tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81042072055197675192024-03-05T08:11:27.731-08:00My Heart and MindA Journal of a Sewing Woman on Long Island, New Yorkcustomdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-18976109748756682082011-03-21T13:32:00.000-07:002011-03-21T13:58:19.430-07:00Gardening Spring 2011Yesterday was the first day of spring, the vernal equinox, and it was just lovely on Long Island. All the nasty dirty snow is long gone, the sun was shining strong, birds were twittering tweet tweet and it was just fine digging in the dirt, trimming various firs and cleaning up after winter and decades of neglect. It's a barren rock strewn front yard of a house in my neighborhood, with ancient Montauk Daisies that attacked me last week when I went in with my bare hands. It isn't just poison oak or ivy that'll get you - the plants themselves defend themselves. I have such a rash!!! I finally sought medical intervention and my wounds are healing nicely.<br />
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Meanwhile, I have been working this little piece of earth for a little while now, and am really paying attention this year. The owner, who is blind, moved in over ten years ago, and I think it's been that long since anyone worked it seriously. She has some beautiful roses, heirloom, with a lovely aroma. Remember when roses had scent, and not just beauty? Right now of course they are just thorns sticking out of the ground, but new buds are emerging, and I put good dark composted dirt on them, and it's raining today.<br />
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These are just some of the remaining Montauk Daisies I have to trim back. This is what an overgrown bush of daisies looks like. The base is actually woody, like a shrub. Hopefully this year the flowers will be thick and pretty.<br />
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This is the daisy that attacked me last week. I have learned my lesson - always wear gloves! I have a nice pair of old red leather gloves that are definitely past their prime, and I wear them now in the garden. It's still cold out there for all the sunshine.<br />
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This is the front walk/driveway, with overgrown firs and spruces. Last week I cleaned off and swept the porch, made that tidy and inviting. I <br />
left this horizontal branch for a bannister and the large vertical branch for safety, as there is no railing on this porch, and we would sure hate for someone to fall.<br />
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Now to tidy up the driveway. Before...<br />
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And after...I need a pair of big loppers to get those thick branches that are so unsightly. I know where I can get a pair, and will be back...<br />
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The good dark dirt I found under the firs overhanging the ashpalt went on the thorny roses.<br />
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There is still a ton of work to be done. There are irises and a yucca buried under overgrown firs in front of the house.<br />
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The child of the house came out to help and keep company. She got a pricker pretty quick, so she drew with her chalks while we chatted.<br />
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In a couple of hours it was gettting pretty chilly, so I swept up and put the tools away. Today it is raining, so it feels like the circle is going 'round and 'round.customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-41514174993828002952011-03-10T07:33:00.000-08:002011-03-11T14:39:20.231-08:00Dresses for Little GirlsI've been busy with my fabric shop, <a href="http://nancysfabricshop.etsy.com">http://nancysfabricshop.etsy.com</a>, making good sales, and haven't done much sewing lately, but Krista who has a <a href="http://heavenlysavings.blogspot.com">fantastic blog </a>with a huge following invited me to do a giveaway on her blog, so I had to "get cooking" as they say. I relisted my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customdesigns4ubynan?section_id=6206600">aprons</a> rearranged and jazzed up my shop, and even ventured into a new realm for me, clothing for little girls. I found an adorable Butterick pattern with a nice little bodice, ruffled armholes and nicely gathered skirt. It was a struggle for a while, remastering inserting a zipper, but I liked the dress so much I went and made three of them, and then found another pattern and made that too!<br />
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The <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69832589/little-girls-green-winterthur-toile">Winterthur Museum toile dress in green</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69713225/pretty-little-spring-dress-for-easter">little flower spring dress </a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69747488/little-girl-winterthur-red-toile-spring">Winterthur red toile</a> and the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69829327/blue-chinese-inspired-little-girls-strap">blue strapped dress </a> are all available at my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customdesigns4ubynan">etsy store<br />
</a>.customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-695187820444892172010-09-12T08:41:00.000-07:002010-09-12T11:30:49.561-07:00SEPT 11 2010Sept 11 is a special day for Americans, and especially so for people who were in New York on Sept 11 2001. Yesterday, the 9th anniversary, was just surreal for me, partly because I was still congested - see <a href="http://customdesigns4ubynan-myheartandmind.blogspot.com/2010/09/apron-congestion.html">Apron Congestion </a>blog post - and also because it was another beautiful day, clear blue skies, not a single cloud, just like 9 years ago. And I am back babysitting again on Saturdays on a regular basis, because my favorite little girl has resumed her ballet lessons. I woke up good and early, read the 4th Discourse of the Bhaghavad Gita, meditated, did a little stretching yoga, and drove to my little girl's house, just surreal and congested in my ears and head, still contemplating action and inaction, desires and selfish purposes and trying to "abandon attachment to the fruit of action":<br /><br />"Content with what comes to him without effort,<br />Free from the pairs of opposites and envy,<br />Even-minded in success and failure,<br />He is not bound."<br /><br /><br />I arrived and the child immediately dragged me to the park to play. I will be 60 next June, and she will be 5 in December - do the math. Remeber my recent knee surgery? I had just said to my good friend Jan that it was pretty well all healed, like it never happened - HAH!!! I played with her, climbed play towers, went through tunnels, slid down slides, swung on the swings. Today I can barely walk! We had a great time though, and she really helped ground me in physical reality, here and NOW. <br /><br /><br />We went back to her house and played with my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customdesigns4ubynan?section_id=6206600">aprons</a>. I needed pictures to list on etsy, and asked the child to take my picture with the aprons on . That didn't turn out so well:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5ea2mB6IRQPZ_zLfTis67JTlDMi-825gzlmMcZt963URbRSv-G0fd-QWmz9hXHijedQ1JBkRJOfw2OjrBAi6DlO_gOPo93Kj7XOSUNFN9yVC8ZPGeHBC_bKbl81nmykVlpNgIimyGifP/s1600/BLURRY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5ea2mB6IRQPZ_zLfTis67JTlDMi-825gzlmMcZt963URbRSv-G0fd-QWmz9hXHijedQ1JBkRJOfw2OjrBAi6DlO_gOPo93Kj7XOSUNFN9yVC8ZPGeHBC_bKbl81nmykVlpNgIimyGifP/s320/BLURRY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516060517569499570" /></a><br /><br /><br />But we did get this one<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvS7EXpfXb4L4cwmxKFpOU4bRJsWDzsJBzUqoPzGZJLQehIS9wfGzqUv9CXKpYSd5A-4QsiQ0Xz6xRwO5QDBPOQHluWuI14e8sSc2TZzfgUfRgNNj2de2WT245MwKOowijuwf147YSlxt/s1600/BLUE+FROND.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvS7EXpfXb4L4cwmxKFpOU4bRJsWDzsJBzUqoPzGZJLQehIS9wfGzqUv9CXKpYSd5A-4QsiQ0Xz6xRwO5QDBPOQHluWuI14e8sSc2TZzfgUfRgNNj2de2WT245MwKOowijuwf147YSlxt/s320/BLUE+FROND.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516061014622152002" /></a><br /><br /><br />So then I asked her mother to model for me for etsy, and she was very nice about it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUYLqzNHd7UmNnOKuOrywmQvrbh9PmORwcNnX_6wYwbHzGJoP188ZVfnnNPkKz-GW1bmHVtUIEYOqZhxa5DgFeybfi4jYcT8QzG3PGZkjRZO2TXcs87XzNbEF5WZY2umBqoHYxOuScUGJ/s1600/BLUE+FROND+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUYLqzNHd7UmNnOKuOrywmQvrbh9PmORwcNnX_6wYwbHzGJoP188ZVfnnNPkKz-GW1bmHVtUIEYOqZhxa5DgFeybfi4jYcT8QzG3PGZkjRZO2TXcs87XzNbEF5WZY2umBqoHYxOuScUGJ/s320/BLUE+FROND+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516061526513414130" /></a><br /><br /><br />"They're all the same pattern" I told the child, "just different colors". "No they're not" she said. "Yes they are, see?" Meanwhile, the mother is blind and couldn't say either way.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdx1mDLstT4QsmLhSL9a7YspTlf27VE_KPpUzUMdGO_NADwhrqlQFGNTkwoyyBXEKJUw_YHRQM8X7mvXRHnmgJIvsszxa28MhWyk_n_q5RhN019pX-4CqZ4dHQ2oiIcBv29JZbND5bcJKI/s1600/BLUE+FROND+7.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdx1mDLstT4QsmLhSL9a7YspTlf27VE_KPpUzUMdGO_NADwhrqlQFGNTkwoyyBXEKJUw_YHRQM8X7mvXRHnmgJIvsszxa28MhWyk_n_q5RhN019pX-4CqZ4dHQ2oiIcBv29JZbND5bcJKI/s200/BLUE+FROND+7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516069489499638514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe6yhfbztFJP0lc28LE-fX82KshM5VTpf4rXo2U_a051FttoKHmSHlnVkLSuyLkk9MM2c2J-CLjLHtGDSHmuwfi0CEUJfPXEj-2vIwepZRqCyQcBwwqhyphenhyphenUJKJjGuVFQMTJS5Xvcs8I5DJ/s1600/BROWN+FROND+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 112px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe6yhfbztFJP0lc28LE-fX82KshM5VTpf4rXo2U_a051FttoKHmSHlnVkLSuyLkk9MM2c2J-CLjLHtGDSHmuwfi0CEUJfPXEj-2vIwepZRqCyQcBwwqhyphenhyphenUJKJjGuVFQMTJS5Xvcs8I5DJ/s200/BROWN+FROND+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516069897083059698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9eSdELO9AO1ODEPXAh-LCIy7V5l4vCqydB7Qlhp8YChcuKVGE5vafQKma0TEM5gmniOb8AGAEziAvn18L73TjcB6Yk80jQ8948y0PhMUmWgqyCEZQ0Eh12N_V01teFR59AFS-MiTn59T/s1600/YELLOW+FROND+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9eSdELO9AO1ODEPXAh-LCIy7V5l4vCqydB7Qlhp8YChcuKVGE5vafQKma0TEM5gmniOb8AGAEziAvn18L73TjcB6Yk80jQ8948y0PhMUmWgqyCEZQ0Eh12N_V01teFR59AFS-MiTn59T/s200/YELLOW+FROND+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516070384267168242" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4whUyIWT0kiKCPtIrJdDR4q6yGXRNdEGBf57tSQJUO8mB-sH48i2Q1SS2oPiZIomRBk9KkFMKzjKbw7u99RMPKimrw1vk1PrXa29IyBP-uxVqTdYr6aQ1ucVzFn2jTXWjhwtgTmRvVoy5/s1600/GREEN+FROND+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 153px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4whUyIWT0kiKCPtIrJdDR4q6yGXRNdEGBf57tSQJUO8mB-sH48i2Q1SS2oPiZIomRBk9KkFMKzjKbw7u99RMPKimrw1vk1PrXa29IyBP-uxVqTdYr6aQ1ucVzFn2jTXWjhwtgTmRvVoy5/s200/GREEN+FROND+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516070375899805794" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Like I said, it was surreal, and a little stressful too, taking the mother's pictures. The child of course did her best to help:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9G7oyg6AHVpuaJkWgj4gBG751yBSBQZ8Wesd5eFPn0dxk2HVc6Ht-pb6vpCmU8NUhMoDYpmNSnjY32VelXE_pB0DYEWymDKWD0Z7CyEtku2bbaCeMLvRIumjFIbMSP6n-8sMJUm0WV7RH/s1600/LAUREL.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9G7oyg6AHVpuaJkWgj4gBG751yBSBQZ8Wesd5eFPn0dxk2HVc6Ht-pb6vpCmU8NUhMoDYpmNSnjY32VelXE_pB0DYEWymDKWD0Z7CyEtku2bbaCeMLvRIumjFIbMSP6n-8sMJUm0WV7RH/s320/LAUREL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516063409231721794" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzeQ9ZDnm2qE-dyH_OJK7OJwvP0bW2sfwa1lAGIdBUnC2rncJ6YhfGyGqvC7SYbZOGGZ6BXbHY-TGbwjf6FNDSTxkOvSSAhpvneiisrJ5l3_W-GNjIRN8zaaFD2kv5YmQ38a4xZMrS0lu/s1600/LAUREL+IN+THE+WAY.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzeQ9ZDnm2qE-dyH_OJK7OJwvP0bW2sfwa1lAGIdBUnC2rncJ6YhfGyGqvC7SYbZOGGZ6BXbHY-TGbwjf6FNDSTxkOvSSAhpvneiisrJ5l3_W-GNjIRN8zaaFD2kv5YmQ38a4xZMrS0lu/s320/LAUREL+IN+THE+WAY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516067930304089602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dnwTL17GmPFXeY0Yf6GVii0HiuN9x4WUgdbmYO1Pi5H6xXGuqXDZHN5cvFfNArYQvm2Q75CQlnaGoFoXI1MwyTLnsWq4Ld-VuVD_gPfLY3bYjuLJdIqUeSvP4waIzpLCJw24vJScLz-t/s1600/LAUREL+HAT.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dnwTL17GmPFXeY0Yf6GVii0HiuN9x4WUgdbmYO1Pi5H6xXGuqXDZHN5cvFfNArYQvm2Q75CQlnaGoFoXI1MwyTLnsWq4Ld-VuVD_gPfLY3bYjuLJdIqUeSvP4waIzpLCJw24vJScLz-t/s320/LAUREL+HAT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516063422424868642" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After that it was the usual Saturday routine, which we hadn't done since spring when ballet lessons were over for the summer. Drive to the school, change into leotard and tights, see familiar faces again and be amazed at how the children have grown, McDonald's on the way home for a happy meal, singing "Old McDonald had a farm, E I E I O" at the top of our lungs, lots of "MOOOS!" and "BAAAA" and our favorite "SNORT SNORT" piggies, laughing and carrying on. After lunch I tried to teach her how to write. She can sing ABCDEFG... but can't write or read them. She's in pre-K now, and I wanted to give her a head start as they say, so I said "Let's play school!" and brought out crayons and paper, and she brought out dolls and toys to be students, and I tried to teach her to write A a B b C c, but she is still lacking in eye-hand coordination, and frustrates easily if she can't do something well. She knows her name though, so I tried spelling that out, and saying each letter really loudly as I wrote it, and she would repeat yell it after me and then scribble all over the paper. (Sigh) I decided we are Calvin and Hobbes, and she's Hobbes and I'm Calvin.