I read a very touching post about a blogger’s sister who found out (at age 13) that she would be dying. She took to making crafts, turning “herself into a craft machine.” I’m not planning to go anywhere any time soon, but I can’t seem to stop. I really don’t know what’s driving me to [...]
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I could mark the passage of time by the trips that I’ve taken, the meals I’ve cooked, or the laundry I’ve done. Or I could be certain that this week is not last week by the movement of the piles of projects that litter my house.
I bought this yarn at The Mannings in Pennsylvania this past [...]
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Posted in Knitting, Quilting on Oct 30th, 2007 2 Comments »
There are so many hours in the day. So many of those are spent doing things which don’t make for good blogging. When the time comes when I can play, blogging keeps falling to the bottom of the list. Besides, if all I did in my free time was blog, what on earth would I [...]
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Posted in Quilting on Oct 19th, 2007 No Comments »
I’m completely exhausted and seriously cranky after a Crappy McCrapkins week at work. The last thing I thought would happen was exercise. But here I go, surfing before breakfast. I saw Pam’s scarf, and want to run to the sewing machine right this minute. There are also more fingerless mitts to knit, and quilts in [...]
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I’ve been sick, so as badly as I wanted to use my sewing machine, I knew that it was a recipe for disaster. I compromised and made a baby quilt from a kit I bought at Joanne’s. All I had to do is cut the matched fabrics and stitch them together in order. That proved [...]
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