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December 20, 2025
RSC Finishes from Romany Quilting

 I know we are not quite at the end of the year just yet, but close I thought to show my Rainbow Scrap Challenge finishes for the year. There are not too many completed projects, but that's the way it goes sometimes.  First was my challenge to get rid of my small bag of selvedges which had been hanging about forever.  I used to collect selvedges years ago, and have made all sorts of small items from them, bags, oven mitts, place mats, an apron, and have even  knitted some into small mats.  So this year, 2025, I decided ...

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving from Quarter-Inch Capers

There has been a lot of gift giving this year. Maybe (hopefully) the economy is improving. My favorite gift so far? Betty cut up all her smallish scraps into various sizes and gifted them to me! A whole bag full! 


They are divided into ziploc bags by size. The ones I took out first were the 2-1/2” squares. 

Lights and darks. I started on some 16-patch blocks—just for fun, and because other people’s scraps are more inspiring. 

I haven’t had a lot of sewing time, but I have managed to make 10 of these so far ...

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Blast from the Past: April 2015 from Jo's Country Junction

I’m doing a little series of posts that feature old blog posts. I have been going back and looking at them. It’s been fun. I started blogging in June 2009…WOW—over fifteen years. Today, I’m still playing catch-up, so today I’m telling you about April of 2015. I previously did these posts monthly and then somehow …

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Baking first, sewing last...................... from Exuberant Color


I started the day yesterday baking the other Kringlas, different than the ones I baked last week.  The dough was refrigerated overnight.








Next I baked the pink Spritz.  It was a relief to have my oven fixed to bake these.  I did the previous batch that were for my son's customers last week in the little countertop electric oven and it was tricky getting them out before they got too dark.






A little later in the day I baked the chocolate spritz.  After that I made one more batch of fudge.  Now I have enough of everything to mail ...

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November and December Quilts 2025 from Swooze's Quilts and Tall Tales

Even though there is time left in December I’m going to post my quilt tops to date.


First up is Running Doe top-a-long Weave


This is December top-a-long Waverly.  Another one I’d like to make again.



Not much happening in the sewing room.  I have a few tops in progress that I could work on.  My longarm is staring at me but I continue to ignore her.  I really need to jump back in.  It’s blocking my mojo a bit and I can’t let that happen.


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Red lipstick from Beryl the Pearl

 I learned something new tonight. While watching a delightful movie starring Michael Caine about the 50th anniversary of D-Day, I wondered why all the women wore red lipstick.  And thinking of other movies about WW2 and how women wore red lipstick.  So I searched and found out it was practically mandatory, to show patriotism etc. Elizabeth Arden was tasked with developing a bright red shade. I think my mother always wore red lipstick….

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Got Started Early Today from Quilting My Way

This morning, Patrick went to Safeway and moms. He went to help mom move her clothes from the dresser to the spare room. She's getting a new bedroom set, a little at a time. 

While Patrick was gone, I boiled potatoes to make the family Lefsa recipe. I noticed our recipe is a little different from what is out there. I think mom and dad added to their recipe over the years, but I had the one I got from mom back in the 1970's. 

When Patrick got home, he helped me with cooking the Lefsa. I found ...

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December 19, 2025
Using that Rectangle Ruler from Jo's Country Junction

I had someone ask me how I was cutting out my pieces with the Rectangle Ruler. The most recent clue for Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt calls for half rectangle pieces. She used a different rectangle rule. I used the Creative Grids Perfect Rectangle Ruler. You can find it HERE. These are a little tricky for …

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What We Are Working On from Eagle's Wings Quilts

 This will be a short post today. We had 2 finishes this week. The log cabin, called Tea Biscuit by Laundry Basket quilts. And a Carpenters Star variation that Janet has been working on for quite a while, in between other quilts. The Tea Biscuit quilt has already gone to its new home. Our final count of quilts given out in 2025 is 44. For a small group of 7 ladies year round and  3 or 4 more during the summer, that is an astounding number of quilts finished and given away. I’m looking forward to seeing what the ...

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Cat in the Hat from Night Owl Quilting




Tannis made this cheerful Dr. Suess quilt.  The free pattern was designed to be used with the Cat in the Hat fabric line from Robert Kaufman.


