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I didn't post last week because I was in the middle of chaos.

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This week of vacation went fast. There was lots to do.  My niece's wedding was last weekend, so no stitching time then.  Even though I was off work, I spent one afternoon on work stuff.  There was other stuff that got in the way of sewing room time, but this week was definitely better than last week in that department. 

• 15 minute days week 48 = 5/7 days
• 15 minute days/Nov = 16/27 days
• 15 minute days/2021 = 257/331 days
• Success rate = 77.64% 

 Not too recently, I had my blue scrap bin out.  After sorting out some pieces I wanted, I realized the bin was still so stuffed and overflowing, I could not slide it back into its home.

It has sat in the middle of my sewing room floor waiting for me to do something about it.

After much thinking, I finally came up with an idea. Most of my darker blue scraps are wider strings.  I also have a lot of dark blue leftover bindings already cut at 2.5" wide.  So, I decided to cut them to 8.5" lengths ...

I have a thing for charm squares right now. If I am not careful I may be able to wallpaper every room in my house with them.

stash report November 28, 2021

Fabric Used this week: 0 yards  

Fabric Used year to Date: 208 yards

 I stitched at least 15 minutes 3 days this week. more cooking than sewing

I have really struggled to work on this rug hooking project. Once the friendsheep exchange ...

OH DRAT!!!  I should have checked that the links I posted yesterday actually worked. There was an issue with the sound, and so that video was replaced. 

Here are the NEW links.  Just tested, and at least the Facebook one works. So sorry for that!!!!

Facebook Video Link:

https://fb.watch/9y8NaEshwe/

YouTube Video Link:

https://youtu.be/8XazTq3jzSo

As usual, I tried to cram too much into the day! In addition to the last class for two of the sew-alongs of this past year, I signed up for a Kimberbell class that I could participate in virtually. 

I'll ...

Friday after Thanksgiving is a fun day. Most years, I do not leave the house that day as it is the time to put the 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street on the DVD player, take down all the autumn decorations and begin to put up Christmas. Of course, this weekend begins the shopping frenzy for those with gifts to buy. I miss that as the family has stopped doing gift exchanges, so I only need to shop for My Sweet Babboo and his 101 year old mom. In recent years, we’ve gotten her things she can eat ...

This long holiday weekend has been a productive one. I finished the ornament for the exchange. I’m not posting that until later to keep it a surprise. I also finished another stitch project, using a small amount of fabric.

A few weeks ago at my Guild’s fabric sale, I bought some possible focus fabric candidates for a group challenge. That group met this week and picked the art deco fabric, but I still have a yard left. I also have the other piece and a small cut of something another member brought to share.

That didn’t help ...

I shared the first tentative pics of the making of this quilt back in September 2020, but the inspiration for it is lost in the mists of time. I do remember being motivated to play around with plus blocks when Curated Quilts did a callout for their Plus edition, but the actual specifics of this one are long gone...

Maybe I was on a roll with the denim, as the Laid Back quilt had just come out and I was working on the pattern for the pouffes – there's nothing like a bit of pattern-writing procrastination to get the creative ...

I posted this on my Instagram feed too and it looks a lot brighter there, the difference between a real camera and a phone camera.  I think the colors are truer in this photo.  This one ended up 68" x 92".  It will shrink up a little with quilting.

(Reminder: this quilt was inspired by the Gridlock quilt in Kaffe Fassett's book Glorious Patchwork and again in the book Kaffe Quilts Again.  Both of them in the books were made by Liza Prior Lucy).

Before I check my stash for fabric for potholders -  I thought I would try making some napkins -  So I found a set of 12 fat quarters -  Enough for 6 double-sided napkins -    There are plenty of tutorials on the internet -  So I found one I liked - And made a "test" napkin -   Cutting my squares at 14" -  Except for the back of this one -   I cut it short -  So BOB told me to "splice it" -

A Finished Quilt

Would you believe fall in Arkansas just keeps continuing – Saturday was a pleasant 58 degrees and all week or most of the coming week is to be in the 60’s.  So most of Saturday was spent raking leaves trying to clear out a smaller area that is hard to get the lawn mower doing […]

Today Doris and the Cresco Ladies teamed up to make some great quilts…

Doris writes:
“Jo, these were all from Cresco ladies.

This one is done with your hook and flower motif. The backing was a shell print.

The pirate quilt was quilted with…

loops. The backing was a plaid flannel.

The last one was nine-patch animals with a meander.

The backing was a striped sheet with an added black strip.

All have been given to local church group that provides quilts to foster care kids at Christmas.”

Thanks again Jo and Cresco ladies.”

These all turned out great.  A ...

After doing way too much on Thanksgiving, I have had to surrender to recovery and take things easier. I'm doing much better on my new medication (better living through chemistry...) and have decided to do what I am supposed to and not aggravate it further.

I got the backing done for the 16 patch, and decided I didn't like the top well enough to add the fancy flamingo border I bought in Ooltewah.

 This morning I was up before Patrick. No plans were planned. So, we sat around in the morning, while I played games. 

At about 11:30 am we decided to go to the movies. We watched "Encanto." It was really good. We were the first to get there, then more came into the theater. One family came just as the movie started and sat behind us. I really, really wanted to get up and move. I hate it when there is a whole theater to sit in and they decide to sit in front or behind me. Behind is worse ...

Are you joining in on this year’s Quiltville Mystery?  Bonnie Hunter is our Quilty Santa each holiday season, generously offering a free sew along to all of her followers.  This year’s colors are super fun:

Rhododendron Trail Intro

These are the changes I’m going to make to this project. I know no one else is concerned with this but I’m typing them out and will link to them under this project on my project page in case anyone else who stitches this wants the info. I will change it as I go. Not...

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