Diamon Naturals

Now, with many areas requiring the use of masks in public, along with social distancing, I watched a lot of you-tube videos before starting to sew masks, and developed my own version, using part...

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Some inventive fabric designers have begun using clever motifs instead of printing the color coordination “dots” on the selvage of the fabric.  Instead, they often coordinate the color com...

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Baby Cairo arrived about a month earlier than he was expected, and is tiny… so he needs to preserve his body heat.  The photo at right was taken when he was only a few days old... already smi...

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January 17, and winter has come to the heartland! There’s about 8 inches of snow on the deck and picnic table… and the ground.  We were fortunate to escape the snow for this long… last we...

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Christmas is just around the corner!  I’ve been ignoring the ads, which began right after Halloween this year.  The commercialism has obliterated much of the joy I normally felt around the ho...

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I did an Ancestry DNA test recently, and discovered a few surprises.  I knew (or thought I knew) that I was half Finn, as my mother’s family all came from Finland.  My paternal grandmother s...

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My Pfaff Quilting Expression 4.2 is in the shop for a tune-up, and I am back to sewing on my old White machine.  At the time I purchased it (probably about 20 or more years ago) it had a lot of...

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SAUSAGE SCRAMBLE AND JELLY ROLL STARS: This seems like an appropriate title for something that sounds delicious!  The sausage scramble is something I’ve been making for breakfast or lunch f...

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Bacon and Bootie Slippers: I like bacon, but I do NOT like cooking bacon!  It’s messy and I seem to have grease everywhere.  I was talking to one of my long-time friends the other day abou...

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Tuscan Chicken and Kaleidoscope Quilts Summer sun… one of the things I love most about Cincinnati.  We seldom have a day that doesn't have some sunshine, even when it’s stormy.  The humi...

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MANY TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD: Fall temperatures make it feel like soup weather!  I made a pot of Beef Vegetable Barley soup yesterday, and it was delicious!  While the soup was cooking I was ...

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There are still a few straggling gold leaves on the bushes beyond my deck, but the trees are looking barren.  It seemed as if one day there were leaves, and a few days later they were bare.  T...

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Around the World Quilt: It's a big help in having your intersections meet where they are supposed to if you have a true 1/4" seam.  You can check your ¼” seam by sewing three 2-1/2” stri...

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The Minnesota grand-kids came to visit this summer and stayed nearly a month.  I know Grandma’s house can be boring for kids used to having all of their own toys and electronics… and friend...

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Log Cabin Quilts: July 4th came and went, one of my favorite holidays of the year!  I am as excited as a small child, watching fireworks, but this year I watched from my deck, although I onl...

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Living on a Budget and Crayon Baby Quilts: For many years, I was a single parent without much income, and I learned to budget my money to keep five little tummies full!  I learned to stretch ...

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I want to be one of those women whose homes look like pages from a Better Homes and Garden magazine.  But… unfortunately, I am not.  I am not even close.  I am so far from close that one of...

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Spring has finally arrived!  It seems that Mother Nature is about a month late this year… but now the bushes and trees that edge my back yard are leafed out and I once again feel as if I am a...

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Grandpa Charlie used to say we were British, Scotch, and a few other nationalities, with “a little bit of fighting German.”  Well, today that little bit of German is manifesting in my kitch...

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The temperatures are dropping and the cold wind blows!  It’s a good excuse to heat the kitchen up with bread baking.  I used to have sourdough going most of the time, but I haven’t done th...

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One of the things my children have been wanting to learn is how to make Strudel.  When I lived on the Iron Range of Minnesota, an elderly friend taught me to make it.  I have never found a rec...

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Thanks to my DVR, I just finished watching the Billy Joel tribute that aired last night, with him receiving the Library of Congress Gershwin award for popular song… what a fantastic evening of...

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I’ve got a Secret… Fat Quarter Folding Totes:     Now, during the holiday hiatus of many shows, the Game Show Network has old reruns of I've Got A Secret and What’s My Line.  Th...

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My five children had Advent Candy Banners when they were little, made of felt with decorative Christmas ribbon down the center and yarn ties down both sides to tie the candy to the banner. ...

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Porketta and Angels We Call Sisters: Note:  This is late getting posted, due to a problem with my computer.  It went to the tech hospital and the Geek Squad made it all well again… so pret...

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