Tannis chose the Twister pantograph and I think is a very fun choice.  The bold red backing is a perfect fit.


I really love the border fabric on this one!



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Reindeer Construction... from Lovin' Life At The End Of The Dirt Road

 Is once more underwayI have been making these silly things for almost 30 years.

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2025 Year in Quilts ~ Wordless Wednesday from Melva Loves Scraps

My year of QUILTS! 
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A Finished Quilt Top from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! And Yay! We're home early enough that I can still say "good morning." We've done our grocery shopping already today. I'm hoping I won't need to go back before we reach our final destination in southern California, but that's probably not realistic. Still...I'm hopeful. Without checking today's to-do list, I think grocery shopping was the only thing on today's list. If that's the case, I can spend the rest of the day sewing. Probably, I'll take a nap too.

So my yesterday started with me ...

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A Finished Quilt Top from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! And Yay! We're home early enough that I can still say "good morning." We've done our grocery shopping already today. I'm hoping I won't need to go back before we reach our final destination in southern California, but that's probably not realistic. Still...I'm hopeful. Without checking today's to-do list, I think grocery shopping was the only thing on today's list. If that's the case, I can spend the rest of the day sewing. Probably, I'll take a nap too.

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Saturday Sparks Link Party 699 from Pieced Pastimes

Welcome to Saturday Sparks 699!

Starting off today's party with a tiny embroidery!


I stitched this little snowman as a gift for my granddaughter's birthday.

As with my  'Sunflower Pendant', she will most likely use it as a charm on her water tumbler.

I thought it was a sweet way to celebrate the season at hand.

I hope she likes it as much as I enjoyed making it for her.

"To be creative is to let little pieces of your heart go and place them into each project you make."

~ Pat Bravo

Now, onto the party,

First up ...

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Kaleidoscope Stripes and Plaids from Night Owl Quilting

 


Deb made this fun quilt using the plaids and strips from the Allison Glass Kaleidoscope collection.    You will notice from the lack of snow on the ground in these photos that I haven't posted in a while and it is time to catch up.  It is a full winter wonderland here now!


Deb chose the Dazzle pantograph and as always it shows up so well on the Fireside backing.



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Teal Quilt Update from The Colorful Fabricholic

Remember my teal quilt? The top has been pieced for a while, and since I'm keeping this one, I had to get backing, batting, and thread for it. So it was on hold for a while for other priorities, until its turn on the long arm came up. Here it is before I fixed the upside-down bottom border. It's fixed now. 


Finally everything came together: top, backing, batting, thread, and long arm time slot. I got everything loaded and stitched the first pass of freehand meandering. Advanced the quilt and stitched another pass. 

Then I checked out the ...

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Wrapping up another week from My Sewing Room

Yesterday we had horrible high winds - 60 mph plus.  The howling wind woke me up about 4:30, and I just couldn't get back to sleep. So I finally got out of bed at 5:30.  I should have just made some coffee and gone down to the basement to sew, where the wind noises would have been minimal.  But instead I sat down at my computer in my PJs, and tried to catch up with blog comments and some genealogy research.  The coffee didn't happen until about 6:30.


I did make use of that extra early ...

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Memahami Togel Di Internet: Petunjuk Lengkap untuk Pemula from Tink Squared

Dalam zamannya digitalisasi ini game lotre online kian tenar di lingkungan publik. Banyak sekali individu yang mencari mencari cara cara untuk menghadapi togel hari ini secara lebih mudah dan praktis melalui situs daring. Lotre, yang adalah akronim dari toto gelap, sudah menjadi salah satu yang jenis hiburan yang sangat digemari, terutama lantaran peluangnya yang sangat menarik dalam meraih result yang menguntungkan.

Bagi para pemula, mengerti cara bermain togel online mungkin jadi cukup sulit. Namun, dengan panduan yang tepat, Anda bisa secara gampang menelusuri dunia lotre serta meningkatkan kesempatan Anda untuk meraih kemenangan. Artikel ini berikan menunjukkan pengetahuan menyeluruh tentang togel ...

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Lupine & Laughter Mystery - Part Five! from Quiltville's Quips & Snips!


FIVE GOLDEN RINGS!!!

But not Five of a kind for this part -

Guess what we start doing today?

We're going to start putting some things together!
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