Color and Sun

After a winter of grey rain and a limited linen palette for my crafts, I am totally craving color.  We are having a sunny weekend, to which we are so thankful for.  We took Mogs to a neighborhood park and she went a little nuts.  She was throwing herself down the slide as fast as she [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day

This isn’t my favorite holiday, luckily we play it pretty low-key around here.  This year was the first in a long time where we exchanged gifts.  A conversation I had with a friend many years ago changed how I looked at this holiday.  She and her husband run a downtown restaurant that is always booked for [...]

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Sewing Mama

I keep moving along with the Sew, Mama, Sew quilting month.  This is my design for the week 2 challenge.  It’s an Ohio Star Block.  I knew picking a striped fabric would get a little dicey.  I had it all planned out for each stripe to match, but then this is the result.  I like this quilt pattern.  [...]

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Quilt School

I am discovering that I sure do like procrastinating.  I have the goal of completing a quilt by the end of the month that is fairly intricate even though it will only be crib size.  It has a lot of hand-embroidery, which I’ve completed, and has yet to be hand-quilted.  I need to finish before our trip [...]

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Caucus Day in WA State!

We are a decidedly Obama house.  We went to our caucus this afternoon.   I was totally overwhelmed by the number of people who came out, as were the caucus organizers.  Although I’ve always voted in every election and primary, this was the first time I have attended a caucus.  It was so exciting to see all my neighbors [...]

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Another postcard down…

Here is number 15.  Only 8 to go.  And, yes, this is beginning to feel like a chore; although, I like how this one turned out.  I like that the eye is sorta sideways.

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Coolest Quilter on Etsy: A Stitch In Dye

Malka Dubrawsky is an artist and mama from Texas.  She hand dyes cotton fabric which she then uses to create quilts, pillows, coaster and bags.  She also sells her hand dyed and batiked fabric.  Check out her Etsy shop and her blog!  Her colorful artwork really cheers me, and she takes beautiful photographs to boot!
I struggle with patterned fabric in my own [...]

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Mogs, a friend to the animals!

Inspired by Uncommon Grace’s photo project and the wonderfully delightful writing on toddler rearing from Write, Mama, Write, I wanted to share a little about my Mogs. 
She’ll be turning two this week!  I cannot believe how amazingly tender a soul she has.  Although our first year together was challenging (since I had PPD), I feel [...]

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Square America

My friend Lia connected me to the website www.squareamerica.com.  This site has an extensive collection of snapshots from the past century.  Lia loves photo booth photos, so I picked this image to share. 
I bet she grew up to be an interesting gal, with loads of style.  She reminds me of the daughter in the film [...]

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Tie One On photos are up

Check out the apron entries for the Tie One On polka dot challenge.  This one by Ellie is my favorite of them all.  I love the hand-embroidery and the pockets….so great! 

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