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New blog and project list

I am starting this new blog to keep me motivated and to share what I have been creating. I find it very therapeutic to sew. It keeps my mind busy and stops me from falling into that dark hole of grief and depression that I so often visit since my daughters died.

The three projects that are currently on my mind:

1. Cloth dolls for Mr Monkey (mainly I cant find a nice boy doll, so have decided to make him some)
Hopeful finish date: nothing specific but by his 2nd Birthday (January 2013!)

2. A cover for my Kitchenaid Mixer (since it is so heavy and lives on my bench, I decided it needs a cover so I dont have to clean it each time I want to bake)
Hopeful finish date: None. This is a little fill in quilt project

3. A quilt for my dad (he is one of the few people close to me who doesn't have a quilt. I started one years ago, but it just isn't him, or me, anymore)
Hopeful finish date: June 2012
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