Greetings Loch Ness monsters! I know you’re all about your cold, deep waters in the Scottish highlands, but I thought you may be interested in visiting northern Minnesota this summer. There’s nice, big lakes for you to float around in and better yet, there’s an awesome quilt shop and bed breakfast just a splash...
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Greetings meerkats and happy day-after Memorial Day!! Mr. Bug and I were pookie housebears on our day off. I embarked on a small reorganization of my sewing room that ended up with the inevitable trip to Ikea. In future sewing space news, Mr. Bug and I also measured our basement, currently a very strangely...
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Hoot Hoot! Late post today, but it’s a goodie!! I thought we’d make another stop on the Minneapolis/St. Paul sewing tour… next up Crafty Planet, chock full of fabric, yarn, needlework stuff and the makings for sock monkeys. This is the place to go in the twin cities if you’re on the search for...
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Greetings aardvarks. Has anyone ever seen an aardvark? I don’t even know what they look like. But let’s save that for another day, shall we? I’m low on sewing blog fodder, so today you all get the previously threatened pictures of my closets. I hope it’s not boring – it was fun to put...
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Evening geckos and star-nosed moles. I clearly need to go to the zoo. I’m running out of animal names. I’m still working away on my two coat projects (raincoat and Mr. Bug coat) and am nearing completion on both, so hopefully by this time tomorrow you’ll all see a lovely new raincoat. In the...
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Good morning velveteen rabbits and other assorted much loved animals. Speaking of velveteen… we got in some of the new Anna Maria Horner fabrics this week at the shop and there’s VELVETEEN!! Gah. I love her fabrics so much. There’s voile on the way too, I can hardly wait.. For poor rabbits with no...
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A little bit of sewing, some how tos, vintage love and a quest for the perfect fit. Hi! I’m Patty, a thirty-something living in Minneapolis with a cute little house, husband and basset hound, 3 cozy snug bugs.
