Author: Mary-Frances

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Busy playing!

Busy playing!

This is the latest in my real flower scans – the most notable being the one in my header that I use all the time. I’m a big gerbera daisy fan and so I did a scan of this one. I’m playing with a lot of macro cropping. Very fun

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A little trash to fill in! :)

My friend Diana and I went craft shop-hopping today (woo hoo) and so I will have that pillow done really soon! However, just to fill in, I ran across this – I’ve seen some dogs he does too…very cool! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F2S48rHnKo]

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More WHITE! :)

More WHITE! :)

There’s good “white” and there’s bad white! ๐Ÿ™‚ I’ve made more progress on the baptism block I’m really quite thrilled with how it’s turning out and I plan on going through and anchoring it all a bit more for an 8 year old girl! ๐Ÿ™‚ I can’t wait to finish

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The easiest rose – Silk Ribbon tutorial

You all can thank my friend Anne (waving to Anne) for this post – although I had been planning it for sometime, she needs it for a dress she’s working on. I have stalled around trying to find out the original source of this flower, my friend Rhonda taught it

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Inspiration from the โ€œQuilt of the Monthโ€.

Inspiration from the “Quilt of the Month”.

I’ve talked about the International Quilt Study Center’s quilt of the month, but this month I gasped when I opened this one by M. Joan Lintault – gorgeous! (there’s a close up on the site by the way) This is what really got me: “In her pieces Lintault employs an

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Catching up from Easter

Catching up from Easter

With the kids home this week, we’ve been busily trying to work and keep them happy (entertained?) so I haven’t had a lot of time for blogging.However, we had a fantastic trip out to a suburban mall: My daughter cracked me up by asking “Mommy, why do all the houses

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