<br /><br />Meanwhile, we're out on the porch and can see the jets coming in on the flight path to JFK, low and slow, one after the other. Like I said, a surreal day.customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-24352808507775212562010-09-09T08:30:00.000-07:002010-09-09T10:38:55.705-07:00APRON CONGESTIONHi everyone, sorry I've been away for a while (again). You may or may not know I babysit the most adorable little girl - she's hiding under the table in this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/26602729/green-laura-ashley-toile-tablecloth">picture</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6v3QlpQrkaO7pm2wBz8MxRHVedYcHZQyTEDAsPu2cWKs0pYEbu8JvZjk67T8KtciHVfOsxpaxuxxladbeTTEdSRhSJ-r1zqXVeHarLjuEcbYR-sG0as-ud6cXkzf6b3wNxxN9pwIMzNM/s1600/GRN+TOILE+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6v3QlpQrkaO7pm2wBz8MxRHVedYcHZQyTEDAsPu2cWKs0pYEbu8JvZjk67T8KtciHVfOsxpaxuxxladbeTTEdSRhSJ-r1zqXVeHarLjuEcbYR-sG0as-ud6cXkzf6b3wNxxN9pwIMzNM/s320/GRN+TOILE+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_551493z7036574302658" /></a><br /><br /><br />Last week her mother asked me to weed her front garden, which I did, and then I jumped into their pool to cool off. Meanwhile, the dog got out so I walked up and down the neighborhood with the little girl calling "Petey! Petey!" which she echoed back. She loves me and wants to be with me and do everything I do, so I must be EXTREMELY careful what I do. Eventually Petey found a cat who fought back, the cat's owners caught the dog and I brought both little girl and dog back safely home. However, the next day I woke up with serious nasal congestion - did I mention the child had a small cold? - which became a big grown-up cold, compounded with serious welts and scratches from weeding. Jeepers creepers I was a mess for a whole week, loaded on cough suppressant and anti-itch cream, watching WAY too much TV (don't like the Real Housewives, but am now all caught up on House). Completely neglected both my stores: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customdesigns4ubynan">Custom Designs by Nancy</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/nancysfabricshop">Nancy's Fabric Shop </a>, but this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/transaction/33792826">little peacock </a>sold itself<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqtsSAUy1PvGWWgSvcRkKO7p2SxWOCAWu1Mxz-u9J2LdNeP1hvbjjbMGsV-YPo1Q3gVjlsiw_p-Re7zI91mRpx5rwMt48dhS6FEBKdAKRJnIhkvjpalhNyNaUG2oL6CIuPmMRJ6ZrXWH1/s1600/PEACOCK+TAPESTRY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqtsSAUy1PvGWWgSvcRkKO7p2SxWOCAWu1Mxz-u9J2LdNeP1hvbjjbMGsV-YPo1Q3gVjlsiw_p-Re7zI91mRpx5rwMt48dhS6FEBKdAKRJnIhkvjpalhNyNaUG2oL6CIuPmMRJ6ZrXWH1/s320/PEACOCK+TAPESTRY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514941902845827106" /></a><br /><br /><br />and this lovely pea green velvet is in a <a href="http://filigreephotos.blogspot.com/2010/09/etsyland-xplorers-vol-9-colors.html#comment-form">blog </a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSUB4_0d0WGha-eJ8txTVNe-lQUb2wtYmfIss1m3d48YOsQrC2uuE8uCdjWjlzRAfzMBjBYhQyBOslKJVGVNWy2WzlFKv11P0p8ZZ_TTEPyVOC_otRGMHo2vUJrHrIVfzFCYi3pYJqePM/s1600/PEA+GREEN+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSUB4_0d0WGha-eJ8txTVNe-lQUb2wtYmfIss1m3d48YOsQrC2uuE8uCdjWjlzRAfzMBjBYhQyBOslKJVGVNWy2WzlFKv11P0p8ZZ_TTEPyVOC_otRGMHo2vUJrHrIVfzFCYi3pYJqePM/s320/PEA+GREEN+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514942640433592226" /></a><br /><br />MEANWHILE...<br /><br />Aprons. My aprons sell pretty well. Next to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/37549526/catnip-pillows">catnips</a>, I have sold more aprons than anything else, and my last sale left me with only one full <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/38604447/blue-and-yellow-laura-ashley-toile-full">apron </a>left<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sNx4AWQ1foKmSkdWaIXi7BSVcp0SYZ1etkqn87HaC01kB0D3kLdLetBfmwwWVd5M0lGn3vM0qf62o35LgBdYxaC5Vvx4xlslcIRTA9V9jNpDn1J6hbaABidA7xhkd3MpVuE3jPcQ3ofV/s1600/BLUE+YEL+TOILE+APRON.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sNx4AWQ1foKmSkdWaIXi7BSVcp0SYZ1etkqn87HaC01kB0D3kLdLetBfmwwWVd5M0lGn3vM0qf62o35LgBdYxaC5Vvx4xlslcIRTA9V9jNpDn1J6hbaABidA7xhkd3MpVuE3jPcQ3ofV/s320/BLUE+YEL+TOILE+APRON.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514947855831090162" /></a><br /><br /><br />So a couple of days ago, as I was becoming human once more, I started making aprons again, this time with a lovely feathery frondy Laura Ashley print on really good cotton fabric, from <a href="http://www.kravet.com/">Kravet, Inc</a>. I love this fabric, it is so wonderful to work with, great body and hand, lays down and does whatever you ask it to, so well made, sturdy, durable, perfect for a working apron. This stuff will stand the test of time. Here are some quick shots of cutting and sewing a standard no-frills apron:<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKIzoztFtR7ZlbMTJT6GSwOofr5HiZEQ__bXG1EP8y1UnEh6VzKn3UGx978lyyrrFu63hCBOXAsghpwNndV7KJ1RYDzA1jK1PJC0apZQBG_vkVhacfmxOcB89qeK22L-qNcqPNmdQ8Ls-/s1600/PATTERN.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKIzoztFtR7ZlbMTJT6GSwOofr5HiZEQ__bXG1EP8y1UnEh6VzKn3UGx978lyyrrFu63hCBOXAsghpwNndV7KJ1RYDzA1jK1PJC0apZQBG_vkVhacfmxOcB89qeK22L-qNcqPNmdQ8Ls-/s200/PATTERN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514950989415893410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBhc64IYmpBacI8SjIepvFa4YaPgfPStNDD9FNMU2nnmLpWqSXiurcSWigNgSzDhnsGFb1xQJ6tRySHJ_kDMpV_DpFtMYhmSDFXl_bn1o1Tx5MhYC1JDrY0p9Y4SAVe7TKbWMRJepLSYo/s1600/CUTTING.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBhc64IYmpBacI8SjIepvFa4YaPgfPStNDD9FNMU2nnmLpWqSXiurcSWigNgSzDhnsGFb1xQJ6tRySHJ_kDMpV_DpFtMYhmSDFXl_bn1o1Tx5MhYC1JDrY0p9Y4SAVe7TKbWMRJepLSYo/s200/CUTTING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514950980205930722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvBEj8aFKmK6f-NSSl5ZgLh7lyx7iiVNEEtfir711vKPtyAhRjElCjxrK06FnikJstAgrh2F4V8wZRYIdmZkyTY8EJsXW5lN6dtUylgC5uop9hfAEg9BuEwbGSwQYYKy33YX5zA_EPUbz/s1600/CUT+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvBEj8aFKmK6f-NSSl5ZgLh7lyx7iiVNEEtfir711vKPtyAhRjElCjxrK06FnikJstAgrh2F4V8wZRYIdmZkyTY8EJsXW5lN6dtUylgC5uop9hfAEg9BuEwbGSwQYYKy33YX5zA_EPUbz/s200/CUT+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514950970713160802" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKP5frNo2_llAg2kkwiy3ZQESP1jDq6rAyDooQAKa3bnSTrKUvATlUMDAXgB4EPfhXgCjV5sXv_79v4zRDgfgNzkJVl5GNhyphenhyphenhZrXAh7wIwwa5eoxIb1RDsS4zDAAypSJrQHVonS0hgyAl/s1600/IRONING+HEM.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKP5frNo2_llAg2kkwiy3ZQESP1jDq6rAyDooQAKa3bnSTrKUvATlUMDAXgB4EPfhXgCjV5sXv_79v4zRDgfgNzkJVl5GNhyphenhyphenhZrXAh7wIwwa5eoxIb1RDsS4zDAAypSJrQHVonS0hgyAl/s200/IRONING+HEM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514951994428857938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_khEKma9CxEfrkgxiIXdyd0ZKaiLreY0SjS-q9Fbjvsd19gZd-x3vFCBbBiMZgxtd2AecQu_L-ChxE5pveQa5OcIc7uQnvlVnCxdSzY1gBWmnOP4oiXU5HUFTaNy0mTKBjud96ZAgdpj/s1600/SEWN+5.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_khEKma9CxEfrkgxiIXdyd0ZKaiLreY0SjS-q9Fbjvsd19gZd-x3vFCBbBiMZgxtd2AecQu_L-ChxE5pveQa5OcIc7uQnvlVnCxdSzY1gBWmnOP4oiXU5HUFTaNy0mTKBjud96ZAgdpj/s200/SEWN+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514951983714566306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-wlsmK2OdDJLRvZarIlJ3A7oJSmP1Jd51lNKUcV4zjm86LpQ2Vl9b68cBLpPSJ_gFEAHBJcgbwGCD1Ju_5aB_Nz1QB6V3H7MjFvdeAqp2aVdDQWSz1IVXbeokTskhU0mLKVnBPlfJ8XZ/s1600/STRAPS+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA-wlsmK2OdDJLRvZarIlJ3A7oJSmP1Jd51lNKUcV4zjm86LpQ2Vl9b68cBLpPSJ_gFEAHBJcgbwGCD1Ju_5aB_Nz1QB6V3H7MjFvdeAqp2aVdDQWSz1IVXbeokTskhU0mLKVnBPlfJ8XZ/s200/STRAPS+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514951972894481986" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-sEbnOJBrca5HiWuBDcrc_GYbZVDwTRvjaK89wBciHeVHPixkKZeo87MOyTI5T02o6XXZlmZMwe_blfzjy5ssqQK97KQvpEARBS0ch7FH94l9SYPWK7Kbbl-HWms5PWo7pJIOIGwE1pR/s1600/STRAPS+4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 178px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-sEbnOJBrca5HiWuBDcrc_GYbZVDwTRvjaK89wBciHeVHPixkKZeo87MOyTI5T02o6XXZlmZMwe_blfzjy5ssqQK97KQvpEARBS0ch7FH94l9SYPWK7Kbbl-HWms5PWo7pJIOIGwE1pR/s200/STRAPS+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514952631978019170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5aDyMcslqoa4TxY5gEhZmOkrhe4jNV4yq5lZ_MHO9k8p46Wdd2kpSvW5rwxsrbgeaxIFujOhciF3BD2VmJN96B1hGengTaFzS6t-5tXFEUeY7MQutIjgou3oJyCG6NqZNJ8oJ8HSJorR/s1600/STRAPS+DONE+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5aDyMcslqoa4TxY5gEhZmOkrhe4jNV4yq5lZ_MHO9k8p46Wdd2kpSvW5rwxsrbgeaxIFujOhciF3BD2VmJN96B1hGengTaFzS6t-5tXFEUeY7MQutIjgou3oJyCG6NqZNJ8oJ8HSJorR/s200/STRAPS+DONE+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514952625847240370" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNWJsBZQfX9Q-IAOsZx8OoBMOc_De08Sc5Fd4N0VjkZauj4CQoTDGkE86YbhLJExDLYNOnqsc1A4MZ7L9ASUaQrbY-CCexwFdahow81McSv8q6Knw7kvJAUPWHziB-5JbLzIfKef-W59-/s1600/STRAPS+ON+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNWJsBZQfX9Q-IAOsZx8OoBMOc_De08Sc5Fd4N0VjkZauj4CQoTDGkE86YbhLJExDLYNOnqsc1A4MZ7L9ASUaQrbY-CCexwFdahow81McSv8q6Knw7kvJAUPWHziB-5JbLzIfKef-W59-/s200/STRAPS+ON+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514952618832999314" /></a><br /><br /><br />I use the wooden spoon to turn the straps inside-out, which is the most time-consuming part of the process, depending on the fabric. As I said, this stuff is wonderful to work with, so it all went pretty quickly, and I made three aprons in two days. Same print, different colors:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnSzfyiJtL0EzD6EwEayrAfQsP6DrQToXghsViAxfL6diMlL_-lmQmPg4c1B5Pf_lferuaTQBNcPf95JvXapBr-d7ivHZez99S7XUhSuRBtPklLSHlJlo07r8cx9E_0j3T3TSGiG1xijU/s1600/GREEN+AND+BROWN.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnSzfyiJtL0EzD6EwEayrAfQsP6DrQToXghsViAxfL6diMlL_-lmQmPg4c1B5Pf_lferuaTQBNcPf95JvXapBr-d7ivHZez99S7XUhSuRBtPklLSHlJlo07r8cx9E_0j3T3TSGiG1xijU/s320/GREEN+AND+BROWN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514957289111411474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgIkZzQahRvM7EuXVnenoUeyD-GdyvH8y8PsQhfGQdBIoWH0j6pXLjtKYKlMPWCDpnhbjMD8nyFXg7EJo6854OzwBMV4w2lWTNCjnW-xvogmlK85rap7cxcRNUXz0GYwiHAqtl89KHSyu/s1600/COLORED.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgIkZzQahRvM7EuXVnenoUeyD-GdyvH8y8PsQhfGQdBIoWH0j6pXLjtKYKlMPWCDpnhbjMD8nyFXg7EJo6854OzwBMV4w2lWTNCjnW-xvogmlK85rap7cxcRNUXz0GYwiHAqtl89KHSyu/s320/COLORED.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514957281211309618" /></a><br /><br /><br />I haven't listed these yet. I need a model, so am going to my Aunt Sally's in Connecticut ( you remember Sally, she hosts all the <a href="http://customdesigns4ubynan-myheartandmind.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanksgiving-aprons-and-scrabble.html">family parties</a>), and will list and blog again when I return! Oh goody, something to look forward to!<br /><br />See you real soon!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-85907530462054407242010-08-18T12:08:00.000-07:002010-08-18T15:54:53.104-07:00Poppy Place Appreciation DayThis is a blog about a friend I have made on etsy, in the forums and following her blogs, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PoppyPlace">Poppy Place</a>. She is a photographer and artist, a generous soul and supportive friend. She is a member of POE, Photographers of Etsy, and she sells her pictures at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PhotosByChipperfield?ref=top_trail">Photos by Chipperfield</a>. These are a couple of favorites of mine:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFq-zmwlu6Fn1X-6eq6YJSxbzqpOTbM99hLTY9xIcab15RcNG88oPD1tQcIJDWey1-1EM6hxYrIojJy_vRBXf81NlhLj-oMNdHsSPBDEoPhx83WbJeid1k7rXxxL_ZdqYO4wKcwS8iMHbj/s1600/Poppy+Place+Poppy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFq-zmwlu6Fn1X-6eq6YJSxbzqpOTbM99hLTY9xIcab15RcNG88oPD1tQcIJDWey1-1EM6hxYrIojJy_vRBXf81NlhLj-oMNdHsSPBDEoPhx83WbJeid1k7rXxxL_ZdqYO4wKcwS8iMHbj/s400/Poppy+Place+Poppy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506830972133558770" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/40865329/beautiful-poppy-8-x-10-photo-bogo-sale">Beautiful Poppy</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUGRs9v89ChKFqwurHnjLqlqGPCgv2TNbJEXDXaJPtnWlD4RTOxDc2wdD7Xd5TnUP-BM0POlh5urEV09ztPxZqKff93m98oMeyxs2OImy3twb_hyphenhyphenbKder4zheIrw2DMGEL9c5nkflg0sO/s1600/Poppy+Place+Mt+Hood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUGRs9v89ChKFqwurHnjLqlqGPCgv2TNbJEXDXaJPtnWlD4RTOxDc2wdD7Xd5TnUP-BM0POlh5urEV09ztPxZqKff93m98oMeyxs2OImy3twb_hyphenhyphenbKder4zheIrw2DMGEL9c5nkflg0sO/s400/Poppy+Place+Mt+Hood.