In our house, we read books. My husband piles them like stalactites beside our bed. I stash one in my bag as I run out the door. Little e sits, making concentration noises and turns pages. A few years ago, in the interests of making space, I needed to reduce the number of books I had. I decided that I would only keep...

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I am still going on the quilt along with only a few stars left. I was waiting until star 9, but sometimes I'm just a little impatient. ...

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I had an excuse to make real cupcakes over the weekend. These opportunities don't come along often so I grabbed it with both hands. Blemgorf had some beautiful panda cupcakes a while back so I just had to try them. So here goes... I don't often get time to make real cupcakes. Though, I do use my silicon cupcake moulds a lot. They...

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This time last year I had a list as long as my arm of things to do. The list had been revised, cut and added to a number of times. However, the last thing always remained the same – have baby. I was 9 months pregnant and we had moved into our house only 10 days earlier. There were boxes everywhere. I was...

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I wasn't supposed to have a sewing room, but now my sewing room has a couch. When we replaced the carpet with lino, it was to let a little someone or two eat, paint or play with water there. Now that the couch is there I had to sort some stuff out again. At the time we moved in, little e was nowhere...

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It's New Year here. We are about to cross the shortest day, in a few days, Matariki is beginning to rise in the sky at the dawn and it is time to plant. Matariki is the Maori name for Pleiades, or known as “The Seven Sisters” in Greek mythology. There are slight regional variations as to when the exact new year is (what...

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I will sew something else soon. I promise. I spent a good part of Saturday morning picking out fabrics for a jelly roll. In the end I came up with 27 fabrics for the class I'm enrolled for in 3 weeks. I can't wait.For now, block 6 is done. My dearest is getting used to coming home and finding random quilt blocks sitting...

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A while back I mentioned that I would explain the name someday. For now I'm getting the ball rolling with a giveaway. I have fat quarters (x2) of Nutex Kiwiana fabrics for two lucky winners. All you have to do is give me 2 other names for the Seven Stitches Sisters.The closest fabric shows New Zealand flora and the distant one, Tuku tuku...

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It appears that my hometown has been renamed Greentown for the next month. I can't complain when it comes with come with care packages like this. Inside are some Living Nature Samples, eco light bulbs, Mela Apple Juice and some fancy detergent.(yes I did notice the irony of the bare trees)There is a green loyalty card too. By collecting 10 eco stamps you...

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This weeks block at the star quilt along is a bit of a curly one and so I made it twice. Once the hard way and then with a few modifications. Amanda Jean's instructions include a number of bias seams (There are some tips for these at the end of the tutorial) and the end result is a block where every piece is...

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