Author: Mary-Frances

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Some links I found – and a bit of fame

Some links I found – and a bit of fame

Well this will be a long post (sorry about that) because I started a post on the 30th and never finished it…which goes to show how crazy things are around here right now. I’m in the middle of finishing several web jobs and starting a couple more. Which is good

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Things around the house I’ve been doing

Things around the house I’ve been doing

I’ve been working on a lot of little things around the house…including these pillows (sorry about the bad photo…I’m using the webcam..ick!) but the fabric is here if you want to see a close up. The backs are just a black linen. They are nice and frankly pretty functional for

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Christmas already?

Christmas already?

Our next project for the Rocky Mountain Crazy quilters is going to be these:We’re going to use them at as a fundraiser at a show in a couple of months (these are not mine by the way, an example I think our member got from the pattern)….isn’t it cool…can’t you

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Craft, 50’s blog, moving rooms and RIP Digital Camera!

Craft, 50’s blog, moving rooms and RIP Digital Camera!

I’ve been working on my “other” blog lately (thus the quiet chirping on this one). I started surfing a bit for other 50’s house remodelers and there just don’t seem to be many…however there are a LOT of folks ripping out 50’s stuff..heathens! 😉 Anyway, I’m taking advantage of this

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Inherently funny words

Not much going on here if you exclude my Crazy Quilting meeting this weekend (which went VERY well!) and a HUGE box of cool stuff that just arrived from my inlaws in Australia (and still NO CAMERA!, I’m trying to work out how to photograph stuff with the webcam). Anyway,

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Catching up with Friends!

You can tell you’re working too hard when you find out friends are winning contests left and right! And the greatest kudos goes to Leslie who won the Great American Quilt Factory Bra Embellishment contest: Ocean’s Blue Mystery Embellished Bra! GO LESLIE! Everyone go take a look! If you want

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I LOVE THE WEB!

While Louanne was sweetly looking for the instructions on my lazy daisies, look what Shar (I don’t have a link or an email for you, so thank you, thank you!) found for me: Instructions for crazy daisy yarn winders! It’s perfect…step by step instructions.Now I have to figure out what

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Can anyone help with instructions?

Can anyone help with instructions?

My Mother had this stuff lying around for FOREVER (nicely in a box)! I found directions on how to connect the flowers in an old 1950’s magazine (I think it’s going to be a baby gift, but not sure), but I can’t seem to find any directions on how to

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Ultimate Purse, Bags, & Wallets Tutorials List

I have lots of work to do this weekend, but I’m going to do some stitching too…I have several crazy quilt blocks I have NO idea what to do with (how many throw pillows can you make?) and so I’m investigating making bags (which I might keep/sell/giveaway…not sure yet. In

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

I found these totally cool ATC’s at Julie’s Journal – I thought they were a fantastic tribute to the author. The celebrated at my daughter’s school yesterday and she wore her favorite Dr. Seuss shirt that her Dad made her.I’m doing NOTHING creative right now…trying to put all of my

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