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506830965446470306" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/39389782/twilight-over-mount-hood-2-8-x-10-photo">Twilight Over Mt. Hood</a><br /><br /><br /><br />She also paints and is a serious artist. I love this watercolor of hers:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyrSpBUTGYlvjqOMWF_BaE8S1SrK4YOXvNukxBHeLv6_vUllm6qCY85R70ltR2nd_bik3IaDEWyRTrfFxiQMM6ZLOafd9tte9g1ShB1RfiKBO2kV2LwzxQg8n2cAfLw7iNyRNDmq9SHzS/s1600/Poppy+Place+Golden+Waterlilies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyrSpBUTGYlvjqOMWF_BaE8S1SrK4YOXvNukxBHeLv6_vUllm6qCY85R70ltR2nd_bik3IaDEWyRTrfFxiQMM6ZLOafd9tte9g1ShB1RfiKBO2kV2LwzxQg8n2cAfLw7iNyRNDmq9SHzS/s400/Poppy+Place+Golden+Waterlilies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506832486618470482" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/17010202/golden-water-lilies">Golden Waterlilies</a><br /><br /><br />She sews, too! Check out this beautiful <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/17812183/red-satin-waistcoat">little piece</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Bsw1k0ZA_jtrpH1XxiBt38VheZ7sIEXvNyVjAn6_eyZn2J6fRfxeB4f3UhPxVVVSHqtIFHaYbTJcQIkeJmlZiFJ9C0dKfYqOBO1EoIFF9qjYk-mvQByQTxetNcyKtDJzvKgZMLtSvXqp/s1600/Poppy+Place+Waistcoat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Bsw1k0ZA_jtrpH1XxiBt38VheZ7sIEXvNyVjAn6_eyZn2J6fRfxeB4f3UhPxVVVSHqtIFHaYbTJcQIkeJmlZiFJ9C0dKfYqOBO1EoIFF9qjYk-mvQByQTxetNcyKtDJzvKgZMLtSvXqp/s400/Poppy+Place+Waistcoat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506834539884418210" /></a><br /><br /><br />I follow her blogs also, which are always interesting and entertaining, and you may enjoy them too! <br />http://poppyplacepdx.blogspot.com<br />http://whentrulestheworld.blogspot.com/customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-47102584040690169112010-08-11T14:24:00.000-07:002010-08-12T07:47:57.404-07:00HOOPING IT UP IN RHODE ISLANDMore Rhode Island!!!!<br /><br />My sister has been hooping for a couple of years now, and brought her hoops to RI while we were on vacation. She was very good about doing it every day (I know!!!). She demonstrated her skills to me, and told me "this is the corkscrew", or "watch me do it with my hands only" and "this one is really hard". I tried a couple of times and it IS hard, but I didn't want to try too hard because my knee is still a little out of whack, and those circular motions scared me. My knee is healing nicely, all the walking to the beach and swimming was good exercise, my knee is much stronger now, but I didn't want to chance throwing it out and causing myself immense sharp pain. <br /><br />So here's Nora hooping it up. I forget which is the corkscrew, and which is what, except for the arms and hands which are obvious. She sure has good time with it, though, as you can see:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmPhEiBsRhu7sM_iNZVIz09dXxy94QMff103rE0o1T429lE6L6zRcfPw4_mf2rnFqCxn7rvNu4x-LcjxKtTk-1BYv8fNCIbJpv8CQ09tjbz2jk_z71mintyehz6WY2TWOL9YVu4MxGK-j/s1600/HOOPING+8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmPhEiBsRhu7sM_iNZVIz09dXxy94QMff103rE0o1T429lE6L6zRcfPw4_mf2rnFqCxn7rvNu4x-LcjxKtTk-1BYv8fNCIbJpv8CQ09tjbz2jk_z71mintyehz6WY2TWOL9YVu4MxGK-j/s320/HOOPING+8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504269067164241170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgwwalthGm5-SyvkONq22XXIBpcdOj_8UB9oxaun-Ay54O69npfZ6xe8s9FKujQW0OT2gHUmn7V30BRKh2USevMwDDgbwLO3vPRw4oqA_NMHXbotQPo2KfdRBXq2nq3VibFKUPqxiYtvo/s1600/HOOPING+6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgwwalthGm5-SyvkONq22XXIBpcdOj_8UB9oxaun-Ay54O69npfZ6xe8s9FKujQW0OT2gHUmn7V30BRKh2USevMwDDgbwLO3vPRw4oqA_NMHXbotQPo2KfdRBXq2nq3VibFKUPqxiYtvo/s320/HOOPING+6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504269062521560146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q-WkJtsQhyJgAeyO4QCAVZePcgHa4_mMxxZ9d-1tC9GGe5UNdSDLKCPQ6HPSOib7KCeV_iqsL9QkxzfHKp98pcAgmXbUeGmjQAkU3auRpS7ITFgVn6KSRuIcvOwk3QUWT2cQ9slXi0-d/s1600/HOOPING+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q-WkJtsQhyJgAeyO4QCAVZePcgHa4_mMxxZ9d-1tC9GGe5UNdSDLKCPQ6HPSOib7KCeV_iqsL9QkxzfHKp98pcAgmXbUeGmjQAkU3auRpS7ITFgVn6KSRuIcvOwk3QUWT2cQ9slXi0-d/s320/HOOPING+11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504269057496819218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0jrEQtmXQCSao0SR7pVtHF6N5W-3axWf1_Qffwhfdq9LuIoqVlnanXMEg22Yct3C2ttkWC8X-v4CmXMwpVS3kA0pl8Dr3tsPYvglGHWGJo91AoiYdhGi4v0T0lRpQIgrurzhZssbdSUf/s1600/HOOPING+10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0jrEQtmXQCSao0SR7pVtHF6N5W-3axWf1_Qffwhfdq9LuIoqVlnanXMEg22Yct3C2ttkWC8X-v4CmXMwpVS3kA0pl8Dr3tsPYvglGHWGJo91AoiYdhGi4v0T0lRpQIgrurzhZssbdSUf/s320/HOOPING+10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504269047184222034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4GKIrexU3ExlRzUYBImsKf9IVNDA7oClMJP0Y3saugvKBWGClM9D_nhyphenhyphenHIh54pODv266H15HopbzGHouzEqu3dNlYo6leq65Z-8j-x3YPnFmCgMe12D68HKnsMOb5pPl_7iWzx8OR_r9/s1600/HOOPING+9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4GKIrexU3ExlRzUYBImsKf9IVNDA7oClMJP0Y3saugvKBWGClM9D_nhyphenhyphenHIh54pODv266H15HopbzGHouzEqu3dNlYo6leq65Z-8j-x3YPnFmCgMe12D68HKnsMOb5pPl_7iWzx8OR_r9/s320/HOOPING+9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504269042615998402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i2lMaRqTqAFi-ibrswUhTYUotR356g0AW-Q_cdzUwM7NzfxXwxWCf-9utlXgemkvewL1LVuKMd1ovbfGmAYNene2DWvbbDhA7qm9QtKBHkNK7jBs8QkAN6TmJndzaikGz9TBHBtjx_V_/s1600/HOOPING+12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i2lMaRqTqAFi-ibrswUhTYUotR356g0AW-Q_cdzUwM7NzfxXwxWCf-9utlXgemkvewL1LVuKMd1ovbfGmAYNene2DWvbbDhA7qm9QtKBHkNK7jBs8QkAN6TmJndzaikGz9TBHBtjx_V_/s320/HOOPING+12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504269953494039938" /></a>customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-11163854724429054382010-08-05T08:55:00.000-07:002010-08-13T17:00:49.187-07:00More Rhode Island!The house we stayed in while on vacation in Rhode Island had a lovely mimosa tree in the backyard, that smelled so sweet, and there were hummngbirds! A small flock, I think maybe 6 or 8 birds. I could see them best from the bathroom window. I tried to take pictures of them but they were so fast, WHOOSH and they were gone in a blur of wings.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTumtoKF15XBufPavsJXQkPn9MvvjJyVQkIh5M3DZuYRs2S6BOaGNmjzRkL_1wQaOgAp7_aux4IuLdQt2eR2qLzHyj4gDZ3HHXNpF8B6ywgp5NoIJna8SoYwIOzEI5q6y09T5LenjgAkC/s1600/MIMOSA.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTumtoKF15XBufPavsJXQkPn9MvvjJyVQkIh5M3DZuYRs2S6BOaGNmjzRkL_1wQaOgAp7_aux4IuLdQt2eR2qLzHyj4gDZ3HHXNpF8B6ywgp5NoIJna8SoYwIOzEI5q6y09T5LenjgAkC/s320/MIMOSA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501960665579981970" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKycgMhc_GHvFqWTwW0qbqiS88c5mc5LV4jo61SAH5sZR_iit39m7JEUuRdytgbHAI_ikrqBysYmYoatCOtJgX9p4WIk_5afHi3XLAffWikMoy4rtb1e9H4Mkd9wYfAyeHcVQh7fyuM5JI/s1600/MIMOSA+FLWR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKycgMhc_GHvFqWTwW0qbqiS88c5mc5LV4jo61SAH5sZR_iit39m7JEUuRdytgbHAI_ikrqBysYmYoatCOtJgX9p4WIk_5afHi3XLAffWikMoy4rtb1e9H4Mkd9wYfAyeHcVQh7fyuM5JI/s320/MIMOSA+FLWR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501956092704815874" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />On our walk to the beach there were plenty of beautiful gardens and plants, lots of hibiscus and hydrangeas, and a funny little pine decorated with shovels and playthings, like a Christmas tree.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_or8pcDmdYt23r8LCSEBswMz8W29OXyWXLd7z1Ot3QHSlI_BWUmbUcqj9B8M6SqjaqFO0HgXML3rNCioWlnFjqMUJFvsqUr8jpHHC4kfFXL7kdTe2us1ASrIAfB2a0Zd5AbSMVQhdB6Bt/s1600/HIBISCUS+WHITE+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_or8pcDmdYt23r8LCSEBswMz8W29OXyWXLd7z1Ot3QHSlI_BWUmbUcqj9B8M6SqjaqFO0HgXML3rNCioWlnFjqMUJFvsqUr8jpHHC4kfFXL7kdTe2us1ASrIAfB2a0Zd5AbSMVQhdB6Bt/s320/HIBISCUS+WHITE+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501962364582902306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FBPBtNPtH1kNJOsIuyyeFRsUgRb66Kg5cL1SVVXZjIg8cgg0Ba7YNYBZp9L6V97cSs7N50cBCGSwqBDqXJdtGBLHEZodVoPeArQNBjsBhQhtZoWju5kSqa2F-hg-TUMU9d5lo8RrPDlQ/s1600/HIBISCUS.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 201px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FBPBtNPtH1kNJOsIuyyeFRsUgRb66Kg5cL1SVVXZjIg8cgg0Ba7YNYBZp9L6V97cSs7N50cBCGSwqBDqXJdtGBLHEZodVoPeArQNBjsBhQhtZoWju5kSqa2F-hg-TUMU9d5lo8RrPDlQ/s320/HIBISCUS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501962353805725682" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDrGjGeqGcylKNboQ9Uw9icpfckqRz8Q2hC7-TzcW1IwegrL1y55Gn8mDHJ0FQnSFATTGyqt9_0P0eHwTHs9Ah3xG2yMr73qBcIvCiTCZ5382qx5mIxgHSwCCsCfbmrYRheyULc16nDoV/s1600/HIBISCUS+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDrGjGeqGcylKNboQ9Uw9icpfckqRz8Q2hC7-TzcW1IwegrL1y55Gn8mDHJ0FQnSFATTGyqt9_0P0eHwTHs9Ah3xG2yMr73qBcIvCiTCZ5382qx5mIxgHSwCCsCfbmrYRheyULc16nDoV/s320/HIBISCUS+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501962345328216434" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZ_TR1JfUem4HO9yVukFsPS7gry5coua1d97bNq2dr_XBb9gUcsmK6jpUVaf0Te4Jxd5vj_hvQ8WMDS0s9vXgYiffq12uax5HKaMDONlkoA7WZOb2lYMdnl3u8-je8McrC-bcHQ6_u9Z1/s1600/HYDRANGEAS+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUbmTsdXGpgtvKumgxirb8qXlvPfkyz2E-qY2f7f2iRP3f84Hefj-iVaJllMNvMGobbl0OKfd0slxcYOvFO5Zrl8uTX-mx6OOZBIVpCxwQtINRXTZuj5nGIWg3GJst2i9eXIdp_Nt5c9q/s320/HYDRANGEAS+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501963044162135122" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is the summertime Christmas tree decorated with toys and shovels. Dig the pink flamingo:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNurQBm7EKgwMh37ARC5kd4nhHeqNYG0iqeuaGlx2W2HDKZsMzLhy65jH1JXCuD00fpGgPkCVeEzKk8sOFUz9oxSZ8xc3Z7bvnoRGQDqHrMJID62YXbPrIQjmukgXAMinT7zgxmFXciu6q/s1600/XMAS+TREE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNurQBm7EKgwMh37ARC5kd4nhHeqNYG0iqeuaGlx2W2HDKZsMzLhy65jH1JXCuD00fpGgPkCVeEzKk8sOFUz9oxSZ8xc3Z7bvnoRGQDqHrMJID62YXbPrIQjmukgXAMinT7zgxmFXciu6q/s400/XMAS+TREE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501964729430134194" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUBRnlyQ-PV4Uw5LAYRHomz5r7o9yvEHQkDpoGZZ728f0MiWAeiBQQTp7hXr2qnKkEfPWV3s_UL6vm_or8J9XHsN0i1oJtEOyXOcivU1J8PtbezCEhHjOOPqgav3DuZvAlKnDZoTZJBBe/s1600/XMAS+TREE+1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUBRnlyQ-PV4Uw5LAYRHomz5r7o9yvEHQkDpoGZZ728f0MiWAeiBQQTp7hXr2qnKkEfPWV3s_UL6vm_or8J9XHsN0i1oJtEOyXOcivU1J8PtbezCEhHjOOPqgav3DuZvAlKnDZoTZJBBe/s320/XMAS+TREE+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501966606418326626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymblJKSIHZ58fwl2eX-y3tZPv4r5Ip-ezjocA7c3wogm2-HUE5Tx8Ecgpmm_xJsoxnlwx8qYMuq3ZQbDYBzeRmL3y3T1fewkxBRy6hmMDyrFMASg_EkTycyluUTz3gD78c6bxWirH82NX/s1600/XMAS+TREE+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymblJKSIHZ58fwl2eX-y3tZPv4r5Ip-ezjocA7c3wogm2-HUE5Tx8Ecgpmm_xJsoxnlwx8qYMuq3ZQbDYBzeRmL3y3T1fewkxBRy6hmMDyrFMASg_EkTycyluUTz3gD78c6bxWirH82NX/s320/XMAS+TREE+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501966599673773778" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuO9OZZRIHLHak8C7kTvVh1vmCY8OkYCexO-kpRiG1J-aBrCXRDjPcJXESsCGvjEIv6mIwCbizn3CumpdFR41jVjRu4ayCLZjJfzdjhYgujcKQ_yVdE7V03MrxOKMsdkBaRUrotd1GwwA/s1600/XMAS+TREE+3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuO9OZZRIHLHak8C7kTvVh1vmCY8OkYCexO-kpRiG1J-aBrCXRDjPcJXESsCGvjEIv6mIwCbizn3CumpdFR41jVjRu4ayCLZjJfzdjhYgujcKQ_yVdE7V03MrxOKMsdkBaRUrotd1GwwA/s320/XMAS+TREE+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501966591491005618" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJ8WEDCdf3uRKYO9mIGX0qyEvDslte8HIg0MdmfkLXn6cbhjpEjm49G_ehQx1TJc3-2mIvE8Y4RmlAtkQ9u49OU-49iCIDQxsRGxEtktnmYnPN8IYcGrefzn00uhVRlGh5AHkW9s1kdkH/s1600/XMAS+TREE+FLAMINGO.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJ8WEDCdf3uRKYO9mIGX0qyEvDslte8HIg0MdmfkLXn6cbhjpEjm49G_ehQx1TJc3-2mIvE8Y4RmlAtkQ9u49OU-49iCIDQxsRGxEtktnmYnPN8IYcGrefzn00uhVRlGh5AHkW9s1kdkH/s400/XMAS+TREE+FLAMINGO.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501965416943455810" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />When we were on the actual beach road there were glorious beach roses, all bright red with their hips, and a few flowers that were wonderfully fragrant.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJYvgWRuNdym_GqCUn1jJG2fnjG3K5yQaVGS3poEZwk1UCXMbVucw8ahx4GPYFQ4nsF5pC9NAtLFx_Wwqto-Wm7Kwi5n6h12Vf1o-19cNhuzbLm-dNombbhD6i76Jq93a9c7JdSUasMGh/s1600/ROSE+HIPS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJYvgWRuNdym_GqCUn1jJG2fnjG3K5yQaVGS3poEZwk1UCXMbVucw8ahx4GPYFQ4nsF5pC9NAtLFx_Wwqto-Wm7Kwi5n6h12Vf1o-19cNhuzbLm-dNombbhD6i76Jq93a9c7JdSUasMGh/s320/ROSE+HIPS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501967627993525474" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And then the ocean! It was pretty calm, and shallow, and nicely cold which was so refreshing after the hot walk and then basking in the hot sun. Here's me glorying in the whole experience - please ignore the flabby arms.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianNLMJcHgCrSUSAmQKt0WkxnB3dstitOxCXNbWViS2CznnDMjBoXt97m8P0_9Mzm6osgtTPjq9-i-lLlIPB6NRnXhJtOe6uCq4dNbsRQAEKG1mGUAVEk0o2agAvMoMpdLm3XraPq6pxZF/s1600/OCEAN.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianNLMJcHgCrSUSAmQKt0WkxnB3dstitOxCXNbWViS2CznnDMjBoXt97m8P0_9Mzm6osgtTPjq9-i-lLlIPB6NRnXhJtOe6uCq4dNbsRQAEKG1mGUAVEk0o2agAvMoMpdLm3XraPq6pxZF/s320/OCEAN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501968901745889074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sr8cgXgccA7_WscBNBUyC2ZeyUu-6shC5WTBV2Oyd0mIRtFPp5l_sQ3NkUgKhgQoNm5vzIpB8uB43VZl-6sEj0xqxYwlHK1do8GKg7N8Thgb9D2k3RONHVK7j3bkVsP4cNvJmSH45ec3/s1600/NAN+ON+THE+BEACH.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sr8cgXgccA7_WscBNBUyC2ZeyUu-6shC5WTBV2Oyd0mIRtFPp5l_sQ3NkUgKhgQoNm5vzIpB8uB43VZl-6sEj0xqxYwlHK1do8GKg7N8Thgb9D2k3RONHVK7j3bkVsP4cNvJmSH45ec3/s400/NAN+ON+THE+BEACH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501969794370632130" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ah, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-69391312634717143692010-08-04T09:36:00.000-07:002010-08-04T11:41:54.599-07:00THE BEACH!!!!For those who have missed me, I have been posting to my new blog <a href="http://www.nancysfabricshop.blogspot.com/">www.nancysfabricshop.blogspot.com </a>lately, but now I'm back at My Heart and Mind, to tell you of my wonderful little one week vacation in Rhode Island, on the beach! When we were kids my grandparents rented a cottage in Quonochontaug, affectionately known as Quonnie, and my brother and sister and I would play in the ocean all day and then laugh all night playing Scrabble with my grandmother and great-aunt. Really great memories. Now we're all grown up, and my cousin has a little house near a beach in Rhode Island, near Watch Hill and Westerly, which they lent to my sister and me for the last week of July. YAY!!!!!! The weather was wonderful, the water was gorgeous and the lobster delicious. We invited a friend, and just played for a whole week.