Tomorrow Begins a New Year!

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Linda S.

What a busy time it’s been.  I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.   The Christmas season was a busy one and it’s always a joy to have son John home for the holiday.  Today I will finish taking down all the Christmas things.  Tomorrow begins that frustrating thing of trying to remember to change the year [...]

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Tea Wallet .. Free Pattern at Is It Nap Time Yet?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Linda S.

I have lost my tea wallet!!!   spfttt**##@fftt  smahsh splatt bang  shhhplt!!! Yes, I’m having a tantrum..;o( I really DO NOT like the coffee at our Golden Corral so I always take my tea wallet with me and just get a cup of hot water.. I made my tea wallet almost 3 years ago using [...]

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And The Winners Are….

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Linda S.

Thank you.  Most of you sent me emails and I appreciate them all.. ;o)   My sweet DH was otherwise taken today, so I finally did the drawing using an online random selector. If you will send me an email with you mailing address, I will get these directly in the mail to you.  ;o) Please [...]

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The Free Gifts.. ;o)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Linda S.

Tomorrow is November 29, 2011… And here are the gifts that we will be drawing for.. ;o) Each gift will consist of:  1 hand-made card.  These cards are hand-made here in Sherman by a lovely lady who supplies them to my beauty shop.  I’m sorry I cannot tell you her name… but I will correct [...]

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Make Your Own Olive Oil Lamp… Free Tutorial

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Linda S.

No.. it’s not a fabric lamp…lol   And I know this is a fabric/yarn/craft blog.  But… The temperatures are beginning to drop here in North Texas.  Real winter is popping up a little more frequently.  We’ve been having electricity flickers and outages more frequently lately… have no idea what’s happening.. ;o/   We keep flashlights handy, but [...]

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One Million Hits.. How Can I Ever Thank You? !

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Linda S.

  A SALUTE TO YOU! Sometime this evening or late tonight, this blog will have its ONE MILLIONth hit.  I have to say that I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all of you who have visited over the nearly 5 years I have been blogging here.  You have made all of the early morning, bleary [...]

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Guest Soaps… Rose Petals! … Tutorial

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Linda S.

Somewhere on the web, ages ago, I found this idea.  What I’m trying to say this early in the morning is this..  this wonderful idea is not mine!  I cannot remember where I saw it so if you have seen this idea before and know who came up with it.. please let me know and [...]

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Is Spinning, Dyeing and Hand Knitting Cost Effective?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Linda S.

Back in July some of us got together and had a “dye” day.  It was great fun and during the processing I found a piece of wool roving (mystery wool since I have forgotten which bag it originally came out of.. ;o/  It was about 7 ft. long and rather thick roving.  If I were [...]

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Hopefully Heather

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Linda S.

I knew the mystery roving of yesterday had felted a little… but when I started working with it last night it was not anywhere as bad as I thought it was going to be.   As it turns out, there was quite a bit more in that rather compacted  length of roving than it looked like!  [...]

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Red River Fiber Arts and Kool Aid Dyeing

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Linda S.

Yesterday a few of “us girls” from the RRFA  gathered at my house and we had a “Dye In”… ;o) I had some Blue Faced Leicester spun up and some mystery wool roving so we proceeded to dye it. What a fun day! Here’s pics… I put some vinegar in about 4 gallons of warm water [...]

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