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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl

1984 Posts

Joanna
Dunbarton New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts

Posted - May 19 2010 :  05:48:38 AM  Show Profile
Well, we all need to find the time for our crafting. So the thing to do is lay out your day. . . you know, make a list of what really needs to be done today. Then figure out when you can pull some time for yourself to do the crafting. I gave up tv long ago in favor of crafting. . .even now when my BF wants me to join him watching tv, I have my knitting or embroidery or something in my hands to work on.

Another thing I did when my children were still at home, I would get up an hour earlier to do the dishes and laundry, then once they were out the door for school, I had an hour to do my crafting before work.

Here's wishing you an extra hour to your day to play!!!!

Joanna #566
JojoNH
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CountryCents
http://CountryCents.Blogspot.com
http://Twitter.com/Eastwooddesigns
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Butterscotch Grove
True Blue Farmgirl

196 Posts

Melissa
Fairbanks AK
196 Posts

Posted - May 19 2010 :  09:52:00 AM  Show Profile
Melanie - I am the worst housekeeper in the world. That's how I make time for making things LOL. It's not a good solution, though, because I usually can't find the craft supplies I need for a given project. (And, well, the house is a wreck - guess that's a pretty big drawback to my "system," too!)

Melissa

My blog:

http://ButterscotchGrove.wordpress.com
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl

2246 Posts

fran
bonham texas
USA
2246 Posts

Posted - May 19 2010 :  12:13:54 PM  Show Profile  Send frannie a Yahoo! Message
hahahahaha, melissa you are great. i think we have the same system. i dont know if i could craft in a "clean" house, but i have never had to test the theory.
lately i have been on a cleaning binge cause i am travelling to dallas for a surgery on my legs the first week in june. i dont know why but i want my house straight.
or my version of straight
anyway, i have been back at my pincushions, not the acorn ones but just the standard ones. i have been making pincushions forever and i love it, i think i am addicted to it.

here is a pic of some of the pincushions.made from scraps, hope yall enjoy them.

love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
www.angeltree.etsy.com


check out the farm at:
www.localharvest.org/farms/M24434
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl

6740 Posts

PeggyAnn
Vancouver WA
USA
6740 Posts

Posted - May 19 2010 :  12:23:45 PM  Show Profile
Fran...I love your pin cushions. Do you sell them or swap them? I would buy or swap for one.

Blessings,
~peggy

Lady In Red
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl

2246 Posts

fran
bonham texas
USA
2246 Posts

Posted - May 19 2010 :  12:35:52 PM  Show Profile  Send frannie a Yahoo! Message
peg, thanks so much for the comment. i was selling my crafts but when i got sick i got so far behind in my orders and it made me feel terrible. i still have some orders to fulfill and hope one day to be able to do them.
so right now i am not selling, them.
i am only gifting them. i will email you.

love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
www.angeltree.etsy.com


check out the farm at:
www.localharvest.org/farms/M24434
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knittinchick
True Blue Farmgirl

1854 Posts

Megan
Wisconsin
1854 Posts

Posted - May 19 2010 :  2:30:49 PM  Show Profile
Fran, the pincushions are so cute!
God's Blessings,
Megan aka Loretta Rae

At heart, I am both a sassy city girl and a down-home country gal.
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl

6784 Posts

Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts

Posted - May 19 2010 :  6:02:02 PM  Show Profile  Send maggie14 a Yahoo! Message
Fran, they are really, really cute!
Hugs,
Channah

Farmgirl sister #1219


Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :)
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Jibara Girl
Farmgirl in Training

19 Posts

Zoed
Upper Marlboro Maryland
USA
19 Posts

Posted - May 19 2010 :  8:13:55 PM  Show Profile  Send Jibara Girl a Yahoo! Message
Question?

How do you post picture of your craft you are working on the forum?

