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Fabric Artist
I’ve always enjoyed fabric. My mother was a seamstress by trade, and I can remember she used an old sewing machine while sitting at the kitchen table, and created all of my clothes and school uniforms. I’ve had a sewing … Continue reading
Posted in New England, Quilting
Tagged Fabric Artist, JoAnn Fabrics, Marden's, Nancy Morgan, Nancy Morgan Art, New England, Quilting, Sewing
38 Comments
Over coffee
If we were having coffee, I’d ask how your week was and what’s keeping you busy. ‘Tis the season here to get out the shovels, put the Yaktrax on the boots, and switch the mower for the blower on the … Continue reading
Posted in New England, Quilting
Tagged Candy making, Quilting, Sewing, Snow, Tea towels, Toffee, Winter, Yaktrax
44 Comments
Garden and Thread
This time of year certainly provides for some good eating. The tomatoes are aplenty and the fresh blueberries are delicious. Our blueberry bushes did not produce this year after a major move and trim, but we went to McKenzie’s Farm, and … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Quilting
Tagged Blueberries, Gardening, New England, New Hampshire, Quilting, Raised beds, Sewing, Tomatoes
43 Comments
April
April arrived on the calendar. So did 20 degree temperatures and two snowstorms. I’m regretting taking those 25 bags of leaves off the perennial beds because they probably could have used the blanket of warmth this week. No photo of … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged April, Cold spring, Kale, Kale Salad, Master Gardener, New England, New Hampshire, Organic gardening, Seed starting, Sewing, Snowstorm, UNH
55 Comments
Monday, Monday
Uninvited guests arrived for the holiday. There were two of them, and they were looking for an endless buffet. I know they are handsome, but the only thing they got served was another dose of Milorganite spread around on the grass to deter a … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged Autumn Joy, Daffodils, Deer, Deter deer, Lilacs, Milorganite, Organic gardening, Poppies, Pruning blueberries, Quilting, Sewing
40 Comments
It’s Frosty Out There
Sunday morning, Valentine’s Day, we woke up to -11 degrees F with a wind chill of -33. This morning it was only -11 with no wind. Tomorrow it is going up to 50. If this weather roller coaster is a … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged Cold weather, Master Gardeners, New England, New Hampshire, Organic gardening, Quilting, Rabbits, Raspberries, Schwartzenberries, Sewing, Warm window fabric
44 Comments
Ice Skating
One of the items on my bucket list was to go ice skating. I spent a lot of Sundays skating when I was growing up. I would take the bus to skate on a local pond or I’d go to a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Quilting
Tagged Bucket List, Ice skating, Portsmouth NH, Puddle Dock, Quilting, Sewing, Strawbery Banke
67 Comments
