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Fresh from the oven. Mmmmm… :)

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From this to this, to this!

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My sister and I were very blessed to be able to help with the Bright Lights conferences (www.radiantpurity.com) in Omaha, NE during the week of  April 13-19.
The verse the Lord gave me for the week was 2 Corinthians 5:15:
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who [...]

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Progress

I’ve been at work on my graduation ceremony outfit.
Beginning with this:

So far, I have this:

And this:

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Potential

My graduation ceremony outfit to-be.
The skirt will be black with a floral print, and the top will be creamy-tan with black accents.

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When people ask me this question, I have vague feelings of being very, very busy, but I can’t for the life of me think of what has been keeping me so busy! [grin]
I’ve been sewing quite a bit. Along with modifying some of my own skirts, I sewed a skirt for my mom and and [...]

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From this…

To this…

I finally found some material to make this blouse pattern I purchased last year. I had never worked with interfacing before, so this was a new challenging, but very fun project. The blouses turned out great (I made the brown style in the picture), and I had a lot of fun sewing them.

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All in a day’s work

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Yesterday was “Decorating Day” at our house! Quite late, don’t you think? We’ve been gone so much during the past few weeks, this has been the first time to do it!
Every year when we pull out our Christmas decorations, it feels like they’re new all over again! 
::the tree::

“It’s the most wonderful time of the [...]

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Last week, I sewed another denim skirt, but this one is different….
I made it out of a pair of jeans! It turned out very nice, thankfully, because I wasn’t exactly sure how to do it.
It was very easy and fun!

Recently, I also purchased a new skirt pattern, as well as a blouse pattern. I have [...]

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Quilt show

On Friday night, there was a quilt show and a brownie contest at church! It was so much fun!

Friday officially concluded the quilt class that has been going on since January. Many people brought quilts, even if they had not been in the class. We participated in the class, but have not had enough time [...]

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Jean Skirt

I finished this jean skirt today! I am so excited! It is so pretty–it is straight at the top and flares out at the bottom. It makes me feel like a mermaid! ;-) I love it. I used the New Look pattern # 4898.
Leave a footnote!

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Refinishing fun

While my uncles were here for Thanksgiving (check our family blog for the complete story), they helped refinish my desk! My desk is very old, very pretty, and was very much in need of refinishing! Here are some pictures:

We took the finish off,

and applied a new finish to it.
We could have stained it as [...]

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