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Santa Claus is Coming to Town....a little bit early?
Yesterday was icing day!... Janice and I spent the afternoon in the house adding mica "ice" to gingerbread cookies that I'd made to put on the Christmas tree. We dipped and painted on Mod Podge...
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You have to stand outside....perfectly still......for a few minutes!!!! But there IS snow falling!!!!! Does that mean we can have a snow day and all go home???I wonder if you can make a snow angel in...
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Jingle Bells...Jingle Bells...Jingle all the waaaayyyy....................It's still snowing and the ground is WHITE!!!!!AND!!! We have the winners for the Quiltmaker's 100 Quilt Blocks Blog Tour!!The...
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HO-HUM!!!
We're getting so tired of waiting for the backordered fabric we need to complete our Calendula Patterdrip's Cottage kits.............it's all we can do to keep our eyes open!!! Some of us are having a...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Well, the turkey is in the oven (the house smells GREAT!), everything else is either done, or ready to finish, and we're in that lovely time of the afternoon ................between bastings... and our...
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The Winter Retreat Has Come...and Gone!
We were so happy to see everybody arrive on Friday... and so sad to see them all leave on Sunday! We had such a good visit, so much laughter, and so much FUN!! I hope you enjoy the...
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Wishing For Snow!
It's COLD and very, very foggy today! Don't the snowmen on the studioporch look comfy in the chilly weather?I made these many years ago for a store window display.....now I'm thinking of maybe making...
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Let's pretend it's Spring!!
The new patterns are almost ready to release! The photographer will be here Tuesday! I thought you might want to see some more images from A Gardener's Alphabet. I have to admit... I've sort of...
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The Photography is DONE!
YAHOO!!! I'm working on laying up the covers for the new patterns, and when I'm done they'll be ready to go and I can start working on the "NEW" new designs!A Gardener's Alphabet is above. Yes, we...
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Spring is in Yakima!
When do you know you're in a very cool store??? When a wedding party shows up to have photos taken in front of it! The bride looked so beautiful!! So sweet....This is Garden Girl and my new official...
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Sneak Peek!!
WOW, has it ever been an eventful and busy Spring!! So many changes have happened here there hasn't been time to THINK, let alone post!! We've been Spring cleaning..........Out with the old...in...
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Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!!!
Ok! It's traced and tinted.... basted and ready to stitch!!!! "Spellbound" is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!I'm going to try to complete it before Monday..........let's see if I can!!!! Could be a pipe...
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Sore fingers!
Well, I stitched ALL WEEKEND!!! Watched (listened to) several movies......do you KNOW how many hours long "Lawrence of Arabia" is???? Holy Mackerel!!!...........found a show that I LOVE!!!! The...
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More Halloween Patterns!
Here it is... about 90 degrees today....and we're ready for Halloween! We'll be putting the new Halloween designs up on the website tomorrow. This book is "Celinda Wickenblat's Spellbook". It's...
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Busy, Busy Bees!
The bumblebees are buzzing away in the flowers.... They have so much pollen on their legs, it's amazing they can fly!! I've been stitching away on class samples for this summer's schedule...Janice and...
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Inkwell!
FABRIC PREVIEW!!!We got our "pre-cuts" of the new fabric line! Vintage Tin is almost all stitched and the piecing has begun......I'm tracing and coloring a pumpkin/gourd quilt that will use only the...
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It's almost July???
I can't believe that this weekend is the end of June! Where the heck did it go???? We've been busy around here with the Summer Retreat and new patterns...but STILL!!! When did the month slip...
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Happy 4th of July!!!
Doesn't this just SCREAM 4th of July???? We're going to build a fire tonight and roast hot dogs before we drive down by the river to watch the fireworks display.... you know what??? I just realized I...
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What's up today???
It's 100 degrees outside......about 150 degrees in the studio!! Something's wrong with the A/C and we're DYING in here!!!! This is proof of just how hot it is.........Jonn-O finally had all he could...
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A New Day! A New Website!!
Well... the new website was launched in the wee hours last night! We've spent several hours today trying to get our email back...something about the new website using a different server messed it up...
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Off to Classes!
Well, I'm getting everything ready for classes at the Quilted Moose this weekend! We're doing Halloween a little bit early !! Their class patterns are the happy little skeletons below. The Trees with...
View ArticleLeavenworth Quilt Show
Come Stitch With Me!!!!I'm getting ready to leave for the Leavenworth, WA Quilt Show this weekend (September 7,8,9) The weather is going to be gorgeous (Leavenworth and the mountains around it are...
View ArticleNEW ! NEW! NEW!!!!!
We have a NEW Knot-y Girl's Stitchery Club Blog!!! The address is knotygirls.crabapplehillstudio.comWe just put a free little pattern on it just for this occasion!!This blog will no longer be...
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