Happenings

It has been busy here at my house, sewing mvoing, painting and family.  I just thought I would do a little update and WARNING ..... it is a long update.

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As you know we celebrated the little guy's first birthday,

He loves his new car from Aunt Paige and Uncle Jesse (we laugh at this, like Full House).

  I also wanted to show you a picture of my hubby, Mike, he doesn't make an appearance here very often.


He did not like his cake at all

Kaitlyn and Meredith made this cute cake for his party.  They found the how-to through Pinterest.

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I just finished a Butterick 5526 Blouse

 from  Mood Fabrics' this lightweight suiting

Which I had ordered to make a blazer but it is much too light for that.  A blouse is perfect and I found the antique gold buttons, they looks fabulous - pictures soon.

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In the sewing room, I purchased another table from Joann's this one is for Meredith.  I used a 50% off coupon and it was $75, well worth it.  One cutting table was just too crowded with two people sewing and Meredith usually had a quilt laid out for piecing.

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Erin, Chris and the little guy moved into their new home last week.  They moved in with us on  July 27th and moved out February 27th.  None of us could believe it had been 7 months and I know it was wonderful to see the little guy each day.

Since they moved out I have been putting things back in  rooms and closets and working on a project.  Mike rolled his eyes, but I told him it has been 7 months with no painting or projects around here.

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The project....I have this wall of built-ins in the family room and that is the focus of my project.  I thought I had taken a picture of the built-ins last week but I cannot find it.  Here is one I found on the blog from several years ago and many changes in the room.  It at least gives you an idea

We took down the corner cabinets, a friend made new bookshelves and a frame to mount the television above the mantle.  Then I am painting all the cabinetry.

Here is a during and I cannot tell you how much brighter it is in my room.  This is going to take sometime to complete but it will be worth it.

Primer only on the cabinets

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I want to say thanks to Carolyn at
 Diary of a Sewing Fanatic
 and all her hard work.  She had a blog post titled "My Top Ten Sewing Blogs"
and asked for comments on your picks.

She then worked extremely hard from the comments and compiled
"Your Top Ten Sewing Blogs"
 and wow what a list.

Then she added one more post
"Honorable Mention Sewing Blogs"
which I am excited to say, Girls in the Garden made this list.

Isn't it amazing how many sewing blogs there are out there?  I just love finding new ones to add to my list.  So take a look at all three of these posts, you will find some great sewing blogs.

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Then I received an email from bloglovin, which read

Wow!

Girls in the Garden just  reached 800 followers!

I can't believe I am over 800 on bloglovin' and I checked Feedly - 483 there.  Thanks so much for subscribing, I really appreciate it.

I would love to know how you found my blog, so If you could leave a comment.

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Also, don't forget the Quilt Giveaway post, I am celebrating my upcoming 8 years of blogging (started in August 2006) with a giveaway a month through August.

The quilt is the current giveway and the drawing will be March 10th.

Okay, I think I have covered it all.