Road Trip...Anyone Else Going?

The Machine Quilter's Exposition is in Providence, Rhode Island this year from April 12th-17th. They usually have it in Manchester New Hampshire, but they changed the location.
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Just wondering if anyone else in the New England area is going. I'm going with Tina from Seaside Stitches.
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Click on the link above for all the info on the quilt show and classes...
~Karen~

Tool Time Tuesday..."Wire" You Not at the Harware Store?

We finally had the fundraiser I was in charge of for the senior class this past Sunday. Love the students all to pieces, but I'm glad the pressure is over. I made all the center pieces for 15 tables and I thought I would share with you a couple ideas for TTT. Not much to do with sewing, but it can be adapted to just about anything.
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I wanted to use silk flowers that I already had at home. I keep them in big Rubbermaid containers and rotate the flowers out at different times...so I had enough. The committee wanted to thank the people who donated the food and the people who cooked or us, so I made thank you signs to put in each table arrangement. I just need something to hold it up above the flowers.
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So where else would I go, but to my husbands workbench! Ahhh...a big role of heavy gage wire. Perfect!. I didn't take any pictures of the actual making of them, because to be honest...it was 2 am and I think I was going blind at that point!!
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All you do is take needle nose pliers, pinch then end of the wire and then wrap the wire around the nose of the pliers 3-4 times creating the loops. Slide the wire off the end and then kind of pinch or squeeze the loops together so they are touching....and this is what you have...


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All you do now is just slide the paper (which was my thank you) in the loop and I was all set.
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Here are all the arrangements waiting to go out to the car. I typed the note, cut it out and hot glued the corners to pretty scrapbook paper that matched each flower.

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The second part to today's Tool Time is the containers I used (in the pictures below). I wanted them all to match, but I don't have 15 matching cans. Where to go...to your local pizza place. I asked 2 pizza restaurants to save me their large metal cans that the tomato sauce or whole tomatoes come in. They were so nice about it..they even took the labels off for me and washed them. I told them what I was using them for and they were great about it.

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Aren't the cans so cute and the wire sticking out matched.

• You can use this idea for parties that you have...just make a sign that says Happy Birthday or Happy Anniversary and clip it to the wire and you're all set for a centerpiece.
• You can also stick the wire in a plant that you are giving as a gift and put a little note on it.
• the wire can hold recipes, pictures, little love notes
• I have a plant on the desk that I am working at right now and it would be perfect to have the wire in there for "to do" lists, or appointments coming up etc...

Well, even though I used the project for 2 things...a fundraiser and a TTT, I'm glad I can share it with all of you.

Have a great Tuesday,

~Karen~

Thought I would share a give away...

You must go visit Linda from Lavender Ridge...it's her one year blogiversary and she's having a wonderful give away.
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She's giving away a beautiful book and pattern from Fig Tree, so go take a peek!!
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Have a great weekend,
Karen

RIHANNA EN PROBLEMAS JUDICIALES

La hermosa cantante Rihanna es de esos personajes que som noticia todos los dias,esta vez se trata de un problema económico con , su entrenadora personal Cindy Percival, quien la ha demandado.

Al parecer es por un desacuerdo en le monto del salario de entrenadora, que le reclama la suma de 26.144,14 dólares por todas las clases de gimnasia y fitness.

Al parecer la hermosa Rihanna le pagaba a Cindy Percival 1.500 dólares al día por sesiones particulares de entrenamiento personal y y todo parece indicar que le debe varias semanas de estas clases en los meses de septiembre y octubre.

Esperemos que sea un mal entendido y todo salga bien para ambas partes.

UBUNTU CON NUEVO LOOK

Ubunto panteaba un cambio en su diseño pero el cambio va a afectar a toda la marca.

en la pagina de Ubuntu han aparecido algunas galerías con las nuevas líneas de estilo que seguira Ubuntu a partir de ahora.

Desde Canonical le han puesto el nombre a esta nueva imagen como Light pues lo que se pretende es transmitir esa ligereza con el nuevo diseño, además de transmitir los valores de Ubuntu: fiabilidad, precisión, colaboración y libertad.

Las galerías incluyen logos, capturas de pantalla, rediseños de los sitios web,papelería,y algunos especto mas interesantes de este nuevo diseño.

Tool Time Tuesday...Hair Elastic Bobbin Keeper

This is a quick TTT...crazy week around our house with an upcoming fundraiser. I saw this idea somewhere a long time ago and thought I would pass it along to those of you who haven't seen it.
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This is such a great idea for those little unruly bobbins loaded with thread. They just keep unwinding and unwinding...especially if you are traveling with them to a class.
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Here's your solution: mini hair elastics. They are the stretchy, fluffy kind.


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Great for these little devils.
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They come in many colors, so you can even match them to the thread.
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Just slip it over the bobbin and that thread isn't going any where.

A neat and tidy bundle.

It's a quick one, but oh so helpful!!!!

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Have a great Tuesday,

~Karen~

Deeply Saddened...

I met Lynda from Maine...From My Farmhouse Window when she first started blogging. I was involved in 2 block swaps with her. I am so sad this morning to hear the news from her daughter Courtney that she has passed away suddenly. Please go visit her blog and read what her daughter has posted.
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Hug your loved ones today,
~Karen~