Author: Mary-Frances

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Maureen’s Crazy Quilting supplies

I have been meaning to post this for a while, but just as I found out that Maureen at Tangled Threads also has a store – she’s decided to go out of business! Say it isn’t SO Maureen! I guess I need to hurry and buy a bunch of stuff

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Best Knitting/Craft Blog: Nominations

So, it took Rex a while to get up this morning and so I’ve been surfing BlogExplosion – especially the Hobby Section which is where the knitters and crafters are. First, a really pitiful self promotion….I have no ratings yet! 🙂 If someone has some time (and wants to surf

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Knitters, Book club and other hobbies!!!

Last night was book club night! We did it a little differently and made it a stitch and bitch/book club night and it was really fun. Of course, it was me…the crazy quilter in a sea of knitters, but oh well. Those knitters have taken over the world! I wonder

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Inspiration amid a world of chaos

So, I’ve been having the few days from he**. I told you about my banking issues, well, they continue. I’m just totally stressed out about the whole thing.Amid all of this, I’m working on 4 large Christmas blocks that a person on one of the crazy quilting boards sent me.

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Ah, if banking were done by Simoleons

Well, some drama with our bank today. Totally their error and I’m sure they will fix it, but for now it may leave us with no spending money for the weekend! YIKES! Anyway, I will be on the phone to the bank in a bit. I hate a Saturday morning

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“And the Stockings were hung….”

Hooray! I’ve finished Matey Moo’s stocking! And in order to get at all legible photos I used the scanner! I really really need a digital camera (note to the Main family Santa!!), so I don’t have a nice “full stocking” photo of it. I am really proud of it tho,

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Treasure Purses

I just love some of these Treasure Purses – they are really fun to look at…the differences in ideas and styles is really really fun!

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Photos of the stocking and Fiber Fantasies (another CQ’er)

Ok, so – such as they are…we REALLY need a digital camera for Christmas…here are the pictures of my Christmas stocking for Matey Moo! It’s still in progress and you can’t see much detail…actually these pictures are pretty bad (shhh, don’t tell my husband, he took them! 🙂 ) but

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Tangled Threads – one of my favorite blogs

Maureen at Tangled Threads does some of the most beautiful work! Her current dragon block is just fabulous. It’s really wonderful to be able to “hook up” with more experienced crazy quilters out there.Her post on embossing velvet has me working on a new project. I think I’m going to

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