Project Quilting 17.2 Scads of Plaids
from Meena Schaldenbrand
January 25, 2026
Scads of Plaids Project Quilting 17.2
from Meena Schaldenbrand
Oh Scrap! : Teddy Bears
from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework
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 recently joined one of the local quilt guilds. Some of my longtime friends work the Community Service table so it was natural for me to join that team. At our last ...
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Gingham, pom poms and applique.
from contemporary embroidery
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)
On buying a bra!
from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!
Sunshine! How I wish for the sun! Thankfully, I don't suffer from SAD, but it sure would be nice to see the sun once in a while! It tries really hard on most mornings, but quickly gets buried in the clouds. The winter has been weird so far. We've had lots of snow, but not all at once. Lots of small snowfalls, which leads to the question - should I shovel or wait?
That, plus the lack of sunshine, means that everything is snow-covered, and not bare like our sidewalks usually are! We had a discussion last night at ...
read moreSunday Chat
from From My Carolina Home
The small herd of five deer have been hanging around here lately. They were back earlier in the week on the mountainside behind the house. I believe they are all females. Two appear to be adults, while the other three are likely juveniles almost grown.
One was moving ahead of the others, and paused to look at me near the rhododendrons with their leaves curled up against the cold.
The others behind headed up the west side in the morning sun.
They nibbled their way behind the rhododendrons. I put an arrow to the one almost hidden.
They ate the ...
read moreMenang Mudah dengan Slot QRIS: Deposit Hanya 5000!
from Tink Squared
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read moreSunday Stash January 25, 2026
from Quilt Paint Create
No change in the numbers.
I started playing around with settings for the larger pieces of Stripes Squared. I liked this one but had concerns about construction. The irregular pieces might be hard to fit together.
After a few more tries, I came up with this setting that creates a secondary star pattern.
I figure this one will be pretty forgiving with the way the stars are skewed. I’ll sew a few together and see how it goes.
I still have two stacks of triangles, which may or may not end up as a border. One step at a ...
read moreJoyful Sabbath
from Wedding Dress Blue
SAHRR - Week #1
from My Sewing Room
The first week of the Stay At Home Round Robin, we were challenged to use Hourglass blocks with our center block. Check out the Linky Party on Songbird Designs to see how others interpreted this first prompt in their own way.
I had a whole small bin full of orphan Hourglass blocks made with trimmings from Flying Geese blocks a couple of years ago. All it required was squaring them up. Spoiler alert - I barely made a dent in those Hourglass units, so there are still plenty more for some future project where they will be perfect.
So . . . Round #1 ...
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Stitching Stuff: Week 4 of 2026
from Life In Pieces
It's been cold, but that polar vortex struck yesterday, now it's really, really cold. Snow started falling Friday night around 10 PM. The first round of snow left about 3" to 4" of snow depending on where you are in the county. The second round kicked off Saturday afternoon and is supposed to run till midmorning. So we may see another 6" to 8" before it tapers off this afternoon. It wasn't exactly warm going into this storm, so it wasn't too hard to find time to hang out in the sewing room this week.
- 15 ...
Sewing more strips................
from Exuberant Color
After I sewed all of the purple/green strips, I moved onto the brown/gold orange/yellow group. I have all but 2 sewn together.
Yesterday morning I played with an alternate layout, random rather than all 4 matched squares together.
Here are the 2 layouts side by side, the one on the left, the original layout of all 4 alike together as a group, and on the right, a random layout of the same blocks. Why would I choose one over the other? It is a matter of what size quilt I want to make. The group of 4 ... read more
Rainbow clock
from Just Sew Sue
One of my Christmas presents from Lizzie and Matt was this £2 clock from Ikea. I have included the reverse of the clock so you can pick one up too.
I planned out the basic colours on a scrap piece of paper and then picked suitable skeins from DMC threads that were waiting to be put away. Having stitched those numbers, I then picked out the remaining colours from my storage boxes. I used three 12" lengths of DMC six stranded floss.
I have now hung the clock in my sewing room in an alcove where I store my overlocker.
A BOM
from Quarter-Inch Capers
In 2025, I didn’t do the BOM from A Quilting Life, but Betty did. She printed out all the clues and saved them for me in case I get a sudden need to make it! She is an enabler! Here’s a picture of her finished top:
Ask Jo: From the Comment Section
from Jo's Country Junction
Every so often, questions and comments come from readers, and I think others would like to hear my response. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. The questions today come from the comment section. So many of you were excited about a quilt that Joey recently finished. Many of you …
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read moreCleaning Saturday
from Quilting My Way
This morning, I was expecting Jo Pope to come over. She came with her quilt top to get backing and batting. She also took another panel to work on with some fabric. She's kicking butt, and her quilts are the hand quilted quilts we give out.
After she left, I worked on cutting backing and batting for 2 quilt tops. I will deliver them to Colleen on Monday. We are doing pretty good with getting quilt tops in and out.
Then I played my hour-long game. After that Patrick and I went downstair and got into the pantry area ...
read moreKnitting and Mending
from Romany Quilting
I've got three things on the knitting needles at the moment, no socks though, but I'm concentrating on a light summer top I'm making for myself. For this I'm using some pretty pastel knobbly sort of yarn I found in the local op shop (thrift store).
I only have four balls so it's been a bit of an adventure to see just how far it was going to go. Not too far at all, as it turned out, so I had to purchase some balls of pale pink cotton yarn to eke it out in ...
read moreMatthew 6:33, Fiber Fun, Literary Living, Finding Joy
from Faith, Trust and Breast Cancer
Hello There,
Welcome back! Are you settling back into a normal rhythm now that the holiday rush has faded? One of my favorite parts of the year is that quiet 'in-between' week from Christmas to New Year’s. For me, it’s a time for rest and reflection. After being "freed" from quaranting in my bedroom, I'm eager to get settled back into my home office. However, I decided to leave my devotional materials in the cozy corner I created in my bedroom. I managed to tick off most of my goals, finish two great audiobooks, and watched a ...
Bonus Projects for the Valentine 26 Mystery
from Sister Of The Divide
Bonus Valentine 26 Mystery Table Topper, Table Runner, Mug Rug If you missed the reveal of the Valentine 26 Mystery, go back and look at Clue 5. Be sure to download all of the PDF’s as this pattern will be taken down and go into my Etsy Shop for sale after February 14th, 2026. In this Pattern Bonus, you can make a simple Mug Rug, a simple Table Topper and a simple Table
read moreJanuary 24, 2026
What I’m Making: Copy Cat Chick-fil-A Chicken Tortilla Soup
from Jo's Country Junction
When we went to the waterpark over Christmas, some of us stopped and ate at Chick-fil-A. Kalissa got the Chicken Tortilla Soup. She was so in love with it that she brought it to where I was sitting and made me take a bite. She wanted me to know the taste so I could replicate …
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