Average Jane Crafter

While the ole blog has been quiet this summer, there was actually a ton of stitching going on around here. I'll post some updates on some of the fun projects I completed, but today is all abo...

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Back in February, I was lucky enough to be an instructor at the inaugural QuiltCon in Austin. The Modern Quilt Guild did a spectacular job of putting on this quilt show and fabulous worksh...

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Last fall, I took my first quilt class . I was terrified and not sure how I'd do, but I was also excited to try something new. And though I started out shaky, within a few weeks I got my quilt...

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Thanks to all who commented for a chance to win a copy of Emily K. Neubuger's Show Me a Story . I truly love this book, and even if you didn't win, I encourage you to grab a copy for yourse...

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One of my favorite things about the time I spent at CRAFT was finding and following so many immensely creative folks through their blogs. I love stumbling on new blogs, keeping up with them,...

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Cutting precise straight lines scares the heck out of me, y'all.  Last week, I started my first quilting class. I've been meaning to try my hand at quilting for a while, but the right momen...

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Oh, my dear, sweet little neglected blog. I've missed you. There has been a lot of change around these parts over the last nine months or so, and that's contributed to my lack of posting. Fortu...

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This is totally out of character for me. Really. I am not a girlie girl at all. I kind of feel like I need to pull up the pictures of me as a 4th grader, wearing camo pants and no shirt (becaus...

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Several months ago, my mom visited and made some of the tastiest soup I'd ever had. Better yet, it was fresh and healthy and made my house smell heavenly. I wanted to give it a try a few weeks ...

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It's nuts to think we've been in the house for a year now. Nuts because there are still a few unpacked boxes tucked in corners and nuts because the walls are still largely empty. I'm not so gr...

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  I have to admit that I was late to The Hunger Games party. Friends had been reading the books for years, but I've had my head stuck in non-fiction space books for so long, fiction just passe...

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Holiday cheers to you! Last week, my husband and I were invited to a small cocktail party in our neighborhood. Tacky Christmas attire (give it up for crazy Christmas sweaters!) was encourage...

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Images from PBS.org We've been watching the Brian Greene, Fabric of the Cosmos, series on NOVA lately and have been completely fascinated. It's mind-blowing in the best way, and I want...

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Over the years, I've built up a nice stash of vintage craft books and magazines. I have a very hard time resisting them when I find them at garage sales and estate sales. I also have a severe wea...

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A Yuri Gagarin Space-O-Lantern (I call him, Gagarkin) by me, Rachel Hobson .  That's me with the knife and crazed look in my zombie eyes ... Ahhh ... college days.  Y'all already kn...

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Last week, my son had a school assignment to decorate a pumpkin as his favorite character from a book.  Of course, the book he picked was a Pokemon one, and the character he chose was Pikachu ...

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I've been on a bit of a cooking kick lately, which is really really strange for me. I've never been very in to cooking (baking, maaaaybe, but not even that much) and I fell even further away ...

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I've been on the receiving end of some very lovely handmade gifts lately, and wanted to share a couple with you here.   First up is this gorgeous Saori weaving from Pam of Gingerbread Snowf...

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One of my favorite things to do is stitch random, fun projects for friends. There is great pleasure and satisfaction in creating something for someone for almost no reason other than you think th...

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There's been a lot of great discussion lately on some of the downsides of using Pinterest . You can read Diane  and Kim's  posts that, I think, tackle some of the issues quite well. The...

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Ah! A bit late on the announcement, but congrats to Holly Taylor, winner of a copy of Sewing With Oilcloth ! Here's to many more great oil cloth projects in your future!

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  The bright colors and bold designs of oilcloth and laminated fabrics have always intrigued me. I'm drawn to them, but I'm also a bit ... well ... scared of them. I've never sewn with oilcloth...

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I'm happy to report that after months and months of a crafty dry spell (hey, moving and renovating a house and a sun-meltingly hot summer can do that to a gal) I'm back in full-on crafting-all-...

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Well hello, fine readers! Hope you had a fantastic summer. We're still melting here in Texas, but the kids are back in school and that means the routine around here is finally getting back in or...

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Last launch ever ... and my art is on there I still haven't really found the words. Be back when I have. (Well, I found these words just minutes after the launch. They are shaky, tear-f...

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