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SOME THINGS ARE PERFECT

Today’s to-do: work on Christmas gifts photograph table for Rauland’s portfolio Last year, Rauland’s Christmas gift to me was this beautiful, handcrafted table.  He designed it to fit my needs perfectly with a top the same size as my cutting mat, and a big space for storage.  I don’t think he’ll ever understand why storage […]

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BRAINSTORM WITH ME

① duckbill platypus ② snail ③ monkey ④ whale Five of my closest friends were all expecting babies within months of each other (three are already here).  I decided to make them each a different scrapped animal.  I say it’s for “them”, but really I just love making these.  Remember fox? I’ve made 4 and […]

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WHEN THE SEWING MACHINE IS OFF

While we didn’t manage to escape the wind or rain, a weekend at Long Beach with great company was exactly what we needed.  Face-planting into something grand, wet, and sandy exhilarated Bev and terrified Len.  I love seeing their curiosity.  Everything in their world is new and exciting; that look in their eyes is my […]

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UP-SIZING A PLEATED SKIRT

You know that time that you were thrift shopping and you found this adorable plaid pleated skirt that was made for someone with a 20″ waist and no rib cage? Remember that feeling when you held that tiny skirt to your own waist and realized it would only cover either your front or back end? Well I just bought that skirt.

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“IN THE WORKS” BIN

Creating requires time management.  Serious time management.  Most of us don’t have all day everyday to work on our projects.  That’s why I have an “in the works” bin in my sewing table.  I allow myself to have up to 2 projects “in the works” at a time.  Without this restriction, I’d have 7 million […]

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