Mille-Sofie

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Mille

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hey im not good at this
im a women from denmark and not a great writer
but your site is just the best
im pregnet with my first and your recipes on children's accessories are the best
i allways says to peoble that the shall go to your site it's the just best..

thank you for all the help you have giving me true you site

Christine Ballard

AZ HOT (but cooling nicely)

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It is quite unlike me to sign a guestbook but after I read your grammar page I knew I had to. I am not a perfect writer BUT I am completely crazy about pronunciation! My kids hate that I correct them daily! I can't stand it when my husband says "punkin". (he's not talking about a cute baby but an actual pumpkin) I have heard other children say "gots ta" a lot. It seems that an ignorant way of speaking is very trendy these days. I'm not neurotic about any of this. I really agree with you that bad grammar (spoken or written) can lead people to believe that you are not smart. So, even if you aren't very smart but you write and talk normally then you are already ahead of the game! Wow, that felt good! I needed that......

katherine

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I love your Mei Tai site.Keep coming back to it for tips.I have been designing my own mei tai's to start my own business.

Great Grandma Claudia

Very hot!!!

Texting! - when visiting my grandkids they constantly text during my visits. They are over 21 .

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I followed your link after making the baby mobile. I loved the grammar page. I have worked at home doing medical transcription for 40 years and the spelling online is horrible, even reporters spell horribly and they have Spell-Check. I love to read and like to find grammatical errors.

Val

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Thanks for the clear directions and for your generosity in sharing them. I want to make a sling for my granddaughter to use for carrying her doll and/or stuffed animal friends.

shannan

rainey

rude people

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I loved my slings.(yes slings) searching now for my son and his wife

Amy

muggy

rude, oblivious people

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Thank you for the sleep sack pattern. I want to make more for my twins and maybe even my 18 month old.

Amy

muggy

rude, oblivious people

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Thank you for the sleep sack pattern. I want to make more for my twins and maybe even my 18 month old.

Ellen Mueller

Rain and Thanking GOD for it

Complainers/Whiners

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I love the site, however cannot seem to get to the Diaper Stacker Pattern. I want to make one for my daughter (expecting)to match the curtains I made for her baby's nursery. Are there any patterns? When I click on the link to Diaper Stacker it says basically that there is nothing there.

Hi, Ellen! I don't have, nor ever have had, a pattern for a diaper stacker on my site; if I were you, I'd do a search for "free diaper stacker pattern" and go from there :)

laura

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Thank you so much for your step by step "how to make a nursing pillow". My husband and i spent the afternoon, doing it and it looks absolutely fab!

Jenna

always changing here in Ohio

People who ask how much LONGER I plan to breastfeed, of course!

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Jan Andrea, you are "blessed" awesome! Thank you for this site. How so many of you other cool crafty mamas have time for family, making stuff, work AND creating web pages, I have no clue. you GO, girl!

Anitha

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Really useful and amazing site, just the one I was looking for!
I am in the 19th week of my second pregnancy and was looking for sewing projects for my nursing period in advance so that I can be prepared now itself.
I don't have a homepage, but can be contacted by mail:
anithavet@rediffmail.com
Cheers! Keep the good work going!

Joanna

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I just wanted to say thanks for the great tutorial on the diaper/wipes case! I made one tonight and I love it! I'm a beginner and your tutorial was excellent. Check out my finished project at http://gettingcraftyclub.blogspot.com/2009/08/diaper-clutch.html

Gilda

The weather here in Goleta is somewhat cool.

e-mails full of grammar mistakes

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I really enjoyed reading the grammar section, and all of the additional comments by other readers. I love grammar, and appreciate those people who understand the importance of adhering to the rules. They are there for a reason. I enjoyed my grammar class at California State University Los Angeles. As an older student, I was absolutely horrified that most of the students didn't have a clue regarding grammar rules. There are lots of grammar sites online that offer great tips, exercises, and easy explanations. What really disturbed me more than anything was my fellow English major friends planning to be teachers who couldn't care less about learning and mastering grammar rules. As far as they are concerned, learning grammar is just a waste of time. I tend to cringe when they send their poorly written e-mails. I also study Italian and French, which means I am constantly learning grammar in all three languages (English, Italian, and French).

Thank you for dedicating a section to grammar on your site. Too many people treat it as an annoyance. Sadly, they don't realize the importance of learning and mastering grammar rules.

Gilda

Molly

Cool summer, but today actually got above 90!

People who cut into my turn lane when they're turning. Early apexers.

