February 5th, 2010 by sarah

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A project idea and some random..

Have you seen this yet!?!?  I love how it turned out.  Mom will explain how (in the video) easy it was to snowball the SIX inch squares in lights and darks.  Yes, you read that right.  This Charm pack, Amalie designed by Darlene Zimmerman for Robert Kaufman is SIX inches square!  It just amazes me how they look so perfect together, and really with out a lot of thought.  Dang, those designers know what they are doing, huh!

I hope you enjoy this idea.  It would be fun in all sorts of different fabric, so be creative and have fun.

This weekend…what are your plans?  Me…more SNOW around here.  I hope this time the temps will be bearable for us to at least make a few snowmen.  I actually want to make an entire snow family.  (i am crazy like that)   This winter has been so cold that our snow has just been that horrid blizzard-type snow, blowing everywhere and WAY to cold to take the kids out in.  But today we are getting those beautiful, big wet snowflakes.  I love it every time I look out the windows.

I am also planning on a HUGE Super Bowl party….you know, any reason to get together with everyone I am great with!  I love the commercials too, so I am excited about the funny things those companies come up with.  What about you?  What do you have going?

February 1st, 2010

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The First of February…

Wow, this year is already flying by.    This weekend has gone by like a whirlwind…we have so much going on.  All good stuff , and are super excited about the forums being back up.  If you haven’t stopped in for a while, go by and visit.  There is lots of chatter and projects [...]

January 28th, 2010

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A Lovely tree….

Oh my, we had so much fun putting this together!  WE used a bag of scraps….you know those bits and pieces you save for that ’someday’ project…..Well, this is it.  It was fast and easy and oh so cute!

We cut up different sized hearts and a tree trunk.  Then just ironed it onto fabric, did [...]

January 28th, 2010

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Thanks for BARING with us :-)

Hey it’s me, the YSGLCG

So you may have noticed we were upgrading our servers yesterday/today. You probably hit a blank page and maybe a few errors as you tried to shop and navigate the site. I hope you’ll forgive us, but this was a pretty major upgrade for us. We [...]

January 27th, 2010

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Sweet hearts

Today we have a cute little craft for you. This is a traditional Swedish heart. We usually make these around Christmas time and hang them in our tree but, we thought it would be cute to use these for Valentines day as well this year!
You will need:
two strips of contrasting fabric (a light and a [...]

January 26th, 2010

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Nicey Jane table runner….

You may have guessed it by now, that I LOVE Nicey Jane, by Heather Bailey.  I may only be, mildly obsessed with her.  I may even be willing to name a child after her.  (well, if I have any more, I will totally consider that!!)
Anyway, I was so excited about this line, and wanted to [...]

January 25th, 2010

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Hot cakes…

Another quilt is done….as in, pieced, quilted and bound!  Yay!  SO I thought I would take some pictures for you before I hang it in the shop.
This beautiful quilt was made by a very good friend of ours.  She does amazing work and we just love her to pieces.  The pattern she used is called [...]

January 21st, 2010

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Make Life Happy!

We just got the new line, Make Life (by Sweetwater, for Moda) in our shop and let me say, it is happy and bright.  I love it more than I thought I would!  We couldn’t wait to cut into it and make something.
Natalie put together a quilt using this line and we wanted to give [...]

January 18th, 2010

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Spring is in the air….

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A girl can dream, right!?  We have had such a long winter (it sure feels that way, anyway) that I am SO looking forward to spring.  So the name of this quilt is very fitting and I can’t wait to display it in the shop for everyone to see.
So, yes we just got this quilt [...]

January 15th, 2010

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Getting things done….

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Another quilt marked off the ‘to-do’ list!  We had some insane last few months and have had several quilts (shop samples and personal projects )  take a back seat.
You may remember me showing you my first work in progress *ahem*several months ago.  It was a disappearing nine patch for my daughter, made out of Sweet, [...]

January 13th, 2010

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Apron Tea Towel Pattern

Recently Mom got a great idea from one of our local gals around a quick and easy apron. You’re going to have to use your imagination a little bit here, but it so so so so easy! And it’s super cheap! Like $3 bucks if you have some scraps laying around for [...]

January 11th, 2010

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Color Wheel= Sunshine

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So yes, its been snowing, and its really cold!  I don’t know about all of you but about this time of year I start to miss the sunshine So, I thought, what could I do to brighten up my day?  Well sewing something usually helps and sewing something bright is even better!
I’ve been [...]

January 8th, 2010

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Growing pains….(in a good way)

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Hey ladies!  You may have noticed that our site has been down for part of the day.  So here’s the deal … we have outgrown our old server and are in the process of upgrading to a new and improved server.  It’s like when you wake up one day and realize [...]

January 7th, 2010

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Baby it’s Cold Outside….

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We are again home from school/work due to the weather we are having!  We got 3-5 more inches of snow on top of the stuff we got for Christmas, last night.  Today we woke  up to 30 mph winds bringing the temps to -30 degrees.  Yikes, negative thirty….really?!!?  Brrr!  Is all I have to say [...]

January 4th, 2010

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Twenty-ten….

For real?  Like it is here already?  Man….last year really flew by for me.  It is all good, just strange to be here again in January.
SO many changes.
This year:  I am doing inventory for a TON of merchandise.
Last Year:  I had a lot LESS of that to do.
This year:  I am planning classes and tutorials
Last [...]

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