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May 26, 2026
Cross Stitch Finish: Tiny Town Nativity from Jo's Country Junction

I thought it might be time to FINALLY, fully finish my Tiny Town Nativity piece. It’s been sitting on my sewing room island and I thought it’s time to get it all done so I can enjoy it this Christmas. I found a fabric I decided to make work. At some time, I bought this …

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Mewujudkan Cita-cita Meraih Cukup menggunakan Kuda Slot from Tink Squared

Di dalam alam perjudian online, game slot punya mesin telah menjadi beberapa opsi favorit banyak orang. Antara berbagai jenis permainan yang tersedia, slot kuda tersebut sebagai salah satu paling menarik untuk dimainkan. Dengan konsep unusual serta bervariasi, kuda slot memberikan pengalaman bermain game yang tidak hanya seru tetapi berpotensi menghadirkan kemenangan yang besar untuk pemain.

Untuk penggemar setia, impian untuk mendapatkan hadiah jackpot yang besar selalu saja ada di benak mereka. Dengan banyak fitur menarik dan cara bermain yang gampang slot kuda menawarkan kesempatan untuk pemain dari berbagai latar belakang dalam menguji keberuntungan mereka. Pada artikel ini kita bernapsu menggali ...

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Not My Favorite Meeting Day from Quilting My Way

This morning, I was up and out the door by 9:30 am. I go the car washed and me tea before getting to moms. I was the first one there. We had 5 of us. 

Mom was chatting about the groups she helped start way back when. She talked about a member who would like the pattern someone was working on, go home and have the quilt done in a couple weeks, way before the original person had theirs done. She said how she hated that. I told her that's exactly what she does to me. We had ...

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Quilts for Kids: May from Becca's Crazy Projects

On Saturday, I dropped off 21 quilts for binding and 5 pieced quilts. (and some bits of leftover batting)
I filled up my rainbow bag with all of the tops with backs they had. 
I picked up about 25 quilt tops to quilt. Plenty to do until June. 

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link. 

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to ...

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May 25, 2026
A Celebratory Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was kind of a lazy day yesterday. For one thing, we were both awake very early...during the 4:00 a.m. hour. I don't know about you, but if I wake up any time after 4:00 a.m., my brain is off and running, and I can't get back to sleep. While I was doing my slow-stitching yesterday morning, I could swear I fell asleep mid-stitch, and just kept on stitching. So, when Mike went back to bed for a morning nap, I just slid down on the couch where I ...

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A Celebratory Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was kind of a lazy day yesterday. For one thing, we were both awake very early...during the 4:00 a.m. hour. I don't know about you, but if I wake up any time after 4:00 a.m., my brain is off and running, and I can't get back to sleep. While I was doing my slow-stitching yesterday morning, I could swear I fell asleep mid-stitch, and just kept on stitching. So, when Mike went back to bed for a morning nap, I just slid down on the couch where I ...

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Weekly update: lettering and a shower, and more stars from With Strings Attached


It's a warm and sunny Memorial Day in northeasternmost Illinois.

  Stevens often recalled the Memorial Day weekends that he'd go with his father from their home in Summit, NJ, to the cemetery in Williamstown, NJ, and clean up around the family graves. 



Yesterday I drove to DeKalb for my nephew and his wife's baby shower.  My sister and her husband and my niece and her husband were there and we were so busy talking at our table (and playing baby shower games) that I didn't take photos of the three-tier cake or the cute "little sprout ...

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Strawberry Crush Sew Along - Week Two!! from Bee In My Bonnet

 


Hello quilty friends!
Thanks for joining me for the
 Strawberry Crush Sew Along 
WEEK TWO


We are making the 
STRAWBERRY CRUSH QUILT
66" x 73"



We are using my
 latest fabric collection
BERRY and SAGE
to make our quilt!

If you would like to see everything
about this collection including 
all of the new patterns and notions,
to view the storyboard!



The sew along began on 
May 18th, 2026
and you are invited!

to read my "Bee Prepared" post 
that tells you what you need to know
about this sew along and making
the Strawberry Crush ...

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Strawberry Crush Sew Along - Week One!! from Bee In My Bonnet


Hello quilty friends!
Thanks for joining me for the
 Strawberry Crush Sew Along 
WEEK ONE


We will be making the 
STRAWBERRY CRUSH QUILT
66" x 73"



We will be using my
 latest fabric collection
BERRY and SAGE
to make our quilt!

If you would like to see everything
about this collection including 
all of the new patterns and notions,
to view the storyboard!



The sew along begins today 
May 18th, 2026
and you are invited!

to read my "Bee Prepared" post 
that tells you what you need to know
about this sew along and making
the ...

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Amber and Aubergine Flimsy, Teddy Bear Quilting, and New Storage from The Colorful Fabricholic

It's been a couple weeks since I last posted. No worries, everything's fine here. I've just been working on non-picture-worthy stuff and confidential stuff. 


