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December 7, 2025
On sale announcement & more! from IVORY SPRING

Friends, a quick check-in to let you know that EVERYTHING “me” is on sale on Fat Quarter Shop’s website.

Click HERE to stock up!

Meanwhile, I am counting how many Christmas quilts I have over on Instagram!

CLICK HERE to follow me there if you haven’t already.

Today, we are up to Quilt #12, and there are MANY more, haha! How many Christmas quilts does a girl need?

Have a blessed 2nd Advent Sunday!

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Cowboy Panel Finish! from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome!

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December OMG and Table Scraps Challenge from Quilting & Learning

Bonjour and welcome!

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Free Patterns, Special Video, Appliqued House and Knitting Again from Canadian Needle Nana

I've been thinking about all the turkey dinners this week and put in an order to Farm Boy for our Christmas one. We've done this twice before and enjoyed it very much. Their turkeys are amazing and they even include dessert. Of course, I'll make a couple of our traditional side dishes too and a trifle. 

  I was switching out the mugs to start using the Christmas/winter ones and thought I'd show this one below again. I'd used Rifle Paper Co fabrics in the Christmas Present quilt I shared last post and here is ...

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Special Shares, Peppermint Trees, Quilting "Christmas Presents", Raisin Tea Buns from Canadian Needle Nana

I read that the last full moon of the year, called the Cold Moon, is tonight and it is going to be very special by how high in the sky it will rise. Such a height won't be seen again till 2043. It's dark here now at 5 o'clock. Yesterday I took this photo of the back yard bathed in moonlight at that time. Unfortunately, the clouds kept sailing past hiding the moon. Sometimes, clouds add much beautiful moodiness to a December winter sky but my photo didn't capture that sadly. 

To celebrate December 2025, I ...

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Progress from Gayle Bong Quilts Too

 Any progress is good progress. Even little bits here and there. I thought I might put that to the test and work in short stints in between everything else going on. I quilted two of dd's tops. First was a Christmas quilt the blocks were made about 25 years ago. Can you tell?. 


Dd surprised me making this little thing  from scraps she fished out of my trash. The center scraps weren't quite square. She didn't care. She has impressed me with her knowledge of quilting. She learned much from me but through osmosis. Or she's ...

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Oh Scrap! : Flannel Blocks from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

 I have been busy all week cutting flannel scraps into 2.5" x 4.5" rectangles.  I think all of the pink scraps are done and I have moved onto blue.



As I cut them, I am stacking them in a box so they are ready to sew.  I don't often get a chance to sit and sew but I did find time to make enough soft blocks for a quilt top.



I have 42 of these 8" blocks ready to be turned into a top. I have also cut more than enough rectangles to make the same size ...

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Making fabric from scraps from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I hope you all get a chance to read the comments. There are some great ones, and I need to respond to them! 

One person keeps a torque wrench in their vehicle! Oh my, and the number of people who use EXCEL!!! I am very far behind the times! I'm not sure I would track some of the things people track, but hey—we each need to do what works for us!!!!

I learn so much from coming to a retreat - well, any interaction with people! They are so much smarter than I am! Yesterday, we were talking about ...

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Saturday Sparks Link Party 697 from Pieced Pastimes

Welcome to Saturday Sparks 697!

Starting off today's party with our first plowable snow of the season!


In recent days, Old Man Winter paid us a visit.

The first snow always slows the hurried pace of life.

For this, I am thankful.

"Snow brings a special quality with it - the power to stop life as you know it dead in its tracks."

~ Nancy Hatch Woodward

Now, onto the party,

First up, the Fabulous Features from Saturday Sparks 696




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Sunday Chat from From My Carolina Home

It has been a crazy busy week this past week. Every one of my clubs had their holiday event, and one club had two. Tuesday night we went to a party, Wednesday was our guild tea, Saturday was a car club breakfast, followed by a drive out to Balsam Mountain for a party and overnight with breakfast event with the MINI club. We had planned to do a holiday stroll on Friday night but it was just too bloody cold to walk around outside. Back home, this little table top hanging said it all – I just want to Bake Stuff ...

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Sunday Stash December 7, 2025 from Quilt Paint Create

No change in the numbers.

After finishing a big project, I started something much smaller.

I stitched these designs over 25 years ago from a Bucilla ornament kit.   I knew from the start I didn’t want to make ornaments.  I already have more ornaments than I can fit on the tree.

