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For those of you who follow me, you know my youngest son loves little creatures, especially frogs and toads. Max wanted to know what we can do to attract more toads - and thanks to Pinterest we found an idea to try. So, for a Mommy date idea, Max chose to make toad houses with me. We made a trip to the hardware store to get supplies and then got to work. So far we haven’t had any toads take up residence in the house, but we had fun making them and they make a cute garden decoration. So, if you have a son or grandson like mine, he might like making a couple too!This week for the Snowed In Sampler SAL, we are making this present block. I liked this block enough to make several of them into a runner to dress up my table during the holidays. I decided to include the bonus runner in the pattern, so you can use your scraps from the sampler quilt to make the runner. If you aren’t making the big sampler with us, you can always tune into this week’s video on my You Tube channel to learn how to make the block and hopefully the runner too! See the link in my profile to find the video or to order this kit using my Snowed In fabric from @rileyblakedesigns.October will be here before I know it and Indigo Garden will be here. In the meantime, I am working on writing and making the samples for the patterns to go with the collection. Yesterday I got the blocks done for the table runner version that uses 5” squares. Have I mentioned I love runners? Even with very little time to sew yesterday, I got all the blocks done. Now to sew the rows together! Swipe to see more info on the pattern or check out my stories. The fabric is available for preorder for shops from @rileyblakedesigns. Quilters can preorder the fabric from me at the link in my profile.More things I want to remember this summer - Two of my boys went to ND for the weekend and had the best father son fishing trip. My phone has never been so lit up with fish pictures. I was so darn happy for them because on their last fishing trip, Carter didn’t catch a fish. They certainly made up for it this time! It gave us an excuse to have the grandparents and my aunt over for a fish fry and pontoon ride. ❤️ More good summer memories made ❤️There hasn’t been much sewing going on over here. I promise I will get back to quilting again - but there has been a whole lot of summer going on here. We are wrapping up our summer sports, so I’m hoping this will mean we get to spend a little more time on our beach and I can set up my sewing machine on the patio so I can sew while the boys play. It may be wishful thinking, but I’m hoping!! In the meantime, you can enjoy the nice sunset from tonight with me and see a few pictures from visiting our camping cousins, pontooning and digging in the sand.Calendar
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Fall Knitting
It’s been about 3 months since my last knitting confession. To be honest, I haven’t finished a knitting project since! That’s pretty bad for me. I have started two projects, but they have been pretty challenging, so the going is … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting
Tagged Madeline Tosh Vintage, Watershed, Whisper Cardigan, Zoe Cardigan
13 Comments
Seasonal Fun
Hi Everyone ~ I have a couple of things to share about today – Things that have brought some joy to me over the last week or so. The first being a newish Christmas quilt that I finished. I say newish, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Minnesota, Quilting
Tagged family memories, ice skating, jovial by basic grey, Living Large 2, Minnesota, Simple Gifts
32 Comments
More Patchwork Posies
Here in Minnesota, we are settling into winter. We haven’t had as much snow as we did last year at this time, so it has been nice to get a few extra weeks of fall. The lake is threatening to … Continue reading
Posted in Fabric Trends, Pattern of the Week, Quilting
Tagged Living Large 2, Patchwork Posies, Whimsy from Henry Glass
18 Comments
