I've done little bits of this and that. I finally put a border on this little red and green sampler. Then I noticed the middle row was flipped. Oh well. It's just a quilt started with a few orphan blocks and scraps.
I decided to join the SAHRR hosted by Quilting Gail and friends. The center block I'm using was appliqued by a friend. Her work was excellent and I'm happy to have hocked it from what was left of her sewing room passed on to our club. Later today I hope to work on the ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. It was cloudy and cool yesterday, but there was no rain. We took a short drive north for more avocados, but otherwise, we did nothing. I spent a good part of my day slow-stitching. Happily, I have finished the 21st of 21 embroidered sections for the Raggedy & Friends project.
Good morning, my friends. It was cloudy and cool yesterday, but there was no rain. We took a short drive north for more avocados, but otherwise, we did nothing. I spent a good part of my day slow-stitching. Happily, I have finished the 21st of 21 embroidered sections for the Raggedy & Friends project.
I only worked a 3 day week so I could have 2 days off with Freya. She was working her job from home with Nessie’s help and it was so nice to have some company. She took Nessie for midday walks and cooked something delicious most evenings. We made a successful vegan apple cake and even delicious vegan Scottish tablet.
It was great to have help to do some jobs that I had been putting off like hanging up some string lights (which have only come on once so far) and repotting some house plants. We had a blustery ...
read more The Raccoon from the Year in the Woods series is so very close to being finished. I have to add the detail in his legs and then the paws. 
I ...
read moreOh my gosh, it’s been so long since I posted that I don’t even know where to start so let’s just jump into Project Quilting. My first week was a big swing and a miss so this week I simplified things a bit. The theme was Scads of Plaid and my friend, Dawn, had a spare kit for this plaid. I did toss out the really anemic tan-ish color and replaced it with a floral that’s probably been in my stash for 20 years. I have to admit, that I’m wishing I had time to ...
read moreAll babies are special, and the ones in my life get a quilt.
I know I have said this on multiple occasions, but my granddaughter Cheyanne told me via FaceTime that she was going to have another baby ON MY BIRTHDAY. I was just giddy! But a sequence of events has pushed the arrival to an earlier date. I finished piecing the baby quilt top in November, but had put off the quilting of it until we got a little closer to the April due date. But we also know that babies come when they tell you they are coming ...
read moreIt's snowing really hard, big fluffy flakes. Ralph cleared the back steps with a leaf blower so the feral cats could get to their food. They are holed up in the garage with their heated mats.
Sally will be way taller than Boone!
Backing fabric for the tree skirt. The fabric is pretty, but the lines are not straight, which won't matter as a backing.
All laid out! Today's task is to pin with quilting pins. I ... read more
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Here is my kitchen window very peaceful winter view as it will look pretty much now until April. The light is from the big garage and you can see the snow curtain we have from the snow sliding down the roof.
My bigger bunny is still here. Though he spends time under the feeders, he also munches on the left over garden growth which I purposely leave till spring to clean out. What exactly he is finding to eat there, I'm not sure. 
I have no idea where this week went. I know I quilted up a lot of quilts for Many Hands and Many Hearts. There were lots of labels to sew on and bindings to finish. MHMH also received a lot of packages this week, so I spent a lot of time organizing all of that.
But I didn't spend a lot of time playing with any scraps!
I am still working on this collection, this paper based collection, creating a little notebook of design ideas.
Whilst working mostly on paper I do get a hankering for cloth, for the softness of cloth, hence my obsession with cloth sample books.
The piece here is another page in progress for a new collection of embroidered samples.
(does the dark blue gingham remind anyone else of school or is it just me)
