Month: August 2009


  • Little Posies-2009 Summer Freebie Quilt

    Here is “Little Posies” It is a very simple quilt.  I know lots of you doing wool applique might not be experienced quilters so I thought we would keep this design as simple as possible.  I used “instant antique” on all of my light fabrics.  This give the quilt an all over aged look and…

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  • Honey Mustard Layer Salad

    Here is the recipe as promised. I found a recipe for a layered salad made in a beautiful glass bowl.  I don’t like ham and salami on my lettuce so I changed a few of the ingredients and made my own dressing for it…so here is my version.  Jeanine liked it so much she packaged…

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  • boating fun!

    We had a wonderful weekend boating!  Our first outing since Nick’s many surgery’s…My brother, Mike and his family joined us for their first day on their new boat on Saturday. Here I am with my 1 year old niece Addison.   Saturday night we watched the Packer game with our “dock” neighbors and few other…

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  • michigan treasures

    Here are my treasures from MI.  I found them at a great antique shop in Marshall MI.  Grannies Attic.  Terry was very helpful and she has a huge store filled with everything you could want.  I collect this pottery below…I call it “peasant pottery” cause it is alway affordable and i just like it.  I…

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  • Home…again

    I just got back home from my MI teaching gig.  I whimped out of driving all the way through Chicago, and took the SS Badger Ferry across Lake Michigan.  It was a blast I would do it again in a minute.  I was almost late, but my lead foot got me there, thank God, I…

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  • Summer’s End

    Here is a preview of Summer’s End, our summer block of the week.  I hope you like it.  Order your finishing kit as soon as you can to help us know how many kits to cut.  I will post the freebie quilt too, it is done but I forgot to photograph it…oh well it will…

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