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 Ah, December. It's that time of year when I depress myself by tracking down all of my UFOs and cataloging them.  I do this with more or less focus every year -sometimes I make progress, other years I just make more UFOs :)  This year, I am making 3 versions of Bonnie Hunter's mystery, so that already adds to the works in progress list.  Here's where they stand as of today:

So, this year, here is where things stand as of December 29.  55 quilts, oh boy.  Maybe I can make a dent and avoid starting too many ...

Good evening, my friends. Hey! I'm back! And I'm over 200 miles from where I was the last time we chatted. We left our home under dark and cloudy skies and drove through the fog until we reached the bottom of our hill. There, we found blue skies and sunshine. Mt. Hood did everything in its power to avoid having its picture taken, but I captured it anyway.

We also see lots of birds of prey ...

Good evening, my friends. Hey! I'm back! And I'm over 200 miles from where I was the last time we chatted. We left our home under dark and cloudy skies and drove through the fog until we reached the bottom of our hill. There, we found blue skies and sunshine. Mt. Hood did everything in its power to avoid having its picture taken, but I captured it anyway.

We also see lots of birds of prey ...

Joey has been busy. She recently sent several emails all filled with finished quilts. Here is the latest. She writes: Here are another 2 panels tied & bound. Donated complete by HM Adams.  The Jelly Roll Race was a top donated by her as well. I added batting backing quilted & bound it. I’ve never …

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Pieced the back of the 24.5" XX 14.5" top, and got it ready for machine binding. A gold on green stripe all sewn by machine this time

BRATTY mylar thread for top stitching 

time for a cup of tea first...

came out pretty

time to quilt and finish Pat's gift now that the ...

Dunia lotere selalu memiliki daya tarik tersendiri bagi para penggemarnya. Live Draw Sgp Salah satu yang paling populer adalah Live Draw Sgp, yang menampilkan undian langsung dari Singapore Pools. Setiap undian tidak hanya memberikan kesempatan bagi peserta untuk meraih kemenangan, tetapi juga menghadirkan suasana tegang dan penuh harapan. Banyak orang yang menantikan momen tersebut, di mana angka-angka diundi dan mimpi-mimpi akan segera terwujud.

Keberadaan Live Sgp dan Live Draw Singapore telah menjadikan pengalaman bermain togel semakin menarik. Para pemain dapat menyaksikan secara langsung hasil undian, memungkinkan mereka untuk merasakan keseruan dan emosi saat angka-angka ditarik. Dengan berbagai pilihan dan format ...

It is time to show you this finished quilt.  It didn’t get displayed for the holidays.  It was brought to my night guild at beginning of December for Show & Tell and it stayed in the bag since then.  I simply forgot about it until today.   Jeez Louise.

I have not had a great year of finishes, but anything is better than nothing.

I doubt I finish anything else this year that is on this list, so I'm reporting a bit early the end of 2025.

My stashbuster numbers are 6/24, or 25%.

I'm still working on paperwork, but the big things are almost done.

1. Donna's Memory Quilts (4) 

I have one started. I ...

Sorry for the late notice, but I am postponing the party till next week. The business of the holiday caught up with me and I simply forgot all about it. 

 Left:  Tiril Topp by Ida Victoria

Right: Karin Cardigan by Ida Victoria

I did go up one size one the arms on both patterns. On the cardigan I reused a hook from an old knitted sweater belonging to my late grandfather.

 I finished doing the edging on my Connections quilt. It is officially finished and now being used. It’s not a great picture, unfortunately, but space to lay out quilts is in short supply here. We are expecting some nasty winter weather today and into tomorrow. The warning says freezing rain. So far, the radar is showing snow approaching rather than the freezing rain. Either way, it is a great day to stay in and keep warm and do hand stitching. Since connections is finished, I’m back to working on the Raccoon from The Year in the Woods series ...

Wow! Seventeen years, and I’m still not completely organized. Who’da thunk?!

And I’ve worked pretty hard at it! I’ve made some great progress, but a lot of what’s left is hard stuff, and I tend to get stymied by the hard stuff — you know, things that require decisions, or things that I think will take longer than they probably actually will. I like to overinflate the difficulty of some tasks in my head. Am I the only one?

I think 2026 is gonna have to be my year of tackling the hard stuff, so I ...

Di dalam permainan judi, wali togel menjadi salah satu opsi menarik untuk para petaruh. Banyaknya orang tertarik dengan potensi untuk mendapatkan kemenangan besar melalui permainan ini. Akan tetapi, untuk bisa berhasil dalam bermain wali togel, dibutuhkanlah taktik cerdas dan pemahaman yang baik tentang cara kerja permainan tersebut.

Dengan artikel ini, kami akanlah menyampaikan berbagai strategi yang dapat membantu Anda meningkatkan peluang untuk menang dalam berjudi wali togel. Dari analisis nomor sampai menginterpretasi corak, bermacam-macam cara bakal dijelaskan secara rinci untuk memberikan anda pandangan yang lebih gamblang. Dengan pendekatan strategi yang tepat, peluang untuk menggapai keuntungan maksimal dari permainan permainan ini ...

Haven't we heard that many times? Well, that situation came up several times yesterday, and I should KNOW BETTER. 

I'm working on a project that isn't hard, but it involves MANY steps, and I've had to get super creative to make it work. I'm sure there's a better way, but this is the way that works for me. When I completed the first part of the project yesterday, I was happy, but I was a bit disappointed that I had tried to economize on the process, and it wasn't quite what I envisioned ...

 We are in the "between the holidays" period right now...I love this time of year...quiet after the busy-ness of Christmas and before a new round of activities start up in January.  I have been spending my time reading and crafting and watching movies with my husband and daughter.  

I have one more gift of Christmas to share with you...  I made this vinyl fronted zipper pouch for my daughter for her crafting projects.  As you already know, she is an avid crocheter and embroiderer/cross stitcher so this pouch will be put to good use.  I picked some ...

This past week, My Sweet Babboo had to replace our bird feeder. The old one was falling apart due to constant assault by a pileated woodpecker. He would sit on top of it and jackhammer the plastic with his beak. The plastic tube that held the seed was a bit old and had a crack in it as well. I liked the cage around it as it kept the doves from sleeping on the perches keeping the little birds out, but the pileated could hold onto the cage, and reach his long beak inside. He was eating half the seed ...

No change in the numbers.

This week I finished Herringbone and Holes, a free pattern for members of EGA (Embroiderers’ Guild of America). 

Back when I was a member of the local EGA chapter, we did this project as a stitch-along.  I stopped four bands short of a finish.  For reasons that had more to do with me than the pattern, I did not enjoy this project. 

I decided it was time to either finish it, pitch it, or frog it.  I added one more band to make it look like a complete design.  I backed the pulled work with ...