~ Good Gadgets ~

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This is going to be a very busy, busy week!

Starting with today....happy to be back from the print shop!

Now, I get to have a coffee break and visit with all my friends for a spell :)

I'm very excited to have 'A Token of Spring' all 

published and in my hands....

I'm now on my home stretch, the rest of the week I'll be kitting,

bagging, printing shipping labels etc....hoping to finish

ahead of schedule!

The Little Sparrow Pinkeep Club has been a very rewarding

adventure for me...I love setting my own work 

deadlines!

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Do you love to add fun new gadgets to to sewing room?

Here are a couple I found over the weekend....

Clover's 5~in~1 sliding gauge ~ article no. 9506.

I found this cool gadget at my local Hancock Fabrics Store.

So excited about trying the lower end which works

 as a compass.  I'm hoping it will work for marking a 1/4" 

seam allowance on circles!

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Some of you may remember last year when I showed my

little drawer of Tim Holz distress ink pads and sponges.

This is a quick method for antiquing a finished sampler.

Simply dab a sponge randomly to the 

exact areas you want to distress.

Check out the great new gadget I'll be adding to my little drawer...

~ Coarse Sponge Dabber ~

This I found at Michael's....I love how it works!

It's so much fun to add a new gadget to a drawer!

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These next photos were taken by my son Sam, hope you enjoy

them as much as I did!

These pictures were all taken at La Crosse's Riverside Park, 

which borders the mighty Mississippi River.

The ducks are so peacefully drifting along with the chunks

of ice on the melting river.

It's always fun to watch ducks play in the water!

This one looks like it's on a real mission!

Maybe it's going the check out the piece of drift wood?

Wish you could hear all the squawking!

The two big steel bridges in the distance connect Wisconsin

to Minnesota. (La Crosse & La Crescent)

These little huts are called 'boat houses'.  You'll see them along

the bays...people eat, sleep, fish, relax all summer long

in these little boat houses!

Fabulous photos Sam....thanks a million!

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Did you have fun using a little hand knitter when you were

young?  

This is my little collection of five old painted ones...aren't they

special?

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~ Weekly Soul Food ~

But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap

also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully

shall reap also bountifully.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, 

so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity:

for God loveth a cheerful giver.

~ 2 Corinthians 9:6-7...KJV ~

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When we meet again friends, it will be the 

First Day of Spring....Friday, March 20th.

Hip ~ Hip ~ Hooray!!

Kindly, Tammy

Scattered Seed Samplers