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I'm a happily married female- mom to 3 big dogs and 5 cats, I love to craft, sew, paint, etc. Happiest when I'm creating something and I love to play with fabrics. Bright colors thrill me. I stay busy sewing things for my Etsy shop or making presents for my friends and family or sewing for swaps. Quilt alongs make me happy and keep me inspired. I buy way too much fabric and have a huge stash that needs some bustin'. I love nice cotton fabrics, batiks included if they are clear or bright but I'm not a fan of any certain designer over any other.

I LOVE tropical things- like the beach, flamingos and mermaids, sea turtles, margaritas, beach umbrellas, limes and lime green, bright colors. Pirates! Love things piratey, parroty, swash-buckley, treasurey, skulls! Castles, dragons, secret passageways. I adore small boxes, things with drawers or moving parts, secret hiding spaces, things with lots of pieces, small things, things that make me organized. I love animals like chipmunks and fawns and hedgehogs and manatees and anything with birds or funky owls, bees .... baby anythings, and most especially little white kittens named Nosey Parker or calicos named Gravey! I love quirky, fun things, like touches of 3D, special features like doors that open, things that have other things behind them, little removable bits and pieces, stuff like that. Whimsical or nostalgic stuff that makes me go "awwww!" You know, right? I also like umbrellas, mailboxes, laundry lines, trees, houses, mushrooms, kites, faeries, etc. Yes, I am a 12 year old brain in a much older body.

I'm not crazy about traditional, old-fashioned quilt blocks or muted fabrics. Polka dots are OK in small doses, too many make me think of a circus clown, which is kind of freaky to me. Same with stripes, I guess you'd say I'm not wild about them.

As for what I make- I don't have much in the way of muted colors or subdued fabrics, so if I get assigned a partner who likes that kind of thing, I'll be having to shop! I tend to sew things that I like, which means whimsical, fun stuff but I can do serious piecing when needed.

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My Etsy Shop