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More warm hugs

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Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney

Sorry for the poor quality of the photo, but I have wrapped some of them so this is as good as it gets. I was rushing when I took them because the forecast was for rain this week which hasn’t hit just yet.
The lavender smell in the [...]

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Rice Bags = Warm Hugs

I made some rice bags (empty) for my parents overseas and another one that was filled.  I heated the filled bag on the freaky cold day we had on the weekend.  The bag has a few spoonfuls of dried lavender in it with the rice and when heated up it was like a warm hug.  [...]

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Christmas Crafting

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Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney

I found this very cute toy soldier fabric at Spotlight and wanted to make some pillowcases for my six year old nephew. I stumbled upon the “Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts” book at my local library by Joelle Hoverson. It has the most amazing projects. You can see the amount [...]

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Quack!

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Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney

Latest baby quilt finished!!! The pattern and a lot of the fabrics were purchased at the Material Obsession stand at the Darling Harbour show this year.
This was a very easy pattern that was fun to sew. I would recommend it to anyone who would like to make a quality baby quilt, [...]

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Dolls

Did a push this weekend and finished the dolls.  Now running to hide them before Sloan wakes up.  She wants all of them for her and now….not Christmas.  PS Pattern is from Wee Wonderfuls in case you were wondering.

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Eyes?

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Originally uploaded by Sew Sydney

Three Christmas dolls waiting for faces and bows. Have a good weekend!

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Gee and Halloween

Halloween was the best one ever.  Other than Sloan refusing to wear her costume, the night was perfect.  Here is one of my favorite photos from the night.  I think it captures the absolute joy, or maybe sugar high, the kids were on answering the door when the trick-o-treaters would ring our bell.
I was pretty exhausted from [...]

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