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A whole latte like …

January 20, 2016 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

You have no idea how many bad coffee jokes we have been making around this house with the release of the 3rd Block Party – JAVA.

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As with all of the Block Party pincushions – no 2 sides are alike (that would be boring). This, however makes it really difficult to photograph for the cover shot!

Here are the other sides…as you can see, short tall, stacked & to go – something for all!

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So what’s with the spoons you ask? Kind of a weird thing: my family (mom, dad & sisters) loves (I mean L-O-V-E-S) ice cream. When I was little we had a smattering of spoons that didn’t match the rest. They were always in the back of the drawer. Somewhere along the line – I  knew it to be so, that ice cream tasted better when eaten with the ‘fun spoons’. Even today, I love my yogurt (love the ice cream – it just doesn’t love me) with a few fun spoons of my own.

JAVA is on it’s way to shops right now! Oh & the pinset? JABC always comes through when I say pretty please. After knitting needles in the last set (see Block Party WOOL pins), I just knew they could fashion a fantastic to-go cup … right down to the little green Starbuck’s-like stopper!

We’ve had a lot going on the home front as well. I have been wanting to redo our floors for some time, but re-doing floors meant re-doing the paint & the fireplace, & the laundry room  & on. I will do some better before & after pics at some point but you get the gist:

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You can see at one point I tried to paint the back of the bookcases red (which promptly got covered by fabric).

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The finisher in me was fascinated to watch the hearth come apart. I told them if they found treasure in there it was mine … bodies were theirs!

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Cassie loves the contractors, but not the noise they make.

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Floors are in, walls are painted & stone is laid. At this point, I am waiting for the hearthstone & mantle (& DH has started new TV shopping now that we have more room for ‘bigger’!)

As always,
Enjoy the Stitch

Cathy

 

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  1. Marilyn says

    January 20, 2016 at 6:19 pm

    These are all so cute.
    Love the dark fabric.
    Nice progress on the remodeling.
    Marilyn

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  2. cucki says

    January 21, 2016 at 1:35 pm

    Wow they so cute xx

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