Monthly Archives: March 2010

Aw jeez I need some money

Or Carriage House Samplings is shutting her doors. I know old news is old, but I need *something* to blog about. In the past two days I’ve ordered both Village & Autumn @ HRH – but I am far from … Continue reading

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Needful Things

Or a Vicarious Shopping Trip. There are boxes, and then there are Caskets. Baltimore Halloween anyone?  New BOM starting. There is time to get caught up on the series, release date is April 27th. Our friends at Christie’s are having … Continue reading

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Things to post, but too lazy to post them

Blu gave me the Beautiful Blogger Award. 10 Things you probably don’t know or even care to. 😉 1. I almost had an older Vietnamese brother or sister, but my Dad’s mother & step-father were horrible awful people and that’s … Continue reading

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Here comes Peter Cottontail

I received my Fair & Square Easter round squares yesterday. Love the bunny! This is a Waxing Moon freebie stitched by Christine (no blog) on some poorly photographed but really nicely colored in person linen. Don’t you love her sig … Continue reading

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Mail Day

Pretty much everything I was expecting this week came yesterday. Two RRs, a fat quarter of Chapagne Cocktail, and two finishing books. Oh the finishing I will do! Really nice book. I have directions for box finishing, but not one … Continue reading

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About that start something I shouldn't

bit in the last post. Am I covered if I started & finished it? Not gonna pick apart my lacking machine sewing skills. Or the fact the only felt I have access to in TX (without involving mail order) is … Continue reading

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Not a complete slug

I did manage a teensy bit more on the Hats & Cats block of Baltimore Halloween. Two Three problems: I haven’t been working on it much at all, I hate the broom bristle pieces with a white hot passion, and I … Continue reading

Posted in BHQ - Balitmore Halloween Quilt, High Maintenance, Quilting, Stitching | 8 Comments

February is 28 days

so it’s not even close to a month of me not posting right? Whatever. Let’s see what have I been up to? Not a whole lot. Reading reading reading. Posting more irrelevant  drivel to Facebook.  Being bad and buying a … Continue reading

Posted in Exchanges, Fair & Square, Framed, High Maintenance, Hooked On Exchanging, Houses of Hawk Run Hollow, Mirabilia, Mirabilia RR, Stitching | 11 Comments