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Jan-

Love your site. As a BFing mom who is creative crafty and just a little open minded, it was wonderful to come across your page months ago when I was pregnant looking for some ideas for sewing patterns. Since then I have been back many times to get inspiration and the like. I sometimes just need reinforcement that my crazy idea for my little Kitty can be (and evidently, HAS BEEN) done!

It's folks like you that keep me going with the nursing. I can't believe the misinformation out there about it, the generational opinions. I don't have a problem with folks who don't but I do feel like they are missing out on something really great.

You probably have older children now, judging from the posting dates, but your little projects of convenience are still very valuable. I look forward to finding other great tips.

Thanks for listening and for having a great site!

Lauren

nice and cool

Saw it in or was invited by an email message

My friend sent me this link and I have been reading through your baby sling instrucions off and on all day. I think its awesome and the best instructions so far. I am pregnant with my 3rd child and can't wait to find some cute fabric this weekend to make one! Thanks for all the effort and info you've posted about this project.

Kim

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I have been checking out your site for almost 4 years now. I was a newbie to babywearing. When my daughter was born, I couldn't afford to purchase a sling so I decided to make my own. I came to your site, & have been coming back ever since. My favorite is the no sew ring sling.I didn't go anywhere without it. it was small enough to fit in the diaper bag when not in use.My husband was also able to use it & he is not a small guy.I just used a longer piece of fabric so we could both use it. When i went back to work my Mom would bring the sling with my Daughter to my work so I could nurse her on my breaks & lunches. It made nursing discreet while in public places. as she got older she liked the satin on her blanket, I bought some blanket binding & sewed it to the tail side. Then all I had to bring was the sling and could leave the blanket at home. I carried my daughter till just a few months ago. I have to say i miss it. Thank you so much for your information, I will continue to inform my friends about your site since it was so helpful to my family!!!

shahed.shirazi@yahoo.com

not warm enough

don't point out the faults of other such that your own faults won't seem so great

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Hi Jan, email to jan_andrea@verizon.net came back with
The following organization rejected your message: vms172059pub.verizon.net.!!??
So will ask you here.
Found your site. Great stuff, Thanks. Although a guy, I love making stuff. Really like the sleep sack. Wonder how our 1.5 year old son will take to it. Hopefully not like Aaron in the picture J. Good for Canadian winters.
Okay down to business.
I tried making a neck pillow, taking a peek at the “neck saver” one on the net: Baberoo Baby Necksaver Pillow - http://www.liltulips.com/on-the-go-80/baberoo-baby-necksaver-pillow-87.html
Mine came out way too small and well not so good. I’m sure if I blow it up a bit it would be fine. Do you have a pattern for something like this?

feby

Sunny!

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So glad to find a pattern of shopping cart cover for my daughter... I had some fabric which enough to create a great one for her. Save my money to buy from Walmart. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!!

Anne

hot 'n' humid

almost everything

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I found your site when I was looking for patterns for a mobile. I made a quick-n-dirty version by stapling the pieces to a cereal box, putting a tape loop on the back, and clipping them to a photo mobile I'd had lying around. On my baby's blog is a video we took of him enjoying it. It completely hypnotizes him. Thank you SO much!

Cassandra Chambliss

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Indecisive people

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I made your fleece ring sling pattern using a reversable padded quilt material I got on sale at Walmart. I can't tell you how many compliments I have gotten on it! I wish I could send you a picture. I'm now going to use your shopping cart seat cover pattern. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Kate Germany

H-O-T (I'm in southwest TX)

folks who leave their dogs unsecured in the back of their pick up.

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I love the patterns for the ring slings! I was looking to make a sling for my second child who's 3 months, & your patterns are by far the best out there on the web. As an avid quilter / sewer of many years, I know a good pattern when I see it. Thank you so much for posting your pattern for all to use, I can appreciate how much time & effort you've put into them. I know my son is going to love his new sling ; )

Kimberli K.

Nice and sunny today anyway..

Talking to much

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I found your site years ago when I was pregnant with my daughter. I made two slings and passed them around when I was done with them. Now with another on the way I needed a new sling and was so glad you were still here as I had forget just how I pleated the first I created. Thank you so much for all the information you have here and the new things too. You are an asset to babywearers everywhere. Thank you for it all!!!!

Tina Lacroix

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Just wanted to drop you a note letting you know that I made 30 of your most basic slings. On our recent holiday to Cuba, we gave them out to local families we know that have babies. They were so gratefully received that when we return again in December I will hopefully have another 20 or so made and ready to give! Thanks for the instructions, very easy to follow even for a novice such as myself!

