I'm sorry but keeping up here on LJ has been kind of hard. I'm even doing the fabricpostcard swap and I haven't updated. I've been feeling run down & had problems even blogging on my own site. Here's a rundown of what I've done with links to my blog:

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...actually I think someone called it laundry mousse. I think that sounds more fun. 
I stumbled upon this post last week about it. I've been using the dry homemade laundry detergent, made from 1 bar grated soap ( I use Ivory but there's also Fels-Naptha and Zote), 1 cup washing soda (not baking soda) and 1 cup Borax, for over half a year now. It ( Read more... )

It's been a while. I didn't mean to be gone from LJ for so long but it became a long and trying year. I'm glad it's over even though it wasn't all bad. If anyone is still following me, thank you. I haven't completely fallen off the face of cyberspace. I don't know how well it's going to go, getting back to LJ, but I'm going to give it a try. I love ( Read more... )

Lately I've been wanting to sew but I haven't been able to decide what i want to sew. I keep seeing so many awesome projects online and not able to choose one. I did eventually manage to get off the computer and sew up a couple of things, so far, this week.

While at the Dallas Quilt Guild Show, me, my MIL & my daughter saw Cynthia England ( Read more... )

Me & the kids played around with the Slice machine after working on a project for my 10 yo son. He did a research project on VCU for March Madness. He had to put it on a poster board so we got out the Slice and cut some letters and circles out of cardstock. I bought this great stack of solid color cardstock at Target, 72 12" X 12" sheets in 18 ( Read more... )

My mother-in-law came to visit last week during Spring Break. It was fun. We had a quilt project me, her and my daughter were in the middle of before she visited. It was great for National Quilting Day. It was like we celebrated all week. We completed them, well mostly. I still need to attach the binding on my daughter's quilt. It was a kit we ( Read more... )

I was in the JoAnn's Monday buying grommets when I happened to notice their original model Slice machines were on clearance. I had just seen the new Slice Elite at Hobby Lobby the previous weekend and noticed there was an applique' card you could buy for it. Also, I Have A Notion reviewed the new Slice Fabrique on their blog earlier this month. ( Read more... )

I'm trying to post/document my sewing more often. Today, all I have is a list of stuff I bought to sew with but haven't done any sewing, yet. Actually, I repaired a car seat cover for my husband this weekend but that doesn't really count because it wasn't for me.

I scored some $2/yard flannel solids from Jo Ann's last week when they were on sale, ( Read more... )

I'm suffering from a headache right now but I had to post.

I finished my quilt top! I must have been really inspired because I designed & made it in 3 days! I even had work 2 of those days. Of course it's just 22 inches square but it's still complete. Here it is


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I couldn't get the quilt out of my mind & sketched this up earlier today on Inkscape


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