<br /><br /><br />This is the house:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxByTLUxdkXAczfGlZuG4sm6VN-472EV6OKlFE5wDUygck2RmFfv5e4olLqoXSKEo2HzVB7rI1-asp88sIJYTrdpNG0SOmy__T7AVoqJtDtB7liaG8tq8Q8jiCaIqIXxGiRbvdFyx5h3q/s1600/HOUSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxByTLUxdkXAczfGlZuG4sm6VN-472EV6OKlFE5wDUygck2RmFfv5e4olLqoXSKEo2HzVB7rI1-asp88sIJYTrdpNG0SOmy__T7AVoqJtDtB7liaG8tq8Q8jiCaIqIXxGiRbvdFyx5h3q/s320/HOUSE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501609533051703026" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is my bedroom:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6IDyWpcBEpx6QNFMrpvSR_R1IsB5ZH9XFBsEQjZSfgAjLrqOa3tXwF-vLP0L7xnGGkvRY3aB5InUt9YiUHrJm75EKxnxi4rWKPoKKBG-tFNx3H5enUh7JbJpZdvpHG3tmt3vfFmIhH_D/s1600/BEDROOM.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6IDyWpcBEpx6QNFMrpvSR_R1IsB5ZH9XFBsEQjZSfgAjLrqOa3tXwF-vLP0L7xnGGkvRY3aB5InUt9YiUHrJm75EKxnxi4rWKPoKKBG-tFNx3H5enUh7JbJpZdvpHG3tmt3vfFmIhH_D/s200/BEDROOM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501610299160146754" /></a><br /><br />the living room<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqpwoya18SHBgWq0GmJCaZtW0Dkl0zhGCOKbhemL3lr34wHQk2c02PPeLQqHf7jZl0FLebKs4I8YMzUzNgdJG_FJiChoV0cX3YdYH3cQrF1ldX958Oa-cu-5iZQ3qMPi9QyGw6fGb8TbY/s1600/LIVING+ROOM.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqpwoya18SHBgWq0GmJCaZtW0Dkl0zhGCOKbhemL3lr34wHQk2c02PPeLQqHf7jZl0FLebKs4I8YMzUzNgdJG_FJiChoV0cX3YdYH3cQrF1ldX958Oa-cu-5iZQ3qMPi9QyGw6fGb8TbY/s200/LIVING+ROOM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501610291789583314" /></a><br /><br />and the family room<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3C0hR8Ep1outYg3bw2zdKJy99CjkHdHYDnJWf7NhN5CVKi340k_9eMTXxxW-fCDZ1XVcvYYvZK_iyM9Y4uLhiALAnvyXEABh2n-qlbHB-6tauaz81iHwJ_nx8dfngMME0vnFlzGC0JxC/s1600/FAMILY+ROOM.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3C0hR8Ep1outYg3bw2zdKJy99CjkHdHYDnJWf7NhN5CVKi340k_9eMTXxxW-fCDZ1XVcvYYvZK_iyM9Y4uLhiALAnvyXEABh2n-qlbHB-6tauaz81iHwJ_nx8dfngMME0vnFlzGC0JxC/s200/FAMILY+ROOM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501610278597415026" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We walked to the beach<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IM9M5HAqIlxT7xeuzxberI8awpQW3MhJlRgVzjDPBctZLk7_1dHYtw6azGUjs-KacMXbkSoR0L_rpBGI8uw6cmMk3HnHz4avLKjOmOKCJD9c54qcAHxhWvvvmByxOATaXuanY_TUJ7_D/s1600/WALKING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IM9M5HAqIlxT7xeuzxberI8awpQW3MhJlRgVzjDPBctZLk7_1dHYtw6azGUjs-KacMXbkSoR0L_rpBGI8uw6cmMk3HnHz4avLKjOmOKCJD9c54qcAHxhWvvvmByxOATaXuanY_TUJ7_D/s320/WALKING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501610907221010722" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The BEACH!!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVvgaawNaVCrBsFUCBs1q0d2Xn5t7ODyRMIGfUK6inDq2C7AIioh5Q-ZS9CMR2FLQ_FbfsbqFi4QPgwo2vyWzIygDa1ae1K725Fpqup-04Ik1k9rfCTNl4_t81yiqsWjbXz1JMeFbrQ6c/s1600/BEACH.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVvgaawNaVCrBsFUCBs1q0d2Xn5t7ODyRMIGfUK6inDq2C7AIioh5Q-ZS9CMR2FLQ_FbfsbqFi4QPgwo2vyWzIygDa1ae1K725Fpqup-04Ik1k9rfCTNl4_t81yiqsWjbXz1JMeFbrQ6c/s320/BEACH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501622075512247730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBejeyBYv8le1wU8hg0CpWvnfEMWe0LtuXLmhKA3mMaryGh7oo5_cVkhRI3I0MvPqVLqjsCxdjhFoYKMg2EPS9VlspCi-0FR_ifE3QiNxvH5atDLwP_ek0PVU-HEgbVHUOOw2VRdRI5EAf/s1600/BEACH+ENTRANCE.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBejeyBYv8le1wU8hg0CpWvnfEMWe0LtuXLmhKA3mMaryGh7oo5_cVkhRI3I0MvPqVLqjsCxdjhFoYKMg2EPS9VlspCi-0FR_ifE3QiNxvH5atDLwP_ek0PVU-HEgbVHUOOw2VRdRI5EAf/s320/BEACH+ENTRANCE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501622066874827634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5fM29V5fFT7hvjN2kDOMSptgqeltixO6FCSMM1tO4FvRf8RfbzxCfI-puzkDY9NXqH0V4S6Nh4CF5xqSKm4yxpWmbWLMD8dK7Kazk7RuJ2c6QNdj_RYujjfJzfV6Aq_sUhwyd_-hnEUB/s1600/BEACH+CHAIRS+MARGIE.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5fM29V5fFT7hvjN2kDOMSptgqeltixO6FCSMM1tO4FvRf8RfbzxCfI-puzkDY9NXqH0V4S6Nh4CF5xqSKm4yxpWmbWLMD8dK7Kazk7RuJ2c6QNdj_RYujjfJzfV6Aq_sUhwyd_-hnEUB/s320/BEACH+CHAIRS+MARGIE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501622056627996962" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Apres le beach, le fromage et vino!<br /><br />This is me, Nan. I'm wearing a pretty little headband I bought from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyLiLGirls">PrettyLilGirls</a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQJQGPpsVh9GyBadjtbVKvXIYymoFdPWRTZSUK9oE6nZsUWBWXU5zWqwChJ7HYROnGzp1-gs2nLtjalWyQchOPPCbKqBueMWV2PMuhcDPdVhkjeFTjF7vP2lJqRy3S8486-VSaleHVx8m/s1600/NAN+ON+PORCH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQJQGPpsVh9GyBadjtbVKvXIYymoFdPWRTZSUK9oE6nZsUWBWXU5zWqwChJ7HYROnGzp1-gs2nLtjalWyQchOPPCbKqBueMWV2PMuhcDPdVhkjeFTjF7vP2lJqRy3S8486-VSaleHVx8m/s320/NAN+ON+PORCH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501624563590990866" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />my sister and friend<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1w0CrnRQ5FY-7IK_AVxA7a-vGkjbOZJuPkP4YkE7ju0w3EayrMei06KxT6SVDA3bkREt9UbRvj4ybeYTWle2Kx6qaPECrdsz7jGDH-cQ3a44qwSuadxu_IXurU72KIijnih0Ja4sg7e7F/s1600/NORA+AND+MARGIE+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1w0CrnRQ5FY-7IK_AVxA7a-vGkjbOZJuPkP4YkE7ju0w3EayrMei06KxT6SVDA3bkREt9UbRvj4ybeYTWle2Kx6qaPECrdsz7jGDH-cQ3a44qwSuadxu_IXurU72KIijnih0Ja4sg7e7F/s320/NORA+AND+MARGIE+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501614560275210642" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />et le fromage et vino!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLARC1-lV_ohxny3YE6LzdsI5eIadK5M0717iWqissK9f00GL769ajWxMhXwHxWuX6brL45iapS84B84O89aTN8Zon6lfqqzw0u_33o0ioF3OvFaBjPmY2vXVBLUH3OP3npHVPFqHFEBzx/s1600/CHEESE+AND+CRACKERS+WINE.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLARC1-lV_ohxny3YE6LzdsI5eIadK5M0717iWqissK9f00GL769ajWxMhXwHxWuX6brL45iapS84B84O89aTN8Zon6lfqqzw0u_33o0ioF3OvFaBjPmY2vXVBLUH3OP3npHVPFqHFEBzx/s320/CHEESE+AND+CRACKERS+WINE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501615904341152194" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We went shopping, too, in Watch Hill. My sister's new clothes - isn't she lovely?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUeblBx5y10Lyxg07kSBiUKwStpL-T0sJiBKCcJ7EbzW6uptslmitmc-RJgzbcQmrvAtyfil4Qip8S3pVSMAamCpT4JJUVXs-8Zx6XRDLAAtbYuN1la1UfwlJgx5QqdwEXH9sjCS00okS/s1600/NORA+NEW+CLOTHES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUeblBx5y10Lyxg07kSBiUKwStpL-T0sJiBKCcJ7EbzW6uptslmitmc-RJgzbcQmrvAtyfil4Qip8S3pVSMAamCpT4JJUVXs-8Zx6XRDLAAtbYuN1la1UfwlJgx5QqdwEXH9sjCS00okS/s320/NORA+NEW+CLOTHES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501616395551877970" /></a><br /><br /><br />And she bought a ring for me, for my birthday. An amethyst in a beautiful setting. Ain't she the best? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbA6BX2xTmi7NQht5pChosWSMKOZzSLCKhTXtnR0MXYVMUCdODGVghPlDwrbzD5Upfbu3xjABIrmFdQcICscCP4VL1eTQlfo96iJmjvChgUhDHt7K5iXa6dAFvzDPg65yeDBZXHDi703u/s1600/RING+MINE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbA6BX2xTmi7NQht5pChosWSMKOZzSLCKhTXtnR0MXYVMUCdODGVghPlDwrbzD5Upfbu3xjABIrmFdQcICscCP4VL1eTQlfo96iJmjvChgUhDHt7K5iXa6dAFvzDPg65yeDBZXHDi703u/s320/RING+MINE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501616760767700882" /></a><br /><br /><br />and one for herself, we believe a carnelian <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwhNAj_6cIIA9Hws6lJ6ENWSq97AyaH899kGHQrUGBdx7OxZSL37Tdr__pRfqz8Md95xNFWUxQCTPA63j9UNEX63NuUXZDbwUXGL4dAFXCKhwCD0KMtroAGx6GJQlabc920EpCNz7W61m/s1600/RING+NORA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwhNAj_6cIIA9Hws6lJ6ENWSq97AyaH899kGHQrUGBdx7OxZSL37Tdr__pRfqz8Md95xNFWUxQCTPA63j9UNEX63NuUXZDbwUXGL4dAFXCKhwCD0KMtroAGx6GJQlabc920EpCNz7W61m/s320/RING+NORA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501619959366356082" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />What a great time we had. I will be posting more blogs about RI: my sister hooping, the natural life around us, trees, flowers, hummingbirds...stay tuned!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-38200067813946373882010-07-17T04:49:00.000-07:002010-07-17T05:13:18.349-07:00Saturday Blog ShoppersHello everyone out there in Blogville! It's Saturday morning and I'm finally blogging for the <a href="http://www.quiltsgaloreandmore.com/category_101/Saturday-Blog-Shoppers.htm">Saturday Blog Shoppers </a> super sales! I know I haven't participated in quite a while, but I hope to be able to blog on Saturdays again, and re-join the network.<br /><br />This Saturday, in addition to the 10% Christmas in July discount, I will take ANOTHER 10% off any purchase made today, from either of my stores, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customdesigns4ubynan">Custom Designs by Nancy</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/nancysfabricshop">Nancy's Fabric Shop</a>! Choose any piece, perhaps a nice <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/45355899/lavendar-sachets">lavendar sachet</a>?<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1mnU1tu61M1PQ2cgATgFZ1Pn4mEgsVH3QNSLTpkkXhSCV0WC8SRf2mdFtm-g3ZfXGXv0EZMOKeri8sP_iuUIz1i7Bs38ug7KQ3UVxx5afycL-Rxr63K0OsU1WJjPWK2354ZDfGi8aJoc/s1600/GOLD+SILK+EMB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1mnU1tu61M1PQ2cgATgFZ1Pn4mEgsVH3QNSLTpkkXhSCV0WC8SRf2mdFtm-g3ZfXGXv0EZMOKeri8sP_iuUIz1i7Bs38ug7KQ3UVxx5afycL-Rxr63K0OsU1WJjPWK2354ZDfGi8aJoc/s320/GOLD+SILK+EMB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494843898108517746" /></a><br /><br /><br />Maybe you need new <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/40794197/large-winterthur-museum-toile">potholders/trivets</a>?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu0QkAmyy2xfkoAt98o84JW2tWUGH7qyFK9XxOvkg_fp-kovUIO_3KxPO19emBOC0eUANDuUTOpOnUk9YPHwJ0dxHFsbPv4duvBpIus0du_593FJMgpMIw-cFHfIFUp00Xjc8aBUV3Rk2/s1600/WINTERTHUR+BLUE+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu0QkAmyy2xfkoAt98o84JW2tWUGH7qyFK9XxOvkg_fp-kovUIO_3KxPO19emBOC0eUANDuUTOpOnUk9YPHwJ0dxHFsbPv4duvBpIus0du_593FJMgpMIw-cFHfIFUp00Xjc8aBUV3Rk2/s320/WINTERTHUR+BLUE+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494844583914893314" /></a><br /><br /><br />Or perhaps you're contemplating making pillows to decorate your space, and are looking for just the right <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/45751674/blue-trellis-brocade">material</a>?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-MWyAMrr32kuLikUdI8jF7R2e3IMyTGdJPjuLATYUFcxXGa8nr7nXO12WpblibSIibJ3SEJKE08LhD_ef7Q-6cre4y8y1hP07PGdOSqnnVB-s5f_9SAtXYKv5XRVCWSUh0FM8aK5i4Ay/s1600/BLUE+BROCADE+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-MWyAMrr32kuLikUdI8jF7R2e3IMyTGdJPjuLATYUFcxXGa8nr7nXO12WpblibSIibJ3SEJKE08LhD_ef7Q-6cre4y8y1hP07PGdOSqnnVB-s5f_9SAtXYKv5XRVCWSUh0FM8aK5i4Ay/s320/BLUE+BROCADE+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494845336584451378" /></a><br /><br /><br />Or maybe a spectacular <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/44655032/sunbrella-red-flowers-green-palm-fabric">tote bag</a>?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFi16dytk8A0sBKWa2NJ1ZFnjhQJqfvhupO36dLpvxV-SFjPthqIhRDNBnyTTM2C22Pi-867ytw7qhQOD0Zk75fK7IDB056s-calJAffBrAU_WnCYcyfTbpK9MhlUhFhS3bYzQ7YJDnNF/s1600/BIG+RED+PALMS+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFi16dytk8A0sBKWa2NJ1ZFnjhQJqfvhupO36dLpvxV-SFjPthqIhRDNBnyTTM2C22Pi-867ytw7qhQOD0Zk75fK7IDB056s-calJAffBrAU_WnCYcyfTbpK9MhlUhFhS3bYzQ7YJDnNF/s320/BIG+RED+PALMS+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494845865413480306" /></a><br /><br /><br />Anything you want, I will refund 20% via paypal, today only! Also, please follow the link to <a href="http://www.quiltsgaloreandmore.com/category_101/Saturday-Blog-Shoppers.htm">Saturday Blog Shoppers </a>to see other terrific specials for today only.customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-44725840814650247112010-07-05T06:43:00.000-07:002010-07-06T10:53:31.150-07:00MADELINE'S BIRTHDAYLast week I drove to Michigan with my sister to celebrate my great-niece's first birthday! Of course, she's the most adorable little girl in the world, as you can see from the pictures I took.