But I did take time very early this morning before the sun got too bright and harsh for photos, to take some pics of this month's finishes. 

At my most recent long arm quilting session, I quilted the 16 Patch baby quilt. This was made from leftovers from the opal project plus a few more strips, with white sashing added. The flimsy was completed at April retreat.

Since then PCQ's quilt ...

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Weekend Update from Quarter-Inch Capers

 Happy Memorial Day friends! 


I don’t have any big plans for today; maybe some yard work, and if I’m lucky, a nap. 

I got another quilt finished Saturday. It’s for a high school graduation. 


The graduate is a baseball Player who is going to college on a baseball scholarship. Here’s a closeup of the fabrics:


And, the back is balls and bats.


I have to say, I finally went to the doctor on Friday. I am so tired of not feeling well, and just didn’t want to go another week with no energy and not ...

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More Lupin and Laughter from Life In Pieces

Saturday was rainy, but the rest of the holiday weekend has been gorgeous. My Guy and I went for a walk last night after dinner.  My back seems to have recovered, but my right knee is still giving me fits, so it wasn't a long walk.  

The sewing room hasn't been as attractive the last couple of weekends.  I've been reading more than I typically do.  That's OK, sometimes you need to mix it up a bit. There was enough sewing time to finish up the "A" blocks. 




What looks black is actually a very, very ...

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Summer blessings from Just Sew Sue


Summer blessings by Primrose Cottage was the free stitch for May for being a newsletter subscriber. I find it uncomfortable to sit for more than an hour, so this has taken longer than I had anticipated. Today is a bank holiday and it's hot, so time to finish off the small bees and flowers. I will make this into a small pillow but need to find some suitable fabric.



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A New (Big) Project: Double Four-Patch from Wedding Dress Blue

When I am sorting scraps, or cleaning up after projects, I cut likely pieces into standard sizes: 1-1/2″, 2″, 2-1/2″ squares. They are so handy, sitting there in their little tubs just waiting for a project to come along.

And here it is! Double four-patch.

A large (queen? king?) size quilt made out of 4-1/2″ blocks. Yes, it is a lot, but I have a lot of squares. And I am not in a hurry. And, I already have 11 blocks. Only something like 550+ to go.

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Memorial Day: 2026 from 3 Poodles and a Nana

 


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Real Life Animal Crossing from The Quilt Quine

I used to be somewhat addicted to a Nintendo game called “Animal Crossing” where I would run around planting, watering and weeding on my virtual island. That was ME in real life this weekend, planting up a veritable farm in containers, taking over any unclaimed patch of ground. If it was my own garden I would probably put in lots of raised beds but Nessie crashes around on the grass playing footie and when I eventually move on I will have to shift an awful lot of plants in pots!

Last week when I had visitors it was unseasonably cool ...

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RSC Week 21 - Orange from Grandma's Red Needle

Another week has passed (how did that happen?).
What has happened in your sewing room?


This is the only orange that happened in my sewing room - one 9-patches from 2" squares

In between working on my UFOs - mostly quilting - I've been piecing some scrappy 16-patches. As I've mentioned earlier; I have thousands (I'm not exaggerating!) of 2" squares from swaps as well as my own. Some are used, but there are still a lot. I just have to start somewhere, right? I've yet to decide what to do with these blocks.


Seven 16-patches (2" squares) from ...

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Design Wall Monday - May 25 from My Sewing Room

Memorial Day 2026 - a day of remembrance.


Here in the US today we're honoring those veterans who are no longer with us.  I'm not attending any Memorial Day programs this year but am taking a bit of time to reflect on my father and his 5 brothers who all served our country in uniform. Three of them, including my dad, all served during WWII. I've been researching my dad's military "history", as he rarely talked about it when he was alive. He was a 19 year old paratrooper dropped behind enemy line in Operation Varsity near ...

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Save the planet from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Art is art! Oh my—I love Tammy's comment about the CN Tower from yesterday's blog. The person who criticized the block recognized it as the CN Tower. Mission accomplished!!! I NEVER think of the good comebacks at the time. 

Imagine if we were all quick on our feet and could put the "Karens" in their place immediately!! I have to work on those witty comebacks! 

And it was time for our UFO Club. The amount of UFOs that most of us have is obscene, but slow and steady, and we will whittle them away. That's my ...

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In Memory from Happy Cottage Quilter

 Memorial Day is a day celebrated in the US in honor and tribute to the soldiers who have lost their lives in service protecting our country.


Memorial Day is a truly patriotic holiday which is celebrated on the last Monday in May. It is a day set apart for remembering and honoring those who died while serving in the American Armed Forces.

In 1971 Congress passed a law making Memorial Day a national holiday. Typical Memorial Day celebrations include parades, special programs and speeches. Americans often attend picnics and baseball games, and almost any other type of outdoor event made ...

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