tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50305677074763623062026-03-06T17:54:26.953-06:00Dream,Create, and Inspire. Smalltown Dreamz is about everything I can dream up to create. You will find crochet patterns that are for sale along with tutorials on my latest projects.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06958627154265414689noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030567707476362306.post-30248667389220607582018-01-16T19:15:00.000-06:002018-01-16T19:15:07.043-06:00

I can't believe it's done!!!! This has been a fun and very educational 10 weeks. And I am so very pleased with how this project turned out. I have to admit staring into the process of the project I was so nervous. I was so afraid of royally messing this part up. But once again it was not nearly as hard as I thought it might be. I started out by cutting the butterfly squares

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OH MY GOSH!!!!! I can't believe this is the last butterfly to our project. This has been so much fun and I am so excited to say that I have started piecing it together. If you have never done paper piecing before I honestly suggest just trying it out. We have had so much fun with this and it really is so easy!! I had never done paper piecing before we did this project but I checked out a&nbsp

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The holiday season is getting closer and this house is a mad house for sure!!! There is still so much to before next weekend is here and I am really hoping my boys can get it together this week and play nice so I can get it all done.  In the mean time I have a beautiful butterfly to share with you this week!!! We decided to wait to do our red and green butterflies until the last couple

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Only 2 butterflies left to go after this week, and I can't tell you how excited I am to put this all together!!! We had a busy week at our house this past week. My brother came into town and stayed the weekend. We went and saw Christmas lights at the Madison Zoo and stopped to see the state capital. It was my first time at the capital so it was pretty neat to see the inside of it. With all

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We are 2/3 of the way done with our Butterfly Charm Block Sew A long!!!!!!!! For those of you that are just tuning in My best Friend Crystal from Crystalized Designs and I have been doing a butterfly charm block sew along. We are using the Butterfly Charm Block  Paper Piece Pattern by Lillyella stitchery.If you have never done paper piecing before I

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I honestly Love Mondays lately lol. Every week I get to share a pretty butterfly with you to start the week out right! For those of you that are just tuning in My best Friend Crystal from Crystalized Designs and I have been doing a butterfly charm block sew along for a few weeks now. 5 to be exact. We are using the Butterfly Charm Block  Paper Piece Pattern by Lillyella

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I LOVE MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I LOVE BUTTERFLIES!!!!!!!!!  If you are just tuning in we are using the Butterfly Charm Block  Paper Piece Pattern by Lillyella stitchery. If you have never paper pieced before but would like to learn, I found an amazing tutorial by Connecting Threads. And don't forget to stop by Crystal's Blog to check out

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It's MONDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Which means I get to show you another AMAZING Butterfly today. If you are just tuning in we are using the Butterfly Charm Block  Paper Piece Pattern by Lillyella stitchery. If you have never paper pieced before but would like to learn, I found an amazing tutorial by Connecting Threads.And don't forget to stop by Crystal's Blog to check

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I have some great and wonderful news!!!!!  Both my Made to Order and Digital Shops  are now Re-Opened!!!!!!!!  Both shops have special discounts going on. The sale is good through Monday Nov 13th On my Made to Order Shop if you use Coupon Code REOPENING2017 and get 25% off your entire purchase with a minimum purchase of $15.00 https://www.etsy.com/

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Well Week 2 was a success. I had learned all my mistakes from Week 1 and really had no problems this week. If you are just tuning in and want to learn how to paper piece I found this amazing YouTube tutorial from Connecting Threads . We are using the pattern Butterfly Charm Block Pattern by  Lillyella stitchery. Also remember you can catch

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Well we did it!!!! We got through our first week on our very first paper piece project ever!!!! So let me tell you a little bit about this week went down haha. At first I was super scared. I had all my pieces cut out and I sat there staring at them. I was just So intimidated.  Took a couple of deep breathes and took a swig from my soda and said...... "Let's do this". So I thought I

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For years my Best Friend Crystal and I love to do projects together and with me just coming back on to the scene I wanted to do something meaningful and fun!! Our Favorite animal (insect) has been the butterfly so when I saw these amazing Butterfly Charm Blocks by  Lillyella stitchery  I knew I wanted to make that. So I wrote Crystal and said wouldn't this be

