Encouragement – The Sewing Garden

Sew, Knit or Crochet Something Simple to Show Your Gratitude Today

By: Linda May 29, 2023

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You’ve got so many things on your plate. And each one is so important. So necessary. You can’t possibly add one more thing. Right? Well, today I’m putting out a plea for us all to use the gifts God has given us to bless another person. To bless those who are sacrificing big for us…

Interview with Lisa from Farmhouse on Boone on her Simple Farmhouse Life podcast! Answering Questions We Didn’t Get to…

I recently had the privilege of being a guest on a podcast with Lisa from Farmhouse on Boone on her Simple Farmhouse Life podcast! If you don’t follow her blog or YouTube channel, I encourage you to do so! I’ve been following 6 or 7 years and I think it’s one of the best well…

Why Today (and May Day) is Important To Celebrate In These Difficult Times

By: Linda May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

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When you think of May Day, what comes to mind? Flowers? A maypole? Music? The first day of May? Springtime? Maybe you’ve never heard of May Day. Maybe today feels like just another day to you. So let me share with you how and why today (and May Day) is important to celebrate in these…

The Sewing Garden, cultivating a new website from Sewfordough

We’re Cultivating a New Website Here!

By: Linda September 7, 2017March 29, 2021

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Welcome to my new website! If you were looking for “Sew For Dough”, you’re in the right place! I just want to let you know that I am updating, rearranging and adding some new things on this site! One of the new things will be a name change! Instead of Sewfordough, the new name is…

Granddaughter Update

By: Linda June 19, 2014September 21, 2022

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Thank you all for your prayers and sweet comments concerning our new granddaughter. I really appreciate them all. She is doing better and gaining weight, now just over 6 pounds! Thought you might like to see a recent photo. I sure am enjoying her!

Thank You!

By: Linda December 31, 2013September 21, 2022

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The WordPress annual report just showed up in my inbox. I am speechless. There were over 290,000 visits to this blog in 2013! That’s about 800 per day….incredible! And you are reading this blog from 179 countries all over the world… (from some countries I have never heard of)…..even more incredible! Thank you to each…

Celebrate With Me…It’s Free!

By: Linda April 27, 2012August 4, 2023

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Today is the 3rd anniversary of this blog and I thought you might like to know how it all started. About 6 years ago, a customer came to my door needing his suit jacket altered. As I spoke to him about the changes that needed to be made on it, he asked me if I had…