September 11, 2009
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Halloween is closer than you think! I always get excited now that I have two granddaughters to watch. It makes the holiday so much more fun. I love listening to the older one tell me what she wants to be and deciding for her sister. Last year they were invited to a party. We had a great time c...
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August 28, 2009
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This was not the original project that I planned for this week but was inspired out of necessity. I am forever trying to do more than one thing at a time and this morning was no exception. I was going along answering emails, downloading some items that I needed and eating break...
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August 7, 2009
rmacali
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"Hello, yeah, it's been a while / Not much, how 'bout youI'm not sure why I "blogged" / I guess I really just wanted to talk to you"
~ hmmm, that sounds familiar ..
OK OK .. I've taken some time off, but wedding plans are really eating up my free time ..I long f...
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Well, it's August and the "Dog Days of Summer" have finally arrived here. That means it is hot, hot, hot and when the temps get up around 100 degrees it is time to let the garden go and sew. I am done putting up corn, beans, berries and peaches. I do not wish to see a...
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July 31, 2009
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I would have to call myself a fabric junkie. I love solid colored fabric and prints and buy it even when I have no earthly idea of what I will do with it. I have so much fabric that my daughters always come by and "shop" in my sewing room before making a trip to the fabric store. And...
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July 24, 2009
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When I was a little girl growing up in South Africa, Fridays were always special baking days and cupcakes were my favorite thing to bake with my mother and sister. Even better than baking the cupcakes was the frosting and decorating of them afterwards. My mother would decorate each cupcake with twir...
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July 3, 2009
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If you are like
me, you subscribe to more than one embroidery and quilting magazine and scour
them all front to back when you finally get the chance. Sometimes I'm inspired
by the projects in the magazines but many times I'm overwhelmed. And any time
that I sit down to sew I'm likely...
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June 19, 2009
rmacali
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Computer repair can be costly, I don't just mean out of pocket cash .. but, cash that doesn't reach your pocket because your computer issues are halting business. As you can probably tell, I have been MIA for the last 2-3 weeks. Blame the computer .. I spent hours of my time tryi...
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June 12, 2009
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Did you know that Flag Day is this Sunday? It is nice to take a moment and remember how gratef
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June 5, 2009
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Some people are surprised by our African tea cup designs... Why tea cups? What do tea cups and teapots have to do with Africa? Good question. What many people do not know is that South Africa used to be a British colony. For many years the British ruled South Africa and as a result many of the Briti...
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You may remember that one of my earliest blogs discussed “Things I Wish I Knew When I Began Machine
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May 1, 2009
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“Meesy, why don’t Grandma and Gigi have pictures of us at their houses like you do?” my eldest grand
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April 24, 2009
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Q: You hear stories of beautiful embroidery designs created from sketches on a bar napkin. Is that true?A: Though I may have had gotten ideas from sketches, the better the art, the better the embroidered design will be.
Your software undoubtedly can import a wide array of art.&nbs...
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April 10, 2009
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Q: How does the embroidery machine know where to put all the stitches?A: You just scan the image and the software analyzes the art and tells the machine where to place the stitches.
Well, that's what our customers think. I wish it were that easy. Actually, I don't .....
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April 10, 2009
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The sun shone on us all in Orlando and we had a great time at the second annual Annthegran Community Circle gathering. We met up with old friends and made some new ones too. For two days we learned lots, laughed lots and ate lots.
Mary Mulari and Rita Farro kept everyone in stitches as ...
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April 10, 2009
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Dear AnnTheGran readers, thank you so much for your comments and your excitment regarding South Africa. I so enjoy sharing this information with you and giving you a small taste and experience of African art and culture.
I am always amazed how creative people can be with so little! Creativity does ...
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February 20, 2009
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My Television experience on the show Uncommon Threads with host Alison Whitlock.Leora Raikin, African Folklore Embroiderywww.aflembroidery.cominfo@aflembroidery.com(818) 999-6094Click here to view clips from the HGTV show. Back to Our RootsDuring summer I spent seven weeks in South Africa, regroupin...
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September 5, 2008
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For some time at our house we have been somewhat involved in recycling stuff. A while back I a
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June 19, 2008
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Hello, all ME blog readers. I got to know many of you at this year’s Community Circle in Orlando. If you were there and don't remember me, there's a picture of me on our About Us page. I also post from time to time in the forums under my username db1921 and I created the cof...
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