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Category Archives: Home life
Thai Cooking
My sweet child and only favorite daughter Jamie loves to cook. Let me put it this way: cooking is her quilting. (Ok, she likes to crochet, too! 🙂 )
Also posted in Family, In the kitchen
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Ruler storage
Organizing one’s stash and tools pretty much depends on the space available. And whether you are willing to spend $$$ on special furniture to house all your goodies to perfection. Or, better still, 🙂 find creative alternatives to keep all those goodies in order.
Also posted in Machines, Supplies, & Notions, Organizing, Tutorials
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Regrowing lettuce
Every now and then I take some time to browse around Pinterest – gardening tips are some of my favorites!
Also posted in In the kitchen, This and that
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Broken spindles? How to fix your thread rack!
For my smaller spools of thread I have two June Tailor racks that sit on a table next to my sewing machine.
Also posted in Organizing, Tutorials
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An Alternative Wedding Ceremony
I know… it’s time. Friends and relatives who were not able to be at Jamie and Carlos’ wedding have clamored for photos. It’s taken me long enough, so let me make up for it with this post.
Also posted in Family
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A July wedding
As some of you know, the last month was particularly busy for our family. Two weeks ago Jamie, my youngest child and only daughter, married her boyfriend of two years, Carlos. Here’s their cute “Save the Date” photo:
Also posted in Family, Life in Ecuador
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Adapting a sewing space
In the three months since I moved, I have done very little sewing. Even after the move, unpacking and organizing all my sewing things was left for the end.
Also posted in Organizing
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Settled in
Kinda. Or maybe not. In any case, it’s been nearly three months since I last posted, which seems rather revealing about how long it’s taken (or, rather, is still taking) me to adapt to new surroundings.
Also posted in Life in Ecuador
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Moving to the country
I do much better with certainties. 🙂 We now have a clearer picture as to where we all will be living… at least for the immediate future.
Also posted in Family
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New beginnings
The property where we live has been in my family for over forty years. Four generations of our family have lived here during this period. This is where I grew up, and where I have raised my own family the last 22 years.
Also posted in Family
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Spring cleaning and a wedding
No, I haven’t fallen off the deep end. Yet. 🙂 Just have been really, really busy.
Also posted in Family
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Graduation weekend
My sweet, sweet Jamie (the youngest of my three children) graduated from college this weekend. With highest honors at that: Summa Cum Laude. As you can well imagine… I’m bursting at the seams. 🙂
Also posted in Family
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I am a self-learner. I taught myself to sew and to quilt. And I taught myself how to draw. I am learning how to dye my own fabrics and am dabbling with mixed media. I am a quilt designer and teacher, and design and publish my own line of quilt patterns. With this blog I would like to share the bits and pieces of my life.