The Stash Bash Registration is Open!

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The Stash Bash!

Announcing The Stash Bash Sewing and Quilting Retreat April 11-14, 2013 at the Calvin Center in Atlanta, GA! As usual, I am on a complete high following an amazing Sewing Summit trip.  Getting together in real life with my online sewing friends is like a dream come true.  The only huge disappointment of the weekend was my own lack of energy to stay up all hours in the open sewing room laughing with all of my friends getting work done.  You know what I really want in addition to my annual beloved Sewing Summit?  A...

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How To Customize An Ikea Table For Your Sewing Machine

Hi everyone.  This post is long-overdue!  I have promised many people a post on how we (ahem, my DH) took a $99 Ikea table and turned it into a customized sewing machine table.  Unfortunately, we didn't photograph the process, but I have taken lots of pics of the finished product so that I can try to describe it to you in detail. Essentially, we bought a basic Ikea table (I think it is this one).  Then we bought a piece of unfinished...

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First Day of School

Our first day of school was August 1st, but I've been so busy I haven't had time to post.  My tiny newborn baby started kindergarten this year.  OMG what the heck happened to the last five years?!  And just like that, they're all in school. What's that you say?  What will I do with all of my "extra" time? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!...

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Backyard Baby Quilt for Beloved Middle Child

I finally took some pics of the Backyard Baby quilt that I made for my son's bed.  I love this fabric line and wanted to choose a simple design that showed off the prints.  I took squares and framed them with strips using a FQ bundle. I backed it in the white print with bugs and snakes. The binding is a simple green pindot from my stash. Here is a pic on the longarm: I did a simple stipple so that it would get nice and crinkly...

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Three Reasons

I am thrilled to start a new year.  There are lots of wonderful things to look forward to.  The most important ones are these: Lately some people have been giving bloggers a hard time about including their "personal" lives on their blogs.  To that I give a big middle finger.  I feel like I have an extended family of friends all over the world because of the intimacy of online friendships.  If people didn't include...

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