Trish in Texas

HOT

I am an English Teacher, so I have quite a few...

"I feel lucky!"

I googled baby carriers b/c I needed to make one for my daughter 4 years ago, and I have since used several of your patterns. I just have to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for being so generous as to put your patterns and ideas online. It has been a God send for a Mom who doesn't have a lot of resources, but has a sewing machine. :)

shira paskin

as always, cool overcast in AM, sunny warm in PM

Don't get me started!

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WOW! What a splendid experience, to have found your site, read your rants, related to your philosophy, admired your writing. THANK YOU. For all of this and more.

Jan Carr

good

people who make assumsions about me

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I am a grandma and plan to make one for my soon to be grandson. My neighbor gals say these things are get. I plan to pass your link to my sisters (all grandmas) so they can do this too. I am told these things run over $50. I have been sewing for over 50 years. Your design looks great. I am unclear about yardage. Is it 1 1/2 yd. for front and back or just one side? Also which way to lay out pattern ...with the grain? (This is about the easy one)

I am beaverbear49@hotmail.com if you are able to answer.

Misty Draper

Hot (Phoenix)

Two year old grabbing sewing stuff. :)

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I love the directions for the pouch sling and the diaper holder. I have made both for myself and two of my sisters. I blogged about it and linked to your site for both. Thank you so much for the patterns!

MJ

80F

how few bad apples ruin it for the rest of us

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I got here looking for patterns for infants (my wife and I have a newborn - 3weeks)!

Very cool site! I will have my wife check out the sling ideas. Keep up the good work!

Kathy Caldwell

rainy

others bad moods

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What a nice site! I'm going to be a Grandma in Dec.

CLMosher

foggy/ cool

Recleaning what's already been finished.

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Hello. I have had your page bookmarked for sometime before I had my son. I wanted to make a sling, but didn't find time until he was around 9 mo, due to various projects and full time learning to be a first time mom. I made mine with brown denim with a pink and brown ribbon. The only issue I've had with it is, when I load the rings, my denim turns right side in, and you can no longer see the ribbon I put on the bottom. Is there anyway to load the rings, see the right side, and still have it functional. When I tried to flip the fabric so I could see the trim, it wouldn't pull through the rings. I don't want to cut the end off and sew it back, which would work for the effect I want, but would weaken the whole sling at a stress point. If I have to just "deal with it" I can, but I would like it to look like I planned. Otherwise, I love it. It's sturdy, and holds my active 12 mo. old well, for as long as he puts up with it. I would really appreciate it if you would get back to me at safezone14@yahoo.com.
I'm planning to take a road trip soon, and would like to make your high chair sling next. I was looking for a portable high chair when I saw your pattern for tying one on to an adult chair. I'm looing forward to trying it next.
Keep up the fun projects. I love stopping by to see what else I can do.

Nerdymom / Holly

dreary and damp

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Love your site so much. Thank you for the information on DIY slings. I'm going to go rummage my fabric stash for bottomweights now. :)

Kayla

Warm

Rudeness!

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Your information was really helpful and I laughed endlessly while reading your grammar page (lol trying to watch my grammar)! Anyway, Happy Mothering and I hope that the patterns I try work out well. I'm just beginning to learn to sew. Take care and God Bless!

Kayla

Alyssa

Sunny and 70 - perfect!

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I just completed a ring sling using your pattern and wanted to let you know how grateful I am for your clear, accurate instructions. Thank you for the hours and hours of photography, writing and design you've invested in your website. What a professional you are. A million thanks are coming your way!

Daniela

Sunny and beautiful

also grammar: misuse of hanged and hung (pictures are hung, people are hanged)

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All that bad grammar gave me a headache! Can't wait to make my first mei tai using two of your patterns. Thank you for taking the time to post the patterns and all the helpful photos!

gail mickels

kind of overcast right now, sun trying to peek a boo though

people who say nothings wrong when its obvious theres something wrong

"I feel lucky!"

was looking for boppie pillow patterns and your site causght my eye, so here I am, and cant wait to start on the pillow. making the center bigger is what really got me. thanks so much.

Clair

NIce for once ..It rains 80% of the time up here in wa

Spitting in public places whare kids can get on the ground!

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LOVE ALL THE PATTERNS !!!!! I think i have used about 5-6 of them and every thing has turned out great and they are easy to follow and understand (for beginning sewers like me) Thank you

Amber

raining! - wow, does this mean no more drought?

