Our Son Bjorn is 22 today! We are very proud parents, he’s a smart “kid”….. did early college then graduated BIG college after 2.5yrs when he was 20 with a Math and business degree. Now he works for Deutsche Bank and got his final placement in historical market analytics (I think- something smart like that! …
It’s World Lemonade day today! So today I have “Lemon Layer Cake” on sale for $8 (until Friday) It’s a fun pattern that’s Accuquilt friendly! (Of course it includes rotary cutting directions too!) I also have KITS available here Normally the KITS are $103, this week until Friday they are ONLY $73!!!
It’s World Photo day today (at least I think so, I looked up these holidays quite a while ago and added to my calendar) I don’t think I ever mentioned that when I grew up my dad was a wedding photographer and had his own development studio at home, he also did anniversary photos and …
It’s been a busy week for all of us! Last weekend we had VBS at our church Sonja and I were helpers and Anja attended The theme was “Firm foundation in Jesus” so construction themed. Each kid got a tool belt and then at each station they got a new tool to add to it. …
Ha ha, not the REAL Garden of Eden…. but the pattern 🙂 This week I got to organize and sort my printed patterns, I need to clear out some room so I can order more!! So help me out!! I have a LOT of “Garden of Eden” patterns printed so I’ve decided to put them …
It’s time for another block for the rainbow color of the month This month we’re doing a light green block We’re still using the 8″ QUBE to get 10″ Finished Blocks then 2 light green fabrics and the white background Here’s what to cut White: Cut 4 of die #2 (2 1/2″ squares), 4 of …
This cat loving creative girl is 12 today! Today we’re going to a mall (a different one, we usually don’t go to) with friends and then I’ll drive them home and one of them will stay the night (the other two couldn’t do it) Sonja is my SWEET “emotional” girl, she loves Swiffer and Kronk …
I finally finished this scrappy Prisicilla Star quilt! It measures 42″ x 54″ notice the scrappy binding!! the blocks were part of last year’s color of the month, like I showed the butterfly blocks last week, here I used the Priscilla BOB die by Accuquilt, which has become one of my favorite scrappy BOB dies …
I LOVE my sewing machine(s) Especially my straight stitch Juki Haruka!! It’s my work horse!! My “normal” sewing machine is a Janome MC7700 that’s rather big and has fancy stitches, I don’t use it much unless I’m making bowls or need other stitches, but it’s always out on my table on the opposite side of …
Since our lives are so busy lately, we’ve sort of neglected the garden, so now we’re just harvesting whatever comes up, the watermelon and pumpkin patch is a jungle, a few things have rotted, but we did find one good watermelon and had some! Bjorn often comes over and works from home on Fridays now, …