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I am an educator and sewing teacher, crafting away in The Bay Area, CA.

Two Down, Ten to Go! Plus- Costume Extravaganza!

Today was an insane day of crafting and sewing!  Purim is a week away which means the Spiel is looming!  We bought the costumes for the leads this year, but I still needed to make parts of the costumes for … Continue reading

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Adventures in Chuppah Making Part Three- A Chuppah Reboot

When I last left off the plan was to have cream fabric be the main fabric with green trim.  Well, as I went along I found that I didn’t like it very much.  So it was time for a reboot.  … Continue reading

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One Down, Eleven to Go!

Huzzah!  The Baby Quilt is done!  Thanks to the sewing machine and Camille Roskelley’s (I’ll be reviewing her book “Simplify” in an upcoming post) Raw Edge Binding Instructions, I flew through the last few steps of the quilt! I chose … Continue reading

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Busting Out the Sewing Machine

Time, or lack thereof, has forced me to bust out the sewing machine in order to finish up the Baby Quilt.  My last few weeks have been scheduled to the minute, and it isn’t letting up anytime soon.  If I … Continue reading

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A New Sense of Urgency for the Baby Quilt

I spoke with my step-mother yesterday and the baby’s arrival is imminent!  Mom is in labor and the baby may have already arrived.  Time to kick the Baby Quilt into high gear to get it in the mail next week!

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Adventures in Chuppah Making- Part Two

I started sewing my chuppah tonight.  I have to use my break time at work to work on this since I don’t have enough floor space at my house to lay it out.  That and I don’t need Desmond’s “love” … Continue reading

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Multi-Tasking: What Else is Happening While I Sew?

As I have mentioned before, I do pretty much all of my sewing by hand.  I will be piecing a quilt by machine before the year is out, but for the most part all of quilts will be hand sewn.  … Continue reading

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Progress Report- February

The Baby Quilt- I am 75% done with this quilt!  I got a lot done today  in my six hours of sewing.  I need to finish the last row and the borders then it is quilt sandwich and binding time!  … Continue reading

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On the My Bookshelf- “The Quilter’s Catalog”

I bought “The Quilter’s Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide” by Meg Cox several years ago when I went through my first phase of quilting glee.  It sat on my shelf for years, forgotten, until last December when I decided to … Continue reading

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My Two Favorite New Tools

I spent the night babysitting and decided to work on the Baby Quilt.  In addition to making great progress on the quilt, I now have two favorite tools to share. To help my poor little fingers, I invested in a … Continue reading

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