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DK Quilt Guild: Finished Projects
I finished the above quilt this week. It is not big, about 48in square. It started off as a workshop project that would have been a table runner. It kind of ran away. The quilter had one like this...
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IAN:Thursday 1/30/2020 Just a Clearing House
A couple of months ago, one of my guild sisters gave me a large shopping bag full of 5 in squares of cotton fabric. We used to use them to make children’s quilts but have had to give that up since we...
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IAN:Thursday 2/6/2020 Hiding from the news, another craft project
In a doomed attempt to avoid the main news, I have been watching more and more YouTube videos. Most of them involve either cooking or crafting. This is the latest crafting one I saw yesterday....
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IAN: Thursday 2/13/2020 Aty the Otter, Snacking and Chatting
On another diary here, one of the posters posts otter videos often. CQ does that here occasionally too. This video was so cute. It looks like I feel on Valentine’s Day, with all the chocolate! I...
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IAN:Thursday 2/20/2020 A Matter of Perspective
I am in an uncharacteristicly bad mood. The original diary I wrote was crap and whiny. The day I have had has been very stressful and I am not handling it well. All of this is entirely my own fault...
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IAN:Thursday 2/27/2020 Open for Comments
I have spent the last hour trying to come up with something interesting to write about this evening. I visited Bored Panda but was not inspired. I googled “Weird things on the internet” but nothing...
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DK Quilt Guild: Another Recycled Jeans Purse
I found this picture on the interwebs for a recycled jeans purse. I loved all the zippers but there was no info at all, just the photo. So I made my own version. Come below the adverts and see mine....
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IAN: Thursday 3/5/2020-A Trip to a New Veterinarian
The above picture is of Mz. Picky in better health days. It is from 2016. She is thinner now and we are working on that. We saw a new vet yesterday and it was an eye opening experience.As you can...
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IAN:Thursday 3/12/2020 The Heimatdamish- Polka Band Meets Rock and Roll.
In the last century, I worked with a seriously strange lady. Among other oddities, she was an over the top polka fan. She had a bumper sticker on her car that said “In case of accident, call me a...
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DK Quilt Guild: A Quilt Show Challenge
Just as the season opened for quilt shows here in So Cal, they have all been canceled or postponed. One was canceled the night before it opened. So many people are so sad but understand the necessity...
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IAN: Thursday 3/19/2020 The Galileo Cat Thermometer
You have all seen a Galileo Thermometer, yes? My mother had one and it always fascinated me. When she passed, my sister took it and treasures it. Well, I may not have one like this, but I have one...
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IAN:Thursday 3/26/2020 Dingoes and Dogs
Razzle and her buddy Ash in days pastMy Razzle is an Australian Cattle dog, although a mix with some other larger dog. According to Wikipedia, she comes from a line bred by a man named Thomas Hall who...
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DK Quilt Guild: Kaffe Fassett and Free Block Pattern
I made this medallion from a free pattern on a video I watched last week. It is 32” square right now. I don’t know how I am going to finish it but it will become something useful! Come below for the...
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IAN:Thursday 4/2/2020 Green Onions and Lettuce Butts
I bought this cute plastic planter at Dollar Tree back in Feb and it came in handy recently. I actually bought 3 to stack but that didn’t happen.As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is...
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IAN:Thursday 4/9/2020 Fear and Eating in Los Angeles
Mr. Zen called out to his job on Monday. He is very afraid of getting sick and the people he works for and with seem to be totally oblivious to the danger. Many of them do not listen or read any news...
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IAN:Thursday 4/16/2020 TV Tubes and Pilot Lights
I have been trying to get a sourdough starter started. I bought a mix on a road trip and decided to give it a try. I have had no luck at all. I wish I lived near someone who feeds theirs regularly...
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DK Quilt Guild: Too Early for Autumn Colors, but...
I was watching quilting videos and saw of group of them from an artist who designs patterns for 3yd quilt tops. All you need is a yard of 3 fabrics you like together and one of her patterns and you...
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IAN:Thursday 4/23/2020 Sourdough Starter!
I finally made a successful sourdough starter, although it is only good for bubbling right now. It has to ferment and gain sour flavor slowly, with multiple feedings.As you can see by Itzl's concerned...
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IAN:Thursday 4/30/2020 It Became Bread!
I have been boring everyone around me, mostly online of course, with my attempts to make sourdough bread. I have spent a few weeks trying to get a starter started. You mix flour, a little pineapple...
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IAN: Thursday 5/7/2020 Chex Mix, now and then.
Recipes change over time. People substitute one item for another to get fewer calories or lower fat. I find the new one usually doesn’t taste the same which is not always bad. But some recipes are...
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