August 12, 2009
junemellinger
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It's HOT!!! Here in NJ it has finally passed the 90 degree mark...now it's summer for real.
It's HOT!!! Remember that I promised that there would be great new machines introduced at the annual Brother convention? When our dealers convened in Memphis last week the...
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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
laruej
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Yesterday was a day of fun and prizes for the members of the Memory Makers Quilt Guild. At the first meeting in 2009, I gave the members of my guild a Challenge. The Challenge was to make a quilt that fit all the requirement sets out in the rules of the challenge. The challenge was...
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July 31, 2009
db1921
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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
junemellinger
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On a beautiful sunny afternoon last weekend I got to take a garden walk with my mom (red dress) .&nb
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If I have one recollection of my childhood that stands out, it has to be the sound of the wooden scr
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July 24, 2009
lraikin
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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 17, 2009
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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July 17, 2009
laruej
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This blog could be considered as an Anniversary Blog, since it has been a year and seven days since I posted my very first Blog. I didn’t think it would last this long. But thanks to all of you and your faithfulness, I’m still here. Also, I’d like to give a lot of...
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July 10, 2009
junemellinger
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As it happens I have 2 daughter in laws who are quite entrepreneurial! This week Kendal was invited to bring her Pampered Chef product to an event that had 50 attendees who also got to look at other wares that included aprons. As it happens a local gal has begun a business making aprons,...
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AnnTheGran has placed these threads on sale!! Check it out at Madeira.
Dotted swiss was very p
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July 3, 2009
laruej
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The subject matter this time is probably one of the “testiest” that I have approached. We are nearing the end of making a quilt from start to finish. Adding the bind is the best part, right up to stitching down the binding on the back. The photos I am using were ma...
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July 3, 2009
db1921
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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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Here in San Diego, the summers are very mild. There is little or modest humidity (30% would be
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June 19, 2009
junemellinger
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I travel a lot and after a while people-watching gets old so I turn to reading. I have been in
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June 19, 2009
laruej
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Last time we met here, I left you with two photos that I said I would Identify when I came back from my little sojourn from the BLOG. Here’s some answers for you. Several months ago, my granddaughter told me that she planned to make her prom dress. Since she was a senior...
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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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Among the beautiful and creative hand embroidery work is a pattern called Hardanger. When look
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June 12, 2009
db1921
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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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