yummy bites, crazy crafts and random thoughts by michelle
Yes, I realize that today is the 4th ~ I have just started the blog, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t started the cookies!!!! A few years ago, I had made a lemon cookie for a cookie exchange that I hosted (I’m all about the cookies ;)… Many of my friends commented on them. […]
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Many years ago, when my children, now 14, 16 & 22 were little, I took the month of December and baked a different cookie recipe each day. I would freeze a good portion of the cookies… On Christmas Eve I pulled from my freezer a wonderful array of cookies!! I had the kids in […]
[Continue reading...]Here is the quilt top that I am making for my 8- yr- old niece for Christmas I have made it entirely of scraps from my ‘stash’…..many of the fabrics that I used are leftovers from things that I’ve already made her . eg: curtains, pillows, fleece throw.. etc… It may be a bit loud, […]
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Here is the quilt top that I am making for my 8- yr- old niece for Christmas I have made it entirely of scraps from my ‘stash’…..many of the fabrics that I used are leftovers from things that I’ve already made her . eg: curtains, pillows, fleece throw.. etc… It may be a bit loud, […]
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BOO! Every year, my daughter’s school has a big costume contest….. She decided that she & 2 of her close friends wanted to be Hershey’s kisses. The satin silver material that I used was a NIGHTMARE to work with… but ALAS…. […]
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It has been a strange few weeks… How much quilting have I done? zero.. My blooming nine-patch is at least pinned.. with the help of Fenway my big helper…. I had the pleasure of having a girls’ weekend in NH with a dear friend & our children where she took me took the largest quilting […]
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It’s finished!! I *love* love* love* this bag!! I made it with the new ‘love’ collection by Amy Butler.. I’m off to Etsy with this one 😉 Making a duplicate for me .. I made 4 smaller pockets rather than the 2 large pockets that the pattern stated.. It will be a perfect knitting bag!!! […]
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A few of the girls finished their quilts on Monday They asked me if we could do this again in the Spring. Of course I said yes! The backing for my blooming- nine patch has been more difficult to put together than the whole front of the quilt!!! What was I thinking when I picked this […]
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First of all, Fenway loves her new quilt lucky dog… At first she wouldn’t go on to it, I think she thought that she shouldn’t. She has now taken claim to it…. So, for a rainy Saturday.. Perfect for sewing, right? right. Unless you need to take you teenage daughter & her friend to the […]
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These are the pictures that Mary took in the shop yesterday… If you scroll down & click on the Tumbletalk link you can get a closer view of the pictures just click ‘more quilts’ in blog archives October… it’s on the right Don’t mind my goofy smile….
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