Author: Mary-Frances

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A cuppa coffee and back to my projects!

So, it’s Wed morning…I haven’t blogged in a while. Been catching up on paperwork, preschool stuff for Missy C’s preschool and the kids have been sick. Both have colds, but Missy C developed an ear infection. We caught it early tho, so got her on meds and hopefully she’ll be

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Artist Trading Cards….really cool baseball cards

There’s a phenomenon in the crazy quilt world in artist trading cards. I had to ask one of my CQ buddies….why? What are they? Actually they are pretty cool….artist trading cards are a baseball size card that you can use to express yourself as an artist. If you would like

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Chemo Care Cap – how cool!

Ok, I know there are a lot of knitters out there and I thought this was an exceptional project for all of you knitters to stick in between projects! Check out: Bunnie’s Knitting House: Chemo Care Cap (this original link is gone, but here’s a new one: http://www.benfranklincraftshelena.com/yarn/chemo-care-cap/) – maybe

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First Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters Meeting today!

Hey all,Well, we had our first successful Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters meeting today!!! Very exciting. 9 gals showed up….most from the Colo. Crazy list, but some newcomers, some lurkers. A fantastic mix of experience and projects everyone is working on. GOSH! Some awesome talent there….very cool!!!! I think the group

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Silk Ribbon Embroidery basic stitches

I found some great Silk Ribbon Embroidery Stitches and Hints while looking for some new ways to approach SRE flowers. I really like the 3D effect you get with it, but I really must say it’s harder than it looks to make it look really good.

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Pictures of my stockings (not knitted) and blog life

So, I ran downstairs and took some pretty awful pictures of my christmas stockings I’m making for my son (who doesn’t have a real stocking yet) – now on to the embellishment…any ideas for boyish embelishments would be appreciated. The print in the middle is an old fashioned santa with

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Hooray! I actually finished something!!!

My needlecase – the front: The inside: So, it’s not perfect (lots of little mistakes) but the fantastic news is that it’s finished and I can actually use it. I love the ziplock bag…and behind that is just a doubled over piece of fabric to put my needles in. The

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