tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29900185261217617552024-03-05T04:36:51.564-07:00Bolo HeadsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332278945204640079noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990018526121761755.post-59837796415427705982013-08-27T22:03:00.000-06:002013-08-27T22:04:26.859-06:00Wedding Tutus<div style="text-align: center;">
Like I said yesterday I made the flower girls Tutus</div>
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You may think this is silly.</div>
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I know my daughter, and all though I would like to think I am raising a princess, </div>
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I'm not she is a little girl.</div>
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She is a little girl who thinks her clothes are napkins.</div>
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and that there is nothing special about the dresses I make.</div>
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I am sure she thinks that all moms do what I do.</div>
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That all girls get dresses like she does.</div>
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At least that is what I tell myself, when I see them in a pile on her floor.</div>
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Just as a reminder the girls got these beautiful,</div>
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floor length,</div>
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raw silk from India,</div>
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So for the reception I had them change into this. </div>
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How cute are they.</div>
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OK they aren't really tutus, more of a modern take on a tutu.</div>
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Makes them all cute, curly, and fluffy.</div>
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My friend has a silhouette machine,</div>
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and she very kindly made the "P"</div>
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"P" is for the brides new last name.</div>
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Here is proof about what a wise woman I am.</div>
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There she is covered in shaving cream.</div>
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Now imagine for a second that she is in silk.</div>
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Are you having a heart attack yet?</div>
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The skirts are full circle skirts and were so fun to dance in.</div>
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Something to think about before your next wedding.</div>
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It was such a good day.</div>
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They are the best couple ever.</div>
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I realize I haven't been her much but...</div>
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There was a Wedding.</div>
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Good Looking's niece Ashley was married to her perfect match Chase one Saturday.</div>
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Believe it or not, I did some sewing for the event.</div>
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I am thinking that this story might have to be broken up into a few posts.</div>
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Let's see what should we start with?</div>
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How about the dresses I sewed.</div>
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It was only six dresses, three tutus, and one skirt, </div>
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nothing close to the<a href="http://bolohead.blogspot.com/2010/10/done-done-done.html"> twenty two I did before</a>.</div>
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Dress number one was a Jr. Bridesmaid dress.</div>
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Ashley's step sister needed a dress.</div>
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I volunteered my services.</div>
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I remembered as she was walking down the aisle, </div>
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that I never took a picture of her, or the dress.</div>
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Then I forgot to get another picture of it.</div>
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The bridesmaids had floor length gowns, so I did the same for her.</div>
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It was fabulous, I should have taken better pics.</div>
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The flower girls were spoiled rotten in raw silk.</div>
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We thought it would be fun to do a Round Robin quilt.</div>
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It goes like this...</div>
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You make an 18" quilt square. </div>
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You give it to a friend she puts a border on it.</div>
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She gives it to another friend on the list who adds another border.</div>
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We got together the other day to say goodbye to a friend who is moving.</div>
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away from Utah, and Maggie is fabulous.</div>
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My friend <a href="http://april-makingendsmeet.blogspot.com/">April</a> wants to use the<a href="http://www.ahfabrics.com/collections/category/18-theghastlies"> Ghastlies.</a></div>
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Aren't they cute?</div>
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She wanted to make a frame around it,</div>
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I told her that she should do a Madeira applique.</div>
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She had never heard about this type of applique.</div>
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I found an old episode of<a href="http://tv.marthapullen.com/p-697-marthas-sewing-room-magic-madeira-applique.aspx"> Martha Pullen,</a></div>
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she gave a teaser and then wanted you to subscribe for $99</div>
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Sorry love you Martha but that is not happening.</div>
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Since she is using Alexander Henry, I pulled out some of my<a href="http://www.ahfabrics.com/collections/category/347-wranglers"> old scraps</a>.</div>
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I got my square I am using for the frame and folded it in half.</div>
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We went to the Stadium of Fire. It's a big fireworks spectacular that is held here in Utah every fourth. </div>
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The little girls Lala and Baby Sister got the same dresses. </div>
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I got this super cute fabric last year from Riley Blake. </div>
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I ran out of time to make dresses last year so I did it this year.</div>
