I told you Arnie was gone for the weekend ice fishing in Minnesota. Well, while he was away, I made a plan to get as much sewing done as I could. Those UFOs on my sewing island are driving me to sew (better than driving me to drink!!) I told you about my week, Monday …
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read moreHappy Groundhog Day! I think I'd like to watch the movie tonight. Moving along...
I was so pumped when I was able to quilt that little bee block--what I didn't tell you was all the trouble I experienced that afternoon getting the block scanned and the machine just generally not wanting to cooperate. I went to the wonderful Facebook Group Just Stitchin' with the Aveneer and Luminaire and posted my dilemma. Within 5 minutes, three helpful group members each made a different suggestion--and within 15 minutes, I was back in the game.
Along with that came headaches—I ...
read moreNope, look again, they're not cotton bolls; it's snow. Winter has arrived with a vengeance in the south. The weekend before last it was all ice, this past weekend it was all snow. Eight inches plus at Chez Goodneedle. That will teach me to make statements like "it's been so long since we've seen snow"! This snow was light and fluffy, due to the temperature being brutally cold, it is very pretty.&
read moreNope, look again, they're not cotton bolls; it's snow. Winter has arrived with a vengeance in the south. The weekend before last it was all ice, this past weekend it was all snow. Eight inches plus at Chez Goodneedle. That will teach me to make statements like "it's been so long since we've seen snow"! This snow was light and fluffy, due to the temperature being brutally cold, it is very pretty.&
read moreWe are sew excited to be back to more frequent Livestreams on the Fat Quarter Shop and Fat Quarter Shop FlossTube channels, they really are the highlight of our week! To make sure you never miss a moment of fun (or a sneak peek or two), we put together a monthly Livestream schedule just for you. We hope you have a lovely month of stitching, sewing, and sweet memories!
Each month on the Jolly Jabber Blog, we post our Livestream schedule, and each week we post reminders on our social media pages for that week’s stream. If you’re ...
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Today (one thing at a time this week) (which means several posts according to deadlines)
for Rainbow scrap challenge color of January, blue scraps I present another hexie spiral done with snowy prints
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| Blue ball in the wild |
I have an idea for the stay at home round robin this round... double blocks.... gotta keep it ...
Good morning, my friends. It was another do-nothing day. That's not entirely true. We had to go to the grocery store, and our list was relatively long. When we got back to the RV and had everything put away, we decided we were no longer interested in doing anything else, and so we spent the rest of the day relaxing. I did three loads of laundry, so that's something. And, of course, I spent some time on my slow-stitching, filling my hoop again.
Good morning, my friends. It was another do-nothing day. That's not entirely true. We had to go to the grocery store, and our list was relatively long. When we got back to the RV and had everything put away, we decided we were no longer interested in doing anything else, and so we spent the rest of the day relaxing. I did three loads of laundry, so that's something. And, of course, I spent some time on my slow-stitching, filling my hoop again.
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Who knew my new buttons would match my old pin pillow?
This week's SAHRR prompt comes from Kathleen McMusing, "Make it a Double". My first approach was to go to Electric Quilt and type in "double" on the search line in the block library. The Double X block looked interesting.
I don't have a lot of lights in the left over fabrics I'm using for this quilt. I went with what seemed reasonable.
My fabric choices didn't result in very distinct HST corners, but I'm OK with them being a bit muddy. It's still a fun block and looks pretty good with what is already ...
read moreSparkle Jane hoped for a dress for the blessing of Baby L. (A baby blessing is a religious naming ceremony.)
Wow, I haven’t sewn clothing in a long while. And, with the demise of Joann’s, apparel fabric is hard to find.
But, thrift stores are still a good option. This women XL shirt was the starting point.
With additions from the big pile of miscellaneous stuff, we have a dress.
And a head band.
And very few small scraps. Good thing the shirt wasn’t any smaller.
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I'm setting a few goals - some are on-going WIPs, some are UFOs that need more progress, and there WILL be some new things to work on of course.
WIPs = Works in Progress
OH -- I need to get back to answering those blog comments!!! Tammy --- I NEED an ice scraper! I was the one who drove over the snow before it was shoveled, and that spot has niggled at me for weeks now! I'm chiselling away at it with the shovel, and it's almost gone, but for the future! That's hilarious, and I'm glad to know that I'm not the only anal person about the snow!
It was a long, yet very productive day! The quilt top is in one piece!! I never thought that would happen! I ...
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