Hello everyone,

I hope that you are all having a great 2011 so far.  It has been a great year for us!

I have had a lot of great comments about the Snuggies that Leatha has made; she is very excited and proud of them.  To continue on with the homemade gifts theme, I am going to talk about what everyone made for Leatha this year for Christmas.

Cameron and Amelia both love to paint, so they wanted to be able to make something that they could paint for Leatha.  After looking for a long time at the Hobby store near us, they both decided they wanted to make Leatha a Jewelry box and they wanted Dad to help them.  They were very excited to find the wood items in the craft store and they found exactly what they wanted to make.   So we let them pick out the box that each of them wanted to give Leatha.

Amelia picked a cute box with a Mirror inside it and two lift out drawers, so additional items could be stored underneath.

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Hello again.  Well I have decided that now Friday will be the day of the podcast on Brenda’s Quilt Shop.  I hope that the posts from Brenda either helped you or inspired you to do something creative.  Now, onto the podcast

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Thanks for sticking around, comments are always open, as are the social networks, just waiting to devour links to this post.  Let us know what you think!

-Justin

Hello again folks!  Justin Here.  Below is the second part of the snuggie pattern from Tuesday, check that post out here if you missed it.

The only thing left is to sew on the pockets.  My children love pockets so; Leatha place 2 pockets on each Snuggie.   Cut out the size of pockets you want.   Leatha wanted oversized pockets.  Sew a hem on the top of the pockets with a one inch seam.  This strengthens the top of the pockets.  Now place the pockets on the snuggie a few inches lower than where the person’s waist would be.  Place the Pockets even distance from the center line, at the same height as each other.

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Hello everyone!!!

Boy was it a busy holiday season! I hope that everyone had fun the end of 2010!! I know I did!

I had a great time with my family.  For Christmas this year, we decided to make a special present for everyone in our family.  We had a lot of fun with this.  My children are very creative and did a lot of work on each present that they were giving to each other.   This was such a fun idea that my children have asked to do this every year, so now it is one of our traditions.

I wanted to take a few posts and show you what my children did for each other to give you inspiration on what you can do for others in your family.  These homemade gifts are wonderful for grandparents.  What grandparent does not love an item made from their grandchild??  You can make these gifts for any holiday.

I will start this post with what Leatha made for her siblings.
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hello folks and welcome back for Podcast #2!  I am looking for input from you folks, on things that you would like to hear on the podcast!  Please let me know what you would like to hear about by emailing us at justin@brendasquiltshop.com or brenda@brendasquiltshop.com.

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Links from Today’s Podcast:

1. Brenda’s Quilt Shop Maillist
2. Brenda’s Quilt Shop Merchandise
3. Brenda’s Hobby Sites

Thanks for listening!

-Justin