Thanks

Live... Love.. Laugh.. Dream.. ;)
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl

2246 Posts

fran
bonham texas
USA
2246 Posts

Posted - May 20 2010 :  10:49:14 AM  Show Profile  Send frannie a Yahoo! Message
one of the things that i find so great about this site is that it is so farmgirl(user) friendly. if you havent already done it check out the faq section and there will be a whole area about posting pics.
there is also an area at the bottom of the site where you can practice.
i use photobucket to post pics here, its free and MOST of the time easy to use, although i have dial up and nothing is easy with dial up
anyway, give these areas a read, try out photobucket and continue to ask questions. that is how i learned and the farmgirls here were a big help with everything.
i will be happy to help at any point along there if you run into any glitches, but as far as i know unless thing have changed you have to go first and join a pic sight like photobucket.
when all else fails, usually brian or rene or carol, someone from the farm comes on the thread and gives you just the info you need. allee and aunt jenny have also been great sources of help for me here.

love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
www.angeltree.etsy.com


check out the farm at:
www.localharvest.org/farms/M24434
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Jibara Girl
Farmgirl in Training

19 Posts

Zoed
Upper Marlboro Maryland
USA
19 Posts

Posted - May 20 2010 :  2:08:00 PM  Show Profile  Send Jibara Girl a Yahoo! Message
Thank You Franni. I appreciate the info. As you can tell am new to the Forum.

Live... Love.. Laugh.. Dream.. ;)
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Jibara Girl
Farmgirl in Training

19 Posts

Zoed
Upper Marlboro Maryland
USA
19 Posts

Posted - May 20 2010 :  2:09:30 PM  Show Profile  Send Jibara Girl a Yahoo! Message
Sorry for the typo, That's Frannie.

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textilelover
True Blue Farmgirl

557 Posts

Dianne
Middletown NY
USA
557 Posts

Posted - May 20 2010 :  2:42:32 PM  Show Profile
I just finished applique on five newborn onesies for Mary LD (my pincushion sister) to take to Haiti this summer. When I have a moment, I'll post the photos. The weather is actually NICE here, so I'm gardening, not sewing. Frannie, Love the pincushions. JoJo, I gave up TV a long time ago to sew and read, but there are still not enough hours in the day! Dianne

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." --Leondardo da Vinci
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JojoNH
True Blue Farmgirl

1984 Posts

Joanna
Dunbarton New Hampshire
USA
1984 Posts

Posted - May 20 2010 :  4:12:04 PM  Show Profile
Zoed, WELCOME!!!! WaHOOOO!!! A New Farmgirl!!!!
Looking forward to getting to know you and look forward to seeing what your working on!

Joanna #566
JojoNH
http://www.etsy.com/shop/CountryCents
http://CountryCents.Blogspot.com
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Jibara Girl
Farmgirl in Training

19 Posts

Zoed
Upper Marlboro Maryland
USA
19 Posts

Posted - May 20 2010 :  4:42:02 PM  Show Profile  Send Jibara Girl a Yahoo! Message
Talking about what you are working on today. Well, not today. But this is one block that I started last summer which is the center of a large quilt. I need to get back to this project. Anyway thought I share. I think the image is too big. Still learning how to attach these images on forum. Need to fix that for next time.




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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl

2246 Posts

fran
bonham texas
USA
2246 Posts

Posted - May 20 2010 :  9:11:13 PM  Show Profile  Send frannie a Yahoo! Message
zoed, wow a picture and a great one. i love your colors.
if you used photobucket there is a place to edit the pics down after you download them and before you put them on this site. but when the pic is that pretty who cares if it is big.
anyway, i cant believe you live in pearland. not far from where i grew up. i hope the gulf of mexico is not suffering to badly in galveston. anyway, how long have you been in that part of texas?

love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
www.angeltree.etsy.com


check out the farm at:
www.localharvest.org/farms/M24434
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Jibara Girl
Farmgirl in Training

19 Posts

Zoed
Upper Marlboro Maryland
USA
19 Posts

Posted - May 21 2010 :  08:12:36 AM  Show Profile  Send Jibara Girl a Yahoo! Message
Thank You Joanna!

Frannie, I have been in Pearland for five years.
Moved here from Chicago. I love Pearland and
Galveston where I work. We have not Bern affected
at all by the oil spill. We are good so far.

Zoed

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kittykill
True Blue Farmgirl

608 Posts

Pam
Portland or
USA
608 Posts

Posted - May 22 2010 :  09:40:47 AM  Show Profile  Send kittykill an AOL message  Send kittykill a Yahoo! Message
I'm working on a vintage embroidery of a woman right now for a swap. I used crayons to tint her hair, flowers and dress and then the stitching part. I'm usually working on 3 or 4 things at once. LOL!