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjPD6gdI_R0nfFXzAeN8kW8NCGkp8sMPsvwtlyLMm_Iox4keu2NtN-qZZ0X_bMRK-Scvwiv6p2xlyhGTdzDrbrjg7QKq4-PD3EdD4VWJaqxrnAoD47uvEZrqiDKowvGmTMuIoM_qWkPtL/s1600/JUNE+2010+CRACKER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjPD6gdI_R0nfFXzAeN8kW8NCGkp8sMPsvwtlyLMm_Iox4keu2NtN-qZZ0X_bMRK-Scvwiv6p2xlyhGTdzDrbrjg7QKq4-PD3EdD4VWJaqxrnAoD47uvEZrqiDKowvGmTMuIoM_qWkPtL/s400/JUNE+2010+CRACKER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490418307503089650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibtkkabeekxWvGm1hKgQfva4RcIs-zTRUE89NbXfQ6YulW-SbDZTV8KR8eT_WaOYbgIkyECSkYEqo2vDAOo0VyV5KY8EFn32WOjfHiMRn0zxBGmzhDa3CLUof7HK_NmRmQQ2tA1sMuo4w/s1600/JUNE+2010+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibtkkabeekxWvGm1hKgQfva4RcIs-zTRUE89NbXfQ6YulW-SbDZTV8KR8eT_WaOYbgIkyECSkYEqo2vDAOo0VyV5KY8EFn32WOjfHiMRn0zxBGmzhDa3CLUof7HK_NmRmQQ2tA1sMuo4w/s400/JUNE+2010+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490418295971211442" /></a><br /><br />My little brother is now a grandfather, which feels kind of strange. I remember when he had hair down to his shoulders and a full beard. He doesn't have any of that now:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0w5v0XSqkYM4w6XGNw_74jqIs7lesWWceA7wyXAy3vGD8xmBPcLg_MX6v4jpqYsiv02538-JaY82vhUmi-NuPHTtj47QwFe22eBR92YZZVv4tQrOgb3NMjoMTjrClGg0VwkWFDpnq6RF/s1600/GRANPA+ROY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 347px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0w5v0XSqkYM4w6XGNw_74jqIs7lesWWceA7wyXAy3vGD8xmBPcLg_MX6v4jpqYsiv02538-JaY82vhUmi-NuPHTtj47QwFe22eBR92YZZVv4tQrOgb3NMjoMTjrClGg0VwkWFDpnq6RF/s400/GRANPA+ROY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490418943578405298" /></a><br /><br />This is the whole family, mommy, daddy and baby:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyZrOyOXiurL0l3sDMAtOMU_xhUPU4CgyYaRZBSDBwDpuvIvV-Py9SAXvuxzm4ZGbRaOfci1f2u0ZKRcdRlQauZ9bCcrntFOykNXOXc16hVpzRftKbmg7JL1K8-2hcXDqtJFsF56SxvHi/s1600/KAZMIERSKY+FAMILY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyZrOyOXiurL0l3sDMAtOMU_xhUPU4CgyYaRZBSDBwDpuvIvV-Py9SAXvuxzm4ZGbRaOfci1f2u0ZKRcdRlQauZ9bCcrntFOykNXOXc16hVpzRftKbmg7JL1K8-2hcXDqtJFsF56SxvHi/s400/KAZMIERSKY+FAMILY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490419785516063730" /></a><br /><br />Since I live in NY and they live in MN this is the first time I have seen the baby, and the whole family, in a long time, so this visit was very special. It was also my brother's 30th wedding anniversary, so here are some shots of everyone. This is my brother's family:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfY20kxMVlPiwJjqGDpLQAMdQWPMh5Xlhp97m031KKWbMTcGkEJYLyoCfvMonwrgOJGD3XNxRY6_38daYcWzx9l1uPhEXvlCGB_CTgX9KU58MZzeHbyizbmhRm6d44TVAJ9KfyZc-nSAH/s1600/ROY+AND+DIANA+FAMILY+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfY20kxMVlPiwJjqGDpLQAMdQWPMh5Xlhp97m031KKWbMTcGkEJYLyoCfvMonwrgOJGD3XNxRY6_38daYcWzx9l1uPhEXvlCGB_CTgX9KU58MZzeHbyizbmhRm6d44TVAJ9KfyZc-nSAH/s400/ROY+AND+DIANA+FAMILY+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490420866975338306" /></a><br /><br />This is my father and mother, and brother and sister:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6O9GtORS-ZUZumqDCiTfhO4I_iuadVKs0PPBcoPGVSaV0bG-Y8enXJceAtdfubuKQcRsIWWjjfssf6M4gDP_iX15rGGa6KiJIEXXt2EyBJs0-84GNmidyZlAI2oGo5TyHVdyYHpSwEj0/s1600/ROY+DAD+MOM+AND+NORA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6O9GtORS-ZUZumqDCiTfhO4I_iuadVKs0PPBcoPGVSaV0bG-Y8enXJceAtdfubuKQcRsIWWjjfssf6M4gDP_iX15rGGa6KiJIEXXt2EyBJs0-84GNmidyZlAI2oGo5TyHVdyYHpSwEj0/s400/ROY+DAD+MOM+AND+NORA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490420881446195202" /></a><br /><br /><br />And of course, my parents are now great-grandparents, which is also wonderful. Here are three generations, skipping the second:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aC6uYruZMh2r8Z5cs6XrpFnzCds8TSDXqm90elCf2jHIYfgiaKr9uddJwUkxUvqi-1F1dtruECPOAamcIdg9h-M7ZDwLUeiAq6NsU-uITEp3GM3EqTLHpbiXzRjRa9sl5pC6pYkM_2hB/s1600/THREE+GENERATIONA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aC6uYruZMh2r8Z5cs6XrpFnzCds8TSDXqm90elCf2jHIYfgiaKr9uddJwUkxUvqi-1F1dtruECPOAamcIdg9h-M7ZDwLUeiAq6NsU-uITEp3GM3EqTLHpbiXzRjRa9sl5pC6pYkM_2hB/s400/THREE+GENERATIONA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490420883414988002" /></a><br /><br />Driving home I got a speeding ticket in Pennsylvania. I mean, you're supposed to go 80 on I80, aren't you? The cop didn't buy it, and wrote it out. Darn. Anyway, I'll leave you with this image, of Madonna and child:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKuZdqaFrfTKEtWYSd6gcUWW9xD3C9F044qff7PCrXNLvehC1zjFTriZ9icgZQlRbl-pvQdEnXAm-Z5q30-9RpWCwWExIEHP3mU3MQTdiszljmdhM46wTR6tNzvgrW2g60UszjlHx-Aft/s1600/MADONNA+AND+CHILD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKuZdqaFrfTKEtWYSd6gcUWW9xD3C9F044qff7PCrXNLvehC1zjFTriZ9icgZQlRbl-pvQdEnXAm-Z5q30-9RpWCwWExIEHP3mU3MQTdiszljmdhM46wTR6tNzvgrW2g60UszjlHx-Aft/s400/MADONNA+AND+CHILD.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490423526807519522" /></a>customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-38054698941658788412010-07-03T13:17:00.000-07:002010-07-03T13:35:05.716-07:00Saturday Blog ShoppersAh, Saturday again, another chance to buy something from my store on sale! My shop, and the other Saturday Blogger Shoppers, who are also running their specials. This weekend only take 10% off any piece in this <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customdesigns4ubynan?section_id=6206587">section</a>, including my newest pieces:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_4eZv2RE63sww57xC8CpjIO5hR0ToUUQ25S8UgSgaW6jlLVvvUBjHgkhnGrC0FNFt6z-rp7D0Dzn72t-XLhfrZdoeOkNIr7s0LS0Cfo2oiSK-RIkZPQg2NAhsp69HisrJavlI5mARoxZ/s1600/SUNBRELLA+ORCHID+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_4eZv2RE63sww57xC8CpjIO5hR0ToUUQ25S8UgSgaW6jlLVvvUBjHgkhnGrC0FNFt6z-rp7D0Dzn72t-XLhfrZdoeOkNIr7s0LS0Cfo2oiSK-RIkZPQg2NAhsp69HisrJavlI5mARoxZ/s400/SUNBRELLA+ORCHID+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489778680457663026" /></a><br />This is a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/50626475/sunbrella-dark-pink-orchid-tabletopper">table topper </a>made of Sunbrella fabric. Perfect for summer!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTmEW_oJVmb_x63sdh4Myu3KdGIqch9TdeJz5d78x8NJCHuIrBT5casFHZy4ilYvhmO8M3YAB37h16YbEBxtd2lE_xJF8PgQwNu0jkfbSPsm-QIzK5QVOhoSwxvHLSeDHqDpeDm2DC9gO/s1600/BLUE+FLORAL+SILK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTmEW_oJVmb_x63sdh4Myu3KdGIqch9TdeJz5d78x8NJCHuIrBT5casFHZy4ilYvhmO8M3YAB37h16YbEBxtd2lE_xJF8PgQwNu0jkfbSPsm-QIzK5QVOhoSwxvHLSeDHqDpeDm2DC9gO/s400/BLUE+FLORAL+SILK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489778674486609458" /></a><br />These matching <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/49735159/blue-floral-silk-tablerunner">table runners </a>are just elegant. The pretty blue and white pattern will dress up any room in your house.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblk9lQ88FQbwHlbaAR7dxdALTTixlNXIJhiNJd4f_KHF2k1nwCU4HO19Vew44jg8Dddw0hxm6B2t8fvdfx7e4yt0JpnhtUTJtvqtaGWEXmMuxxdM_NwUQHAuEPqVXdL12I0LK7vxzHGUO/s1600/YELLOW+LA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblk9lQ88FQbwHlbaAR7dxdALTTixlNXIJhiNJd4f_KHF2k1nwCU4HO19Vew44jg8Dddw0hxm6B2t8fvdfx7e4yt0JpnhtUTJtvqtaGWEXmMuxxdM_NwUQHAuEPqVXdL12I0LK7vxzHGUO/s400/YELLOW+LA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489778655759948034" /></a><br /><br />And this is my newest <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/48284855/yellow-laura-ashley-toile-tablecloth">tablecloth</a>, a nice cheery sunny yellow Laura Ashley toile. You can use this in your kitchen breakfast nook, on the dining table, or as a picnic cloth. Let your little girls use it for their tea parties!<br /><br />Please write SBS in the notes to seller and I will refund your paypal account. Thank you for shopping in my store, and be sure to look at the other Saturday Blog Shoppers by clicking on the link on my sidebar.customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-22547685912205805522010-06-15T13:20:00.000-07:002010-06-15T13:36:59.455-07:00GIVEAWAY!!!One of my favorite <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14442803514546577849">people</a>, mizdarlin in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island, is having a giveaway on her <a href="http://msexilei.blogspot.com/">blog</a>! You could win one of her fantastic <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mizdarlin">hats</a>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBajBFrGweYcFkSMgutqddoRyS2e6GX9T0SplXZl0UQE7ktQrpcKI4M-dhv1biIEmOwK_A5CiPFS2vH78CBTRdDzQ1D8qtxJmCllfBWB4UAEjJrON_D0ea3afhKqZ1bE8BuQut3ascy2e/s1600/mizdarlin+hat+june+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBajBFrGweYcFkSMgutqddoRyS2e6GX9T0SplXZl0UQE7ktQrpcKI4M-dhv1biIEmOwK_A5CiPFS2vH78CBTRdDzQ1D8qtxJmCllfBWB4UAEjJrON_D0ea3afhKqZ1bE8BuQut3ascy2e/s400/mizdarlin+hat+june+2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483101602288989714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo_47fQ_41giae4VeH5dhgm74RLt9TEfzry8XHW0ZDnqaVjcbTVEIL13UGZOHoVp1pB7Vj6wrpU_fLHQkSyRMcu8032DgWiVW8yUypvKbY2BEP48yXN0-zIrZ6UORzgr3MybYVNWko7-D/s1600/mizdarlin+hat+3+june+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 352px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNo_47fQ_41giae4VeH5dhgm74RLt9TEfzry8XHW0ZDnqaVjcbTVEIL13UGZOHoVp1pB7Vj6wrpU_fLHQkSyRMcu8032DgWiVW8yUypvKbY2BEP48yXN0-zIrZ6UORzgr3MybYVNWko7-D/s400/mizdarlin+hat+3+june+2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483101592597849762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9JhysFAy74X3IsNOnqN2UUJdw3Dnh0SnuHFri0RD2OWPK8dMkVWUK_Vf_38XKDJDFoPoGBUenKJuz-qkg8NAouPwu-xXlerzBUNr4ELtjGKzsXKOXe8oweMd0sHmJz1k7rZ3IDnxV4Zt/s1600/mizdarlin+hat+2+june+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9JhysFAy74X3IsNOnqN2UUJdw3Dnh0SnuHFri0RD2OWPK8dMkVWUK_Vf_38XKDJDFoPoGBUenKJuz-qkg8NAouPwu-xXlerzBUNr4ELtjGKzsXKOXe8oweMd0sHmJz1k7rZ3IDnxV4Zt/s400/mizdarlin+hat+2+june+2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483101591181427266" /></a><br /><br /><br />Be sure to comment on her blog, and follow her too, she's a lot of fun!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-19834338090021499202010-06-15T11:50:00.001-07:002010-06-15T12:07:56.608-07:00WHERE HAVE I BEEN???Hi everyone - sorry I've been away so long. I didn't realize it had been two weeks since my last post, and I'm sorry I haven't been communicating. But the good news is I've been sewing! I'm feeling SO much better these days, because I'm sewing again. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I started again. I know I've missed a couple of weekends of <a href="http://www.quiltsgaloreandmore.com/category_101/Saturday-Blog-Shoppers.htm">Saturday Blog Shoppers</a> and I apologize for that. But here are my latest pieces - I hope you enjoy, and thank you for looking.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiy3byUIAy9DsZ4ZK1k0CrZKbz3qafGUpF-xO0uWbOi3lCVYIGkUIbm54ZLQErLc_EY0zrHAY53afHFm4NYHWeYlpfkuzWJ7VPABt0G3-AkGEOC2wNZBdB6Zk2YIx0aAik2C13kpYDcj3/s1600/SOFT+RED+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdiy3byUIAy9DsZ4ZK1k0CrZKbz3qafGUpF-xO0uWbOi3lCVYIGkUIbm54ZLQErLc_EY0zrHAY53afHFm4NYHWeYlpfkuzWJ7VPABt0G3-AkGEOC2wNZBdB6Zk2YIx0aAik2C13kpYDcj3/s400/SOFT+RED+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483076734172680082" /></a><br /><br /><br />New placemats! <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/49442672/soft-red-laura-ashley-toile-placemats">These </a>are in the soft-red Laura Ashley country scene toile. There are six all together, varying scenes from the same cloth. And you can fold them into napkins as well! Price is $5 each plus shipping.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvSt8QUJ2_Y59SOXRgWf2aXQ6HiRsX-xp8Xfn5iDgNfWFDNi9ZinQ2BBP6d-NyJK7Ey45sCH3RCGBrZjSgPZshqGQtmWzs_5zq0qO70j5fQJjtH6prMshYGckgB8lLfN2IXeZk_6sc9Ch/s1600/GREEN+LA+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvSt8QUJ2_Y59SOXRgWf2aXQ6HiRsX-xp8Xfn5iDgNfWFDNi9ZinQ2BBP6d-NyJK7Ey45sCH3RCGBrZjSgPZshqGQtmWzs_5zq0qO70j5fQJjtH6prMshYGckgB8lLfN2IXeZk_6sc9Ch/s400/GREEN+LA+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483076732216532578" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is the same pattern as the others, only in monotone. I'm not sure what to call the color - greeny-gray? Subtle and elegant, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/49444379/laura-ashley-toile-placemats-and-napkins">these </a>are also $5 each plus shipping.<br /><br />I also made more quilted trivets, in the same Laura Ashley toile, in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/47790476/purple-laura-ashley-toile-placemats">purple</a>. I will be posting them on my store very soon - I need to do quality control and take pictures, but I'll blog about them when it happens.customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-61611138728439778762010-05-29T11:59:00.000-07:002010-05-29T12:09:47.716-07:00Saturday Blog ShoppersHello everyone! It's Saturday, I'm not babysitting, I'm at home watching the Yankees beat the Indians, and blogging and commenting and reading and posting my SBS sale for the MeMorial Weekend. Big parade here in Freeport, NY, so come on down if you're in the neighborhood.<br /><br />So my SBS sale is $10 off my newest <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/48284855/yellow-laura-ashley-toile-tablecloth">piece</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKpcUKv_-zGFuy_B-jd_NFiXRB16gQAJZ1aIFa0tSNCgSoD7WQYoaufcezOXiOWVq2FmmCy5ziZZ2LK51R8vmP-3SJ5Bn3OjDUTFG3w2zcW8TFTzxWyZZM9n0spUw2v-ph5gUFoxGpvjV/s1600/YELLOW+LA+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKpcUKv_-zGFuy_B-jd_NFiXRB16gQAJZ1aIFa0tSNCgSoD7WQYoaufcezOXiOWVq2FmmCy5ziZZ2LK51R8vmP-3SJ5Bn3OjDUTFG3w2zcW8TFTzxWyZZM9n0spUw2v-ph5gUFoxGpvjV/s320/YELLOW+LA+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476769740794187906" /></a><br /><br /><br />This weekend only, this beautiful tablecloth now $50. It is a one-of-a-kind, I cannot make another exactly like it, and it is so pretty and cheerful, I'm sure you can find a nice home for it. Please write SBS in messages to seller and I will refund your paypal $10.<br /><br />And please see the other Saturday Blog Shoppers on the link to the left! Thank you for reading and commenting and browsing all the wonderful stores and their sales!