Monthly Archives: July 2010

wheezy rider and the Deep Breath quilt pattern

July 29, 2010 – 9:49 pm

I’ve got a really fun quilt pattern for you at the end of this post but first a little background: Last summer I wrote about my lifelong struggles with asthma and a number of loved ones who suffer from or who have died from respiratory illnesses. On a good day, I can ride 100 miles [...]

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no-rules machine embroidery

July 20, 2010 – 10:10 pm

As I mentioned in my last post. It’s Birthday Week around here. I should actually say that it’s Birthday Week: Part 1. Birthday Week: Part 2 resumes in late August when Bill and I celebrate our birthdays, which are two days apart. Following on the success of the gift bags that we’ve been making for [...]

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friendship socks

July 15, 2010 – 7:02 pm

It’s birthday week for our daughter Sophie and her bestest friend Isa. Both are turning 9. Both are adopted and both are part of multiracial, mutlicultural families. They met at preschool when they were three and are both in a five-year long Spanish immersion program at the local public school. They’ll spend part of the [...]

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my costume/wardrobe chop shop

July 9, 2010 – 1:34 pm

Our daughter is enrolled in a theater camp this summer and the parents were asked to volunteer for some tasks. Given that I think of myself as a somewhat competent seamstress I volunteered to do costume construction and alterations rather than sell tickets or plan the cast party. The camp is performing Jungle Book, Cinderella [...]

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life through the grapevine

July 5, 2010 – 3:16 pm

A few years ago a grapevine crept over our fence in our backyard. It has grown with gusto and we now have massive amounts of grapevines that climb over our fence weekly threatening to swallow up our entire terrace. In years past I have cut them and composted them but then I decided to make [...]

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