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Happy 6th Birthday

6 years ago today, this little one made his grand entrance. Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

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This is what 6 looks like

We went to Jacob's classroom for birthday festivities, a snack, & Michael read a book. It is always so great to go into his classroom & see all of the smiling happy faces. They don't have a lot...

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Happy Thanksgiving

& this hopefully is a video. I can finally get flickr to process them again. So there are a lot more over there for your viewing pleasure.

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It's been a while

Heck, it's been a while since I drafted this post on 1/5/15...Wow, where did time go?Do I recap or start fresh?I dunno, I guess I'll figure it out as a type.At the end of the year I took stock of my...

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WOW

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it has been more than a year...It's a bit late to turn a new leaf in the new year too, huh?I guess nothing more than life/quilts/first grade/etc. has been going...

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Start now or recap?

I'm working on Glitter by Jen Kingwell (pattern in her book Quilt Lovely) so far I have only cut & mis-cut blocks.

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Just some Quilty goodness

Two new 100% done quilts.

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Why, yes

Why Yes, my son is reading a quilt book. (Quilt Lovely by Jen Kingwell.)He can also draw an Ohio Star & tell you about it. (You use a "M" to make the star points.)

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Just some random shots from Kindergarten & First Grade

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Another quilt

In a previous restart post I shared some fabric & 9-patches.Here is the resulting quilt.

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Orange & Aqua

I'm trying not to share things that I showed previously, but I'm reviewing & feeling reminiscent & sometimes deciding to share them again anyway. (Or I'm not going to back to check... Or a...

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Chess quilt, not to be confused with a Chess Pie

So the rainbow, chess, underwater loving boy of mine wanted to make a quilt.I had the mini chess fabric because he plays the game (he has beaten the computer). I got a lot of it - it was on sale. :o)I...

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Some Scenes from Area 51

Or just my current UFO's. Centers for scrappy dresdens and scrappy double 4-patches.

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Just some scenes from first grade (Veteran's day to be exact...)

Every time I got to school, I take some photos of the things that are posted around the classroom. (It's better than keeping all of those papers, right?)

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More works in progress

Dresden Blades in progress. (Thankfully those are all sewn together. I actually got those together rather quickly.) And way back when I was bloging more regularly, I showed that half square triangle...

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still trying to catch-up

I'm not sure if I've caught up with all of my quilt related stuff, but I did finish a block while on a cruise. This is still a UFO. It is stalled. I love the concept, but I have some value issues...

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Off to donate quilts

AKA It's hard to find photos of your quilt when you want to...

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Do you know how to find something that is lost?

Buy a replacement (@ and arm & a leg rate no less).

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In the present

Rhapsody still lives with us, she'll be 20 next month.Jacob had a "Model Seder" at school. We couldn't be prouder of him & his classmates.

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seen at a local quilt show

I go to quilt shows to be inspired, to procrastinate with meaning, to see quilts that I will never make.Why do you go to quilt shows? or not?

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Gonna work on UFO'S

So we are headed to New York for the whole Passover Holiday. I've packed like I'm going to a retreat.I've packed my featherweight & verified that I can make it sew. wink. I've wound about a dozen...

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Change in plans

 Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ Hyde Park, NY (FDR National Park & Vanderbilt Mansion National Park) The Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk, CT Transit Museum in Brooklyn, NY (We took the Metro...

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Salutations Blogger https://goo.gl/sQGVeM A.S.

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hacked

It looks like this long unused blog has been hacked... (I don't know Greek.)

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hacked again

I may have been hacked again... I keep thinking I'm going to come back here, but...

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