pretty

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There sure seem to be a lot of scallopy things in my life these days:Trying to make a lampshade for the family room...kinda-sorta following these instructions...Then there's the cutest-ever cakestand I was thrilled to find at Target (Melvin not included).And I'm knee-deep in sewing secret scallops...I can only show you a peek, but more real soon!P.S. Do you see me, Jocelyn? I'm waving to you!

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First of all I want to thank all of you for commenting about the tablecloths...I really needed some advice on this. The overwhelming verdict was to CUT THEM UP and so I did! I've still got a few that remained in one piece...a couple that really are too nice and a few that weren't the right colors.So one night I couldn't sleep...decided to get up and DO something. Went into the studio, picked up

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At Quilt Market, while visiting Holly at her booth, she pulled out a chunk of this fabric and asked offhand if I'd like to take it home with me. Well she didn't have to ask me twice!I love love love that print--I'm sure if I wasn't so busy sewing I'd be making desserts like that all the time. Don't believe me? How 'bout just at Christmas time? Still no? You're right. But that fabric is so cool,

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Congratulations to Arlette, who won my magazine giveaway...Arlette? I'm hoping you'll find enough to keep you busy for awhile!P.S. For those who have asked, the block pictured is from my new pattern "Rose Delight".

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I'm so lucky to have had my block chosen to be one of the 100 blocks in this awesome new magazine! It's a great magazine and especially fun for me because so many designer friends also have blocks included. And seriously--100 different blocks all in one place? That's pretty special.My block is #34, "Rose Trellis". I think it's a pretty versatile block, but I love the Mill House Inn fabric--what

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So last summer I embarked on a kitchen update project. It sure seemed like it would never be finished...and you know what? It's still not done. I do believe that painting those cabinets destroyed a tiny piece of my soul. At some point I'll show "before" and "after" pics, but we haven't gotten quite far enough in the "after" process for that to happen. My family tells me it looks like a Granny

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I warned you that I stink at these giveaways. I really do. Somehow Wednesday became Friday but I decided to put off running my errands to pick a winner. Seems the least I could do!I used the same random number system as last time: I texted each of my 3 sons and asked for a number between 1 and 118. Amazingly enough I got a text back from each of them.That's pretty shocking, I have to say.So

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So the other day I was wondering what's up over in SisBoom land and found Jennifer's wonderful circle garland. Jennifer had used amazing bits of paper for hers but apparently the question had come up about how to do this with fabric...well, I was pondering that one the moment I saw her photo!I'm sure you'll see more of this on my blog as we get closer to the holidays, but wanted to give you a

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for the traditional after-Market pattern giveaway! If you'd like a chance to win a copy of each of the new patterns (that's SEVEN patterns) including 3 designed by PAMKITTYMORNING, just leave a comment.A name will be drawn sometime next week--I'd give you an actual date and time, but I tend to stink at that.

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So if you followed the more timely and coordinated posts of one PAMKITTYMORNING, you know that we took a slight detour on our way to Houston in order to see the famous Hill Country.For years and YEARS I've wanted to see Fredericksburg. There must be something in the water in that part of Texas because it's a hotbed of incredible design talent. The Homestead store has been featured in many

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So there are still a few loose ends to tie up regarding the trip to Houston and here's one of them...It's tradition for Pam to come up with a couple of new bag patterns for each Market. I end up making several so that I can test the pattern--plus it's fun! This time was no exception and "Patchy Pouch" and "Messenger Bag" made their debut this fall.I decided it would be fun to have a different bag

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I know, can you believe it? Market ended last week and I'm only now talking about it. Well, that's not entirely true--I did do a fair amount of tweeting--but that's not really the same thing.I took my dad's camera with me, you know, a REAL camera, and turns out I just really stink at picture taking. Hard to tell my iphone pics from the ones taken with the Grown Up Camera. So please bear with

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When you're driving hour after hour through unfamiliar terrain, there are so many signs to pay attention to...Signs you'll want to obey:Signs that promise shopping delights:Signs that give cause for concern:Unfortunately, Pam saw this sign about an hour too late.

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You may recall that Pam PROMISED to be good. Well, today was a challenge for her in more ways than one.More later!

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Not every quilt pattern company has its own tame racing driver.Some say his teeth are made of carbon fiber.And that on weekends he steals the family Mini Cooper, picks up his girlfriend and goes joyriding through the streets of Livermore.All we know is he's called Pig Stig.

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It's important to be able to carry all your stuff around. Lucky for me, I had a couple of Pam's new bag patterns to test.And clearly, I've lost my head.

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Is there anything better than getting quilts back from your quilters? I don't think so!It's like seeing entirely new projects. Always much improved projects.Here's another bit of the Lecien quilt from the last post...Darla of Wildflower Quilting used the most adorable design--hope you can see the detail--teapots, teacups and little cherries!Darla also expertly handled the big quilt for Alex...she

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It's still nasty hot here in California...hotter still in my sewing room with its 3 windows and always-on steam iron.All those windows may sound nice, but 2 of 'em are little squares which face west which do nothing except make it almost unbearable to be in the room in the late afternoon.Yes, I guess I really am complaining, but it's the heat that's getting to me--certainly not the projects.I was

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If you follow the daily blog on The Quilt Show, you already enjoyed Alex's tour of P&B Textiles and got a peek of her latest fabric line, "Elizabeth Anne". This line will debut at Quilt Market next month and will be available at your local quilt shop sometime after that.Alex is, of course, VERY busy and asked if it would be ok if she had P&B send her sample yardage to me so that I could make a

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So it looks like we'll be driving from the SF bay area all the way to Texas!I guess I'll be channeling my inner Stig...Anyone have any advice?We'll probably need it!On the off chance that you haven't been to Pam's blog yet, you might want to hop on over there...this will make more sense.Probably.

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to be trying to do too many things at once.It seems as if every designer has fallen in love with French General's line "Rouenneries" for Moda...and I'm not an exception.I've been a huge fan of pretty much everything French General for years, so how exciting to have lots of fabric to play with!The colors are so rich and lovely...just had to add a touch of embroidery to the plain squares. Now I'm

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