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My 2013 Fair Entry: Sunshine & Shade Crocheted Afghan

Our local county fair was later this year than normal, and the entries were only about 1/3 of what they normally are.  This makes me sad because I so enjoy seeing what everyone makes each year in all the different divisions.  It was also a little disappointing, especially since my afghan was the only one entered in my division.   In the rules, if there is only one entry, it automatically takes 2nd place.  So, not only was I surprised to see mine as the only entry, but I was also surprised to see a blue ribbon!  No matter.  I absolutely love my afghan and am looking forward to curling up with it during the cold winter days with a good book or my next crochet project & a nice cup of hot tea or hot cocoa.

I patterned after the log cabin quilt pattern: sunshine & shade.  I love how the colors came together.  The border is my own little added touch.  No pattern for it – just the one that came together out of my head!

Sunshine & Shade Afghan Quilt

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When things are out of our control………

For some reason, WP has not liked my domain name & I’ve been struggling for months to get the two to agree to like each other & cooperate.  Now, for whatever reason, it seems that they are playing nice with each other and all is working well again.  Anything I tried to post would post to my blog, but it would not show up on my blog.  Instead, it would post on the free domain that I don’t use.  UGH!  So, since everything seems to be working again, I’m going to try to get back to blogging 2-3 times a week.  With our school schedule this year, I don’t know that I’ll be able to do more than that.  But, oh, how I’ve missed blogging!  I’ve missed hearing from my readers.  I do know that I am looking to move my blog to a paid hosting site before too long because I never want this to happen again, so there might be a short down time in the future, but nothing like the months that I’ve not been able to post anything!

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~A Goodwill Find & Makeover~

 

So, Brian & I went on a dinner date.  And we stopped into a nearby Goodwill.  I usually don’t have a lot of luck finding great bargains, but this just happened to be my lucky day!  As we were wandering around the housewares section, we stumbled upon this little gem:

 

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An all-metal spool organizer!

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Any guesses what I paid?

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No?  Okay. I guess I’ll just have to tell you.

 

Tax and all, a whopping $1.09!!

However, I didn’t care for the hideous greenish-blue color, so I grabbed a can of spray paint and…..

 

Ta da!!

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My new thread spool organizer! Unfortunately, the can of spray paint that I had didn’t have enough in it to finish my project, so I had to pickup another can. But, no worries. The remainder of the can will wait patiently for my next project!

And here it is with some lovely, colorful thread….

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sitting next to my sewing machine awaiting my next sewing project.

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