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Renovations Large and Small
It seems like it’s been years that we’ve been working on the exterior of our house, but it is finally finished! I painted the light blue swing and the white planter boxes. Everything else was done by...
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SalvageHappy January 2021
ScrapHappy is a lovely virtual get-together on the 15th of every month, hosted by Kate and Gun. My current project doesn’t really count, because I had to use some new material, but I was able to...
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ScrapHappy March 2022
Today I have two projects — one is finished and one is in progress. First up, I have the second chair with a seat repaired with paracord. This picture makes it look like the paracord is sagging, but...
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ScrapHappy Adjacent, December 2022
These items are not made totally from scraps, but they could be! And in case you still need ideas for the up-coming holidays, I wanted to share them. Three years ago, I saw this video from Shabby...
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Phrase for the Year 2023
Passing on a creative skill. When I re-read my yearly posts on goal setting, I have to admit my goals stay the same from year to year, but that doesn’t stop me from trying. For my guiding phrase...
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ScrapHappy January 2023
The spark for this baby quilt came from a big tub of donated fabrics. There were four Mickey Mouse 6-inch squares, two Dr. Seuss 6-inch squares, and a whole lot of Dr. Seuss fabric that had been cut...
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ScrapHappy February 2023
I am thrilled to have a finish for this ScrapHappy Day! I started this quilt last year. The Scraps Escape, based on a design from Kelly Young’s book, Stash Statement. I did this quilt...
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ScrapHappy March 2023
I told myself THIS would be the year I would finish ALL of my unfinished objects (UFOs) before I let myself start any new projects. Okay, I would finish FIVE quilts before starting anything new. Well,...
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1930s Pattern Books
Going through the Awesome Auction Haul of pattern books from the 1910s to the 1990s, I found that there were no books from the 1920s. Hopefully the original owners, Minnie and Olive, were out having...
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Decorator Dreams from the 1940s
As I wrote last month, I am cataloging a box full of vintage needlework books and patterns that I bought at an auction. To review the history of this crafty family, in 1917, in upstate New York,...
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