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-49917295806720797502010-05-26T10:45:00.000-07:002010-05-26T11:13:37.591-07:00CHANGE OF BEDSPREADI was doing some house-cleaning today, stripped the bed and put on clean sheets, and decided it was time to pack up my winter comforter and bring out my summer bedspread. I made this 3 years ago, I think, because I wanted something for myself. Everything I made I either gave away as presents, or sold. At the time I was making a lot of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/24643915/blue-and-yellow-silk-embroidered">gorgeous bedspreads</a>, like this one:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdPNuVFhMCOpyltdjxcoDYmn5m4flkuEaF6946VQUqt3mOl-PQhOJfaNAeEtHSho6IHsT7ivR13RPgVqLkz4QjkcwDjnh9TqmVCwCluzjWxt_JRuv6kF-qT9V_CZANENUeeGGEhAcnNrU/s1600/GOLD+SILK+EMB+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdPNuVFhMCOpyltdjxcoDYmn5m4flkuEaF6946VQUqt3mOl-PQhOJfaNAeEtHSho6IHsT7ivR13RPgVqLkz4QjkcwDjnh9TqmVCwCluzjWxt_JRuv6kF-qT9V_CZANENUeeGGEhAcnNrU/s320/GOLD+SILK+EMB+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475637278564395186" /></a><br /><br />So my mind was on bedspreads. I had this beautiful Lee Jofa print with exotic birds and foliage in really pretty colors:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUivVboUbGF-3tPKV-tsqn4M67-Edl9-ivVEPdYC8IzK39Jbjwq1EZvuX2_tbqVqAg6929MvOJht8R3Cp6IkPndswM39-EOdNOCoX76duK1AzOERnQwZuVzIeTFEhuTJwGFs-Xx9WAcqA/s1600/INTERIOR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFUivVboUbGF-3tPKV-tsqn4M67-Edl9-ivVEPdYC8IzK39Jbjwq1EZvuX2_tbqVqAg6929MvOJht8R3Cp6IkPndswM39-EOdNOCoX76duK1AzOERnQwZuVzIeTFEhuTJwGFs-Xx9WAcqA/s320/INTERIOR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475637801640949698" /></a><br /><br /><br />I tried lots of fabric combinations until finally I took the plunge and used a soft narrow wale corduroy which is so soft it hardly is cordury at all, more like brushed cotton. The weights were totally different. The Lee Jofa is a light-weight linen weave cotton, and the other piece is almost too heavy, but it turned out very well. This was the only fabric I had that matched the jungle theme and the colors, and the heavier weight works well for the border. Here are shots of my bedroom with my summer bedspread. I hope you enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJwwhwDTdh5EQdSViTdzrLhybs0SfN-SiXkMazYEnPWorLqpxBhFiuEXRoIB2LEaGsccUy9ScU2ksNLiio2dMtzUoMrh-SR18NRDvhCyPZo8Bkni5QDLdWcD6pBwXATvnJnPOQRZXBuN6/s1600/FULL+VIEW.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJwwhwDTdh5EQdSViTdzrLhybs0SfN-SiXkMazYEnPWorLqpxBhFiuEXRoIB2LEaGsccUy9ScU2ksNLiio2dMtzUoMrh-SR18NRDvhCyPZo8Bkni5QDLdWcD6pBwXATvnJnPOQRZXBuN6/s320/FULL+VIEW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475639726359482114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprVz8-ZHp0tDkwULDssy1RHPv9CJ0mtczmcZGskzKNSqQVMTJQm_JkVsNY-cqQogb_eG_Kfe8uK2Rf3-c9hR0KUjaOBhdqpzrNGgXsz8Zu8eSF8tLrmGZ7ceAy6guKoxU0zWNjfnCHcTF/s1600/WITH+PILLOW.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprVz8-ZHp0tDkwULDssy1RHPv9CJ0mtczmcZGskzKNSqQVMTJQm_JkVsNY-cqQogb_eG_Kfe8uK2Rf3-c9hR0KUjaOBhdqpzrNGgXsz8Zu8eSF8tLrmGZ7ceAy6guKoxU0zWNjfnCHcTF/s320/WITH+PILLOW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475639714913826482" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOwtZ6_Yr6vZeJg_BLDtN6xKEEOygK7EE2GOyYq3e5WNp_bM_tsHdluE00kpzwkCWFo6smP1MeopQnK7qf7i73Ha_cExhxbo5wAmjuHezz8l1Iw0Xh_QzSFHpW-tQgubngyaJnH8g-kc0/s1600/SIDE+VIEW.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOwtZ6_Yr6vZeJg_BLDtN6xKEEOygK7EE2GOyYq3e5WNp_bM_tsHdluE00kpzwkCWFo6smP1MeopQnK7qf7i73Ha_cExhxbo5wAmjuHezz8l1Iw0Xh_QzSFHpW-tQgubngyaJnH8g-kc0/s320/SIDE+VIEW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475639712304425442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WdvuRG1J6sgOKESUlCCW07F7HwxWwuI93ALYF8oWuRR1XBaYeBe5hzSES-35Gd_iu_BXH_GaijezUttyt6IP6SrCzUm9Wj4B1G8fllwWWXni55OGmvzMPKmmDSeIOyzipn7xIvj6ngGS/s1600/SECOND.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WdvuRG1J6sgOKESUlCCW07F7HwxWwuI93ALYF8oWuRR1XBaYeBe5hzSES-35Gd_iu_BXH_GaijezUttyt6IP6SrCzUm9Wj4B1G8fllwWWXni55OGmvzMPKmmDSeIOyzipn7xIvj6ngGS/s320/SECOND.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475639704678918322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_q9U8FbxTSS7pBhztnnDNTtj4ig_KZDm0eP_tRrKQuoG4wX8v-DbkFVG5Nw6xYEvd1NDkdL-Cvh3deygwZZcj10ID38D0K_CZ434BgMZ5CoCvUQ2HN41HcSWjEMnyUODJ48NZKhtJhvT/s1600/BORDER+CORNER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_q9U8FbxTSS7pBhztnnDNTtj4ig_KZDm0eP_tRrKQuoG4wX8v-DbkFVG5Nw6xYEvd1NDkdL-Cvh3deygwZZcj10ID38D0K_CZ434BgMZ5CoCvUQ2HN41HcSWjEMnyUODJ48NZKhtJhvT/s320/BORDER+CORNER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475640682713495426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNDm1tC0bDYQvrdCeVSOo4vMdTKooxJ0W68qGUnhGwHaHUr4jWx5J6yHd-pYu9hNlRnxk8-jFtsXVWRQip59k-B8E21Ky5CtRJK-EwsCdJf7y7vi0dwXNi2UGj99XLkE2hEuNdg2UREA4/s1600/BORDER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNDm1tC0bDYQvrdCeVSOo4vMdTKooxJ0W68qGUnhGwHaHUr4jWx5J6yHd-pYu9hNlRnxk8-jFtsXVWRQip59k-B8E21Ky5CtRJK-EwsCdJf7y7vi0dwXNi2UGj99XLkE2hEuNdg2UREA4/s320/BORDER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475640673053489682" /></a>customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-68135566923417621432010-05-25T12:32:00.000-07:002010-05-25T12:39:13.410-07:00CREATIVE PROCESS PART IIAnother quickie to update you on the progress of my new tablecloth. The table top is done, and now I'm sewing on the lovers toile print for the border:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx02VLn2PYccOLDVWS0uL_rnInOyIzBVWd06BSbRf4025CPFBw7mYBGx4HWbEiWS3ps_aMGvuQXL9SLWNsJPyPDvXTXe7S9OV_FCSA8yJW-pqzqfEbl18C9xtJMTKb05jYrHD8v6e8-ZHp/s1600/TOP+SEWN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx02VLn2PYccOLDVWS0uL_rnInOyIzBVWd06BSbRf4025CPFBw7mYBGx4HWbEiWS3ps_aMGvuQXL9SLWNsJPyPDvXTXe7S9OV_FCSA8yJW-pqzqfEbl18C9xtJMTKb05jYrHD8v6e8-ZHp/s400/TOP+SEWN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475293655075007570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfy-PbR8Pj5dGqkjuv9yQ2JR4d01d438UW0DI_V3WWnFMrebGOqT3RvuNyMjfaY0dNvQKsNZzA52C58cPdoexgBCcX4e5hq1PgKK-US8JZG2UGBHC1bw58aMtnK4LKx4n2hR5N945-oeP/s1600/BORDER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfy-PbR8Pj5dGqkjuv9yQ2JR4d01d438UW0DI_V3WWnFMrebGOqT3RvuNyMjfaY0dNvQKsNZzA52C58cPdoexgBCcX4e5hq1PgKK-US8JZG2UGBHC1bw58aMtnK4LKx4n2hR5N945-oeP/s400/BORDER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475293665461142722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyUU3Z5SxvsO15OVFlqJVjbwQ6d4Hc9f4lP1A_TJr04PQ3l0ZqbHcaFnA7LAMpjjhXkUzG8YOO7voho2eC1E4X0jlTgxlnYR_WgYY7ZkzaspDFO6Omerb8WpzeGPu59DM2Ee1lWTaY35Q/s1600/TOP+SEWN+WITH+BORDER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpyUU3Z5SxvsO15OVFlqJVjbwQ6d4Hc9f4lP1A_TJr04PQ3l0ZqbHcaFnA7LAMpjjhXkUzG8YOO7voho2eC1E4X0jlTgxlnYR_WgYY7ZkzaspDFO6Omerb8WpzeGPu59DM2Ee1lWTaY35Q/s400/TOP+SEWN+WITH+BORDER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475293661886641634" /></a><br /><br />I started cutting and measuring the lovers toile last night, and hope to complete the piece today! Oh the excitement!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-85370045701116056422010-05-24T09:38:00.000-07:002010-05-25T12:28:45.865-07:00THE CREATIVE PROCESS PART II haven't felt creative in a long time, but lately I am coming out of my foggy bottom and have begun sewing again, and I feel more like myself again. I made some <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customdesigns4ubynan?section_id=7049322">purple Laura Ashley toile placemats/napkins</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCorOstsfTO3ucGXXvwL8W85BwmMD1_oIg0572CpYeK6_QAv4qTyHJ5mI3EYlogc3uY3X23EegnNli4kmph0Q04HpvRmXdwWu37-tJavBWmy2VqHSX_qAPBpW8OOyGtVJWPhf8a6sbO-U/s1600/PURPLE+LA+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCorOstsfTO3ucGXXvwL8W85BwmMD1_oIg0572CpYeK6_QAv4qTyHJ5mI3EYlogc3uY3X23EegnNli4kmph0Q04HpvRmXdwWu37-tJavBWmy2VqHSX_qAPBpW8OOyGtVJWPhf8a6sbO-U/s400/PURPLE+LA+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474880093658482802" /></a><br /><br /><br />So, happy with that result, I pulled out more toiles and started playing, trying different colors in different ways, thinking of how much I have of any one fabric and what I could do with them all together. This is the fun part, playing with the fabric, weighing the cloth in my hand, thinking of the cloth itself as well as the colors and patterns, just playing and imagining:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD_s0vri4hh9xrOd9K1eAzFhAeSSS5hRrWNTQErMpzh0wX3UcCYG4w1xfccNOgGSdA44NK6tpgR22QBnO1eZH5Isz8zy0iHyYYH5GJdYHqLJ8iMMC32VkjoHkEyWsL6jNijvJ5leRSxp3/s1600/PIECES.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipD_s0vri4hh9xrOd9K1eAzFhAeSSS5hRrWNTQErMpzh0wX3UcCYG4w1xfccNOgGSdA44NK6tpgR22QBnO1eZH5Isz8zy0iHyYYH5GJdYHqLJ8iMMC32VkjoHkEyWsL6jNijvJ5leRSxp3/s200/PIECES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474880818127538530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJi4RGO0TeEJ7JTZ0D5GSlO3LgIsYyZs9-XEhDzNEHKyYiS7ciHmBxgkeRodiELE3wHvpoSEI39vNGYNzO7SOjCDWs2foo7Eds8QyhH0Qgst-l5QXDYnwiWh5hyphenhyphenul2eP5ap1JH7As6-Fv/s1600/PIECES+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJi4RGO0TeEJ7JTZ0D5GSlO3LgIsYyZs9-XEhDzNEHKyYiS7ciHmBxgkeRodiELE3wHvpoSEI39vNGYNzO7SOjCDWs2foo7Eds8QyhH0Qgst-l5QXDYnwiWh5hyphenhyphenul2eP5ap1JH7As6-Fv/s200/PIECES+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474881021632425842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmvyddwlzfra4aHvsQsSg-tGTY4quvrzRlMKn62aQo6WTCKPoTIaG0HtWApvCjrXZAKMHdyL3dzPl9IzAufbkt37pF8GgHnUCLW831VLGLQ58-ViaEJ6jbEcfJSunmYKGjUuFmMmZNBJA/s1600/PIECES+3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmvyddwlzfra4aHvsQsSg-tGTY4quvrzRlMKn62aQo6WTCKPoTIaG0HtWApvCjrXZAKMHdyL3dzPl9IzAufbkt37pF8GgHnUCLW831VLGLQ58-ViaEJ6jbEcfJSunmYKGjUuFmMmZNBJA/s200/PIECES+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474881201424922002" /></a><br /><br /><br />HOURS later, this is the decision I came to. I was always thinking of a tablecloth using the country scenes as placemats and a complimentary fabric for spacers between the mats, with a masculine and feminine top and bottom, at the narrow ends of the table, to signify where the man and woman of the house will sit. I used the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/36421748/assorted-laura-ashley-toile-potholders">blue and yellow country toile </a>with the server, the fiddler, dancers, and picnicers and the other Laura Ashley toile, in yellow, the vine print, in 10"x12" pieces, and use the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/40872352/yellow-lovers-tablerunner">yellow Laura Ashley lovers toile</a> for the border:<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0n7_faNjtbgb4tFkyFSeOemE30_gZdHGRCkAsMq8_xEG4naAz7YNABvF7mnl8T43_w-n-O8xvXctZ5EHZi1dPoTVgf_nStvHygQ7-2oOJQmjtK8hiBwQHfNqgFaLZwPhgsa3zKUXetTGz/s1600/LAYOUT+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0n7_faNjtbgb4tFkyFSeOemE30_gZdHGRCkAsMq8_xEG4naAz7YNABvF7mnl8T43_w-n-O8xvXctZ5EHZi1dPoTVgf_nStvHygQ7-2oOJQmjtK8hiBwQHfNqgFaLZwPhgsa3zKUXetTGz/s400/LAYOUT+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474882507434325538" /></a><br /><br />Finally, I could start sewing. You can see how I measure and cut in my other <a href="http://customdesigns4ubynan-myheartandmind.blogspot.com/2010/01/catnip-trying-to-make-living.html">blogs</a>, so I'll just jump to sewing and sewn:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBDfGtt2mnFErUscXAshE0FoR6xk4S3lnK4aGx3_mGN8BtQFYlECnIXIqy5jxhZr-TKUyFu1bklBvtnDkrC9DXRhOXUyRlgxEIPf6rhwXtFG1kwq-eKdUDrj55b8Bjij4Vfe5eUlZ7Dge/s1600/SEWING.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBDfGtt2mnFErUscXAshE0FoR6xk4S3lnK4aGx3_mGN8BtQFYlECnIXIqy5jxhZr-TKUyFu1bklBvtnDkrC9DXRhOXUyRlgxEIPf6rhwXtFG1kwq-eKdUDrj55b8Bjij4Vfe5eUlZ7Dge/s200/SEWING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474885280042157874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjis2t3j3me9MDrkwB-Dcu1i9LqOytlqDiDkyNWI48qFNgxBVlCwRpPxwFuog4QcbWEfj9ykMHLbrNXr-K2v7spSEkUBJCP_n-FEgexuawMBxrRJzH9AynTBVL9msyhlRY10fQUUXyDoR7V/s1600/SEWN.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjis2t3j3me9MDrkwB-Dcu1i9LqOytlqDiDkyNWI48qFNgxBVlCwRpPxwFuog4QcbWEfj9ykMHLbrNXr-K2v7spSEkUBJCP_n-FEgexuawMBxrRJzH9AynTBVL9msyhlRY10fQUUXyDoR7V/s200/SEWN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474885273151481282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmf06H5qGf6tvtn1XzWkHS8_Rzg_Wz2LxFDZ6T7rn0GUR799zHithKoaIcX8xev-_p4ePflv4Cn4Nu3jrD9aHsaacMvhLdoUADfWJrhwehSDqzYI1bOCeQ7kziSA-9fiNb9PBtvIXHMl/s1600/SEWN+3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWmf06H5qGf6tvtn1XzWkHS8_Rzg_Wz2LxFDZ6T7rn0GUR799zHithKoaIcX8xev-_p4ePflv4Cn4Nu3jrD9aHsaacMvhLdoUADfWJrhwehSDqzYI1bOCeQ7kziSA-9fiNb9PBtvIXHMl/s200/SEWN+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474885268657992642" /></a><br /><br /><br />I haven't gotten technical in this description, gone into measurements, etc., but I am using my own table as a guide. My table is approximately 48"x30" and seats six comfortably, two on each side and at the head and bottom of the table. The yellow lovers toile will be the skirt of the tablecloth, with a 10" drape, or hang. This will be a lovely versatile tablecloth which can be used anywhere in the house. In your bedroom, over a cafe table, or on the breakfast table, it will always be bright and cheerful. <br /><br />I will be posting more pictures as I progress, and of course the BIG announcement when it is complete and listed on etsy!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-19114829422132291362010-05-21T13:40:00.000-07:002010-05-21T13:50:31.750-07:00TREASURYJust a quickie - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/QueenOfAllTrades">Queenofalltrades</a> has included <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/nancysfabricshop">nancysfabricshop</a> in her newest treasury! I am thrilled! This is my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/45753931/black-panther">piece </a>in her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=99159">animals collection</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2Q8h9ZnUG61Q_mPOxWPzMO9QxGRAqBXN61bOdIql0Qi4Aa_f09kMT83JASXwss-zm7lHqAPJX5MNBkV8ZP27lU9A7o72m5B21xdufhyX9orJZ_3ZSD_JjynawJjFFxURL-4eGfmP9b9M/s1600/PANTHER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2Q8h9ZnUG61Q_mPOxWPzMO9QxGRAqBXN61bOdIql0Qi4Aa_f09kMT83JASXwss-zm7lHqAPJX5MNBkV8ZP27lU9A7o72m5B21xdufhyX9orJZ_3ZSD_JjynawJjFFxURL-4eGfmP9b9M/s400/PANTHER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473827559305770130" /></a><br /><br />Please go see queen's imaginative treasury, and feel free to leave comments! Thanks again Queen!