Archive for May, 2011

How do Buttons make “You” feel?

Posted May 29, 2011 By FairyKateH

     Buttons.  Buttons.  Buttons.  For some, that word just means you can keep your pants up or stop your shirt from gaping open, but to a select group of people, the word – button — means so much more.  It makes them feel good, causes goose bumps on their forearms and a giddy feeling in […]

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Button Collection Extraordinaire

Posted May 27, 2011 By FairyKateH

Do “you” love buttons?  My friend, Jennie, LOVES buttons as you can see from the photo here.  She agreed to share a few photos of her favorites with you, my other friends.  When I arrived, Jennie’s boyfriend said, “Oh…you’re here to admire the buttons, aren’t you.  Lucky you!  You’re in for a treat.”  I walked […]

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Embarressing Your Buttons – – A CQ No-No!

Posted May 22, 2011 By FairyKateH

  I just had to share a quick photo of “what NOT to do with your buttons”.  You should NEver EVer embarrass your buttons in any way . . . see attached photo. In my previous blog post, I showed what you can do with a piece of lace to enhance a shank button and […]

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Lace Motif for CQ

Posted May 20, 2011 By FairyKateH

Do you remember the dream I told you about in the “previously published” blog post, “Spaghetti and Buttons”.   Well, I finally had time to actually make the lace motif I mentioned in that post and thought I’d share a few photos of it.  My dream worked perfectly. I used 8 inches of one inch wide lace.  […]

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How many people out there machine piece their crazy quilt blocks? Raise your hands. Hmmm…eight…twelve….forty-seven…and many, many more. Wow…there’s quite a few of you out there. The reason I asked is because although I know a lot of women machine piece their blocks, I have always made my crazy quilt blocks by hand. I like […]

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Tatting—a short love story

Posted May 18, 2011 By FairyKateH

    Do “you” love tattting as much as I do? There’s just something about those intricate knots and swirls of thread that amazes me. What I’d like to know is who invented this stuff out in the first place? Who developed the first tatting shuttle?  What person figured out how to hold their tongue just right so […]

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Embroidery Stitch Variation—Wagon Wheel

Posted May 15, 2011 By FairyKateH

  I’ve never seen such an interesting version of the wagon wheel stitch.   For those of you who do not know how to make such perfect circles on a CQ block, this is how “I” do it.  I’m sure everyone has their own way of making circles on CQ and as long as it […]

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Sharing another blog site with you.

Posted May 11, 2011 By FairyKateH

This is not on the topic of crazy quilting, but if you have a daughter, you have SO got to see this list.  If you like my brand of humor, you will LOVE this post.  Just thought I’d share.  More crazy quilting blog posts will follow. http://www.mommasaid.net/mommablog/2011/05/10/10-things-teach-daughters/

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     On the eve after of such a momentous world event, I thought it appropriate to reflect upon the commando raid that caused so much celebration in America.  I feel numb with the news.  Finally after all these years of searching and millions of dollars spent finding him, the mastermind of 9/11, Osama Bin Laden — was “taken out” almost quicker […]

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