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My Fabric Book – Finally!!

By: Lynda December 9, 2023December 9, 2023

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After so many changes, my fabric book is finally finished! Yipee!

Fabric Book Update

By: Lynda December 5, 2023December 5, 2023

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For those of you following my fabric book journey, I wanted you to see my progress. Now it was time to start working on the spreads.

Fabric Book Continuing Progress

By: Lynda November 12, 2023

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Since my last post, I’ve pretty much changed my mind about almost everything!! Before I get into that, here are a couple embellishments I made for the pages. These irises I’ve made before and you can find my tutorial here. They will go on my spread about planting the iris beds. I also made some…

Slow Progress

By: Lynda October 31, 2023

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I remember years ago when I first started my blog as Bloom Bake Create, I ran into one of my blog follower at our local JoAnns. I was surprised because I didn’t know her, and really had no idea I had people locally following my blog. She complimented me on my blog post and was…

Dyeing and Curtains

By: Lynda October 10, 2023

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One thing I have wanted to do since sewing those master bathroom curtains is to sew curtains for the small bath and my studio. I also wanted to dye a piece of white fabric that was given to me. It has a pattern and I was hoping the dye would bring out the design. The…

Finding inspiration for card making

By: Lynda September 29, 2023September 29, 2023

Greeting Cards, Sewingcard making inspiration, Fabric greeting cards, greeting cards, sewing2 Comments

As I’ve mentioned, my muse has been on vacation for quite a bit. When I look at all of my stash my mind wants me to create, but my body says no. Since I couldn’t seem to get started I decided to organize my studio. That involved going through a lot of stuff I’ve not…

Repurposing Mom’s Fabric

By: Lynda August 13, 2023August 13, 2023

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I’ve been watching several videos on YouTube about Swedish Death Cleaning. I guess with the passing of my sis I’ve been thinking a lot about all of the stuff I have that I never use. I feel it’s time to either use it or let someone else enjoy it. So I was looking at fabric…

My finished flag

By: Lynda March 31, 2023

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I finished up my flag that I blogged about on the last post. I was wanting to finish another one before I posted this, but I can’t make a decision on that design. The Welcome is a SVG file I purchased on Etsy here. I loved that it included birds, so appropriate for the wildflower…

Christmas Gift Ideas

By: Lynda December 1, 2022

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I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for gift ideas; things I can make that won’t take a lot of time but would hopefully be welcomed. I thought I’d share today a few of my favorite gift ideas and tutorials.