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I was reading just the other day about Baby's Firsts. It was noted that Baby Books will have to be a
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April 22, 2016
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The Memory Book
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Our 5-year old granddaughter wanted to make something for a friend’s
as a gift for her new little si
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Leafing through multiple magazines, including HGTV and Better Homes and Gardens (how long has it bee
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The Avid Embroiderer Presents - How to finish that baby item
before they go to college
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If you can stand just another blog about 60 weight thread, I
was looking through some of the designs
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August 30, 2013
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Back to school. Everyone is saying it - it is posted in every store and website that we visit.
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August 24, 2013
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I have added a third design for the Please Tie Me page of my baby activitybook. Someone emailed to ask whether it would be okay for her to stitcheyelets instead of setting metal eyelets in the shoe quarter. I thought it wouldbe easier to embroider the eyelets as ...
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Sometimes, there is absolutely no hope for dressing guys - forget about taking them out in public!
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November 1, 2012
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Individual designs can be found here, as described below. The complete set is now available, t
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September 14, 2012
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Do your kids love to read? Ours do, but keeping track of the library books can be a challenge. And while our daughter was reorganizing their schoolroom area she wanted a reading nook and a place to keep those library books. Here is what we came up with:
The original ...
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September 13, 2012
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Have you ever just had an idea that kept calling out to you? This is one of those projects. More than a year ago I found this pile of blocks in the clearance section of a local department store. The packages had been broken open and a couple of the lettered blocks were missing.&nbs...
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With all there is to know about embroidery and with all the gadgets to help you, why do we still nee
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January 6, 2012
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Finished! And with a little time to spare. We decided to just button down the sides instead of sewing them. It will make removing it from the table and folding it up for storage a little easier. Kate got to see it during the final fitting since she is doesn't talk much and is t...
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December 22, 2011
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OK. It is the Thursday before Christmas! A few weeks ago my daughter showed me a picture of a playhouse made from felt. It fit over a card table. Very cute and felt is easy to work with. So I planned one for the girls for Christmas. When I showed my drawings with the me...
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October 7, 2011
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Our baby girl just loves shoes, anyone's shoes will do. She brings them to be put on and clomps around, falling about every other step. She carries them around hugging them like they were baby dolls, pushes them in her stroller and throws them in the trash (then wants them ...
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From the moment the first item of cloth was embroidered, clothing, church and home décor would never
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May 6, 2011
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A friend gave me some leftover 5" squares of minky fabric the other day. There were not enough to make a quilt so I pondered what to do with them. In the meantime someone stepped on the clip that held the baby's pacifier so it didn't get lost. She really only gets it w...
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April 22, 2011
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I know that I have told you about all the babies that are on their way. And their mother's are now doing the decorating. Many of our daughter's friends have seen her baby's room and when she asked them what they would like as a shower gift several requested the fram...
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April 15, 2011
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"What will the Easter bunny bring for the baby?" our grandaughter asked. Now, this is the same
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Everyday I see new ideas every where I turn. If it is not a new thread, it is a new mac
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March 4, 2011
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Yes, I know - I do lots of baby stuff. I can't help it - my girls and all their friends are at
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Every day I see digitizers trying to create something new for machine embroidery. I see things
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February 25, 2011
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(Baby Bibs and Burps are now available at AnnTheGran.com. Click here , also click here to vew other new blanks on special)
Just recently we’ve had two customers call us to let us know they were unhappy with our baby items. They said they “fell apart” and t...
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February 11, 2011
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Newborn photo shoots are fun. But what do you do with all those pictures? Here is an ide
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January 8, 2011
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I hope your holidays were full of fun with family and friends. I listened to people make their New Year's resolutions the other night. Some were new but many were the same old ones they make every year and find so difficult to keep. So, we talked with the girl...
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November 12, 2010
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I'm not sure why but I really enjoy making Christmas stockings. I have made traditional ones, funky ones, country ones and elegant ones depending on who they are for. We always make a stocking for each new addition to our family. Some years, with weddings and births, we h...
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September 24, 2010
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Halloween is just around the corner and with so many costumes to make this year I decided two things: 1) They need to be fairly simple, and 2) I need to start earlier than I have in the past. The two older girls each have a definite ideas of what they want to be. But what ...
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August 20, 2010
carol
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Individual characters (letters, numbers and punctuation marks) from my alphabets canbe found on my Stock Design Page. My designs are also available in packs, as described inthis blog. Those can be found here. For designs and packs available in multiple size...
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August 6, 2010
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The girls are growing fast. They love their baby towels with the hoods but are outgrowing them now. When they complained about being cold after their bath the other night mom and I decided to make them larger "big girl" hooded towels for Christmas. Then we remembered that...
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