Patty The Snug Bug

Hey ya’ll! I’m back with part two of Mr. Bug’s and my fabric shop adventures from last weekend. After we hit Golden d’Or, my better half graciously agreed to check out one more shop – City Craft – it was only a few miles from stop #1, after all. Plus we got to drive...
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Alright all y’all, you KNOW the implied subtitle is Patty Does Dallas, right? I mean, you all knew that was coming. I am incapable of resisting. Seventies adult film references are like the borg when one moves to the lone star state. Everyone feel free to take a moment to take in my random...
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Hey y’all. I’ve clawed my way out of the oblivion of too much time spent working to check on the world of the googles and assorted interweb friends. But enough about me. Let’s talk about my new franken-dresser-craigslist find. I’ve been spending a lot of my time playing with my new puppy (more on...
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Alright kittens! So…. you guys are a vocal bunch when it comes to the skirt-wearing rights of the common woman! I told my boss that he had earned the disgust of the sewing blog contingent – he seemed singularly unimpressed. Just to clarify – my role at work AND at the shows is marketing,...
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Alright Bunnies. Today’s post is brought to you by a tragic turn of events in the great state of Texas. I have been instructed, by a boss filled with malice and singular lack of understanding of my personal style , to not only wear a POLO to an upcoming trade show, but to wear...
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Alright,  marmots. Rampant rumors aside, I’m here to tell you that I am NOT dead, trapped under a pile of craigslist finds or detained in my sewing room, fingers stitched securely to my skirt and/or pigtails. None of those claims are true, and I (or my faithful spammers – “great article! keep up the...
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Hey y’all! I finally wrangled the poker room I’ve made mention of into some semblance of order. There’s a lot still not done – the big projects are finishing & waxing the OUTSIDE of the sideboard, followed by more interior painting and waxing. Also, we’re swapping out the seat cushions from saloon red to...
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Morning all! I feel a little disingenuous calling revealsies on my living room, since not a post goes by without my posting a picture of some part of the living room, but I’ve finally gotten to a point where there won’t be a lot more work being done in the room. You can stick your collective...
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Morning all! As I continue to obsess about what goes INSIDE our house, Mr. Bug obsesses about the things I consider to be a bit more boring… air filters, caulking, all that sort of thing. One of our new projects has met happily right between our separate interests… deteriorated siding, meet paint color selection!...
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Morning otters! As I mentioned the other day, when I moved my pink cane chairs from the living room to the breakfast room, I was left with a big, gaping hole in the family room. I INTENDED to practice patience and perseverance and perhaps even some fiscal responsibility and wait for the perfect replacements,...
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Morning assorted marmots! So, I think I’ve managed to established that not only do I tend to go for the least expensive way to do things, but I also have a MacGyver like addiction to figuring out how to get something accomplished on my own, usually with materials on hand, rather than paying someone...
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Hey y’all! I intended for this post to JUST be pictures of the little pillow I made for my little bench in my breakfast nook, but realized when gathering up the pictures that I haven’t FORMALLY introduced allyall to the newly painted table, my super-find of a little reclaimed wood bench or really the...
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Morning all! I hope you had a safe and fun 4th of July – whether you were picnicking and fireworking or just regular, old Wednesday night-ing. I was so smug over the fact I managed to blog while on vacation (if one instagram photo can be considered blogging) that I completely spaced out planning...
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Hey bald eagles! What do you get when you mix… 1 bar stool 320 grit sandpaper 1 vacuum 1.5 Shiner Bock A spidermen movie (the lame one with the black suit) Late pre-holiday night Snoring boy and hound on sofas 1 serger 2 old Ikea pillows a dropcloth a yard of grey ticking This!...
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Hey bunnies! So! Do you have a dream? I do. I dream of a giant warehouse full of dirt-cheap, vintage and antique furniture. That nobody else knows about. And guess what I found last Friday! Yes! You guessed it! Dirt-cheap-super-awesome-furniture in a little out of the way storage locker! So. This all started last...
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