Which season do you belong in?

You Belong in Spring

Optimistic, lively, and almost always happy with the world…
You can truly appreciate the blooming nature of spring.
Whether you’re planting flowers or dyeing Easter eggs, spring is definitely your season!

What Season Are You?

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Non-traditional craft ideas

Whiplash challenge came and went and I didn’t do anything this time either

CHALLENGE ENTRIES
Life\’s a beach::HildeC
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Stockings…

I was part of a Christmas Stocking swap, and this is my creation… I don’t know much about my swap pal, but I hope she’ll like this.
The yarn is Portuguese, from a private swap with Lucia I think there ALWAYS has to be a small soft toy in a sock

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Knittig lace

I WAS planning on knitting one lace bookmark a day – at least – and this is my Lacevember catch… well… better than Socktober :->
The turquoise thingy is horrible. I made it just to practice lace knitting. The needles I have are too thick, I don’t have 0, 00, 000 or 0000 – I’d like [...]

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Peacocks…

This is the first sketch to my peacock crazy quilt. It’s heavily inspired by Linda B. at Flickr… I think she has had some help from her friends, and wish I had friends like that
Anyways, I’m going to go through the 100 details for 100 days, and use a lot of paisley and [...]

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Dear Jane…

This is the Dear Jane quilt. Now I know what it is… and now I just have to do it. Join the Janiacs
It looks very nice in these old-fashioned, brownish colors, but it looks nice in other color combinations as well.
This is “Edith“s version. I was thinking of peacock colors… a little darker [...]

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count your demons…

When I counted up my demonsSaw there was one for every dayWith the good ones on my shouldersI drove the other ones away
So if you ever feel neglectedAnd if you think that all is lostI’ll be counting up my demons, yeahHoping everything’s not lost
When you thought that it was overYou could feel it all aroundAnd [...]

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Quilting meme

From Suze’s blog,who got it from Shelina’s blog
Have You Ever?
1 Taken a quilting class2 Paper pieced3 Hand quilted4 Hand pieced5 Created your own pattern6 Published a pattern in a magazine or book7 Gone on a quilting retreat 8 Gone to a quilting convention 9 Met someone who wrote a quilting book10 Combined your quilting with [...]

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Crazy Quilting

Image: Mardi Gras by Vickie Tobin
I stumbled over the CrazyQuilting group at Flickr, and there “100 details in 100 days” blog diary…
I love crazyquilting. I adore it. I’m passionate about it. I’m obsessed with it. And now my mind is exploding…
I haven’t actually ever thought of using lace or ribbons in crazyquilt… NOW I’m thinking [...]

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More lace…

Image information: Nancie M. Wiseman’s knitted lace edging. Photograph by Joe Coca.
Sarah Bradberry, another Aries, a year younger than I am , has some pretty nice patterns on her website.
Here’s some lace.http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns-counterpanes.htm
Like this one: http://www.knitting-and.com/homework/leaf-bedspread.htmSimple, but beautiful.Or [...]

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