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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 18
This week's block is: Next Door Neighbour.It's not near as embarrassing as last weeks.In fact, I quite like this one.
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 19
Block 19 is so very imaginatively titled "Untitled III".However unimaginative the title may be, I actually think this is a pretty block. Maybe because I've used blue and it's my favourite colour?...
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Day to Day: Meet the new babies
So Sally, our dog that's not meant to be here, was getting chubby. We thought she was just eating both her and Ace's share of the food.Then all of a sudden, she got very round.This could go one of two...
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Day to Day: Mother's Day
I love Mother's Day.The kids gave me a gorgeous new teapot. I love teapots. And tea. And the kids, surprisingly. This year Steve asked if for Mother's Day I would like a new sewing machine. I looked...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 24
Ok, so I am back up to date and in order againThis week is the Hovering Hawks block.I think the green isn't strong enough for my choice of neutral fabric.Oh well, it's done now and I have so many...
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Craft: Soap Making
Sarah came for a visit the other week. It was so good to see her.We went to the licorice factory. And we made freckles.Then we went home and decided to try our hand at making some soap.I found a recipe...
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Craft: Pallet Chicken Coop
So Steve gets home from work and says 'who dumped the rubbish up the side of our house?'That's not rubbish. That's going to be a chicken coop.Eventually.I have a lot more to collect before I can make a...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 25
I love this block so much! Although I'm going to subtract points for the 2 1/2 hours it took me to complete it, so my love is sitting at around 75%.The block is titled Blackford's Beauty.Hopefully the...
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Craft: Coconut Milk Soap
Because it's actually really easy to make soap, I decided to make another batch. This time I wanted to try a milk based recipe.I found one over at HubPages, thanks Pinterest for allowing me to find all...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 26
Technically I've been sharing these blocks for half a year! That's probably the longest I've ever lasted at anything.The block this week is called Storm at Sea.I kind of like how it looks round, but...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 27
I have no idea where they get some of these names from.The block this week is called "54-40 or Fight". Whatever is that meant to mean?I guess it kind of looks like a ninja star? If you squint?
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 28
This week is the Devil's Claw.Another very time consuming, small and fiddly block. I would not like to know how many hours I have put into making this quilt thus far.And because the back is a little...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 29
Annie's Choice is this weeks block.If Annie really had her choice she would have told me to use a bolder coloured fabric.Too late now and I'm not redoing it.But otherwise, this was actually quite a...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 30
This week's block is called Album.I dropped into the quilting shop at Wagga and picked up that gorgeous dark green fabric. You know, I'm still unpicking at least one seam on these things still....
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 31
This week is brought to you by the Rolling Pin block.All I can say is this block was so fiddly. I ended up doing a seam wrong and threw my hands up in the air and went to bed as I had enough (and also...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 32
While I enjoy making these blocks, I find it difficult each week to come up with something interesting to say about each one.This week's block is called Rolling Pinwheel.So, what can I say about this...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 33
Another week, another block to share.This week is the Turn About Variation.This was an easy block to make and yet none of my points match! Oh well, I'll try a bit harder on the next one.
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Scrapbooking: Lucky
I haven't scrapbooked in what feels like ages. Needless to say, it was a real struggle to get going. So then in the end, I cut the background down to 8.5x11 and it seemed a lot more manageable.Hmm, I...
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Sewing: 501 Quilt Blocks Week 34
This week is brought to you by the Amish Diamond.Nope, still no better with the points. Oh well, in the overall scheme of things, I don't really care.
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Scrapbooking: Paint
I was at Spotlight and I'd been looking at getting a Fine and Dandy Project Life core kit for a while and I saw it on clearance for $20, so I grabbed it. I get to the checkout and they took another 50%...
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