Everyone is Irish on March 17
TOP OF THE MORNING TO YA!
As February fades and March begins we start to turn our thoughts away from winter and towards the spring. And March brings us many celebrations including Saint Patrick’s Day. March 17 belongs to St. Patrick and has become filled with leprechauns, shamrocks, pots of gold, and the day of the green—green everywhere.
To celebrate, I found a few little facts as well as 10 fabulous Saint Patrick’s Day crafts to make!!
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Finishing your quilt includes choosing the appropriate quilt backing. There are many options for making quilt backing including piecing your quilt backs, using extra wide quilt backing fabric, or making quilt backing that is as gorgeous as your quilt.
In this post, I will discuss the various ways you can create your quilt backing to make your quilts look unique!
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Today is Valentine’s Day so I decided to have a little fun and post slightly off topic. Must be the romantic in me.
As a blogger, I do a lot of research and came across some very interesting facts about Valentine’s Day. Do you know how it got started? Or, why we send cards? Or what the favorite gift is for men and women?
Continue reading to find out the Top Ten interesting facts about this special day.
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Did I need a child sun hat in February. You bet!! The grandkids are coming to visit us in Costa Rica so I made them each a wonderful child sun hat to protect them from the hot sun.
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As I mentioned in the general instructions of the learn to crochet series (Part 2A), this month, we are going to start with 3 squares; all using two basic stitches-the chain stitch (CH) and the single crochet (SC).
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Woohoo! You have purchased your yarn and hooks and are ready to begin to learn to crochet.
The Learn to Crochet is under way and I am so excited! We have a number of new hookers out there ready to join in.
As I said in Learn to Crochet – Part 1, we are going to start on three blocks month, but when I started to write this month’s blog, there were so many “general” instructions the blog was way too long. So, we have two blogs today. Part 2A – which will be the general instructions and Part 2B where we will begin to Learn to Crochet!
LET’S START CROCHETING!!!
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