Author Archives: civilwarrose5

Homemade Christmas Gifts

Posted on February 12, 2018 by civilwarrose5

Jay and I are incredibly lucky to know a lot of talented people. I showed you some of the homemade gifts that we received in a post a few days ago. One of the gifts that we were given were … Continue reading →

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Autumn Cross Finished!

Posted on February 8, 2018 by civilwarrose5

At the beginning of December I showed you that I had finished all of the regular stitching on the cross: One month later, on January 5th, I had finished the background words: Now all I had left to do was … Continue reading →

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Christmas Woodworking

Posted on February 5, 2018 by civilwarrose5

In a recent post I showed you the Remote Control barns that Jay and I made for my dad and brother-in-law: They weren’t the only woodworking projects that we did as gifts this year. We also made a lap desk … Continue reading →

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Project Linus Blanket #7

Posted on January 24, 2018 by civilwarrose5

Project Linus Blanket #7: “Autumn in the Pumpkin Patch” To be fair, I worked on this in October and November. Then I switched to crocheting dish cloths for Christmas gifts. So this blanket has been sitting around for a little … Continue reading →

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Remote Control Holders

Posted on January 19, 2018 by civilwarrose5

Jay loves making stuff in his workshop. He spends a LOT of time in it and he’s always wanting more ideas of things he can make. Every Christmas we try to come up with things that we can make for … Continue reading →

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An Advent Chasuble – Part Final!

Posted on January 11, 2018 by civilwarrose5

The collar. *sigh* Where do I begin to tell a story of how finicky a collar can be? A true painful story that is older than a week? Where do I start? (Extra points to you if you know which … Continue reading →

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An Advent Chasuble – Part 4

Posted on January 4, 2018 by civilwarrose5

This was our blank purple canvas. Depending on what type of person you are you could look at it in a couple of ways. One person might think that it’s quite exciting to have so many different variations at your … Continue reading →

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An Advent Chasuble – Part 3

Posted on December 26, 2017 by civilwarrose5

If only I could have stopped right at this point in the process. I had already made one chasuble, did we really need another one? This one had some purple on it, so shouldn’t that count? Apparently not. I had … Continue reading →

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An Advent Chasuble – Part 2

Posted on December 19, 2017 by civilwarrose5

As I was getting ready to write this second post I wanted to find another picture of a chasuble for you to see. I thought that maybe I would be able to find a good one from my wedding. This … Continue reading →

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An Advent Chasuble – Part 1

Posted on December 16, 2017 by civilwarrose5

This project has been completed, but I didn’t want to blog about it until the finished product had been revealed. Unfortunately, unless you attend my church you will have to wait for the big reveal at the end of this … Continue reading →

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