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- BillieBee (billiemick)
- Texas, United States
- Mother of two, grandmother of four, wife of one...smile.
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Deadline for Quilt The North is Sunday! - This has been a year of upset in Canada, around the world, and even here in my sewing room. To paraphrase a well-known saying, "we can't change the wind b...
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Sidelights - I've had this pattern for a while. I love the panel pictured on the cover. But alas, when I bought this pattern, the panel was already gone. A limited ...
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Quick Fall Quilt Projects - [image: Fall Dash Quilt Pattern by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life] [image: Fall Dash Quilt Pattern by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life] Hello, frie...1 day ago
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Report for July - Well, what did I do for July? Welll, not much in the finishing department.But I worked on a few things.Firstly, I worked on my baby quilt that I seem to h...
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Week 31 of 2025 - Tour de Fleece ended today, and these are my results - I wanted to spin 20-30 minutes everyday from July 5th to August 3rd (the dates of Tour de France a...5 days ago
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$5 August Pattern - Happy August Friends! For August, I have decided to offer the In Stitches Mini quilt as the $5 pattern of the month. This is a charm pack friendly quilt th...6 days ago
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Hemp Leaf Sashiko Table Runner - I've jumped on the Sashiko train. It's such a lovely, calming way to spend time, following along a design, slowly stitching a piece. I recently finished ...
2 months ago -
I'm still here! - It has been a very long time since I posted here on my blog. I think it's time to get back in the swing of blogging. Life has been very busy the past f...
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January Done - *Well, I did a poor job in blogging in January. I think I froze in more ways than one. We are known for cold Januarys and boy was it. We had snow ...
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A Temperature Quilt Dilemma - I really want to work on a temperature quilt this year! The last one I completed was back in 2021. 2022 and 2023 are in the beginning stages. I have tri...
7 months ago -
card friday - I'd be thrilled if you would like to use my photos. Please link back to this blog when doing so. All posts and pictures are copyrighted to QuiltNutCre...
10 months ago -
More Catch Up - I think Avery liked his garbage truck quilt.This is the view I had almost daily.Everytime I walked into the house this one crawled or walked to me and wan...
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Donation Quilts - The second quarter of this year has been filled with lots of non-quilty things. But still, some good finishes occurred. A box of kid-sized charity...
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1 year ago -
a little help goes a long way - this is about the help I get I have a presser for my hexies and also a wind warrior there is no way I will loss any if the wind blows she is my rock Good...
1 year ago -
A step by step tutorial for the Jelly and Cake box pouch - A step by step tutorial to assist in the making of the Jelly & Cake box pouch project – the pattern is available for sale here. For those of you who do bet...2 years ago
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My Little Mommy - My precious mum entered home hospice on February 23, and ended her battle on March 10th. It was the hardest task, and the biggest blessing, caring fo...
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Calendula Harvesting - What to do with it ? - Calendula is a gorgeous little flower. It is great as a companion plant in the vegetable garden as it helps with pests. I planted some in the garden...
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How to: Machine Quilt a Wandering Star Quilt Block - Let's get stitching! Beginning January 1st, 2021! A WHOLE YEAR OF STARS! On the 1st of every month for 1 whole year Natalia will release a FREE YouTube...
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CRAP HAPPENS! - We have all heard that version of “crap happens” but in a different word!! Well my world is not exempt from it. A lot has been going on but I am back. I a...5 years ago
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THE FARMER'S WIFE HOMESTEAD MEDALLION QUILT - *The Farmer's Wife Homestead Medallion Quilt* is available for purchase from Amazon.com
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Bayfield Cottage Kitchen Makeover - "I am excccccessively fond of a cottage." - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility Here's the photos of our kitchen from the previous owners. These were prof...
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BOM 2020: 'Hope' is Launched - 'Hope' is an extra special BOM for 2020. It's a heartfelt quilt with a very special purpose; all monies raised by this BOM will be used to fund my daught...
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Making Progress on the Remodel: Renovation Update - Keeping Up Does this give you an idea of why I haven’t been posting? We are still in the midst of the remodel, we lived with this mess for 5 days. We disco...
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The Splendid Sampler II: Metropolis Block Giveaway Contest Results - My block called: Metropolis, found on p. 32 of The Splendid Sampler II book, available now. My Splendid Sampler II giveaway contest, mentioned here, c...
6 years ago -
Back from the Abyss - It's been difficult to find time and discipline to return to blogging. My quiet blog in NO way reflects that life has been quiet. In fact, this has been ...
6 years ago -
Scraps Are Never Thrown Away - I use my cut off pieces as Leaders and Enders when I sew and then I sew them together into fun things like these. I am always amazed and just how much I...
7 years ago -
Ramping it up this year - More Shows - Well I want to really push myself this year and do as many shows as I can. So I've entered quite a few and still waiting to hear from several that are late...
7 years ago -
The Thread House patterns have launched - So today we at the The Thread House (Karen Lewis, Jo Avery and I) have launched our first six quilt patterns which are available to buy from our shop here....
8 years ago
7 comments:
what a remarkable little boy, I am here with tears flowing freely , thankyou for sharing this with us
Good story. I'd heard about it, but not seen the video. Thanks for posting that.
Darn - I cant watch it ! Do they have something against us Southerners?
<3
lovely xx
Thank you for this post....this little boy is wonderful and this story has to have touched many hearts.....
What a heart warming story. Thanks Billie.
That's a tear jerker...
Inspiring in lots of ways. Shows you how children are impressed by their parents. Puts a lot of pressure on parents to do and say the right things. He wouldn't have been the kid he is if his Dad had been an inmate at a prison.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Hugs
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