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Well, I’m considering more crazy quilt squares. I found the box of leftover scraps from my crazy quilt. My stash drawers are fairly organized, and I’m not currently quilting. I could have some Christmas gifts in there! The most important craft project I’m doing now is getting G of GAIN’s comforter finished. We are tying…

Birthday Card

While I was searching for something else, I somehow ended up in the papercraft aisle at Jo-Ann Fabrics. How did that happen?! I took a tear-off idea sheet, thinking of my mother-in-law’s birthday party later that evening. Here’s what I came up with. Getting rid of scrap paper feels good. I did not need to…

Done!

I finished a few projects today and I feel great about it. Being done relieves me. The first was a quickie — cloth napkins. I had some time after mixing the pizza dough (recipe from _Animal, Vegetable, Miracle_), and I had been going through my fabric stash earlier because I was organizing (shocking, I know).…

life this week

Let’s go backwards to review the week so far. My brother and I surveyed the burr oak restoration project. He’ll need to create a name for the project. Having a place name would be helpful, but we don’t have one. We did, however name the Tree, Burrt. We found a may apple fruit, which I’ll…

Gardening

My vegetable garden is growing at an OK pace this year. What odd weather we’re having! While I don’t have many choices for plot location, I did manage to find homes for eight tomato plants. I have Roma tomatoes in the photo. I’m also growing cherry tomatoes. I thought two of my plants may have…