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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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!

IMPORTANT DATES

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 ...

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.

 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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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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 31^st & Wednesday 1^{st ...}

 Welcome back for block 11, In Flight

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 ...