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I like the look of your baby sleep sack sewing pattern and plan to try it out - have you ever made one with an inner lining like the 2.5 tog Grobag? I'm trying to get my head around how I might do it. Let me know if you have any ideas?

amber_jane_d@yahoo.com

Thanks!

Linda

overcast

people who tell you what you want to hear, instead of the truth

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I made a pouch sling for my DD and LOVED it. I live in Bolivia;wearing your baby is totally common here, although in a different form. I have had MANY comments on the sling, and have made a few for another orphanage that has a LOT of babies. They tell me it has saved them hours of aching arms! Thank you for your unselfish attitude that has benefited many

Nikki

cold

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You have amazing stuff on your site!Thanks alot,This has been an excellent resource for me!

Rita

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I was excited about your site and the baby slings - but your counter and comments about the war absolutely ruined it for me.

Meg

Too hot

Loosing crochet hooks

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I made the sling and everything was perfect except the strap was too long....and you said make it tighter, but I didn't listen, but if I had... :). Excellent pattern

Kawwie Haynes

Beautiful

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I'm a new grannie and love sewing all the neatest things for our new granddaughter. I have found so many patterns online (what did we do without the internet?) - nursing covers, boppy covers, toy bags for the crib and now - this wonderful grocery cart cover!

Thanks for all your work and giving the instructions out to us 'po'folks!

Bonnie greason

first day of spring, but very cold

Rude behaviour

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Many thanks for all the great information. I started out looking for ways to make baby slings for my daughter, and found an entertaining lesson in grammar. This has certainly made me smile because I have often seen the same errors and inwardly cringed.
I will pass on the information and your web access to help our new grandchild have a safe and cuddled beginning.
Happy Spring, from the great white north!

Anna Nelson

Gorgeous day full of Sun

Lazy Brains: Specifically people who yell Go Green at the top of their lungs but throw a cigarette butt on the ground without thinking twice.

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My daughter, Sarah is 1.5yrs old and I wore a sling with her for about 7 months, basically until she wouldn't let me carry her like that any more. We are planning a trip to the zoo and I wanted to make/find a mai tei that would work best for her, any suggestions? I looked over the ones on your site and love love love all of them, but I thought you might have some insight to help save me some time. Here are some recent pictures of my Sarah, she is 33inches tall and 25lbs. Thank you for all your help.
http://family.webshots.com/album/570601798LgQJpl

jackie

breezy

people who spit in public.

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I love your sight. Thankyou for sharing all of your experience and information. You have wonderful patterns and safety information. I want to make my own sling to save a little money and as gifts for friends. you brought up some stuff i would never have thought of. I havent gotten to look at everything yet. But have really enjoyed what I have gotten to.

Sophie

sunny and cold

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I wish I could sew like you! Everything looks so interesting! I'm still hoping to make a ring sling for my daughter before she gets too big. They look easy to make but I'm so intimidated and I think I'm going to miss out on my chance to wear my baby because I'm such a scaredy cat!

Your site looks so amazing and is really really making me want to learn how to sew. Any suggestions where/how to begin?

Becky

cold and snowy

wasting time waiting for people (grownups) to get ready to go somewhere

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Thanks for posting such great patterns for slings and carriers. I'm 17 weeks pregnant and REALLY excited about babywearing, but wasn't excited about the prices. These look like projects I can do! Better get started before my belly gets too big that I can't reach the sewing machine!

Thanks again!

Melanie

Cold

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I just wanted to thank you for your webpage. My DS is 2 months old and he is baby #4. With every baby I have used your webpage to make a different sling,wrap..ect. Every baby likes something different.

Ariel

Cold!

People who drive for miles with the turn signal on

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Thank you for your awesome patterns! I made myself a mei tai from your "Frankencozy" pattern, after adjusting for my body, and I love, love, love it. I used a repurposed shirt that had beautiful fabric but an unflattering cut, so I never wore it. Now it is a beautiful carrier I use every day! My son is 13 months old and too heavy to "sling" for long! Our Maya wrap has served us well through two babies, but the Asian carrier makes it *really* comfortable to wear a toddler. I never figured out how to comfortably wear a baby on my back with the Maya wrap; I always seemed to give myself a plugged duct, so I stopped trying. With the mei tai, the baby feels so secure on my back, and although I didn't realize this was possible he'll happily ride on my back while I work (today, for example, making laundry detergent, which takes lots of stirring). So thank you for your awesome variety of easy-to-follow patterns! I'm now working on one (a gift!!) for a friend's newborn.