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So as soon as I was done with Gowyn's dress I started Baubi's skirt. </div>
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Most importantly the teenager LOVES it!!! </div>
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She has worn it three times since.</div>
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You know it would be cute and sit over there.</div>
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I will try to make a friend who can do it. </div>
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I am working on a new rainbow project, </div>
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I am just checking in to say that I am out of here.</div>
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I have some awesome ladies that have been to every party.</div>
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(600 rainbow squares)</div>
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I am nice, and I will let you play.<br />
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Joann's is having a fat quarter sale this week.</div>
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They are only .99 each.</div>
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I will let you pull from your stash.</div>
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If your favorite color is purple and you have an excess of it,</div>
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I really want to get to know you, so come sign up.</div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtH9hRzWEUWBdFA4T3NwOGZ2TlJKMVpmTXM4TGhCVEE#gid=0">Here</a></div>
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There was two inches of snow this morning...<br />
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She was the spice queen, </div>
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I say these, because she has made a number of them.</div>
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I don't even know how many, but she loves them.</div>
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It is spring!!!</div>
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in the spring I do a rainbow swap.</div>
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You sign up on this cute little google doc </div>
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Now in the past this has been very popular so there are going to be three swaps.</div>
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Pick your color.</div>
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You will buy ten fabrics of the color you chose.</div>
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All you need is a 1/4 yard, or a fat quarter.</div>
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So you will get back 200 different fabrics.</div>
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You need to get twenty squares from each fabric.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332278945204640079noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990018526121761755.post-58079033614375555432012-11-02T20:32:00.000-06:002012-11-02T20:32:21.903-06:00Viking Princess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lala LOVED it.</div>
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That is what she wanted to be for Halloween.</div>
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They had so much fun together trick or treating.</div>
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I am not going to lie to you, I was not happy about it.</div>
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She and her friends wanted to be the Avengers </div>
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Last year he was Little John to her Robin Hood.</div>
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I was going to use the same pattern as last years Robin Hood.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332278945204640079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990018526121761755.post-36032110729150798932012-11-02T17:33:00.003-06:002012-11-02T19:20:57.318-06:00My Halloween Report<div style="text-align: center;">
I am still alive, and here I am to report on Halloween.</div>
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I feel a little bit like a looser for not posting anything for a long time.</div>
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SOOO you are getting a bunch of new posts from me today.</div>
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Here is a group shot with Grandma and Grandpa.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332278945204640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990018526121761755.post-27383751671410456392012-09-14T11:43:00.000-06:002012-09-14T11:43:02.843-06:00My state Fair Report<div style="text-align: center;">
Every year I enter the Utah State fair.</div>
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This is my report on how I did this year.</div>
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I only entered seven things this year into the state fair.</div>
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I say only because I have been known to enter like twenty things before.</div>
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The problem with why so few is because Lala and Baby Sister</div>
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I entered the girls <a href="http://bolohead.blogspot.com/2012/01/im-here.html">Christmas dresses</a> and Gowyn's skirt.</div>
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They all won blue ribbons.</div>
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"How could that dress get a second place"</div>
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It was<a href="http://bolohead.blogspot.com/2011/11/halloween-11.html"> Lala's Belle costume</a>.</div>
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It got NOTHING, not even an honorable mention.</div>
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"I never thought of myself as a competitive person until I entered the state fair."</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332278945204640079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990018526121761755.post-17263404059770710822012-08-19T18:02:00.000-06:002012-08-20T17:02:17.728-06:00Erin's Blessing Dress<div style="text-align: center;">
My sister Vicki has a best friend.</div>
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We grew up across the street from her.</div>
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Our parents have been friends since college.</div>
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She was married last year.</div>
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I called her on Thursday to see if I could make her a blessing dress.</div>
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She was blown away with the offer.</div>
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There they are<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Erin and the dress)</span></div>
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She always makes that face, and I am glad that I got it on camera.</div>
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Here is the dress alone.</div>
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It is a full length princess dress, it has a 34" long skirt.</div>
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The fabrics are satin and sheer.</div>
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The sheer is embroidered with this lattice pattern, </div>
