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Thursday This and That

I read in the Oregonian this morning that Portland is second in the number of bloggers in the nation. Number 1 is Austin, Texas. I don’t think I know any bloggers from Austin. If you are reading this and are a blogger in Austin, please leave a comment and let me know.

Is this a result of global warming or a trick of Mother Nature? We have an azalea blooming in our yard.

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What would you do? Spend $69 on a slip cover or buy a new sofa? We decided to give the slip cover a try. The Christmas pillows are really old. I made them from Christmas Pot Holders that I appliqued to a colorful pillow cover. The beautiful wool coverlet was a Christmas gift from Lisa a couple of years ago. This is Mr C’s office.

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Project Runner continues. I did a nice decorative embroidery edge on this dupioni runner to match the decorative stitching I did in the center block.

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I cut, stitched and started hand sewing bindings for the four Christmas fabric runners.

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I ran out of green fabric for the runners with the green Christmas borders. So, I bound them in contrasting red fabric that was used in the center blocks. They look great.

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I, who never owned and I-pod before a month or so ago, now have two. The Nano I bought did not have enough memory for all of our cd’s so I bought another one with lots more memory. It arrived today and so I uploaded all of our music and added the Christmas music which I had not imported to I-tunes, yet.

And so that is how I have been keeping busy today. Mr C, the great dad that he is, went to Steph’s today and helped her finish painting her dining room in preparation for Mia’s birthday party this week-end.

7 Responses to “Thursday This and That”

  1. joan says:

    Where did you get your slipcover? I need one, too!

  2. Reva says:

    I have a variegated azalea, deep pink with white edges, just outside my studio window, that seems to be a twice-a-year bloomer. It’s going great guns now, despite the overnight freezes! Dumb perhaps, but hardy.

  3. Beth Nimmo says:

    I had azaleas that bloomed in the dead of winter. They were candy striped. I thought they were confused but darn it, they bloomed every year in December.

  4. Terry Grant says:

    Azaleas are easily confused. They are very pretty, but not too bright.

  5. Judy says:

    Wish it was that easy to update my memory! LOL
    Love your “really old” Christmas pillows………and the table runners are so you! They just make me smile!

    xo

  6. PaMdora says:

    I love my iPods! I have a shuffle for exercise with techo-hyper music, and a mini with mellower stuff for drawing. I’m glad you got two also!

  7. Kristin L says:

    Me likey the stitching on the dupioni table runner! OK, I like them all, but I especially like that one. 🙂 Oh, and the hair is not too bad. Just think, you can wait that much longer before you need to get it cut again.