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January 19, 2026
Stitch & Sew Cherry Love With Us! from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

It’s time to stitch and sew up a little extra love this season with the Cherry Love Quilt and Stitch Along! Join us for three weeks of cherry-sweet stitchy and quilty fun, starting today, January 19th! This year, we’re trying something new and offering both a free and paid version of our Valentine’s quilt and cross stitch patterns, making it easier than ever to pick the project that steals your heart! Keep reading for all the juicy details and get ready to fall in love with these quick, sweet, and heart-filled projects.

When is the Cherry Love ...

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Hummingbird Wars from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another day of beautiful weather here in Escondido. We had a lazy morning, and then met up with our friends Debi and Jim for lunch. 

Before that, though, we were treated to the arrival of the hummingbirds. When we stay in a place for more than just a few nights, we hang a hummingbird feeder and a seed feeder on our window. We were delayed for a week while Mike fixed the slide, but we hung these feeders about a week ago. There's been no activity at the seed feeder yet, but the ...

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Hummingbird Wars from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another day of beautiful weather here in Escondido. We had a lazy morning, and then met up with our friends Debi and Jim for lunch. 

Before that, though, we were treated to the arrival of the hummingbirds. When we stay in a place for more than just a few nights, we hang a hummingbird feeder and a seed feeder on our window. We were delayed for a week while Mike fixed the slide, but we hung these feeders about a week ago. There's been no activity at the seed feeder yet, but the ...

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MAKE MORE ART: 1. Turning a floor into a quilt? from Quilty Pleasures

I committed to myself to make more art in 2026. I started with a photo I snapped of my nephew's tile floor:

selected fabrics:

English paper pieced 176 one-inch hexagons:
chose thread on a piece of stained glass fabric,

machine quilted flowers, swirls, and leaves

Now they are ready to gift:


Listen to me tell the whole story on YouTube.

I have a lot of photographs that are waiting to be reimagined and reinterpreted and created into a quilt. I look forward to sharing this journey with you. To follow along, subscribe to my newsletter.

Are you ready to ...

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The Garden Is Growing: VIP Members Start Stitching Early from Jacquelynne Steves

One of the sweetest perks of joining the Songbird’s Garden VIP Workshop is getting a head start—and today we’re excited to share some happy news!

Our VIP Workshop participants now have access to the appliqué tutorial videos and the first month of appliqué patterns, which means they can begin working on their Songbird’s Garden quilt right now.

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Snow and heaters from South Jersey Quilter

 We got a new heating system a few years ago, and have a service plan, thank goodness. In the last two years, the circulating motor has gone out about four times. Ralph thinks it's just not big enough. It's been replaced, the last time in December. Last night it went out again. It got down to 60 in here. He left a message with the company, and they called first thing this morning, they will be out. We plan to tell them that the owner needs to figure out what the problem is and fix it, because this ...

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X and Plus Progress from The Colorful Fabricholic

Piecing X and Plus blocks was a nice relief from the stress of dealing with the quilting problems of the teal quilt. Thankfully, the quilting problems were resolved. At that point I still needed a few more X and Plus blocks. No problem. 

Here are my 20 blocks for a 48 x 60" top. 


As is, it would be a small throw or lap quilt. I'm considering adding borders, but I need to see what I have enough yardage of in my stash that could work. I've been doing well at using stash, and may not have enough ...

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Four-Patch Valentine's Day Sew Along from A Sentimental Quilter

Are you ready for a little winter fun??  There's a new sew along in my Facebook group using simple four-patch blocks to make a sweet little quilt for Valentine's Day. I'll also put directions up on my website in a .pdf file for you to download later today. 

Step one is pretty simple -  cut some 1 1/4"  x 1 1/4" squares and make a bunch of little four-patch blocks using pink, red and light reproduction fabrics. I'll post Step 2 next week.




                                Put a little love in your heart.

                                                                         

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Happy Monday & This & That! from IVORY SPRING

Hello my friends! I hope you have had a good start to your week! It’s hard to believe we are inching towards the end of Jan. Time really does fly by too quickly.

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Before I go any further, I thought I would note a few important dates for you to share with your quilting friends. Quilting is always more fun with friends!

Jan 21 – Blooming Scrappy Starts – click here for details.

Jan 23 – Hear Ye, Hear Ye (Liberty Bell) QAL check-in #4- click here for details.

Jan 28 – Silver Lake Fundraising QAL for the VA Quilt Museum ...

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Design Wall Monday - January 19 from My Sewing Room

I kept thinking it was Sunday for the past 3 days, and now here it is Monday finally. And a bitter cold Monday morning around here.


The only actual sewing that occurred this weekend was binding, and piecing a back for a Quilt of Valor.  But I did spend a lot of time sorting through the quilts and quilt tops - and block sets - that we have for Quilts of Valor. I paired up 4 tops with backs to give to a long armer for quilting.  And I finished the binding on these placemats. 


