Nouveau Stitch

You know how some people just seem to win every prize they play for? They buy a $1 raffle ticket and win a new refrigerator. Or casually toss a buck into the 50/50 raffle and walk off with $500, cash. I’m not often lucky enough to win prizes. I generally don’t bother to enter contests [...]

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I can’t even begin to tell you how badly this photo makes me want to get a can of apple green paint and start painting! After such a long winter the idea of brightening my interior space with a citrus color palette has me losing sleep. Am I brave enough? Would I tire of it [...]

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so I can attend cooking school. If I’m still able to fit into my blogging clothes (seven days of breadmaking!!) I should have some interesting carbolicious recipes to share! See you soon … talk amongst yourselves.

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Please arrive as soon as possible. I know it’s only February (BTW, that teaser 61 degree, record-breaking day we had yesterday was AWESOME!), but I’m begging you. If I don’t start working in my yard soon, boredom is sure to overtake me and cause me to pay a visit to my friendly neighborhood vintage trailer [...]

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Too hot. Too cold. Just right!

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Lately I’ve had a bit of an excuse for not feeling creative or productive. I’ve been a little down. We lost our 16 1/2 year old Persian, Belle, back in October. It was sudden and it was particularly hard since our daughter (who claimed primary ownership) had moved to NYC over the summer and insisted [...]

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It’s winter and I am without project. It would be criminal of me to redo my guest room yet again. Twice in four years is enough. My cutting table awaits and I am twiddling my thumbs. I yearn to get my hands on those colorful and exciting new fabric designs that I see revealed almost [...]

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Today. Today was supposed to be the day that the muse struck and creativity came shooting out of every pore. I have my errands run, worked out with my trainer, did the laundry and grocery shopping over the weekend. What do I have to show for it? Another day where I surfed the day away [...]

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    The first sewing machine I was allowed to operate was a state-of-the-art Kenmore back in the day, and I was convinced it would change my life. As you can tell by the above advertisement, if you were lucky enough to own a Kenmore as a teen, you probably were destined to become the youngest famous fashion designer wearing an [...]

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