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The door creaked as I slowly opened it, announcing to any who might be inside the shed that someone was entering. I could imagine garden fairies scurrying to their hiding places and actually saw a few meadow mice as they disappeared through a small hole in the wall. Who knew when sunlight had last lit the interior of that shed?

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Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The Conclusion

I was going through a big stack of clay pots one day, sorting them by size and wondering where they all came from. Since most of the plants I’ve purchased in the last umpteen years were generally grown in plastic pots, I found it hard to believe that I had so many of these clay pots, but I did. Some I got from my Dad.

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Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The Fifth Secret

At first I thought I could cut up these vintage handkerchiefs but had to change my plans as it just seemed too disrespectful. They have been donated for use in the Circle project and I am laying them out edge to edge on a cotton lawn foundation.

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the heaven

indigo dyed silk, linen, wool, velvet, rayon, cotton, and hemp, hand pieced on 10″ muslin square Log cabin is made by sewing strips in a spiral manner around a central square. A stitch and flip block, it has been used creatively for ages. I make log cabin on foundation fabric of uniform size, handy when it comes to joining blocks together.

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wonky log cabin

Appliqued Spring Apron Visit this link at Better Homes and Gardens for my easy Appliqued Spring Apron tutorial. For this project I used a store bought apron and embellished it with silk screened appliques

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Spring Apron for Better Homes and Gardens

Loved as if Embroidered with Flowers, fabric and paper collage It has to be loved the way a laundress loves her linens, the way she moves her hands caressing the fine muslins knowing their warp and woof, like a lover coaxing, or a mother praising. It has to be loved as if it were embroidered with flowers and birds and two joined hearts upon it

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Planet Earth

I’ve had a busy weekend, I was involved in more fundraising events which for some reason really tired me out. In seven weeks I’m going to the Dominican Republic with 10 students, we’re participating in a Social Justice Awareness project, living with Dominican families for a week and being exposed to the developing nation side of the D.R., not the resort side. This project has been a lot of work,

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Weekend Update

I couldn’t believe I had been so careless, so cavalier, about one of my old hoes! Normally, I don’t try to use the older hoes for any actual hoeing, especially those with their original wood handles, for fear that the handles will snap off. But for some reason, I felt almost compelled to try out this one particular hoe. I still can’t explain why.

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Achieving Happiness in Your Garden: The Third Secret

Filling the Lemon truffles “Here’s the thing about Valentine’s Day,” I heard myself telling our sales rep at one of our suppliers the other day.  She had just asked me if we were gearing up for a busy February.

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Two classes, in time for Valentine’s Day

Welcome to Hollander’s! After 18 years in business in the Kerrytown Shops, last year we decided to open a brand new store, Hollander’s Kitchen & Home. So far we have been very pleased with the response and encouragement from our customers. We are excited to begin 2010 in the same manner as we have for the past two decades with a focus on bringing in great new products, offering unique classes and events, and maintaining our commitment to great customer service

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The New Year at Hollander’s