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ASweatshirt Made With  This past year I did manage to squeak out a few things for my boys.  I wanted to share with you one of my favorite things I think I have ever made so far.  My oldest has been a long time fan of the game Minecraft along with the YouTube guy called Stampylongnose. A couple years back I ordered the most amazing Minecraft fabric and I

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As I sit here and dust off the cobwebs to my tiny ghost town of a blog, I am excited to make a fresh start and slowly get back to what I love. We all have those moments in time where the world spins so fast you just need to step off the tilt-a-whirl and get your feet grounded again. I was able to focus on the kiddos while we all adjusted to a big move half way across the state. The

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Spectacular Holiday Products   Makers Blog Hop With the count down to Christmas underway, there's plenty on the to-do list. And while you may have more to do than time, come visit us each week with new featured Christmas products and possibly save a little time and get some shopping for your loved ones, or yourself, checked off your holiday list! From November 13th to

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I’m so sad summer is over. I’m not one that likes the cold weather. But the colorful leaves, Halloween, and sitting by the fire are great cold weather activities that I love so I’m trying to look on the bright side. We’d love to see what posts you’ve found so be sure to drop us a comment or share on our Facebook Page, we’d love to see you over there! And now for the fun part…

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Fabulous Fall Products ~ Makers Blog Hop Falling leaves, cooler temperatures, shorter days, approaching holidays… all those mean Autumn is here. Whether your a fan of the cooler weather or not, Fall offers some amazing products. And that’s what this blog hop is going to bring you! The newest, trendiest, best selling products of the Mad Mad Makers will be brought to you

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 Summer is here and many bloggers are blogging about it. We’d love to see what posts you’ve found so be sure to drop us a comment or share on our Facebook Page, we’d love to see you over there! And now for the fun part… our blog finds! Hello Stephanie here your friendly neighborhood Blog Stalker… Lately I have seen a lot of people starting their own blogs which is AWESOME!!

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April sure brought some amazing blog posts! Spring is here and many bloggers are blogging about it. We’d love to see what posts you’ve found so be sure to drop us a comment or share on our Facebook Page, we’d love to see you over there! And now for the fun part… our blog finds! Hi there Stephanie here one of your friendly neighborhood blog stalkers. Ever since I started

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Felties....Felties....What in the heck is a Feltie?????? Let me break down the Feltie Madness for you!!! Felties are Felt appliques that you can use for multiple crafting uses!!!! They are machine embroidered felt embellishments that can come in an array of designs, colors, and sizes. Felties consist of a front felt piece that is backed by a 2nd felt piece to hide the thread from the front

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April sure brought some amazing blog posts! Spring is here and many bloggers are blogging about it. We’d love to see what posts you’ve found so be sure to drop us a comment or share on our Facebook Page, we’d love to see you over there! And now for the fun part… our blog finds! Hi there Stephanie here one of your friendly neighborhood blog stalkers. I have a family that is

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March has come and gone. Spring is here and we all seem to be on the upside of the sicknesses.  We have some great blogs to share with you this week.  Don't forget to follow us on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/blogstalkers "Hi there Stephanie here one of your friendly blog stalkers. WhenI first decided to start blogging I started following a blog called U Create. I

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We are finally starting to thaw out over her in WI!!!! YAY!!!! It has been in the upper 50's most of the week which is a huge change from -3 just 2 weeks ago. So last week I introduced you to my Birthday Twin. This week we are starting the celebration of our birthdays with a sale!!!! Start celebrating with us!!!  15% off in our shops from now through March 22 at Midnight (CST

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HAPPY MARCH!!!!!  I don't know about you but I for one am so happy that winter is starting to wind down and Spring is almost here.  So over the past couple years I have started networking and growing my relationships with other businesses. I have met so many amazing people through doing this and have become close friends with a handful of them. I didn't have a sister

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Here we are at the end of February. The Blog Stalkers have been battling the sickies within each of their homes. Resulting in being a little behind on stalking blogs. However, we have some goodies for you. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/blogstalkers "Hi there Stephanie here one of your friendly blog stalkers. So I am able to joke often about

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