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Love and winter are in the air
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As some of you may know, we are planning a wedding at our house. Our daughter, Kristy, is getting remarried on December 13th and we are so pleased with her choice this time. Her story is one of God’s grace and miracle. Maybe someday I will sit down and write it all down. Digitizing has … [View Details]
New free designs for your holiday sewing
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Are you planning ahead and starting your Christmas sewing? I always plan but rarely get it done early. Here is something to help you along in your Christmas projects. Hope you enjoy. And, please, don’t forget to stop by in the Design Shop. Let me know what you think and what you would like to … [View Details]
The Design Shop is now open!
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Have you noticed the new tab at the top of the home page? It’s the entry to Oma’s design shop. Come and visit. I think you will like what you see. Snowmen, gingerbreads, angels – many with a 3 D touch.
Joy and Sorrow of Life
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Have you been wondering what happened to me? I think our last few weeks could be summarized with the statement that “life happened”. It is with deep sorrow that I write about the death of my Father-in-Law, Earl P. Tocknell. Greatgrandpa was 91 yrs old when he died September 24th, surrounded by family members. Greatgrandpa … [View Details]
First sewing project
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Look at that happy little girl. Saarah begged and begged to do her first sewing project with me. She is only 5 and I wasn’t sure she was old enough. But she insisted and she certainly surprised me. She is a natural at it. She designed the little pillow (the blue section is for the … [View Details]
See what I am working on now
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I wanted to let you know that I will NOT be posting the cute little scarecrow of which you have seen a photo here. He has been problematic with the outline feature. I am not happy about that and in order to correct it would have to redo the whole design. So, I am deciding … [View Details]
Sewing for “Aspies”
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Siddiq’s birthday is tomorrow and as part of his birthday present, I have made him pillow covers that address his sensory “issues”. If you are familiar with Asperger’s, you know that sensory issues are a blessing and a problem. Asperger children’s senses are heightened in many areas – they see, hear and feel more than … [View Details]
Special Needs Children Inspire Special Love
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This is our grandson, Siddiq. He has Asperger’s and in the past I have shared some of my painful experiences with him. But today I want to share with you a specific joy I had watching him yesterday. Siddiq goes to Speech Therapy to learn how to communicate more appropriately . His sister, Saarah, also … [View Details]
Looking for some fall embroidery designs?
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I just thought you might like to know what I have been working on for you. I will still need to test stitch and hope to have them ready for you soon. There is a Christmas set in the making as well, as well as some Christian home designs. Lots of fun coming your way. … [View Details]
Wolf head has been sent
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Just in case you didn’t realize, the wolf head has been sent. Look for future special designs just for my email group. And be sure to confirm your subscription so you will receive future mailings. Have a great weekend everybody. It will be a quiet one at my house – I think I might even … [View Details]
Applique fruit designs are here
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As promised, I test stitched some applique fruit designs and I am pleased how they turned out. I hope you will be, too. They are relatively small and all fit into the 4×4 hoop and would work great on the tissue box cover project I posted a couple weeks ago. I used a special decorative … [View Details]
Another happy Feliz dress and girl
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I just wanted to share some photos of my new Feliz creation. This one is for our beautiful granddaughter Rileigh and she certainly does this dress justice, doesn’t she? I think she really liked it when we took it to her tonight. Her first day of kindergarten will be tomorrow. Oh, how time flies!! I … [View Details]
Bonus design will be sent out soon to email list
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Hi, all, I just wanted to let you know that probably this upcoming weekend I will be sending out this wolf design in pes format. I digitized this design from artwork by Vivian Gibson. Vivian from rosecottage has a great monthly digitizing challenge and makes her art available for free as well as free lessons … [View Details]
Baby and Nap Mat Fun
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I thought I would share with you two of my latest projects. I put together a little baby present for a friend of our daughter-in-law’s. And tomorrow will be our granddaughter Saarah’s first full-time kindergarten day and she requested a nap mat from Grandma. Grandma just finished it… none too early. I think Saarah was … [View Details]
Email Sign Up
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I am pleased to see so many sign up for the newsletter. Just a reminder that the email sign up will only work if you confirm your subscription. I noticed that several have not done so. You want to be sure to do that because sometime in the future there will be a very nice … [View Details]
