tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25762019617452950302024-03-12T16:10:55.682-07:00Chocolate Chip AddictMy weaknesses are chocolate, coffee, old movies, and my new-found love of quilting. They can be enjoyed simultaneously!choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-22037755623648020782014-10-22T08:55:00.000-07:002014-10-22T08:55:34.890-07:00Fall colors - sort ofSo living on the west coast, we don't get as many fall colors as most of the rest of the country. (we have other benefits, LOL). Last weekend my hubby and I decided we needed to go exploring and find what limited supply of fall colors that were available! Mammoth Lakes has lots of aspen everywhere, so they were turning and quite beautiful.<br />
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Also, since it is so close to Halloween, have you seen these? Cheetos made a special Halloween variety and aren't they just so clever?<br />
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choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-5778663445419872062014-10-16T08:00:00.000-07:002014-10-16T08:00:28.783-07:00Wow, no, I'm not dead!It seems like forever ago since I last posted, and sure enough -- it almost is! I've sewn 2 more quilt tops, dozens of bags in every shape and size, table runners, placemats, aprons, a couple dresses, and who knows what all else. Everyone in my home is safe and sound, except we did lose our 14-year-old dog in March. Sigh. Still miss that crazy old brown-turned-gray faced friend.<br />
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<br />choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-42980913380867733492013-07-10T08:41:00.000-07:002013-07-10T08:41:07.839-07:00Non bloggers anonymousHello my name is Chocolate Chip Addict, and I am a non blogger. Ha! Has it truly been over 6 months since I last blogged?<br />
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Since January, I have been doing a lot of craft sewing, and some quilting. Along with working full time and spending weekends with my college kids who come home. Who knew that when I began quilting that it would lead to me becoming a "bag lady"? It seems that I just can't do enough tote bags, cosmetic sized bags, and purses. Every time one is finished, an idea strikes for another. Here are my finishes for January - June.<br />
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Thanks to my daughter who is the lovely model.<br />
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Next came a set for a colleague from work who was retiring.<br />
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Then a cosmetic bag for a friend going on vacation.......<br />
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And finally, a purse for myself that was an experimental variation from a well used pattern. Please excuse the junky cellphone picture.<br />
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In between these bag projects, a friend and I took a class at my local quilt shop for a Kaffe Fassett designed quilt, and also used mostly his fabric for the centers. Here it is in the flimsy stage.<br />
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All in all, a good start for the first half of 2013! <br />
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<br />choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-59568115610564245132013-01-18T09:58:00.000-08:002013-01-18T09:58:47.606-08:00Welcome 2013Well, whaddya know...... it's been 3 months since my last entry. Lots has happened, with lots of sewing/quilting going on in-between. I had a reunion with some of my girlfriends from college that was SO MUCH FUN. Here's a photo, I hope they don't mind me sharing.<br />
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Then once I was back home, it was preparations for Thanksgiving - which entailed making a couple of my favorite pies. (and lots of extra pie crust, yummy!)<br />
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The month of December was absolutely filled with sewing gifts. As you can see everyone on my list got the same thing, but in their own color scheme!<br />
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choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-59213564606048993942012-10-16T07:27:00.000-07:002012-10-16T07:27:16.269-07:00Birthday bagOne of my co-workers has hired me to make a bag for her assistant's birthday..... and here it is. This was a new pattern that I tried, "Open City Tote" by Penny Sturges. I made a cute zippy bag to go inside.<br />
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<br />choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-9752232279164925492012-10-08T08:05:00.002-07:002012-10-08T08:05:42.855-07:00Catching up, and finally fall!It has been really quiet at my house, with both children away at college. Luckily they are closeby, so that we can see them on the weekends. The quiet-ness has allowed me to sew a little here and there, even though it is not as much as I would like to be doing. Made an uber-simple apron for my mother's birthday....she likes to have the skirt portion be terry cloth. Then I am in the midst of making another tote bag for someone here at work. Pictures of that bag when it is completed. In the meantime, I want to make some more of these!<br />
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<br />choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-64671142153179452262012-09-17T12:22:00.001-07:002012-09-17T12:22:26.795-07:00Preparing for semi empty nestWell, both children are off to college this week! I can't even believe it. Luckily they are closeby and can easily travel home whenever necessary. But this is certainly a big step to have both gone. Son has been in college for 3 years already, but now my baby girl is going too. So we have been collecting supplies for her during the summer. Whereas my son didn't really care for any particular color scheme and went with a neutral mix of beige/tan/brown, my daughter has very definite tastes as do most girls! So we finally decided on this, although hers won't have all the accessories that are shown here in a company photo.<br />
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choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-8840632791187358892012-08-17T08:23:00.002-07:002012-08-17T08:23:38.628-07:00More spools happening at my houseI have managed to make a few more spools to include in my next quilt top. They're so much fun to do, I can't seem to stop. I may end up making a few more and who knows what size the finished top will be? Here's an updated photo - as you can see there is no design wall in my house, just the design bed LOL.<br />
