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January 25, 2026
Getting stuff done and I Quilted This! from Quilting & Learning

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Its just a quilt from Gayle Bong Quilts Too

 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 ...

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End of a Quilting Blockage... Maybe from Fret Not Yourself

Serve the people at the bottom. The people at the top don't need your help.
~Yuri Kochiyama

Quilting

I lost my quilting mojo this fall somewhere between family and medical. I've been looking through old sketchbooks, rereading books about quilt blocks without interest. Finally, reviewing old photos struck a spark. 

Anna Maria (Horner) Perry designs gorgeous fabrics and had an exhibit at Quilt Festival a few years ago. The quilts highlighted her then new fabric line {remember those coneflower prints?} and several intrigued me. I saw simple blocks, large shapes to utilize large scale prints, and of course ...

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Another Day of Slow from ... Cat Patches

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.


There's just one more block to sew together, and then I'll be ready to finish off this quilt top. It will have to wait until we get home, though, because I don't have the rest of it with me.

For my next trick, I ...

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Another Day of Slow from Cat Patches

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.


There's just one more block to sew together, and then I'll be ready to finish off this quilt top. It will have to wait until we get home, though, because I don't have the rest of it with me.

For my next trick, I ...

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Birthday Week with Freya from The Quilt Quine

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 ...

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Slow Sunday Stitching from Eagle's Wings Quilts

 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. After that there are some details to finish on the flowers and a few doo dads to add and it’s done. I’m thinking by this time next week I should have the Ferret started. Which also means that I can order the supplies that I need for the next set of 3, which is always a lot of fun, the planning, the organizing, the ordering and the anticipation.

I ...

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PQ 17.2 Scads of Plaid from Words & Stitches

Oh 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 ...

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On Deck - the baby quilt for the new great-grandson from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

All 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 ...

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Snow! from South Jersey Quilter

It'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. 

Yikes, cold much?


 

I have about 15 more rows to do on Sally to reach Boone's six month birthday.


 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 ...

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Last Day To Save from Kitty and Me Designs

It's cold up here in Northern Illinois and I know most of the USA is dealing with some kind of severe weather so pour a cup of tea and visit Kitty And Me on Etsy.  

Today is the last day to save 20% on all PDF download files.  Use Coupon Code:  WINTER

And stay warm!!! 



 

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Six or So Stitchy Projects from Canadian Needle Nana

 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. 
 He'd better be careful though as a Barred Owl flew low over my head one ...

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Project Quilting 17.2 Scads of Plaids from Meena Schaldenbrand

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Scads of Plaids Project Quilting 17.2 from Meena Schaldenbrand

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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) 

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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 ...

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Sunday 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 ...

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Sunday 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 ...

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