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a cutie chloe

I was going to take more paper doll photos today but it's hot and I can't move from in front of the blowing fan so how about instead I share this adorable Chloe doll Saartje made for her cutie daughter Lotte that I found this morning in the Kit, Chloe and Louise flickr group.

How dang cute is that! Lotte's curls make me wonder if I should give Phoebe a haircut. The curls look so sweet when they're short but I don't know if I can give up the pigtails. Think I'll sit here in front of the fan and ponder that for a bit.

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new book

Dear ISBN978-4-529-04700-5,

I love you and hate you. Why did you come now? I ordered you like 2 months ago and you decide to show up on my doorstep right when I haven't a free minute to sew.

Don't you know how vulnerable I am right now to gorgeous book design? Are you trying to make me cry?

And why don't you have at least one sucky pattern. There's not one single 'pass' in your whole book.

And man, you look difficult! Why are you in Japanese?

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fq’s and a boy!

When Kristin at Sew Mama Sew asked me to do a fat quarter pack for them I was so so excited. I’ve realized that this just might be my favorite thing to do – putting together piles of fabric! Of course this is a virtual pile but it was just as fun. I so love making project piles… picking colors, matching up prints, imagining how it’ll all go together. I think I may need to revise my career goals with this in mind. Thanks so much Kristin for the opportunity!

They posted my picks yesterday and you can see them here. I fell in love with those tiny elephants and went from there. You can leave a comment over at SMS to enter the giveaway to get a pack for free.

And an update on the baby quilt plan… we now know it’s a boy! We’re expecting a nephew in November. I can’t wait to get my pack so I can start on a cutie boy baby quilt for him. I’m reading the comments over on the giveaway post looking for good pattern ideas and there are a bunch. Maybe some fellow fq packers will want to do a quilt along with me? I’ve never done one and think it’d be so fun.