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Making Christmas Stockings

Yes, I am going from sewing for Sukkot to sewing for Christmas. That's how it rolls around here. I am making samples for a class I am hoping to teach in November on felt applique Christmas stockings.  I have never celebrated Christmas and although I've certainly seen many stockings I really had no idea what… 

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Christmas Stockings

Yes, I am going from sewing for Sukkot to sewing for Christmas. That's how it rolls around here. I am making samples for a class I am hoping to teach in November on felt applique Christmas stockings.  I have never celebrated Christmas and although I've certainly seen many stockings I really had no idea what… 

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the Sukkah

Sunday was the day after Yom Kippur and we spent the morning putting up the Sukkah.  It took just under an hour to construct the whole thing. We are loving our new Sukkah with pipes and fittings that snap together (our old one was wooden and required a lot of very frustrating time with an… 

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the 20-minute tote

Yesterday morning I pulled out some awesome upholstery weight cotton I’d been hording for at least five years and made the 20-minute tote from The Purl Bee. Do you see why I’ve been saving it? That fabric is fantastic. No idea where I got it or who designed it. I found several yards of red… 

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welcoming fall

October is here. I spent the morning making a velveteen pumpkin for my shop. I’m getting excited for fall baking and fall hikes, apple picking and scarecrow making.

winner of the X-ACTO giveaway

Thank you for entering the X-ACTO knife giveaway!  The winners are… Beanie and Susan I have already sent you both emails requesting your mailing addresses. Once I hear back I will put these lovely "craft knives" in the mail to you. Have a great day! P.S. I have a really cool interview in the works… 

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