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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Reading list #2. 2026

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  The Crossroads by C. J. Box #26 of the series and did not disappoint  The Midnight Library by Matt Haig for book club  as good the second ...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Little artists

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  Fun weekend with the little girls as always low tech.  My watercolor pencils got sharpened…..while they were painting, cutting or gluing I...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Organizing pencils

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 My granddaughters each take a box of colored pencils and coloring books when they go places where they are expected to be quiet like church...
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Monday, April 20, 2026

Another one

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 Sometimes I get carried away cutting pieces for quilts and sometimes I need to make two quilts. First baby was born just over a week ago he...
Friday, April 17, 2026

How much did it shrink

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Those seam allowances can really shrink a quilt and to really be able to see it on the grid I pinned on the design wall.  The quilt top is s...
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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Off the needles

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 I finished this a couple weeks ago, a Petite Knits pattern with a round yoke. I used a hand dyed fingering weight yarn and a strand of moha...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Blissfully sewing

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  Blissful sewing……..this is the first piecing I have done since last year! It felt good and sounded good after oiling the machine.  The hum...
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Welcome, my name is Ann Douglas I am married to a great guy we have 3 grown children who are all taxpayers, so enjoy the empty nest all year which makes me a domestic goddess. I am a quilter and artist living in eastern South Dakota. Grandmother to twin girls
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