I unstacked my blocks, spread them on Mr. GAIN‘s old bed sheet from high school (conveniently printed with a 2″ x 2″ grid), and figured that 54 blocks will work. I swapped seven or six blocks with a tiny edge of fabric for blocks with beefier edges. And the one block I had under the…
I intend to work on the quilt Saturday, so I thought I would show a few of the ‘smelts’ that have been given to us over the years. I don’t think I’ll be taking any pictures because I want to get a lot of progress on the quilt. I haven’t worked on it this week.…
My plug for the day is based on our recent visit. Visit the dm art center — free admission, Grant Wood’s American Gothic, and a fun shop full of crafty ideas to copy. Examples of fun stuff: a purse of crocheted pop can tabs, a purse of woven candy wrappers, stools covered with uninflated balloons,…
“I” of GAIN and I carved soap in preparation for Valentine’s Day. The Scrooge in me likes to say, “Singles awareness day.” We’re planning a family day, because Mr. GAIN can profess his love to me any other day and have it be more meaningful than a day that culture and society chose for him.…
I keep forgetting to publicly accept my award from very blessed mommy, the Kreative Blogger Award. In accepting this award, I am supposed to nominate 10 other blogs that show great attitude/gratitude, link the blogs I choose here, then comment on their blogs to tell them about the award. Ten is a big number. I’ll…