This time of year I am in the middle of getting quilts to customers before their Christmas deadline, getting pattern submittals to fabric companies for winter releases, thinking about getting c...
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For many years, we have been fortunate to go to my Aunt Dianne's house for Thanksgiving. She does all the heavy lifting, cooking a feast and having enough chairs for 25-30 people to partake.�...
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I love Halloween. I love all the spooky stuff. Always have. I loved going trick or treating as a kid and coming home to watch Frankenstein or whatever scary old movie was on TV while my d...
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This weekend has been much anticipated for months and months and in spite of all that is going on in the world right now, we made it happen. I got to spend the weekend with nine of the most won...
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Since we haven't been able to hold guild meetings during the pandemic, one of the things our quilt guild started doing was having a "featured quilter/artist" every week or so. It's been fun t...
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Today is Shelby's 15th birthday...or at least it's close enough. We really have no idea when her actual birthday is. We just know she was 8 weeks old when she came home with us and we calcula...
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We did something yesterday that we haven't taken the time to do in a long time. We went on a family day trip...just me, David and Shelby. One of my favorite places is Folk Keeper Gallery i...
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Almost a year ago (may more than a year...it flies by so fast), Northcott emailed me to see if it was okay to send my contact information to Quiltmania magazine. They saw my Animal Crackers q...
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When I was shopping for building supplies for the quilt studio a couple of years ago, one of my "shopping sprees" was at Lumber 84 in Statesville. Shirley Bailey's sister, Deborah happened to b...
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So, today has not started off as fabulous as it should have. First, we've been awake since 4:45 a.m. Shelby can't hear the thunder anymore but she can see the lightening. Maybe that's what wo...
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It still takes me by surprise when I see one of my patterns pop up in a fabric company email or lookbook. Flipping through the Free Spirit lookbook the other day and oh...look...there's Brick...
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One of our favorite things to do when David gets home from work or golf (because that's pretty much what he does if your throw fishing in the mix) is go grab a beer at a local brewery and dine wi...
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This blog is something that is on my mind occasionally but I just never seem to get back to it. The reason I started the blog in the first place was to remember things that happen because I oft...
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Last Wednesday, Miss Shelby had the dreaded eye surgery. Dreaded because in just under a month, she will turn 13 years old and that makes her not such a young pup and anesthesia is a scary thin...
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So, Monday I hit the ground running, getting ready for a trunk show that evening. I had the truck loaded by 8:00 in the morning because any later than that and I would burst into flames. It'...
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I've lived in North Carolina all my life. Occasionally, I venture across the state line but the older I get, the more homebody I seem to become. Part of that is because I travel vending at qu...
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Well...I haven't been here in a while and I'm not sure I remember how do operate this blogger thing but a friend gave me a nudge...so let's see what happens next...
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When I turned 30, it was no big deal. I was still footloose and fancy free...single and loving life in downtown Raleigh. I still thought I was all that. When I turned 40, I didn't want to ...
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Christmas has always been all about family with my folks...whether we liked each other or not. It seems though that as the years go on, we like each other more and more and the laughter is more...
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I've lost my blog mojo. I don't know why. I just have. I think about writing but I don't. I lost focus on why I started blogging in the first place...which was because I can't remember s...
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The first time I picked up a needle and thread, I never imagined how it would change and enrich my life...not just through the things I create but through the friendships that have been created b...
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Several weeks ago, my friend, Laura, put me in touch with a family friend who needed a special quilt pretty darn quickly. I'm busy. My lists have lists. But sometimes a project comes along...
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Growing up, we spent summers in a camper in South Myrtle Beach. We were there more than we were home which was great for a couple of kids. As soon as the sun was up, we were on the beach...mo...
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I look back and wonder how in the world I worked a "regular" job and got anything else done. I am crazy busy which is a great thing. The first part of the week, I was busting it to get a sam...
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This weekend was the first family reunion that any of us can remember. I still can''t believe we got it done. We didn't start planning until a little over a month ago. Don't most folks star...