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Back to School Gifts…and a $100 Target giveaway!

This time of year makes me miss teaching. I loved my years as a First Grade teacher. The fresh classrooms, the new pencils and seeing all of the kids with their new backpacks and new shoes and unused erasers -- I really do get a bit nostalgic for the new beginning of a school year. And now that I am on the other side of the coin, sending my kiddos off to new classrooms I always reminisce about my teaching days. Yes, they were hard. But they were also some of my most rewarding experiences in ... View the Post

Saturday Sewing Linky Party

Sewing Saturday with Simple Simon and Company

Hi everyone!  Hope you had a fantastic week.  It's certainly been a busy one around here....and homework and after school things are in full gear.  But the thing I do love about September is the crisp mornings, they do make me happy. And now it's time to see what you have been sewing!  Please link up one or two projects so we can all see what you have had going on in your sewing room.   Are you doing any sewing for Project Run and Play?  We can't wait to show you the couple of sneak peeks we've ... View the Post

Product Review

A Halloween Hexagon Table Runner

Today we are joining in a tour of Nancy Zieman's new book, Quick Column Quilts.  I love the concept of this book, because I think quilting sometimes can be so intimidating....but the idea of piecing everything together as columns makes everything fit together quickly and easily.  I chose the Hexagon  table runner for my project.  So, my project became a Halloween table runner to use this fall! ... View the Post

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Vintage Patterns for Tweens

Today we are taking part in Sew Cool for the Tween Scene's series on favorite patterns to sew for older girls.  And I know what you are thinking.....vintage patterns for TWEENS?  Well, I am here today to say yes!!! Those great classic shapes have amazing potential of endless possibilities for tweens.  HEAD over to see some of the vintage patterns on my sewing table and how I am going to use them for a fall wardrobe for Hannie. ~Elizabeth ... View the Post

Projects· Quilt

Jelly Roll Quilt

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to organize my scrap bins....and well, kind of like "if you give a mouse a cookie" I ended up finding half of a jelly roll and decided rather than cleaning or organizing---I would make a jelly roll quilt out of the scraps (wayyyy more fun than cleaning ;) ... View the Post