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<br />choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-63128343198936227232012-08-06T05:46:00.000-07:002012-08-07T08:18:43.931-07:00Spools sew-along progressI have joined in the Spools pattern sew-along and have just made a few spools so far. (Pattern by Camille of ThimbleBlossoms http://camilleroskelley.typepad.com/simplify/). Not sure how big I'm going to make it, either 3 X 3 or 4 X 4, but it will be a square version of the quilt. In any case, it's been great fun so far and I'm loving the scrappy look of it!<br />
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Thank you Carrie! You are a wonderfully generous and creative human being!choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-92135711970791672432012-06-27T14:04:00.001-07:002012-06-27T14:05:26.368-07:00RadioOn our recent vacation we rented a brand new minivan with all the bells & whistles. We weren't used to such luxury!! One of the greatest features was the Sirius satellite radio. Yikes, one could get spoiled by that!<br />
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(oh brother, it's going sideways again.....)choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-64614590614141816072012-06-22T09:33:00.001-07:002012-06-22T09:33:28.864-07:00Schnibbles!So here I was, innocently driving through Montana on my recent family vacation..... when lo and behold! There was a Schnibbles building! I had to have my husband whip out his camera and get a photo for me since I was the one driving at the time.<br />
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As we passed by the storefront, I could tell it wasn't a quilt shop, so we kept on driving. But isn't that cool? Here's a closeup of the sign:<br />
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I really do need to order me a copy of the Schnibbles book..... someday soon!<br />
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<br />choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-83631419657499980402012-06-21T08:10:00.001-07:002012-06-21T08:33:01.065-07:00GraduationWow, the last month sure has flown by! My lovely daughter graduated from high school, then we took a short vacation and picked up my son from college in Washington state and brought everyone and all the <strike>junk</strike> precious belongings back home!.<br />
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Here's a shot from the grad weekend family dinner table.<br />
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And here she is with her two best friends<br />
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Then here's a shot of the whole family while vacationing!<br />
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<br />choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-6704995054306752302012-05-17T08:30:00.002-07:002012-05-17T08:30:24.073-07:00Life can get busy!Whew! Life can sure get busy around here! What with all the end of year stuff for my daughter's senior year, and all the end of school year stuff where I work, and the end of year planning for my son. It's a wonder that I have had time for anything else. Lots more of the little cosmetic bag sewing.... mostly for gifts and of course I forgot to take photos of them first.<br />
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Hope everyone had a good Mother's Day weekend..... we had a nice brunch with my parents.choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-4264272321706714852012-04-27T11:41:00.001-07:002012-04-27T11:44:09.811-07:00Jr/Sr Prom and girlfriendsSo, my daughter recently attended her last prom of high school. Sniff. Here she is, all grown up, and with her 2 best friends. Aren't they beautiful? Where did the time go? My daughter is the redhead.<br />
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On a less wistful note (but still a fun note) tomorrow will be a day spent with girlfriends. We will be shopping, eating, going to craft stores, and generally having a wonderful time. I can hardly wait!choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-13605298515305748852012-04-09T09:10:00.002-07:002012-04-09T09:10:53.139-07:00My teenage daughterAren't teenagers fun? They are a contradiction sometimes. My daughter can be extremely girlish, and sometimes not. For instance, here are 2 pair of her favorite shoes. Enough said.<br />
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<br />choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-11737003015909645532012-03-30T09:21:00.001-07:002012-03-30T09:21:44.034-07:00A new different bagYes, I know! It seems that all I've done recently are bags of one kind or another. But they're so much fun and a different kind of feeling than working on my quilts. I'll get back to my quilts soon enough. But for now, I'm trying out bag patterns. My daughter graduates in June and I have several gifts to make in my near future, so am finding the right ones to make. The one I'm in the middle of right now is from "Noodlehead" aka Anna Graham, and it is her 241 tote bag pattern. Here's a photo and it comes with 2 different pocket options:<br />
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The pink version is the one sitting on my sewing table....the outside pockets seemed a little easier than the set-in zipper type pockets, so that's what I decided to try.choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-43128392696609129812012-03-22T08:46:00.000-07:002012-03-24T16:35:06.577-07:00Hubby's bag!So when my hubby saw the little cosmetic bag from the past weekend, he wanted one too! I wanted to try making the bag a little bigger anyway, so I made a "man bag" for my hubby last night. It's now more the size of a man's shaving kit. Turned out pretty nice, although now that I see it, I prefer the smaller size. Ha! Live and learn.<br />
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Yay for Shari!choc chip addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066001921690426945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2576201961745295030.post-30843016385658393302012-03-19T09:43:00.000-07:002012-03-19T09:43:02.165-07:00More bags!Yesterday afternoon I tried out a new bag pattern that I'd seen from one of my blogger friends, <a href="http://sisterschoice.typepad.com/sisters_choice_quilts/2012/02/boxy-bags.html">Nicole</a>, who was following an online tutorial she'd found. I kept my fingers crossed that it wouldn't tax my brain cells too much, and it wasn't too difficult. I only had to "unsew" one seam! I thought the bag was going to be bigger, more like the size of a men's shaving kit, but is such a cute little small size, about 7" X 4" X 3". Just right for a little cosmetic bag.<br />
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All in all, my friend Shari and I are turning in to quite the "Bag Ladies". Ha! Shari has made several different colors of the checkerboard big bag shown below, while I'm going off on these little tangents of experiments.<br />
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