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-41120408928105447602010-05-21T10:52:00.000-07:002010-05-21T11:07:34.957-07:00Saturday Blog ShoppersHi everyone and welcome to Saturday Blog Shoppers, home of excellent etsy shops and great deals on Saturdays! This weekend only you can save 10% off any item in my shop, including my brand new <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/47790476/purple-laura-ashley-toile-placemats">Laura Ashley toile placemats</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq0qtwzITNTRY9L3thWrvuuMv-tvN8QLhkq0CG-m8WuL0OEN2vsS5uFKzpyUqXGIleDNwUsL3OB6Q1Cogkr94S0e-Px-HEoGVXh-F9PRcLPOCk6sYkA9CQElfZzRq5TBhqNrvYp1km-Qr/s1600/PURPLE+LA+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq0qtwzITNTRY9L3thWrvuuMv-tvN8QLhkq0CG-m8WuL0OEN2vsS5uFKzpyUqXGIleDNwUsL3OB6Q1Cogkr94S0e-Px-HEoGVXh-F9PRcLPOCk6sYkA9CQElfZzRq5TBhqNrvYp1km-Qr/s320/PURPLE+LA+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473784274252092882" /></a><br /><br /><br />And be sure to click on the Saturday Blog Shoppers link to see the other fine shops participating this Saturday.customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-24331537986029774172010-05-07T13:39:00.000-07:002010-05-07T14:23:14.935-07:00Saturday Blog ShoppersIt's Saturday again, and you know what that means! The Saturday Blog Shoppers are offering deals and sales!!! This Saturday and Sunday enjoy 10% savings on anything in my shop, even on goods already on sale! I still haven't seen the surgery bill, and now I'm going to PT, so those doctor bills aren't going to stop anytime soon. Please write SBS in the notes to buyer, and I will refund your 10% pronto! Thank you for shopping <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/customdesigns4ubynan">customdesigns4ubynan</a>, and click on the link to the other SBSers!<br /><br />On Thursday I was feeling strong again and my knee hardly hurt at all, so I went for my first walk in WEEKS around the neighborhood and took pictures of one of my favorite things: blooming plants.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwd6IvKQez492g8Y6Krg9ZhMLU95fXLQpJJZpXxauUgBVCdKTp7vbdqPi4X89VlArUoGUfI0CqQC8OLhqgWpX3TmqBwyvIKfiq11ehlk8uvcIDuOGVp9wkHFXPXCrLl8E6GujVvoGW5m1/s1600/IRISES+3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwd6IvKQez492g8Y6Krg9ZhMLU95fXLQpJJZpXxauUgBVCdKTp7vbdqPi4X89VlArUoGUfI0CqQC8OLhqgWpX3TmqBwyvIKfiq11ehlk8uvcIDuOGVp9wkHFXPXCrLl8E6GujVvoGW5m1/s320/IRISES+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468631694479063762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeBTIaNF6kWvPFTuzeI5RY_2njyQpR30YL3sdONviakB6_pseMf5amVJjUguESZuuqUmmVs53iflAgp_YGyQyTFIN8oHbL72M1BGn5YYBemuokVzKLQEDxIhp44BBgb0p10_m6ZbGWSmm/s1600/FAVORITE+HOUSE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeBTIaNF6kWvPFTuzeI5RY_2njyQpR30YL3sdONviakB6_pseMf5amVJjUguESZuuqUmmVs53iflAgp_YGyQyTFIN8oHbL72M1BGn5YYBemuokVzKLQEDxIhp44BBgb0p10_m6ZbGWSmm/s320/FAVORITE+HOUSE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468631543426541154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3ydhN6VnggXvVLdNXBnww1YlAJCQwIsYGNHbtoe11G9JGFsMAS27V-StgrPlqXluvr5o5708ygSTcflx15qxji4dD-Rj1dq0Ty_Qq7l9Cr0zTZWojvQeoLQ2TeliQFVQ3nk4MTbQRPVT/s1600/AZALEAS.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3ydhN6VnggXvVLdNXBnww1YlAJCQwIsYGNHbtoe11G9JGFsMAS27V-StgrPlqXluvr5o5708ygSTcflx15qxji4dD-Rj1dq0Ty_Qq7l9Cr0zTZWojvQeoLQ2TeliQFVQ3nk4MTbQRPVT/s400/AZALEAS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468631345902713410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2QI8YiHKMK7uDEC2K9vkkZXwco_5Eyjgtcr221Yw5SbfGu8lEuY3NX50ivq9LRlvv9pi7C1KkoOjwUILMaOB75Z4tNKmFAvNTF6p8PrjNwkRv6Pd4PcxPoVFY3LlwmDKDatQmWhEjLgT/s1600/IRISES+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2QI8YiHKMK7uDEC2K9vkkZXwco_5Eyjgtcr221Yw5SbfGu8lEuY3NX50ivq9LRlvv9pi7C1KkoOjwUILMaOB75Z4tNKmFAvNTF6p8PrjNwkRv6Pd4PcxPoVFY3LlwmDKDatQmWhEjLgT/s400/IRISES+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468631933215823714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdVS8t211BqeQUeURwXVkfN3tAYONvxSZ_mXSaWzZ_nLYuSGk_M0k1BV0r4eF9_yR4J3DJ2ix2rp-vr7edzf78BUrJjtQs1_J6kOHR9f1Wz7IKdWv0gEy-ZF-yl_BgoGiat1JFmxKCzTQ/s1600/WISTERIA.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTdVS8t211BqeQUeURwXVkfN3tAYONvxSZ_mXSaWzZ_nLYuSGk_M0k1BV0r4eF9_yR4J3DJ2ix2rp-vr7edzf78BUrJjtQs1_J6kOHR9f1Wz7IKdWv0gEy-ZF-yl_BgoGiat1JFmxKCzTQ/s200/WISTERIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468634455022640514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eDNh9pDn03QWv_ZuFWw_9FuZAb05PXoDXqPVmldrkE5l17Jw15y0MpXvW98MpOdEU027fCw78ks9ICVcaeCF_gpP9acLGoTdaY-VhapuPKGYdN9hqxoB329hQ_8qZvDeQbPJ6UnMA5Ck/s1600/SALVIA.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eDNh9pDn03QWv_ZuFWw_9FuZAb05PXoDXqPVmldrkE5l17Jw15y0MpXvW98MpOdEU027fCw78ks9ICVcaeCF_gpP9acLGoTdaY-VhapuPKGYdN9hqxoB329hQ_8qZvDeQbPJ6UnMA5Ck/s200/SALVIA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468634348988796546" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's a pretty old neighborhood, and many trees are at least a hundred years old, towering high above the houses with enormous trunks, some as much as 10' diameter. The sewer system was put in during 1930, and when you think about it, that's 80 years ago, and some of the houses have been there longer than that.<br /><br /> <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RSAPaowdUS8/S-R_NewdbNI/AAAAAAAAAn4/jvlMkjUF8bU/1600/TREES.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftmQhLzEoEEgUNJgpoWtihXwgFcFhrLjwaXqrDvc71wB55zRH-eMUuzseZgUc-xtTg-zwEcC-kULCzgfgTkR4MXTlE73hdM7suYOoMf2of7CZLrG96pmk4ceTDgER_MDFdbdTjXTyIhyphenhyphen6/s320/TREES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468635717105970386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagInEjMNJ0RXHG0mpnI2l0wQ9bdElD3uNUGd0_W2YLsQRasL0vfdHoCESbTWCbPBr0HZgX3wZFuizqn9z83ARFR-tJKXGFOmu6B2sr7NbvwjrdtBen1NkBCXtynIY0zioRh53umsIxNcW/s1600/SEWER+COVER.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagInEjMNJ0RXHG0mpnI2l0wQ9bdElD3uNUGd0_W2YLsQRasL0vfdHoCESbTWCbPBr0HZgX3wZFuizqn9z83ARFR-tJKXGFOmu6B2sr7NbvwjrdtBen1NkBCXtynIY0zioRh53umsIxNcW/s320/SEWER+COVER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468635563744880514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On the way back I passed the Memorial Library, and took these pictures, too. There are other reminders of 9/11 in the neighborhood. It seems like everyone knows someone who lost someone that day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXcP6kgz2k1TxUuwK-CVs-ZTMH9BPubnrWtYNC04TGT9yg8DCGQcrgRvmqV5f3wUdzKogt4-cQVGBe6HO7qaw6BbzzZB7PuF9EyULIaqN8VAYox1YYeuZwUcKc18rqDK_XtKXNQiq8kyq/s1600/SEPT+11+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXcP6kgz2k1TxUuwK-CVs-ZTMH9BPubnrWtYNC04TGT9yg8DCGQcrgRvmqV5f3wUdzKogt4-cQVGBe6HO7qaw6BbzzZB7PuF9EyULIaqN8VAYox1YYeuZwUcKc18rqDK_XtKXNQiq8kyq/s320/SEPT+11+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468633297661965938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIE8ormXjclm4aGZuLAMYdppDeUcrmOpWG6w4FDW7pKifXOMDTLXgGamqJT8tv_iJELqUIECHIzPkW7mVmwE8YytvsAX6WXNh8IrGMuhei-ts4vFIYp37JQKEvPF0VxdNjtnHyz5dlDSg/s1600/SEPT+11.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIE8ormXjclm4aGZuLAMYdppDeUcrmOpWG6w4FDW7pKifXOMDTLXgGamqJT8tv_iJELqUIECHIzPkW7mVmwE8YytvsAX6WXNh8IrGMuhei-ts4vFIYp37JQKEvPF0VxdNjtnHyz5dlDSg/s320/SEPT+11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468633032990044386" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Finally, home again, home again. I ran into my next-door neighbor and she took this picture of me. All was well, except for the blister, on my right foot, of course!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfWUkz2kiTr3qHfkQ6ScHz4Rv9kmIzbNhlWbvHJrXaFT8xHxu_6fUk3Hy3Zxw1Ow8dmhLfM6U_owSkf9VdpgBI1USXONqeNFIv3XllFp6Qffa_LB_GNKZHOc8afBcdG4uygsrydvsu_DN/s1600/ME.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfWUkz2kiTr3qHfkQ6ScHz4Rv9kmIzbNhlWbvHJrXaFT8xHxu_6fUk3Hy3Zxw1Ow8dmhLfM6U_owSkf9VdpgBI1USXONqeNFIv3XllFp6Qffa_LB_GNKZHOc8afBcdG4uygsrydvsu_DN/s320/ME.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468636717268821842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_xqfyFyVWXZz3xwOYtttJ9WaSzcfCvNgzgLXK4fqwRAasEw4OcZIklufla19OTj8p-j7aDYNkUh5xpNxZzxWdw3dIGRzM9CP-TM-Kj40orBxuQyss5PCWfWypm-jlM5tbE6yeEg_y22g/s1600/BLISTER.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_xqfyFyVWXZz3xwOYtttJ9WaSzcfCvNgzgLXK4fqwRAasEw4OcZIklufla19OTj8p-j7aDYNkUh5xpNxZzxWdw3dIGRzM9CP-TM-Kj40orBxuQyss5PCWfWypm-jlM5tbE6yeEg_y22g/s320/BLISTER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468636832371491618" /></a>customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-32235735333223037312010-05-04T12:14:00.000-07:002010-05-04T12:19:19.518-07:00I'M IN A TREASURY!Paradise BnR has included my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/41936108/ladybug-and-red-check-pillow-20x20">ladybug pillow </a>in a treasury! The treasury is <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=129885">http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=129885</a>. It's a buy and replace treasury, so if you purchase anything from one of the sellers in the treasury, one of your products will replace them. It's a good oppportunity to attract new customers and more sales. So go to it and buy something!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57cLvxpzTAlb4W8Yfhs4bOraL8prPX7OOlbYhAHJ1JnxfkdmBRhr5odTVWMDeOFu8xDxqdK9rUvcHsQV317j0V-U-N26LwLSiuTTZjZZa-IE_kFSWxJGq4WR1aTdv_VlQYjqSR0FLUfjx/s1600/LADY+BUG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57cLvxpzTAlb4W8Yfhs4bOraL8prPX7OOlbYhAHJ1JnxfkdmBRhr5odTVWMDeOFu8xDxqdK9rUvcHsQV317j0V-U-N26LwLSiuTTZjZZa-IE_kFSWxJGq4WR1aTdv_VlQYjqSR0FLUfjx/s400/LADY+BUG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467496506472528178" /></a>customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-8289817943265158282010-05-02T12:45:00.000-07:002010-05-02T13:14:59.593-07:00ARTHROSCOPYAs you may or may not know, I fell about a month ago and really seriously did more than just sprain my right knee. My neighbor carried me to his car and took me to emergency. X-rays, full-leg brace and wheelchairs, and everyone said "GO TO THE ORTHOPEDIST!!!" so I finally did. He said "take off that brace, girl!", so I did, and walked around and even went back to my Saturday babysitting gig for one day. When I went back to him - the cutest little doctor man, I think I'm in love - he didn't like the way I was walking, too much limping, should have healed by now - he sent me for an MRI. Next time I saw him he looked at me in amazement. "How did you hurt your knee? When did you hurt your knee??!!" Apparently there was quite a lot wrong in there, some serious, like a torn miniscus and like bone shrapnel pricking in my joints. But I'm not Derek Jeter, and it's not the off-season, so he wasn't going to do the MAJOR surgery of repairing the miniscus, but would do an arthroscopy to remove the prickers that were preventing me from walking, running, dancing with the stars, or playing with my little 4-year-old Saturday babysitting charge. More doctors and hospitals for medical clearance - they didn't like my BP - and finally all was settled. I had the surgery Thursday Apr 29. My wonderful sister, who had come in on the train from Manhattan several times already, spent Wednesday night at my place, and we drove to the hospital Thursday morning early. I remembered to bring my camera, because I knew you would all want the gory details. And here they are!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gwi_0D3qaub73BmzEBKKcidJBmSXo2QO73Fvrd9XqfIDrNcFzKvuszVN4uk2tcqq8Q85VTQZld6_jc21ZQnX0U-CMG6nhzeNcw8UkKwnRe10KtDmFb2eUBbaTsR8GLKcXYZYOzzgzvB3/s1600/BEFORE.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gwi_0D3qaub73BmzEBKKcidJBmSXo2QO73Fvrd9XqfIDrNcFzKvuszVN4uk2tcqq8Q85VTQZld6_jc21ZQnX0U-CMG6nhzeNcw8UkKwnRe10KtDmFb2eUBbaTsR8GLKcXYZYOzzgzvB3/s320/BEFORE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466765200643762210" /></a><br /><br />BEFORE SURGERY<br /><br /><br />THAT LEG? THE OTHER LEG? NO, THE OTHER LEFT KNEE...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFIjT8lRJKaxR-Vzn7kdbAHcJ7VitDHH7fbxsJt9HYLCwcBHWEBZSNW8DqqWpnSefpiDqXHp3EwJTwQDPUb5gFapF8vxTo5n9X6B6si7gcBGki2b6sN1Svc4F5_PmRMVRA5hPNlpj-W6g/s1600/MARKED.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFIjT8lRJKaxR-Vzn7kdbAHcJ7VitDHH7fbxsJt9HYLCwcBHWEBZSNW8DqqWpnSefpiDqXHp3EwJTwQDPUb5gFapF8vxTo5n9X6B6si7gcBGki2b6sN1Svc4F5_PmRMVRA5hPNlpj-W6g/s320/MARKED.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466765119180110642" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCfiK54SSQRWhsAhwmIfiE7KjKEOIbIms2OceVLEoQMj1vNR0aeyhCSvUMyWWlgEke3K9o4twQgiGmpQlGGdXaGd9zFqmGVwWwUXxrSVg_W-gINC_SX7RK3tCeNvlNWL5YxDMVTUxSPDh/s1600/SEDATED.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCfiK54SSQRWhsAhwmIfiE7KjKEOIbIms2OceVLEoQMj1vNR0aeyhCSvUMyWWlgEke3K9o4twQgiGmpQlGGdXaGd9zFqmGVwWwUXxrSVg_W-gINC_SX7RK3tCeNvlNWL5YxDMVTUxSPDh/s320/SEDATED.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466764994624333378" /></a><br /><br />IN THE HOSPITAL POST SURGERY, HAPPILY SEDATED<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />THEY GAVE ME CRUTCHES, THANK GOODNESS<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrj-jQJw-Mktjq_a05GkB_tD5c_TbCZ-u3ku6RQS8WwcfYuAI_85UGZ5Wiok5igRDrKPlvNu8q4KMt7glLqbxBy28UuHX8biqQpTs_Qz_s1e7QnJV-m6x2ixtBEzEIyZIVMW9fFpZvyqiK/s1600/HOME+AGAIN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrj-jQJw-Mktjq_a05GkB_tD5c_TbCZ-u3ku6RQS8WwcfYuAI_85UGZ5Wiok5igRDrKPlvNu8q4KMt7glLqbxBy28UuHX8biqQpTs_Qz_s1e7QnJV-m6x2ixtBEzEIyZIVMW9fFpZvyqiK/s320/HOME+AGAIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466764865327714242" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />WITH THE BANDAGE<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJ9Exfkc63JchDN1ikGp5UbfjANoLiheLgwFjtZVt9HISb0kCGHdwg0iEpGxs1WYOm7hNq0Sbkwq2tGGBx2t4vKyhZsZzKfDfxAnsYCUcI_c00mOJM7Att50-qIIDRzNcdBeTBveJ5eGc/s1600/AFTER.