Squaring and Bordering the Bargello
Now that the main section of the quilt is complete, it’s time to square it and add borders. This is the center of the quilt before borders. You can see how uneven the bottom is. Squaring My quilt top was badly out of square. It’s kind of demoralizing it’s so badly out of square. Make … Continue reading … Continue reading Sewing Whatsits—The Tomato Berry
When I was a kid rifling through my grandmother’s sewing supplies, I always got a kick out of the little berry thing that hangs off of the traditional tomato pin cushion. I never understood what it was for, I just thought it was cute and silly. Ok, no past-tense about it. I still think it’s … Continue reading … Continue reading TurboTax Free vs. Freedom, 2010 edition
Last year, I posted “Don’t Let TurboTax Free Edition Fool You—You Probably Want FREEDOM Edition,” and it is one of the most often viewed posts on this site. Here’s the update for 2010. In short, before you try the Federal Free Edition, make sure you don’t qualify for Freedom Edition, which will allow you to … Continue reading … Continue reading Fired Up
by Jayne Ann Krentz Book 1 of the Dreamlight Trilogy, book 7 of the Arcane Society Putnum Adult, 2009 (Jove, 2011) Rating: 3/5 Breaking my usual habit of reading a series from start to finish, after reading In Too Deep, I decided to jump back to book seven in the Arcane series, which happens to … Continue reading … Continue reading
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The Curve is Apparent!
So, back in November, I left you hanging about the progress of the bargello quilt. We didn’t have class in December, and I’m woefully behind because my machine was acting up and in the shop. But I have it back now, and it is time to get to work! Class this week focused on measuring … Continue reading … Continue reading New Project Launch
I launched a new Web project a couple of months ago, but am just now getting a chance to post about it. The project is the Student Loan Facts Page, a site and blog about student loans. The importance of it to this Front-end dev blog, however, is that I want to let you know … Continue reading … Continue reading
In Too Deep
by Jayne Ann Krentz Book 1 of the Looking Glass Trilogy, book 10 of the Arcane Society Putnum Adult, 2010 Rating: 4/5 I began reading this book with the misconception that it was the first book in a new series. I’ve never read anything by Krentz (or her numerous pen names). To her credit, it … Continue reading … Continue reading
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Rattle Giraffe
Once again, I’ve gone back to Simplicity 2613 to whip up a baby gift, this time for one of Carl’s coworkers. Rather than sew the elephant for a third time, I chose to make view B, the giraffe. To be entirely truthful, I constructed this a while back, but never finished stitching the felt eyes … Continue reading … Continue reading Stash, stash, stash
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Mine consisted of an 11-day trek to Missouri to visit my family, then Carl and I drove down to Biloxi, MS/New Orleans, LA for two days, then back home. My machine is still in the shop, and we’ve been gone for essentially two … Continue reading … Continue reading 2011
Re-
solve
I’m not a resolution-maker. In the past, I’ve never made resolutions that lasted beyond 00:01 on January 1. But, as I approach the quarter-century mark in June, I’ve realized I have a problem I need to solve. Or re-solve, as it’s only been problematic in the past few years. So, I don’t think of these as resolutions so much as problem-solving strategies. … Continue reading 
