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While I’m finishing the final stages of the second quilt, I want to add these next two gifts. Super strong magnets attached to fabric covered buttons. All are covered in Amy Butler fabric except one that is covered in Anna Maria Horner fabric. All packaged up in a little tin.   I just love these cute [...]

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I’m Home…

…and feeling refreshed, refocused, and empowered. Every mom needs a vacation now and then. I loved every minute of it. I’ve attempted to write a post about my vacation many times without success. There is just too much to talk about and tell you. So, as I get my thoughts and photos organized, let me [...]

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Filling the Shop

I mentioned a bit in an earlier post about balance. I have been working on that a ton lately. Trying to balance my chores, personal family time, this desire to sew, sew, sew, errands and the many other things that I want to fill my day with. I want to start working in this blog [...]

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With this new chapter in my life I am learning a lot about the balance of how I spend my time. Today I had the most refreshing 30 minutes covering some buttons for magnets. No guilt at all. The house was cleaned, all the chores and items on the to do list had been completed [...]

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It’s been awhile. I’ve sure missed working like this with my hands I love it. Feels so good. I think I’ll do it again soon. All of it. Freshly Spun Fabric Note Cards No real purpose for these, so, into the shop they go.

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It has been quiet here for a few days. I have been struggling getting any decent pictures and battling a cold. I think I am on the winning side of it all now. I just wasn’t happy with the photos taken of the quilt on monday. You can see the whole quilt, which is good, [...]

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step by step

My creative time is definitely in slow motion around here. Instead of sitting at the machine for a couple of hours or cranking out projects left and right, I am slowly, and I mean slowly working on some projects. I’m so glad that these magnets are in the final stages. You’d think they’d be quick [...]

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Magnets

I’ve been wanting to make these for a long time.  I used 1″ fabric covered buttons with 3/4 ” super mega strong (like, I tested them with 8 pages on the fridge and they could have easily handled more) magnets and 3/4″ buttons with 1/2″ not super but still strong enough to hold a few pages on the [...]

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