Next week I'm dipping my toes into cold process soap. I can't wait to try it.
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Butterscotch Grove
True Blue Farmgirl

196 Posts

Melissa
Fairbanks AK
196 Posts

Posted - May 24 2010 :  1:10:19 PM  Show Profile
Kittykill! A fellow Craftser/Farmgirl! Good to see you here.

Just got an order for a stuffed groovy kitty like this one, so I'll have to get busy. :-)



Melissa

My blog:

http://ButterscotchGrove.wordpress.com
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl

2246 Posts

fran
bonham texas
USA
2246 Posts

Posted - May 24 2010 :  1:40:38 PM  Show Profile  Send frannie a Yahoo! Message
melissa, what a personality that kitty has, way too cute.

love
frannie in texas
home of "green"crafts,
where no scrap is left behind
(http://abunnystale.wordpress.com/)
www.angeltree.etsy.com


check out the farm at:
www.localharvest.org/farms/M24434
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl

1900 Posts

Karrieann
Northeast Georgia
USA
1900 Posts

Posted - May 24 2010 :  2:57:04 PM  Show Profile
...oiling my sewing machine.

Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)

My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
...http://karrieann-followingmyheartandjesus.blogspot.com/
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Butterscotch Grove
True Blue Farmgirl

196 Posts

Melissa
Fairbanks AK
196 Posts

Posted - May 25 2010 :  09:54:43 AM  Show Profile
Thanks, Frannie!

My blog:

http://ButterscotchGrove.wordpress.com
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl

2701 Posts

Marcy
Tiverton Rhode Island
USA
2701 Posts

Posted - May 25 2010 :  10:55:10 AM  Show Profile
I'm still working on learning to tat and I am also embroidering a dish cloth, and of course there is the quilting and knittng and crochet and cross stitch and needle felting and... oh, way tooo many projects.
FRANNIE!!! So good to see you back, dear friend. You have been gone far too long! You have been missed around here!

Farmgirl #170

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give...Eleanor Roosevelt

http://marcysworldofcreativity.blogspot.com/

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MrsRooster
True Blue Farmgirl

1168 Posts

Amy
Seabrook TX
USA
1168 Posts

Posted - May 25 2010 :  12:20:06 PM  Show Profile  Send MrsRooster a Yahoo! Message
I am working on Sunbonnet Sue blocks for a quilt for my daughter. I am thinking that I want to use 30's prints for the boarders.

Also making aprons for dishsoap bottles. Cute freebie pattern.

Have a wonderful day.

www.mrsrooster.blogspot.com

Farmgirl #1259
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kittykill
True Blue Farmgirl

608 Posts

Pam
Portland or
USA
608 Posts

Posted - May 25 2010 :  8:44:59 PM  Show Profile  Send kittykill an AOL message  Send kittykill a Yahoo! Message
I just finished this for a swap I am in. The lady is a vintage pattern that I embroidered. I decided to tint her with crayons and the inside of the flowers are beads. I hope she likes it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7528267@N02/4641034704/
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Butterscotch Grove
True Blue Farmgirl

196 Posts

Melissa
Fairbanks AK
196 Posts

Posted - May 26 2010 :  08:56:30 AM  Show Profile
Pam, if she doesn't, she's nuts - your lady is lovely! Those flowers are wonderful - I really like the beaded centers.

Juanita - hope you've replenished your crochet cotton stash! It's always frustrating to run out in the middle of a project. Then again, there are always plenty of other projects to work on until I can restock. :-)

Marcy - how's the tatting going? That always looks so neat. One of these days...

Amy - is your sunbonnet sue quilt full-sized? 1930s prints are some of my favorites.

My "craft" for today is going to be writing a blog post and keeping my little boy happy (or less cranky, anyway). He got into something the other day and is covered with hives. Looks like poison ivy or poison oak - except we live in Interior Alaska, and have neither ivy nor oak growing here. It's a mystery. Sigh.

Melissa

My blog:

http://ButterscotchGrove.wordpress.com
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