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJ9Exfkc63JchDN1ikGp5UbfjANoLiheLgwFjtZVt9HISb0kCGHdwg0iEpGxs1WYOm7hNq0Sbkwq2tGGBx2t4vKyhZsZzKfDfxAnsYCUcI_c00mOJM7Att50-qIIDRzNcdBeTBveJ5eGc/s320/AFTER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466764692015820450" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN9Qr8RqyqUzcVei5NQd5BlVxC0K8-KHAxYjwzTvlxiDb1p9o7PxIpeBxhvdkKdb7DgFCROdTmgHfb4DR_49Vkh-KDpx7unMhOms7nZGHU6tyhXLJNxxxn5kyPOG1zICFCy4Cjjnt9NL9/s1600/AFTER+2.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN9Qr8RqyqUzcVei5NQd5BlVxC0K8-KHAxYjwzTvlxiDb1p9o7PxIpeBxhvdkKdb7DgFCROdTmgHfb4DR_49Vkh-KDpx7unMhOms7nZGHU6tyhXLJNxxxn5kyPOG1zICFCy4Cjjnt9NL9/s400/AFTER+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466764518170581554" /></a><br />WITH BANDAIDS, AFTER ICING<br /><br />My knee is red in the last picture because I had just iced it down - it isn't that color really. It's still really stiff, hurts somewhat (and now I'm out of vicodin!), and I start PT on Tuesday next week. Stitches come out on Friday next, and then I should be done!!!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-48062896362023371352010-04-23T13:51:00.000-07:002010-04-23T21:12:31.918-07:00Saturday Blog ShoppersThe week goes around quickly, doesn't it? Here we are, another weekend, another Saturday Blog Shoppers spree. Oh the excitement! <br /><br />I have been making lavendar sachets recently. Another etsian, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/QueenOfAllTrades">QueenofAllTrades</a>, is having a home show this weekend, and requested giveaways for her favor-bags, for people who purchased more than $20. I offered my sachets, and she graciously accepted my offer. So of course I forgot all about it, dealing with my injured knee and all, until Monday this week, when I contacted her and she said it was this weekend, and she's in California and I'm in NY, and I needed to make them still...AARRGGHHH!!!<br /><br />So, I got busy as they say. I used material left over from making my new 20"x20" throw pillows. I was going to staple my business card to each sachet, so I measured and cut out 3"x8" strips, sewed them into pouches, ironed, filled them with an 80% lavendar/20% chamoimile blend, and sewed them shut:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQg8ladExGZ__4iq6xZ5byZM8tpi6UeJV7tEYQo3B2l_vPdwveIXOAdIcRwnRF7BucI_RyJH8D0yCBDgev-Akf-0IairAaI0jPJA2u02rcYSVFFHI6CnmoiJVxAb6plHcsK8ZvAv6CXEi/s1600/CUTTING+4.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQg8ladExGZ__4iq6xZ5byZM8tpi6UeJV7tEYQo3B2l_vPdwveIXOAdIcRwnRF7BucI_RyJH8D0yCBDgev-Akf-0IairAaI0jPJA2u02rcYSVFFHI6CnmoiJVxAb6plHcsK8ZvAv6CXEi/s200/CUTTING+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463441343358694322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtuxzjhsztvonHYmDZymekxZ367KtIFD7iPUW32smAPzdUdf6EmiNEiBQ96l_wF17L1GqQe6XEdV6uwl5deOUjS3sr6mUnUyCOmldnUI3CU1UE-9C5YM0ziszYOWWH_kevxowozu04UOF/s1600/SEWING.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtuxzjhsztvonHYmDZymekxZ367KtIFD7iPUW32smAPzdUdf6EmiNEiBQ96l_wF17L1GqQe6XEdV6uwl5deOUjS3sr6mUnUyCOmldnUI3CU1UE-9C5YM0ziszYOWWH_kevxowozu04UOF/s200/SEWING.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463441218947788418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfDWY1oExzHwRl9s5QZ5lJFTG8hBzQ1KGTHN8qCXfJwtfcVr3k3Vo2HryvBJa3kHfSlk1RN4RqjmZwR3V6rLYW6pkoG61RRY9YE_f6-jZohB6awrnvjgI2RgeRk6jzUdSwpYk9hpE9jOE/s1600/FILLING+2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCfDWY1oExzHwRl9s5QZ5lJFTG8hBzQ1KGTHN8qCXfJwtfcVr3k3Vo2HryvBJa3kHfSlk1RN4RqjmZwR3V6rLYW6pkoG61RRY9YE_f6-jZohB6awrnvjgI2RgeRk6jzUdSwpYk9hpE9jOE/s200/FILLING+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463441043070202466" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5A1xmlRWfEQWeDEi1KRMMvoWPC-x4VAqXEuHgEZoTNfyWkQia1nT_a6xjEOj_s40bSKJTT9EoHVsP1sdyf7oLGNyOOLH5H6pXQ1YI7qpGSX7GAowPKDO3yf5nye9jMcpB-Fi9w7a4P0oR/s1600/DONE+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5A1xmlRWfEQWeDEi1KRMMvoWPC-x4VAqXEuHgEZoTNfyWkQia1nT_a6xjEOj_s40bSKJTT9EoHVsP1sdyf7oLGNyOOLH5H6pXQ1YI7qpGSX7GAowPKDO3yf5nye9jMcpB-Fi9w7a4P0oR/s320/DONE+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463441946935565666" /></a><br /><br />There! Done! I actually did 23 for Queen, and sent them overnight, guaranteed to be delivered no later than 3pm on Saturday, so hopefully in time for lots of her goody bags. So there I was on a roll, you might say. I looked around, and found a piece of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/24643915/blue-and-yellow-silk-embroidered">this</a>, and made <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/45355899/lavendar-sachets">two lovely large sachets</a>, to showcase the embroidery:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7R4ovadoH76sdnNUq3P9AOvqWCV0eLEtIUpqgl6TbKVcCH99DnRT6sVtFaaGDdWb7b0GokJ5SeEuiRoiM4cxEQwWtxLBEG6GhAYb2JHDwXYmQATahVyUj59G7dsGpIOqi8bkkBYUZTqlz/s1600/GOLD+SILK+EMB+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7R4ovadoH76sdnNUq3P9AOvqWCV0eLEtIUpqgl6TbKVcCH99DnRT6sVtFaaGDdWb7b0GokJ5SeEuiRoiM4cxEQwWtxLBEG6GhAYb2JHDwXYmQATahVyUj59G7dsGpIOqi8bkkBYUZTqlz/s400/GOLD+SILK+EMB+4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463443694444744834" /></a><br /><br /><br />I also had a piece of 100% deep red-like-wine silk, with a sewn trellis pattern, and made eight <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/45376833/red-silk-lavendar-sachets">sweet and sexy sachets</a>:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zZhcp3YmsqCmhTdFPjyyy5bWKMXJcWOeP2smJ-OsgtpaCTIMk1JSYbLC5u8jvuZEZkhdOH-0Dw6Rqwrhu-X-8XzqZJFj0-VFDLMfbZllDxvnj2DK4XQzSTswL4DCcESeOCaqWWe96-kw/s1600/RED+SILK+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zZhcp3YmsqCmhTdFPjyyy5bWKMXJcWOeP2smJ-OsgtpaCTIMk1JSYbLC5u8jvuZEZkhdOH-0Dw6Rqwrhu-X-8XzqZJFj0-VFDLMfbZllDxvnj2DK4XQzSTswL4DCcESeOCaqWWe96-kw/s400/RED+SILK+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463444899983615874" /></a><br /><br /><br />I also had this wonderful soft cotton printed in a tropical theme and made <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/45356979/small-lavendar-sachets">three more sachets</a>. These are completely different than the other two. I made my own bedspread out of this material, a couple of years ago. I will show it to you when I put it back on my bed, for summer. Meanwhile, I'm happy with the sachets:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB8KTYlHskw4vTmhawASa-KbkLl4Eycyfh4mmqe2dvuttKDNKJqgRrVzlQ6TYKHU4a1wl8jvyaVPMO71lR5U6xJ-CtRmMi-BOCEk-N1MznuxTWjQRjL0kcyPwYyC5S1cIUZVYTaNCGnzP/s1600/SMALL+SACH+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB8KTYlHskw4vTmhawASa-KbkLl4Eycyfh4mmqe2dvuttKDNKJqgRrVzlQ6TYKHU4a1wl8jvyaVPMO71lR5U6xJ-CtRmMi-BOCEk-N1MznuxTWjQRjL0kcyPwYyC5S1cIUZVYTaNCGnzP/s400/SMALL+SACH+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463446204962635506" /></a><br /><br /><br />So, for my SBS sale, there will be no shipping charges on these new sachets!!! Please write something on the notes to seller - SBS, or blog, or something so I know you purchased during our Saturday Blog Shoppers event, and please also go to the other terrific etsians by clicking on the link on the left-hand sidebar.<br /><br />Thanks for all your comments, for reading and looking, and looking at the other shops too!!!!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-56673987579537540282010-04-17T16:25:00.000-07:002010-04-17T16:42:55.395-07:00MORE FABRICS!I have started adding some silks and other patterned fabrics to my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/nancysfabricshop">store </a> nancysfabricshop. I'm trying to give as good a description of the goods as I can. Sometimes I know exactly what the fiber content is, other times I'm giving my best guess, but I can assure you they are all quality fabrics that will not disappoint.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/44850693/lee-jofa-castletown-linen-print">This </a>is a fabulous <a href="http://www.leejofa.com/">Lee Jofa </a>hand-printed piece:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-VDPMTvFKRcjZf_d-2bdZwS4lPaVxYCC9uSlOohKPtfo70R2fKexgdD3_v1IUhrXggpACT0PV3le-G8s3AIL7Oml9xo4bzz4sb20r9Dp5qbdDp5SPZ4HsUEX7dRMPyZi-q0N0TRjijpi/s1600/LEE+JOFA+CASTLETON+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-VDPMTvFKRcjZf_d-2bdZwS4lPaVxYCC9uSlOohKPtfo70R2fKexgdD3_v1IUhrXggpACT0PV3le-G8s3AIL7Oml9xo4bzz4sb20r9Dp5qbdDp5SPZ4HsUEX7dRMPyZi-q0N0TRjijpi/s400/LEE+JOFA+CASTLETON+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461252575915355554" /></a><br /><br /><br />I am also offering <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/44849282/mystic-patterned-red-velvet">this rayon/silk velvet piece </a>with mystic designs:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LLwWy5Hjf_Ufcg4y5e-i6ifWzTLg8pozObIX_tIyM7AvsYd7DCYwcXR8-LSfsEJTJLGgQ4srat7ZuO-P9j-JtxjNDsFJGPPjGq_WWOXVEmM9cB2CAC8rZPoHuEQFtRb2I0hJt_jH0vbC/s1600/PATTERNED+RED+VELVET+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LLwWy5Hjf_Ufcg4y5e-i6ifWzTLg8pozObIX_tIyM7AvsYd7DCYwcXR8-LSfsEJTJLGgQ4srat7ZuO-P9j-JtxjNDsFJGPPjGq_WWOXVEmM9cB2CAC8rZPoHuEQFtRb2I0hJt_jH0vbC/s400/PATTERNED+RED+VELVET+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461253983185834610" /></a><br /><br /><br />And lastly, at this time, this is the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/44848061/silver-silk-leaves">other newest addition </a>to my fabric selections, a subtle, 100% silk piece:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPc57qmQiQa1jaPxMS-nmTpI6hbTc3hAZ_bz6b_dpgL7Two0g2fW_rf1Cw6JOVmCNU9lBBRmincmTduJh4cyLQrCdbA7BXNfcIaDQPYgHJ_9VxWny4bxDRHEZ9SZKQCWwZJmHNF7EJ1iqa/s1600/SILVER+LEAVES.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPc57qmQiQa1jaPxMS-nmTpI6hbTc3hAZ_bz6b_dpgL7Two0g2fW_rf1Cw6JOVmCNU9lBBRmincmTduJh4cyLQrCdbA7BXNfcIaDQPYgHJ_9VxWny4bxDRHEZ9SZKQCWwZJmHNF7EJ1iqa/s400/SILVER+LEAVES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461254522704382754" /></a><br /><br /><br />I have TONS more where these came from. Check back often! I have more amazing silks, brocades, embroideries and patterns that will make you sigh and drool!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104207205519767519.post-33507512650837023922010-04-12T20:26:00.000-07:002010-04-12T20:50:43.884-07:00MY NEW FABRIC STOREHi everyone! I finally did it! I opened my new etsy store <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/nancysfabricshop">nancysfabricshop</a>, where I will be selling material from my extensive fabric collection. I am starting with some <a href="http://www.sunbrella.com/">Sunbrella </a>, a trademarked heavy cotton canvas indoor/outdoor fabric, which is also pretty colorfast. I mean, any fabric will fade eventually if left in strong sunlight for any length of time, but the Sunbrella goods will not fade so fast. The pieces I am offering are 54" wide and a yard long, give or take, for $15.00 each. They're a little heavy, and I like a tracking number, so the shipping is $10, with or without another purchase. <br /><br />This is heavy duty fabric, canvas rough, and strong. It's good to make cushions for your patio or deck, for around the pool, or on a boat. They would also make really sturdy totes or bags for crafts or groceries. My pieces are big bold prints that make a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44655032">dramatic statement</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2k-0kERXcZw4zJqxuiIPK_IVmWz48DwUgfvijW2R_4ar9hfmPsbtuhS8hRb29KPDWkgHsavJf0He3tSPh_CBerp_NN8kfTOd43RZBaF7NzCGtFv2uOL5i-kKn-ojbr3fcYonPJ-RfNCt/s1600/OTHER+RED+PALM+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2k-0kERXcZw4zJqxuiIPK_IVmWz48DwUgfvijW2R_4ar9hfmPsbtuhS8hRb29KPDWkgHsavJf0He3tSPh_CBerp_NN8kfTOd43RZBaF7NzCGtFv2uOL5i-kKn-ojbr3fcYonPJ-RfNCt/s400/OTHER+RED+PALM+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459461385212299426" /></a><br /><br /><br />This pattern also comes in <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44638728">softer, more muted colors</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAUmwlJ5dUMJN9ZeMB60bU8n9M1JfVOdVne_mMwHCys283JLw-Kq4gYyvfH8HKRrU1G2BW1wiJqrSqJxWWJFyEKCZPCcJWPNGHdOmdh9a2rJ-OJcGor9JzPpJNEpWG4bBVNri6npzqC3Q/s1600/GREEN+PALMS+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAUmwlJ5dUMJN9ZeMB60bU8n9M1JfVOdVne_mMwHCys283JLw-Kq4gYyvfH8HKRrU1G2BW1wiJqrSqJxWWJFyEKCZPCcJWPNGHdOmdh9a2rJ-OJcGor9JzPpJNEpWG4bBVNri6npzqC3Q/s400/GREEN+PALMS+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459462026340822578" /></a><br /><br /><br />I also have a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=44636867">blue coral pattern</a>:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLRjaHtJOwQyZkibSglR29QgDUt0d-vFaKD9xtF2v2fWtydipuWbkTlXqgmW_zGxCLOdxehyDV-rcYRhkq_V0ShxJZhrqvrbWiM_rQxN0QfVde0Is6Xa55NheENcJJMzCnm8CiCHlOqug/s1600/BLUE+CORAL+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLRjaHtJOwQyZkibSglR29QgDUt0d-vFaKD9xtF2v2fWtydipuWbkTlXqgmW_zGxCLOdxehyDV-rcYRhkq_V0ShxJZhrqvrbWiM_rQxN0QfVde0Is6Xa55NheENcJJMzCnm8CiCHlOqug/s400/BLUE+CORAL+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459462606674249554" /></a><br /><br /><br />and other patterns as well. Please browse my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/nancysfabricshop">new store</a> to see them all, and come back often. I will be adding more Sunbrella, and some lovely velvets I have, and some gorgeous silk embroideries, and lots of other fabrics for you to use for your own projects!customdesigns4ubynanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556208452341781780noreply@blogger.com5