Author: Mary-Frances

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Obsessive Summer reading

Not so much of the stitching until the last couple of days – my nose has been stuck in a book for 2 weeks now. As I posted on Facebook, I think I have a new record (although I don’t remember ever having one to begin with) and it’s that

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Knotted Cretan for TAST and switching UFO gears

Starting with “gear switching” this is what I’ve BEEN working on – my butterfly block. With the last few TAST stitches, I’m going to admit to being tired of the block and just “throwing down stitches” which I don’t love. So, I”m taking a break. I’ve hung this up on

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TAST bullion and butterfly chain stitch

Well I’m getting back into the swing of things – finally looking at the summer and feeling fairly organized so I’m trying to catch back up to the TAST speeding wagon! 🙂 I really enjoyed these stitches. First, the bullion – I’ve done it lots of times, mostly doing Brazilian

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Crazy Crazy May

Well I have NOT gotten much done this month – except for finishing some things, I’ve just been zonked out in front of the TV every night With the kids still in elementary school, it seems like they pack a years worth of activities into May! It’s crazy. That and

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Daisy Towel Finished!

This was such a quick project it didn’t even make it onto my sidebar, but I’m excited to send it off today. The recipient gave me the towels and mentioned lime was her favorite color – so I thought this would be an appropriate thank you! 🙂   I’m back

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Productive and I’m sewing! :)

If you’ve read my blog at all you know I’m a bit of a sewing machine -phobe! I really don’t LOVE machine sewing, but I have to do it sometimes to get through projects! This weekend I actually had some fun! I ordered this fabric before Christmas (see how behind

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Catching up with my stitching and a quick new project

Wow, this has NOT been a good stitching month so far – however, I’m signed up to take a class next Saturday and I have several new projects/ideas in the wings. This first one is a simple daisy embellished dishtowel – even though it’s just started, I thought I’d show

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