My son went on his class camp out for 3 days this week and it's been quiet without him. I've been unusually clingy and even waited till the last minute to pack his bags because I just didn't want to accept that he was going. I never had this problem with my daughter, at least, that I could remember. My son hasn't had nearly as many overnight stays ( Read more... )

My daughter got this bento box last weekend. It's square and wouldn't fit in her lunchbox laying flat so I decided to make her one. It's been an experience I don't want to repeat on my home machine.


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I'm only making bento lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays, basically, so I hope to keep up on posting something at least.

I haven't been sewing for the past couple of days because I've been completely knackered. I love that British word, "knackered", it totally describes how I've felt! Kind of like I've been knocked and whacked repeatedly  ^_^

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It's been the largest amount of snow in 32 years falling all over the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex today. Some people have said they've lived here since the 30's and 40's and have never seen this kind of snow. It's a once in a generation occurrence and we're here to witness it. It's pretty awesome when you think about it. We put a ruler outside ( Read more... )

My daughter had a quilting project in art class. Actually, it was a painting project that used quilt blocks. They were to pick 4 quilt blocks and place them in the order the teacher wanted. The teacher also had rules about the colors and tints. They were supposed to pick 3 colors and 1 tint. She obviously hadn't quilted before. My daughter broke ( Read more... )

it has been impossible to find time to quilt.

After I got my quilt off the floor, Friday I got the trestles I wanted for a door I had to make a large table (30 in X 80 in). I got the trestles from Ikea and they are awesome. They pack them so small and tight in a box with very little packaging to make it cheaper to ship and to ship more. Then you ( Read more... )

I just finished the basting on my son's quilt and got it off of the floor. I used a combination of pins and thread. I ran out of pins. I had forgotten that I haven't done a quilt this large before. I must buy more before getting to my daughter's quilt because her's is almost king size. The middle is all pinned so if I have to I'll just move those ( Read more... )

Retail kicked my butt this holiday season. Between that and my husband's work not slowing down, which is atypical but welcome, I've hardly had time for anything but caring for my family and sleeping. Then he planned a vacation with his family for Christmas!

( Our trip and a few pictures... )