graceandham — Cute Embroidery

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Vaca is over and back at my machine, playing catchup with my imaginary schedule. Thanks to all for my birthday wishes. We were on the road pursuing one of my other hobbies, art pottery. Saw some amazing parts of the USA and met some fine people, heard

4 17 Jul 2015

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Remember all those zippers I bought at Salvation Army? I got the guilts and have been sewing ITH zipper bags - 10 so far. Since I have unusual colors, I start with a zipper and then find fabric to match and then fabrics to coordinate with first fabric.

8 26 Jun 2015

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Customer service rant - not about Miss Veronica's sites, they are great. Reported to the garbage service 5 mins. before closing yesterday that they had missed my trash can. C.S. lady said, she couldn't take the report, because the truck driver wasn't

11 25 Jun 2015

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6/12/15 Woo-hoo. 67 plastic zippers in wide variety of colors at Salvation Army today for ITH tissue holders and shoulder bags, etc. I'm pumped! Still not able to crawl the stairs to my lair to embroider, but knee is on the mend. I can walk okay on le

7 13 Jun 2015

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6/10/15 The Essence of Summer Eating - DH brought home first orchard peaches of the summer and we sliced over Breyer's French Vanilla Ice Cream. Also, I've had fresh blueberries and strawberries this same week. What is the essence of summer food for y

11 11 Jun 2015

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6/2/15 Remodeling - After reading all the bad luck remodels that everyone has done this year, decided to tackle an easy room, well two, for just window treatments, paint and carpet to finally make the rooms mine after being here nearly 9 years. Today was

10 03 Jun 2015

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Onesies - I was told in a recent class that this is a trademarked term (Gerber?) and that we must be careful not to call them that unless it is that brand. Otherwise, it is a "baby bodysuit!" Let's be careful out there in our booths!

11 24 Apr 2015

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Poured rain all night and I slept so well. Pouring again this morning and I could do it again. Had set today aside for yard work, but looks like I'll just "have" to stitch instead. The weather made me do it. (My newest excuse.) We're set for sever

5 13 Apr 2015

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Sew Next List - Once in a while when I am fresh out of ideas, I make a list of what I want to sew next. I put it to the left of my machine and make an item or two and then other ideas start flowing and I ignore the rest of the list! It is just to get me

8 30 Mar 2015

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If you find me quiet today, it's because I've gone thread shopping (to the mill).Have a great day without me!

6 20 Mar 2015

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It's always the next challenge and the next learning curve, right? Today I made myself an "expert" at hooping adult sweatshirts on my new 7 x 11 hoop. This was trick and a half! I got four stitched out, with no flubs! Anybody with the Innovis 2100

7 07 Mar 2015

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Have been baking and preparing a breakfast "snack" for my study group tomorrow. My banana nut cake did not bake properly, so my son and I sat and ate banana crumble before I started over. Second try I made muffins and they were successful. I think I

6 17 Feb 2015

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1/16/15 Back to the learning curve on the new bigger hooped machine. Tried a 69,000 stitch design when already tired and had to really hunt up the colors, going through three brands and cross referencing to get colors right. At step 8 of 11, I saw I was

5 17 Jan 2015

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1/2/2015 DH and I just celebrated our 12th anniversary. No big deal, both getting over being sick during Christmas we'll celebrate later in the month with dinner out. I'm afraid we won't ever rack up the big numbers - like 30 years, 40 years, 50 year

17 03 Jan 2015

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Sometime today, whether at computer or sewing machine or at table with loved ones, lift your mug off your mug rug or your glass of wine (no names here) and join me in a Christmas salute (toast) to Miss Veronica and her lovely sites. To join me in the toa

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