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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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the plan

wow! thanks for all the quilt love. did someone link to my blog? i have received so much traffic and so many e-mails the past few days. anyway, thank you. so, my summer is coming to the end. i have one more week until we start homeschooling again, and than at the end of september [...]

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i left town last week and took my spinning wheel with me. i almost didn’t bring it but was so glad that i did. the yarn turned out to be very beautiful on my self striping attempt. here’s the wip. the stripes are subtle but they’re there. hurray! it’s going to be another lined bag. [...]

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giving it a try

today i made my first attempt at hand dying roving. i am trying to make self striping yarn. here is the step by steps. ·        picked out two 2oz merino rovings from my stash, set them in a tub of water to soak for about 15 min. ·        while this was soaking i got out my cool-aid [...]

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yesterday i headed over to laura‘s and got to work on the skirt for thisbe. i was surprisingly painless. i hadn’t sewn clothes for her since she was a toddler. i have to say that i wasn’t a fan of the fabric she picked out at joann’s the other day but when put together as [...]

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