My Dear Husband and I have been married 42 years today!! He surprised me this morning with this Anniversary gift - a new rolling chair for my craft room!!! Oh my, I may never leave my craft room now!!!
Each year at Thanksgiving, I come up with a surprise craft for us to make for our centerpiece (we go to the same restaurant - they know us now!!!) Here are some pictures of our annual Thanksgiving in Frankenmuth, Michigan. We get together (some from far
Dear Hubby went through his old ties - there are many beautiful (very wide!!) ties he doesn't want anymore. Besides donating them - any ideas on how to re-purpose them? The fabrics are really pretty! I had even thought of doing something with them for
Question for everyone - when did you learn how to sew? I was 12 and made my first dress in Junior High (also known as Middle School). It was a revelation to me - I learned to follow a pattern and to put in a zipper, do arm and neck facings, and hem a ga
Just to follow through, I met the with sweet lady selling the Brother Duetta 4500D - felt sorry, she has such health issues - the machine is wonderful (hardly used). She said, she was happy it was going to a good home!! Can you relate? I shall have bot
I have an opportunity to try out and buy a Brother Duetta 4500D, with 5 million stitches on it. The lady, who lives 2 hours away is asking $2,200.00 for it. My dealer said, if it stitches, I should grab it up. Are any of you familiar with the Duetta?
Oh, my goodness, my bouquet is growing - Cute friends are the best!! Hugs and love to all!! Laura
Each year at Thanksgiving, we, as a family go to a small German style community called Frankenmuth, Michigan. It is always festive with lights and music. I always have a surprise craft ready for us to use as a centerpiece for our table (even the guys mu
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I thought I would send you heartwarming picture of the arrival, last week, of my son, Alex back to the states. Our sweet daughter-in-law is crying here and little 2 year old Henry is out of the picture, back with their friend who is taking the picture.
Does anyone know if there is a design for vertical and horizontal sashes that can be incorporated into an 8x8 applique block? Does that make sense? I would love to do some in-the-hoop quilting. I know so little about it but, I believe it can be done.
I have a grin on my face and happy tears in my eyes. Our son, Alex is home from deployment. He has been in a very dangerous area of the world since the beginning of the year. He and our sweet daughter-in-law just Facetimed with us from Jacksonville, Fl
Quick update from South Florida. We were lucky the eye didn't hit here as expected - but, I feel very bad for those it did impact. We lost power early yesterday (Sunday), winds started on Saturday and didn't stop until early this morning (Monday). Ne
Keep us in your prayers, we are in South Florida, helping my Father-in-law get his house set for the hurricane. We will be staying with him there- his house is on high ground, but, it is still very scary! He is not in a mandatory evacuation area and he
Thank you to those trying to help me with Embird and seeing my design larger in file manager. I got my answer by writing to Mr. Balara at Embird. I sent him a screen shot of file manager and he came up with the answer. It had to do with check marks in