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Sometimes Sewing Requires Patience

5/28/2013

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Often times when I tell people that I sew or quilt, they say “I just don’t have enough patience for sewing” and I think I often forget that it really does require some patience.  Sometimes, you can work on a project and everything goes smoothly and it’s great – one neat thing about sewing is how quickly you get to see results.  It doesn’t take a lot of sewing before you start to see your project coming together.

Then there are those times where something isn’t working on your machine and it takes a while to troubleshoot it – that can be very frustrating if you aren’t a sewing machine repair expert (I’m not!).  It’s like the times that my quilting machine and I fight – I’ve tried so many different solutions without any consistent answer and the biggest frustration is that I feel like I still don’t know the root cause of the issue and you can’t fix the problem if you don’t know what truly caused it.  Times like that require patience.

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Florida Style Weekend

5/19/2013

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Over the past few weeks, we've been working on projects and travelling so much, we haven't gotten enough time to just...chill out.  This weekend, I was expecting to work on more projects but instead, we had a surprising yet nice "Florida style" weekend.

Friday night we went out to The Mansion for a friend's birthday dinner and had a few drinks.  Click the pic to check out their website - it's a really neat restaurant that also has a huge beer/wine/liquor 
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Another busy week

5/13/2013

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Some of you may remember how I was counting on receiving a package of fabric about a week ago so that I could make Emma's quilt last weekend but then it didn't come on Friday so I couldn't work on it over the weekend (which is why we had time to get the light fixture and fan up).  So the fabric finally got here on Monday and I got the fabrics pre-washed after bootcamp.  Tuesday Ryan and I swam laps before work and I had bootcamp after so I was just too tired to do anything.  Wednesday we had dinner plans for a friend's birthday and then Thursday after bootcamp I had an Alpha Phi meeting that ran pretty late.  So there I was...Friday morning...quilt due saturday morning and all I had done thus far was wash the fabrics...yikes!!!

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New Light Fixtures

5/6/2013

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In light of my recent obsession with remodeling, upgrading and beautifying our house...for my birthday I asked for gift certificates to get things for the house (big surprise huh?).  Thanks to my Dad & Laurie, we were able to get a new chandelier and fan for the landing and stairway.  The chandelier is from the same set as our dining room light and I have wanted to buy it and put it up practically ever since we got the dining room light fixture 3 - 4 years ago.  Here's the old light fixture that was there:
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Closet Makeover

5/5/2013

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Once I got that modular storage area finished and made all pretty...it was time for a little closet makeover.  Since I took away the actual bookcase I used to have against the back wall, I needed a place to put my reading books.  The original bookcase (shown below), got moved to the theater room with both of our college text books.  But I wanted to keep my reading books in the quilt room since that's where my reading nook is.
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Shoebox Swap

5/4/2013

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I hope everyone had fun making their Shoebox Swap Crafts!  I just finished up the wreath I was making for Doreen and it came out pretty cute.  And it actually is as soft as it looks!
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Weekend of Parties

5/2/2013

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Friday night Ryan and I went to this little hole-in-the-wall place called "Rolli's Pork Loin" that serves pork sandwiches.  Ryan has been wanting us to go there for a long time and we finally went.  It was pretty tasty indeed - basically big greasy sandwiches with lots of barbecue sauce and some sort of other sauce.  Yum!
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Busy Day

5/1/2013

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Yesterday was a fun but exhausting day.  I am doing another round of bootcamp with Bonnie & Steve Pfeister.  Their bootcamp is pretty intense and they are great trainers - watching out for people's form and correcting them, pushing everyone to go harder, providing tips on their nutrition and diet.  Here's our coaches Bonnie & Steve (click their pic to go to their facebook page and check them out):
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    I am a part time quilter, full time engineer and hope to one day become a full time quilter.  Feel free to read along as I explore quilting, cooking and anything else that strikes my fancy.

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