It is awesome to see such support for breastfeeding, babywearing, and handmade stuff. Keep up the good work! I am tickled by your refusal to offer patterns for things like car seat covers. You are right, babies don't belong in car seats unless they're riding in the car.

Anne

Frosty

Pessimism

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I have been reading through your page and it looks as though you are a very talented person. I do have to admit that you seem a bit jaded and nearly all of your posts have a negative undertone. There seems to be many snide remarks about the theft of your original patterns and the hurdles that must be overcome to be successful. You should bask in your talent and success! Inspire others to do this as well! Good luck.
You're right, I do tend to sound thus. Honestly, it's because I've had this information up for almost 9 years, since my son was born, and in that time, I've had patterns stolen and sold on eBay, my sling design ripped off more than once, and lots of people emailing me to tell me I'm going to hell :) All three do tend to conspire to make me a little, well, pessimistic. Running a business *is* hard work. People who tell you otherwise probably don't actually have a business :) I got into this very naively, and I want to be honest with my readers. If you have a hobby you want to make into a business, great! But don't go into it thinking it'll be easy money or that you'll have plenty of time to spend on other stuff. A home business is incredibly time-consuming. Just ask my kids. I keep going because I love what I do, but there have been plenty of times I would have thrown in the towel if not for that love.

Kathleen Prince

Very nice (Miami Fl)

I'm too old for them

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I am 65+ and my daughter in law is going to have her first baby and she asked me to try and make her one of these and
this will be my first attempt wish me well!

Sarah

Cold and Sunny

Omission of state of being verbs (e.g. saying, "the car needs washed" instead of, "the car needs to be washed"

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Thank you for the tutorial about the hemming foot.
I have wanted one for some time, and now I feel
confident in my decision to buy one. I might even
be able to use it too.

Dis Claimer

Perfect!!

Websites with too many disclaimers.

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I think it's hilarious that you post content on the internet and then warn people againist using it. Your page is a little ridiculous comsidering half of it is disclaimer. You must be super paranoid to think someone's going to steal your patterns or your bandwidth. I laughed for a good while after I read that.

Glad you had a good laugh.

The disclaimers are there because I have had numerous people take the free content from my website and then sell it as though it were their own.

Do you know how that feels? To have something you worked on for hours, with no pay, then be sold by someone else for their profit? It sucks. But I still want to provide the content. What's my choice? The only thing I can do is put up the disclaimers and hope that they will dissuade assholes from stealing my content and profiting from it.

If you think that's funny, I'm guessing you've never been in that situation.

NEL's mum

hot and sunny

Not sharing!!

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Thank you so much, Jan. Really appreciate your time and effort in setting up this website. I have a three month old little boy and he loves the ring sling I made for us. I have bad wrists and it really helps taking away some of the strain from carrying my very well fed boy. I will be recommending your site to all my friends. Keep up the good work.

Christine

Fantastic

pattern thiefs and liars

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Thank you so much for a wonderful pattern. I was in a pinch to make one tonight and could not find a pattern in time for the gift to be made. Your pattern is easy to understand and I am gladly going to ad you to my webpage for others to contact you (although I am in transportation I know lots of quilters who drive for us they appreciate the links)

Natasha

Summer and fine

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Thanks,

I was going mad trying to attach yarn hair to a rag doll, the paper and sewing it made it work. Now my daughter will have the doll she has dreamed about, and charmed me by telling me how good a job I was doing.

Haven

Cold and Snowy :-(

Lazy, selfish people

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I absolutely love this site! I was introduced to it by an employee at a local fabric store when I was looking to make a baby sling (I picked the No-Sew Ring Sling). I also used the baby mobile patterns, which are great. Thank you so much for sharing all of these wonderful ideas!!!
If you ever find a pattern for denim baby bibs with snap closures let me know. My own pattern didn't turn out so well, lol. Thanks again!

Barbara

warm and rainy

lack of respect for others

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You did a lot of work! Thank you. I will try to make one... Let´s see if I come to goog result.
I am always impressed by women working back home to see their kids. You´re doing a great job.
Beijos from Rio de Janeiro
Barbara and little Rock´n Leo

Emily

warm

people who look at your site use the suggestions and don't let you know how much they are happy to do so.

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looking for a pattern for shopping cart cover. followed google to your site. thanks for having it. I will feel much better about my granddaughter sitting in carts. She has Erb's Palsy and has a diffcult time sitting up right how (getting better every month) and puts her mouth on things. thanks again
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