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Dolly Garnecki
Kids Clothing Week Challenge – Angry Birds Felt Applique
I know the point of Elsie Marie’s Kids Clothing Week Challenge (KCWC) is to put in an hour every day cutting, knitting, pattern-making, or sewing, but that’s not exactly how my weekly schedule functions. The days I work with patients, I usually fall asleep in bed reading to my son around 8 pm. There isn’t much [...]
Coffee Collars – Made with Love
I’ve been stocking up on felt to the point that I have a rainbow selection of felt sheets that almost fills a milk crate. A girl’s gotta be ready with any color when making patriotic wreath, a heart wreath, spring wreath, fall wreath, falling leaves, and other such fun decor. Lately, though, I’ve been using felt to [...]
Orange and Yellow
I’ve been waiting for JoAnn’s Fabrics to re-open into their mega-huge new space for quite awhile. They hadn’t restocked their old store since February, and that really put a damper on my projects. Happily, I toted my son with me to check out the new store and load up on the things I’d been trying [...]
Adoption Update April 2012
We just heard from our social worker . . . and she wants to meet this weekend to wrap up our home study before changes take effect in May for China’s updates on home study requirements. Something about that “it only takes 2 weeks to finalize a home study” time estimate tells me that if [...]
Quilt Wishes 5 & 6 from Hawaii
Did you know that in Hawaii, they make Hershey’s kisses with macadamia nuts? For reals. See? They taste like crunchy, sweet paradise. If only they came in dark chocolate. If they did, I’d be in trouble. The little kiss flag says “Aloha”–LOVE it! These sweet kisses traveled to Virginia all the way from Hawaii from [...]
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