Go check out this lovely Valentine Day contest at http://www.golanigo.blogspot.com/.
She has an amazing little contest going on and you could win all the goodies in this picture and more!!
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As much as I've tried I can't seem to make up my mind about what to make for Valentines day this year. Every year I try to make something new....I could maybe try to make something red for the kitchen....hmmmm...that's a thought!
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Since my daughter and her husband usually go out for dinner on Valentines we have the grandaughters over for a candlelight dinner of our own in the dining room. I lay the table with a white cloth and use large red doilies for place mats, Papa's flowers to Nana are the centerpiece and I always use the best china and light red candles. We drink the "champagne" of ginger ales and we have a fabulous decadent cheesecake for dessert. It's become a tradition for the last 5 years. Just 'cause your little doesn't mean you can't be treated to a fancy night out. (At the same time I feel it makes them appreciate the finer things in life). Heck to tell the truth...I do it for me...when else can I use the best china and have a candlelight dinner with 2 beautiful girls and one handsome old man...*lol* (hope he doesn't read this blog). Every year I try and make a craft with the girls for Valentines and this year I'm stumped... If you can give me some ideas I'd be forever grateful.
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I'm plugging along on my Bonnie Hunter Quilt called 'Virginia Bound'. The only way I could get it all in the picture was to turn the camera sideways...so you see my fabric shelf in the back sitting on it's side...*lol* I am trying a new technique of sewing in strips and machine quilting as I go. The theory is when I've done these 2 strips, I will make 2 more and attach them to this one, thus only having 2 strips at a time to quilt instead of a whole big quilt. I'll keep you posted as I go along...hope it works, because I have a few quilts in my arsenal (closet) that need quilting and I get discouraged just looking at the great mass of fabric in each one. Heck if this works I'll even pick out a few rows of the other quilts and try to do them this way also.
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~~Fran...:c)
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