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Wordless Wednesday Cruisin Galveston

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  Linking with parties   Monday: Hello Monday Monday Morning Blog Club Love Your Creativity Share Our Lives (I co-host 2nd Monday of each Month) Senior Salon Pit Stop Will Blog for Comments My Month is Booked (last Monday of every month) Huisvlijt   Tuesday: Talking About it Tuesdays (I host) Wednesday: Wonderful Wednesday  https://newjourneyback.blogspot.com/?m=1  What's Up Wednesday?-- Last Wednesday of Every Month Currently (first Wednesday of the month) To Grandma's House we Go Thursday: Thinking out Loud Thursday  Full Plate Thursday Monthly Musings (last Thursday of the month; Q&A post) Share Your Shelf (Book related link up I host 1st Thursday of the month) Ageless Style (3rd Thursday of the month I co-host; a fashion party) Chic and Stylish Thursday Favorite Things   Friday: Friday favorites  Funtastic Friday Spread the Kindness Fancy Friday Traffic Jam Reboot Weekly Glimmers   You Name It    Sunday: ...

Tips on Tuesday

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  Today I am sharing  a sewing tip.  And a tip for making a mixed media blog post.    First the sewing tip . . . #1 make sure you are ordering  100% cotton. I mean who cuts polyester fabric into squares and sells as quilting blocks? If you look close the green is cotton.  All the rest is polyester.   It frays bad. And you must use pins.   Quilers rarely use pins.   Tip #2 I am showing what is called leaders and enders.  When  you finish a block sew onto a little cut piece.  This saves you from having the edge of next seam eatin' by the machine.  See the gap? It is between the leader scrap and the new block.  Makes this fast easy to sew even if you have to use pins. Please do not sew over pins!   I learned it works better for me to complete the collage on the page before applying paint.  This is a challenge in my group created by   Laura Jo. Here is her page https://www...

Blue Monday

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  A bit of Blue and honoring Smiling Sally 

Happy Homemaker Monday

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  Hello Monday and Welcome to my old new Monday Event.  I had not posted in a few years.  I am glad it is still here!  The Weather   Beautiful rainy day.  I think probably in upper 60s maybe low 70s.  Fall came!  Outside My Window   Rain  Thinking & Pondering    Too much.  Planting. My Author promote side gig.  Maybe going to lunch on Tuesday!  Around The House  Well a little better than last Monday  but still some choas I have Caladium bulbs that are sitting by door to plant. The flower bulbs are in fridge.    I learned last night squirrels don't like Caladiums, Alium and Onions. They will leave them alone! Reading Now   Just finished Grabbing Mane.  Now heavy into  I have the print copy provided by author  Available on Amazon    I am reading the Audible version free with my membership.  What I Am Wearing  Black Leggings and tank top...