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You can see it sparkle a little more in this picture.</div>
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Erin has a very sparkly personality, </div>
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and so I had to use this sparkly fabric for the dress.</div>
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Erin is also very tall,</div>
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I am standing on my tippy toes just as much</div>
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as she is squatting, and she is still taller than me.</div>
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She was so happy about the dress, </div>
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and I was so happy I got to make it for her.</div>
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Her older sister is my same age </div>
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and is due with her first daughter the same day as Erin.</div>
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I get to make her dress too.</div>
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I will show you that one when it is done.</div>
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My sister Vicki's dress is going to take a little extra time. </div>
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It is full of shadow embroidery. </div>
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It will be fabulous when it is done.</div>
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Don't worry I won't let you miss out on that one.</div>
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I hope you had a great weekend as you can see </div>
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I finished my weekend sewing projects.</div>
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I hope you did too.</div>
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OK we are back and ready to talk about my Christmas swap.</div>
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I started my Christmas swap last year because I wanted to remake my quilt as a Christmas quilt.</div>
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You can read about it<a href="http://bolohead.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-quilt-story-and-swap.html"> here.</a></div>
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Last year I had to take two spots in my swap, to fill it up.</div>
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I knew I did not want to have repeats in my circles, so I wasn't sure what to do</div>
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with my second package of swap fabrics.</div>
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I thought about making a Christmas zig-zag quilt, but decided to wait.</div>
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First things first I had to make my circles.</div>
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Now I know you have admired my <span id="goog_1243298965"></span><a href="http://bolohead.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-made-it.html">Jeweled wedding ring quilt,</a><span id="goog_1243298966"></span></div>
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and you totally want to make one your self.</div>
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This is how you start.</div>
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You need to make 525 patterned circles.</div>
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I know you can do it because I did it.</div>
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here is how I do it.</div>
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First things first, you need a circle.</div>
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A two inch circle to be exact, </div>
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I found this glitter container was exactly two inches.</div>
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Next get some of your thicker template plastic.</div>
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trace your circle.</div>
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I then took one of my quilts, circle templates,</div>
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centered it and traced around that.</div>
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I then drew a cross, that way I know exactly where the center is.</div>
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It helps when you are fuzzy cutting.</div>
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I now know where the center is,</div>
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and what will be showing when the seam allowances are gone.</div>
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I know, pretty brilliant.
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Now go to your fabulous stash of Christmas fabrics that you got,</div>
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or will get from the Christmas swap.</div>
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Take one square at a time, and fussy cut away.</div>
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Note how the template lets you perfectly</div>
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center your little Christmas packages.</div>
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Repeat with all your fabrics.</div>
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Yes all two hundred of them.</div>
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Now last year when I was making all my circles, I was left with a quandary.</div>
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Then I started thinking about what I would do with them, and this is what I came up with.</div>
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I think you are going to love it.</div>
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I cut them up in to two inch squares.</div>
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I separated them into three baggies.</div>
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I didn't want the chance repeating a fabric, so I kept them separate.</div>
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I am making snow balls.</div>
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Look how cute and scrappy they are.</div>
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See how stinking cute is that.</div>
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This summer has been crazy.</div>
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I am sure we would all say that.</div>
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I mean really, it is August already.</div>
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This is what happened to me over summer break.</div>
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I got a job.</div>
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I worked up until the day before Baubi was born,</div>
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and she was ten days late.</div>
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After that being a mom was my job. </div>
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it has been my full time crazy job for almost 15 years.</div>
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I was not looking for this job,</div>
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it came and found me.</div>
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I used to work for a friend who made coats.</div>
