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I can't say no to Hoop Up . I love this swap ! This cycle, I chose as my inspiration piece "notebook notes and doodles" for Jaxon's new bedroom. Here is what I came up with: The quote is...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2012/03/hoop-up.html

No excuses, I've been absent too long, ignoring my little home on the interwebs. I have plenty I could have talked about, but always composed blog posts in my head, rather than actually typing th...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2012/03/tap-tap-is-this-thing-on.html

Uuuummmmm...yeah.... It has been a crazy quarter, and obviously blogging (and sewing) has taken a back seat. What I *haven't* shared... I'm the associate director of our school and we are worki...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-blog-brain-broke.html

My oh my, international post to New Zealand takes awhile -- almost 5 weeks! But now that I know the package has arrived, I can share! The I Heart the 80s swap was so much fun! I spent way too m...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/08/swapped-80s-style.html

It's hard to believe I started this blog almost 5 years ago. And in the very first post this is the very first photo I posted of Jaxon: And this was yesterday: Jaxon's first day , a ph...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-blink.html

I've been hoping you would visit! We can snack on some fresh tomatoes from the garden. Please. And while we are at it, you can take home a few pounds of zucchini! It's been storming off...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/08/come-on-over.html

Do you do that? Do you take photos of some little thing, thinking "this will be great for a post," and then never get around to blogging about it? I do. A lot. My iPhoto is riddled with photos ...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/08/did-i-blog-about-this.html

So the sneaky peek of the Accuquilt box from last post was the result of me WINNING. Yep, me and Charlie Sheen -- only my life involves a love of fabric and thread, not prostitutes and illegal d...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-baby.html

Lots of stuff filling our days.... ...including a guild meeting where I presented a design board of the new logo... ...a quick trip to the beach for me and Jaxon... ...where Jaxon sta...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/08/snapshots.html

If I had a band I would call it Wonky Zips. My mom made me this dress, and while I think it's super cute (almost as cute as Jaxon in his Frank shirt and briefs), the zipper is a bit defective an...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/07/wonky-zips.html

My baby is 5! He continues to be an enigma wrapped in a riddle. At home he is a tornado of energy (and VOLUME); around new people he is silent. He will jump as high as he can on the bed, but put ...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/07/5.html

I slipped away for a bit to celebrate Jaxon's birthday, but I am finally back to announce the winner of the Havel's giveaway! And the random number generator chooses #7, which corresponds to.....

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/07/and-winner-is.html

You might have gathered from the above video that I have good news. You would be correct. I am now a professional blogger! No, I have no plans to quit my day job, but I will be posting a few tut...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/07/good-news-giveaway.html

We've been home from vacation for almost two weeks and I'm just feeling settled in. Isn't that always the way -- back to the grind plus vacation laundry, catching up on the mail, blogs, email, an...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-photo-scavenger-hunt-disney.html

We're about to enter finals week -- and not only do I have the usual end-of-the-school-year rigmarole, but I also need to have my grades done by Friday so we can leave for Florida on Saturday. An...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/06/were-about-to-enter-finals-week-and-not.html

There has been some *drama* on the interwebs about the dumbing down of quilting (just Google it ). I'm a little late to the party, but as far as I can tell, there are about three arguments... 1....

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/05/keep-it-simple-stupid.html

I've been meaning to take part in the photo scavenger hunt since January when I saw it at Anna's . Finally, I jumped onboard...almost. I'm shy two (and a half) photos. a church: This is actua...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/05/scavenger-hunt-april.html

Last night's CMQG meeting reminded me I never shared with you this piece I did for LAST month. I did a tutorial on paper piecing, and included this in the "alternative ways to use paper piece...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/04/paper-piecing-epidemic.html

I featured the embroideries I received in round 2 of Hoop Up here , but I never showed you what I made. Theme: Quirky Creatures I really wanted to do a squid for this one, and Dawn wanted i...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/04/hoop-up-round-2.html

Wa-aa-aa-ay back at the end of February , Lynz gave me a blog award -- and then I had a bummer of a March. Now I am ready to do by duty by the Liebster Award... "Ok, then, these are the *rule...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-dirty-little-secret.html

Thanks for all your kind words about my Caravan fabric . I'm not completely giving up hope on it, just putting it away for a couple of weeks. I've got a couple of projects to start and finish in ...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/04/charming-cuckoo.html

March. BLARGH. What a crappy month. I had a couple of disappointments at work, plus the world's shortest spring break. The weather has been super crazy -- it snowed TWICE this week! I spent a b...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/04/dont-let-door-hit-you.html

I took a few days off for my birthday. I'm feeling old. I was planning on taking a self portrait to commemorate the day. It didn't happen. See the second sentence for my reason why. I turned 35...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/03/35.html

Have you heard of Heartsy ? Think of it like Groupon for the Etsy set. I've been watching for a week or two, and a recent deal caught my eye: $19 for $40 worth of merchandise at Hot Pink Chick ....

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/03/do-you-heartsy.html

This weekend is the last of the month, so I thought I better get my February Pattern Pact done, especially because I have an unexpected work trip tomorrow and Friday. I decided to make the flow...

http://modernjax.blogspot.com/2011/02/rawr-monster-pin-cushion.html