I was thinking a small wall hanging but never figured out a design.  Then I stopped stitching and forgot about them for 20 years.  Now that I’m stitching again, I’m determined to finish all my old pieces (and the new ones too).  There is no sense ...

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Joyful Sabbath from Wedding Dress Blue

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Stitching Stuff: Week 49 of 2025 from Life In Pieces



As I was typing the blog title, I had to ask is it really week 49?  Yep, there are just 3 more Sundays in 2025.  I'm definitely not going to meet all my goals for the year. Well, some years are just that way. I should probably run a debrief for myself and see what got me off course for the year.  I'll do that closer to the new year. My stitching time this year has been hit or miss too, but I pretty much hit it this week. 

  • 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
  • 15 minute ...

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Busy day.................. from Exuberant Color

I decided to do two loads of laundry yesterday so while I was in the basement I was looking through all of my flannel fabric.  I had something specific in mind which I haven't found yet.  When I saw the leftover pink with bears I decided to pull all of the others that would go with it for a baby girl quilt.  I think I'll use the diagonal plaid on the back but there might be a little of it that I can use on the front, depending on the size quilt I make.  If I keep it ...

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Socks and a little Slow Stitching from Romany Quilting

 My latest pair of socks are now finished.  These ones have been knitted in some lovely cream hand spun wool gifted to me by my late friend Merilyn.  I've only got enough of this precious yarn left for one more pair of socks.  I added some left over 4ply sock yarn to make my favourite warm and cozy 12ply winter socks, just for me.  Knitting the heels always seem quite magical to me, and I often wonder who worked out how to do heels, way back in the mists of time.  I don't know about other sock knitters ...

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Langkah Sederhana Deposit Slot Indosat: Tips dan Teknik from Tink Squared

Di era digital saat ini, bermain permainan slot dengan pulsa merupakan pilihan yang kian diminati di kalangan para penggemar judi online. Salah satu provider yang populer untuk tujuan transaksi ini yaitu Indosat. Melalui layanan Slot Indosat, pemain bisa melakukan deposit dengan mudah dan cepat tanpa perlu berpindah-pindah antara aplikasi lain atau opsi pembayaran.

Untuk Anda yang hendak mencoba ataupun sudah menjadi penggemar setia permainan slot, penting untuk memahami cara deposit yang tepat. Artikel ini akan memberikan berbagai tips untuk deposit pulsa Indosat yang aman dan praktis. Melalui panduan yang jelas, Anda akan dapat menikmati permainan favorit Anda tanpa hambatan. Mari ...

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Getting Closer To Finishing Stuff from Quilting My Way

This morning started out pretty good. When I finally got moving, Debbie asked me to go to Dutch Brothers for a drink. I said sure. So, we headed to DB before we worked on her quilt for her grandson. Came home, with a drink for Patrick and then headed downstairs to figure out what she needed for the quilt. 

Once she left, we had a few packages arriving. So, I think we are ready for the holidays now. 

Then I sat down at the table and finished the panel for the ornaments. Once that was done, I pulled out all ...

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December 6, 2025
Using the Ham Leftovers from Jo's Country Junction

I’m a bit late in publishing this post. The Thanksgiving leftovers are long gone and were consumed in a timely manner. I just thought I would tell you what we did with the ham leftovers. We had both ham (Karl gets on from work) and brisket courtesy of Kalissa’s husband, Craig, who is a master …

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Two Table Runners from The Cozy Quilter

I gave my friend, Pat, her Christmas gift early so that she can use it during the holiday season.  I used some more HST's from the charm pack that I found in my sewing room a few weeks ago to make this table runner. She really likes snowmen so it fit the bill perfectly. 


This past week, I quilted and bound my Tiny Street table runner-- this one is for me.  I learned how to make the tiny houses and trees in an online class through the Threadhouse Academy.  This particular class was taught by Jo Avery.  She gave ...

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creative pursuits this week fun sewing ahead!! from Not Afraid of Color

 

I haven't actually finished anything but I did pack away Fall scraps and fabrics, and got out the bag of Christmas scraps to hopefully make a few tree skirts this year...

I emptied out the bag and sorted the pieces into shapes and sort of sizes

I collected some google images into a page of tree skirt ideas (see on the bottom right) but will mainly go on what scraps I have probably. Already starting with matching squares into 4-patches there

some strips, some wide, some narrow and long

two needle books to be finished off
squares, and a ...

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