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I finished up a set of Shamrock Biscornu Ornament patterns.

I can't wait to stitch one of these!!  I'll release them in the next week or so along ...

 One of my goals this month is to look at my UFOs and decide what to do about them. Most are unquilted tops. One of the tops is a small Feathered Star.

I originally made it several years ago as a test to see if I wanted to make a queen size feathered star medallion quilt. The answer was No. 

This little top measures 45" square and could be a baby quilt for a little girl. PCQ now is able to donate baby quilts to expectant families at Luke AFB which is nearby. This could be a nice donation quilt ...

 We're going to do a few errands today, and have lunch with Frank and Charlotte, before the storm comes in late tomorrow.

Welcome to Day 3 of the Starry Seas BlogHop.

Here is my response!

Dawn to Dusk

When Jennifer of Inquiring Quilter asked me to join the Starry Seas BlogHop, I did not respond at once. I needed to see the fabric collection first. 

Hmmm, what does that inspire? Let's take another look.

It reminded me of my commute. My new job requires me to leave home before dawn and return after dusk, meaning that I experience sunrise and sunset (especially during these winter months), through the sometimes murky train windows. It is both sad and beautiful.

Dawn

Dusk

 I'm always in need of masculine quilts, but they seem more challenging to plan for me. This particlular quilt doesn't have a home yet, but I felt called to make it when I tossed this dark brown fabric into a basket and it landed next to this.I pulled a few coordinates and this 5-yard quilt pattern felt like a perfect combination.The pattern is called Jitterbug, from the book Step it Up

 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. 

 Last Saturday night we had a small snowstorm that blanketed all the land including the icy paths. It was so pretty the next day in the woods. I am getting lots more enjoyment out of this winter maybe because of having Petey with us. He revels in the snow and the ball playing so much and also just romping all about on our walks. It is truly joyful to watch him. Here he is playing with his ball in the snow.

Slot demo

Dalam dunia perjudian online, slot game telah menjadi salah satu pilihan favorit banyak pemain. Salah satu cara yang semakin populer untuk mencoba berbagai jenis slot tanpa harus bertaruh uang nyata adalah melalui akun demo slot. Banyak situs slot kini menawarkan fasilitas ini, memberikan kesempatan bagi pemain untuk menguji peruntungan mereka sebelum memutuskan untuk bermain dengan uang sungguhan. Namun, apa sebenarnya yang dimaksud dengan slot demo dan manfaat apa yang bisa didapatkan dari permainan ini?

Slot demo bukanlah sekadar versi percobaan dari permainan slot yang ada. Ini adalah alat yang sangat berguna untuk mengenal mekanisme permainan, fitur-fitur yang tersedia ...

I had not been on a vacation in several years, so it was time for a break.  My Mom has dementia and I am one of her two caregivers.  My brother, the other caregiver,  had taken vacations. It was time for me to get away.

Last time I was here it was all about the hand stitched overlays.

Today it's two new pages which will each have an overlay too.

I'm possibly going to add more to these, that's why they don't yet have an overlay. 

The embellishment here is all hand stitch, scraps of cloth and scraps of paper too.

You may have noticed a little watercolour in the backgrounds. 

I'm not sure of the gsm of the paper in this notebook.

It's quite thin and almost certainly not made to accept wet media but it didn't ...

A child-size Minky blanket hanging on a crib rail with a matching doll blanket wrapped around a doll, both made from the same strawberry print fabric.

Easy Child-Size Minky Blanket + Doll Blanket Tutorial

This week’s Snippets with Patterns By Jen tutorial is all about cozy sewing. I’m sharing how to make a child-size Minky blanket with a matching doll blanket using just 1½ yards of Minky fabric.

A child-size Minky blanket hanging on a crib rail, made from strawberry print fabric.

This is a simple, beginner-friendly project that comes together quickly and makes a wonderful handmade gift for ...

At the guild gift store at our last show, I bought a cute mug with a mug rug to go with it. I just loved the idea, so I made a couple of mats and found mugs to go with them. I put them out for sale at the Fall Fiber Faire at our local quilt shop last fall, and sold all but one.

This one was the first thing sold that day. The mug is huge, and really cute.

You’ve seen the one I did with the Paris theme fabrics. I found the mug first on this set ...

It's kind of finished . . .

The unspeakable happened! I'm happily getting rid of more paper in the office. 

I had some paperwork that needed to be done, so I sat at the computer, finished it, and got it sent. Someone wants a quilt pattern I designed in 2013, and I'm recreating it for this group. That was the one I couldn't find. I still have a bit more work to do on it, but the finished product looks so much better than my hand-scrawled instructions, never mind how much more professional the diagrams look! My knowledge base with computers, despite my issues ...

View from my window

Let's face it.  Saying you're going to reset and actually doing it are two different things.  This week, I set out to walk the walk to go along with all that talk last week.  To that extent I had to start digging ...

 This bin was filled to the brim.

I didn’t get as much stitching time as normal this week. I was gone or didn’t stitch on three evenings. That’s rare for me. I usually stich every single day. Sometimes it’s only for 30 minutes…but I stitch. My plan for the week was to try to tackle my Birds of a Feather block. You …

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