Author: Mary-Frances

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Crazy Quilt Stitch Combinations

Well this weekend I stitch or die! It’s been one thing after another and I have 3 blocks to finish (not to mention the Bags of Fun which I have ideas for and have started, but have done almost nothing!!! So, there’s no picture on this post for a reason….must

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Harry thanks you!

Harry thanks you!

See, it snows here, but it also melts pretty fast…so from a balmy 70 degrees at 5pm…we’re back to “fall”! Thanks for all the good thoughts on the cat and…apparently I’m not the only one this has happened to (see comments to the last two posts) – wow! Amazing what

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Shoveling Water and other Fall anomalies

Shoveling Water and other Fall anomalies

Those of you who reacted with shock and horror and my last picture of our recent snowstorm will be glad to know that it’s all gone. It was really reminiscent of a sloppy spring snow and when I went to clear our walks it was like shoving off big shovel’s

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Stash Sunday – on Monday…oops!

Stash Sunday – on Monday…oops!

This is my contribution to “Stash Sunday”….cool, eh? I bought it a year ago at a show and still have NO idea what I’ll ever use it for, but I get it out and fondle it ocassionally! 🙂This is what we woke up to this morning. Personally, I love it,

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Halloween Project and Progress on Blocks

Halloween Project and Progress on Blocks

Today was Our Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters meeting and thanks to Holly, I made this:It was done with a paper template doing paper piecing, which I have decided I really dig. I even enjoyed sewing it up on the machine! It was cute and productive. Not sure what I’ll do

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Ok, official Help for Beginning Bloggers!

I got a bit of feedback from my last post (which hasn’t been up for long) and I’m going to send out an invite to all of the “Bloggers who Embellish” so here’s an invite for anyone out there to the new “Bloggers Who Embellish” help! This is a Yahoo

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Silk Ribbon Embroidery, Stash and Help for Bloggers!

It’s been a busy week in the blogosphere….lots of stuff to share! First, there is some fantastic eye candy from Val over at dyeing 2 sew – absolutely LOVELY bag. I’m pretty sorry at silk ribbon embroidery. Probably because it looked dead easy and frankly the application of it is

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Home Vignette Thursday

Home Vignette Thursday

DSCF1365 Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. For some reason this picture kind of washed out (I’m going to try reposting it). At any rate, this is my first home vignette. My kids, a pot I purchased for $1 – don’t you LOVE that!

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Work, work, Work!

Well, today is one of those days where I wonder how I squeeze in any paid work! 🙂 Missy C’s class is having a field trip and Matey Moo and I can go along. So, we’re all going over to the school at 10 with our picnic lunches for a

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Crossing boundaries – Self Portrait Tuesday

Crossing boundaries – Self Portrait Tuesday

Crossing boundaries Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. This is my first experiment with posting from Flickr and a quick Self Portrait Tuesday. I’m filing, and working on about 10 things at once. Maybe I should post a picture of the quantity of computers in our office…Nah, it’s TOO geeky!

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