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She had a store at one of the ski resorts and her company made coats.</div>
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When Baubi was a baby I would sew her hats.</div>
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She had matching hats for her coats, </div>
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and that is what I would sew for her while Baubi would be </div>
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sleeping an playing in her crib. </div>
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I did it for several years and then stopped about six years ago. </div>
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In June I got a call from her.</div>
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I saw her name on my phone and thought...</div>
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Does she need hats?</div>
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Nope she was working for another company, and they needed a part time seamstress.</div>
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their full time one wanted to stay home with her son during summer break,</div>
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they needed someone to fill in for her three days a week.</div>
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I was honestly flabbergasted. </div>
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I told her that I had to talk to Good Looking about it.</div>
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Now as some of you may know being a stay at home mom is not a lucrative position.</div>
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We have been trying to get out of debt and this little part time job would certainly help on that front.</div>
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I went in for the interview my first in over seventeen years.</div>
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I am sure I must have sounded like a dork.</div>
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When I heard that other people were coming in for the position,</div>
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I got competitive about it.</div>
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Now I am normally not a very competitive person.</div>
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When it comes to my sewing ability, I guess I get a little defensive about it.</div>
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I sent her an email and apologized for being a dork,</div>
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and telling her again how awesome I am.</div>
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Well you already know the rest of the story because I told you.</div>
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I got the job.</div>
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I work for<a href="http://littleadventures.com/"> this company</a>, I get to make dress ups all day long.</div>
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I get to be covered in sequins, and sparkles.</div>
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I get to make all the cute fluffy things and get paid for it.</div>
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The only bad thing is I had to sign a </div>
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non-compete, nondisclosure.</div>
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Oh the things I could be putting on this blog, you would die </div>
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from cuteness, and I am not even lying. </div>
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As you can tell from my posting, </div>
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I have not conquered the world of a working mom.</div>
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I am tired and grouchy.</div>
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I feel like the girls are losing a little bit of their innocence, and it is my fault.</div>
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I guess that is the quandary of all working moms.</div>
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How to make it all work.</div>
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I do have somethings to show,</div>
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and I still have openings <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtH9hRzWEUWBdHdyWGhwcF9XYWgydzVaOUZuMVI3R2c#gid=0">in my swap</a> if you want to play.</div>
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I want to say that I will be back tomorrow with a new post and a tutorial.</div>
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But part of me thinks their will be a breakdown somewhere in the day,</div>
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and that plan will be for naught.</div>
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We will see how that goes.</div>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332278945204640079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990018526121761755.post-31198221495657513222012-07-17T21:46:00.001-06:002012-07-17T21:46:40.241-06:00I am Trying<div style="text-align: center;">
I was going to write a new post for today...</div>
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and then life happened and the camera died.</div>
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It is hard to write a tutorial with out a camera.</div>
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My camera forgot that and decided it was done before I was.</div>
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I was going to show you another project to do with your </div>
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<a href="http://bolohead.blogspot.com/2012/07/christmas-in-july.html">Christmas Swap</a> fabrics.</div>
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It is turning out pretty cute but it will have to wait for another day.</div>
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In other news I messed up my swap.</div>
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I know you may not be surprised about it.</div>
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While copying and pasting,</div>
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I pasted when I was suppose to copy.</div>
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In doing so I lost Virginia, and Jessisca's email addresses.</div>
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I would have told you personally, but it is hard with out an email.</div>
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If you could so kindly <a href="https://docs.google.com/?tab=wo&authuser=0&pli=1#home">click back over</a>, and reenter it I will try not to loose it again.</div>
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I still need five more people to complete my swap.</div>
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If you thought about it and were wavering,</div>
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it is still open and you can still play.</div>
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If you know someone who might want to play please, send them my way.</div>
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I will try to get my pictures all done and edited for you tomorrow.</div>
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I really think you are going to like it.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06332278945204640079noreply@blogger.com1