Monthly Archives: November 2006

SBQ: To Knot or Not?

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Jenna Magee

This week’s SBQ is: How do you secure your thread when you begin a new one? Specifically, do you or have you ever used a waste knot? It depends on what I’m doing. In regular cross stitching, I use the … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday Again?

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Jenna Magee

Darn, I so wanted to sleep in this morning, especially when I realized that I had mild abdominal cramps when I woke up. Spoot! Now I’ve spent half of my day coding in one programming language and I need to … Continue reading →

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Something Old and Something New

Posted on November 25, 2006 by Jenna Magee

Something old that I found hidden in a box of my childhood toys and memorabilia (including a ton of pens and pencils, which Anne will find amusing) is one of my early cross stitch works. I would say one of … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Happiness

Posted on November 24, 2006 by Jenna Magee

Happy Thanksgiving, my US friends! I know it’s a day late, but we’re celebrating a day late. I spent 3 hours on my new cell phone Tuesday night catching up with a friend from high school. Anyone who knows me … Continue reading →

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SAL’ing and Rethinking Exemptions

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Jenna Magee

Michelle, Carol, Nicole, Andrea and I have decided to SAL together in the coming year on Just Nan’s Barnabee’s Quest design (all 3 parts). We will be starting on February 1st, 2007. This gives us some time for life to … Continue reading →

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Exemption Taken

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Jenna Magee

I talked about seasonal WhimZi designs being an exception to my 50 Projects goal, but I never actually added them formally onto the list, so I hope that it’s still okay. Under my limited edition exemption, I bought Teresa Wentzler’s … Continue reading →

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SBQ – Christmas Ornaments?

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Jenna Magee

Do you stitch Christmas ornaments? If so, how many do you stitch each year and for whom? If not, why not? Hahahahahahahaaaaa! If you don’t know my answer to this one, then you must be relatively new to my blog. … Continue reading →

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Overdue Pictures

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Jenna Magee

Woohoo! I am still feeling good. We lazed around yesterday, but today we went out and installed 10 more sections of fence along the property line. We’ll have to go back and buy more before the ground freezes, probably some … Continue reading →

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Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny…

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Jenna Magee

… Christmas biscornu! I finished this little bugger on Saturday night. Putting it together was a little bit of a challenge, mostly when I got near the end of sewing it shut. Whew! It only measures 1 inch or just … Continue reading →

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I Am So Thankful

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Jenna Magee

While trying to make breakfast, I was frying up some bacon and I went into the refrigerator to get out the milk and Bisquick so that I could make pancakes. I grabbed a nearly full half gallon plastic bottle of … Continue reading →

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