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There was no photo challenge post last week. Grad Girl was running short on time and I was a bit immobile for most of the week before due to knee surgery.  We were all able to get photos this week.  It wasn't an easy subject. 

Kate: Historical Sewing

It was an odd size quarter square triangle that I needed to finish the rows on this Marcia Derse fabric top.  Once I got the measurement right I cut strips and cut the triangles from them with a ruler for quarter square triangles.  I needed all of the stripes going the same way.  I sewed while I watched TV last night and got this far.  2 more seams and then I can press it and photograph it.  I'm glad I put this top into a time out so I could come up with the perfect solution for the outer ...

This month is the Peace and Plenty blocks. A set of four spinning blocks to complement the Dove and Ohio Star blocks from Release 1 and 2. It’s never too late to joins us in making the beautiful Moonbeams quilt and supporting the Make A Wish charity and bring joy to many sick kids. Everything you need to know can be found here. If you like the fabrics I am using, go to the Fat quarter shop site to find Flower Farm by Keera Job (a fellow aussie). A bright, floral collection using my favourite colours of teal, orange ...

There are videos of people teaching versions but none gave me a pattern... I found one on line

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at first I cut it out large since it was drawn to scale. Too big for a pin cushion but great for a box... so then I cut it out as shown. 

I used pink felt scraps since the color of the month at rainbow scrap challenge is pink! yea! It looks wonky in these photos but it's a precious little sturdy ...

Pattern:"Tiril Topp" by IdaVictoria. I used the arms a size bigger than the rest of the top, since my previous top got very tight in the arms. We are all different!

Fabric "Monstera Leaves" Digital Collection by Poppy; purchased from Rainbow Textile in Oslo; 

My mom knitted this set with at and neck, not bad for an very old lady! I helped starting and finishing the project ...

It’s been a busy week here. The weather has been gloomy; just enough light rain to keep the car looking dirty. I was able to get a couple of quilts finished. Quilting and binding done on this one

This is one made by a customer’s mother. She brought the extra fabric for the borders. It was a full size quilt, but I added the borders to make it a queen.

The fabrics look to be from the 1950’s. This one looks like a dress my grandmother had

I put light blue on the back. 

I finished the ...

While the berries need picking not much will be going on in the sewing room.  Today was more strawberries and today  I will make more jam – I already have 7 quarts of whole berries in the freezer so thought I would stick to jam and desserts for a little bit.  There is still more […]

Every so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response too.  That’s when I feature them on the blog.  This is one of those days. Today I am only answering one question from Melonie about Crumb Quilts. Melonie asked:“I’ve been planning to make a wacky quilt like you …

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 This morning, I was expecting mom to come over to do her laundry because of the machine being broke. I waited. Then I walked with Ron, and we went around the block 4 times. 

I picked up the puzzle I finished and got it ready to take to mom. Patrick got home from golf about that time. I got laundry going after mom called to say she was getting her machine fixed on Tuesday and wanted to know when we were coming over. Told her about 3:30 pm. she told me what she was doing. Working on her applique ...

If you had told my younger self I would be a quilter in my 40s and a gardener in my 50s, I would’ve said “No way Jose!”   Yet, here I am, quilting and gardening.

The idea of gardening came to me last Spring after a couple of heavy snowstorms damaged a bunch of limbs on the trees leaving me with a lot of bare ground after I had them properly trimmed. 

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Another project file containing fiddly designs, this time set on point. I love the colours!

Almost the same as the first, up until the final row of blocks.

Kelli has been busy listening to books. She recently came across a couple of duds that she decided not to share with all of you. With today’s book, she finally landed on a book she was willing to share. The book is On a Quiet Street by Carla Kovach. Kelli writes: “I liked it pretty …

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 I am classified as an elderly person. Given that, I wonder why Pinterest, another Google offshoot like these blogs, sent me salacious photos of young men in tight briefs and penis pictures and dildo pictures as part of their "We thought you might like these" come ons (phrasing deliberate). Don't get me wrong. Elderly people aren't asexual but that particular selection of images was bizarre. I don't even know why anyone would want a random shot of a pile of red dildos regardless of age. I mean my feed usual is kitty pictures and dog/cat videos ...

Setting up

 I dropped tickets in the bags for the fabric that really appealed to me.  I had tickets left so I dropped them into random bags.  That unscientific technique worked.

Look what I won!  

That's ...