Our QOV group has been given several ...

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I'm Calling It Sunnyside! from Quiltville's Quips & Snips!


I spent the weekend quilting away - just like you knew I would.

I'm not sure why the push to get this done and dusted and the binding put on felt like such a "Must Do" but all I can think is that we can only take care of the things that are within our own grasp at the moment, and I grasped on to this.

I could make a difference with this.  At least to these random scraps I could!

So that's what I did.
Click to Read the Whole Story!

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More bits and pieces. from contemporary embroidery

 In my last post I was rescuing homeless samples, adding more embellishment and joining them to create larger pieces. The pieces here today live in the same cabinet. The needlecase and pin pillow were created in class. The other two pieces here are stitched papers. Altered with machine stitch before hand embroidery was added. They are also homeless samples I guess. I'm

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Stitching to the Plan? from Life In Pieces

Two weeks of January gone and two weeks left in the month.  It hasn't been a bad start to the year.  My hardest commitment to stick to is moving some of my quilt tops into finished quilts, with me doing the quilting on a number of them.  I stuck with that plan this week and managed to assemble row 3 of Kate's Choice.  




There are 6 rows in this project, so I'm half way done with row assembly.  It will be a challenge this week to switch to quilting as late night sew is on Thursday, not ...

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FOMO or Squirrels or…… from Quarter-Inch Capers

I have no resistance when it comes to taking on new projects! I was catching up Saturday on blog reading, and I saw several people’s posts about their center block for the Stay At Home Round Robin. There were some really cool centers! I went to the main site, and there was still time to join in. I got busy, and this is what I came up with:



I seem to be stuck on stars lately. I’ve had a picture of this pinned to my Pinterest board for a while, but it doesn’t have any measurements or ...

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Quilts for Kids: January from Becca's Crazy Projects

On Saturday I dropped off 17 quilted quilts and two pieced tops.
I picked up 13 quilts to quilt and a roll of batting. 
It is fun to see all the quilts other members of Annapolis Quilts for Kids pieced.
I also grabbed a handful of fabrics to add to the pile for making new quilt tops. 

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATEI don't earn anything from this link. 

If you want to support ...

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Carving a Rubber Stamp from Gene Black an Alabama Artist

One of the things I have used in my art quite successfully is using rubber stamps.  To keep my work original I have carved many of my own stamps.  This also avoids copyright infringement if the stamp or stamp brand is "for personal use only" and you are making items to sell.  

Here is a video that I did years ago.  My tools are a Speedball Carving set  that I bought locally at a craft store.
Sharpie Marker, black, available many places. 
Mastercarve black by Staedtler (discontinued)  You can use a Speedball SpeedyCarve block or another brand of block or ...

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COMPLETE Black and White Framed Charity Blocks from Wedding Dress Blue

They are so much fun, you can’t make just one.

So, I made 27. I pulled an assortment of cool color 2-1/2″ squares and warm color 2-1/2″ squares from my precut scraps bin. The black and white borders came from the black print scraps bin. (Yes, I have a lot of bins).

Ta-dah, before I knew it there were blocks ready to mail off to  Many Hands and Many Hearts. You still have time to join in. They are accepting blocks until the end of February.

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Retreat Info from Angie Quilts

This will be our third retreat with Hawkstone Park Hotel in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
There are only a few places remaining at this point because people booked it before I got round to making a little advert, which, in itself, is a good advert!
Here's the information, it's pretty much the same format as all other retreats I've organised.

Arriving Monday 30th March from 10.30am
Set up your sewing space, little bit of chatter and start your fun.
(Room Check in after 2pm)
Lunch @ 12.30pm.
3 course dinner @ at 6pm

Tuesday 31st & Wednesday 1st ...

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Stars of Peace #11 from Nestlings By Robin

 Welcome back for block 11, In Flight

This month's block is BB#1124, 
and attributed to Nancy Page 
(Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia).

The original block name is Wild Duck.
I altered it to become a plane because,
for better or worse, aviation changed not
just how we travel but how we war.
As soon as man finds a new way to
do something, he sadly finds a way
to use it as a weapon.
Below are the links to how aviation
changed the world.
WW2
My grandfather was completely 
enamored of flight and wanted to fly
in ...

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Done, done, and DONE! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Thanks for the heads up on the links. I have to click each link twice to get the HTTPS thing at the beginning. I've been very careful, but perhaps I've slipped up on a couple. I will attempt to pay even more attention to that little detail!

I did not post about Colour My World yesterday, nor will I do it today. I'll aim for tomorrow. Today, it's all about the finishes! 

I have hosted the UFO Club for over five years, and in that time, things have gotten done not only for me but for ...

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