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We hit the low 80s on Friday and Saturday, but it's supposed to cool off today with a chance of showers. We need the showers, but that's not looking too lightly right now.  Unfortunately the higher temps have meant more pollen so my allergies have been keeping me up at night.  Afternoon naps have been my theme all week, but that didn't keep me from the sewing room.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Feb = 28/28 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 59/59 days
• Success rate = 100%

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100 days

Today marks the first day of the #the100days challenge on Instagram. My plan is to decorate index cards. I already have a box, and this will give me a tangible way to show the results for 100 days. I was initially thinking of incorporating the 100 days to the 15 minutes to stitch, but since I work on different projects which are in varying states of completion, the results aren't as easy to identify.

Also, an index card is quick to do, even on days when there isn't much time and energy. It also doesn't ...

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We are settling into a new rhythm after all the changes earlier this month.  It will likely change again, but probably not for a couple of months.  I'm back to my normal sewing room times which made for a good week on the stitching front.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Feb = 21/21 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 52/52 days
• Success rate = 100%

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 There is no project quilting theme this week - the theme is announced every other week. This means there is time to take a break, but the momentum of making the Fire Horse is high, and with the theme being announced the following week, it makes sense to keep the momentum high.

I have been tempted to start lots of quilts. Right now, I am thinking about making a simple sawtooth stars quilt in greens, with an emphasis on teals. I am also thinking about joining a challenge by Reprolover with four patch made with HSTs. I could use the teals ...

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We've had a much quieter and less stressful week.  Thank you for all the moral support.  Uncertainty is never fun. I can't say our ducks are all in a row, but we at least know where they all are. My Guy has made some decisions about his path forward, it may just take him a bit to get there.  

It wasn't too hard to stay on track with my planned stitching time this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Feb = 14/14 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 45/45 days
• Success rate ...

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The theme for the Project Quilting Challenge for this week is Year of the Horse. This quilt must be started and finished in one week. This theme made me happy because I had a lot of fun making the horse quilt last year, and the mythical creature quilt.

The rule is to find inspiration from the turn of the year, in the animal, in our hopes and desires for the near future.  I looked up some information about the Chinese zodiac, and decided that I needed to make my horse red, to ward off misfortune and invite blessings.

The Horse ...

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It's been quite a week at my house. My Guy was out in the boonies  monitoring the bald eagle nests in the area.  When he went to leave, the Jeep wouldn't start.  I was in the shower when he first called, so I didn't see any of it for about 10 minutes. My Guy was less then thrilled with my lack of response. He really was in the middle of no where, with a phone that was losing charge.  I could locate him on Life 360, but figuring out how to get to that back country road ...

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 Look at me, posting on time.  This week was a week off from Project Quilting challenge.  The challenge for this upcoming week, is Year of the Horse, which makes me happy. I was hoping that they would do that. I made a horse quilt last year, and even though I was afraid it wouldn't turn out right, tracing a pattern does let me make a horse that looks like a horse.

In this time off, I continued to work on the recently started quilts.  That is the Lupine and Laughter mystery quilt. I had one block done, but I ...

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 It is going to take me some practice to remember to post my progress on the 15 Minutes to Stitch challenge every week.  I have been stitching every day though.  

I've shown you some of the quilting from this month already on the blog:

• The Project quilting challenge #1 where I made An Open Space to Breathe (I originally wrote that as A Quiet Place to Breathe, which is also a good name)
• The project Quilting challenge #2 where I made Change
• The bunkbed blanket I am repairing
• The peacock made with leftovers from the Lupine & Laughter mystery
• The ...

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It's definitely been on the cold side this week. Which means those to the north of us are really in the deep freeze.  Thankfully we'll get a bit of a warm up early next week.  Still, my wool coat is definitely going to spend some time out of the closet this weekend.  

The cold weather this month has been very conductive to lots of sewing room time. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Jan = 31/31 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 31/31 days
• Success rate = 100%

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It's been cold, but that polar vortex struck yesterday, now it's really, really cold.  Snow started falling Friday night around 10 PM. The first round of snow left about 3" to 4" of snow depending on where you are in the county. The second round kicked off Saturday afternoon and is supposed to run till midmorning. So we may see another 6" to 8" before it tapers off this afternoon.   It wasn't exactly warm going into this storm, so it wasn't too hard to find time to hang out in the sewing room this week.  

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January is more than half over. But it doesn't seem to be going as quickly as it went last year. I like a slow start to the year.  We've not had snow or ice, but it's been cold with a biting wind.  Definitely makes you want to stay home and just sew.  Which is such a hardship, right?  The weather has definitely been more conductive to more sewing time.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Jan = 17/17 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 17/17 days
• Success rate = 100%

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We are more than a week into the new year.  I'm mostly back into my normal groove. I'm doing well with focusing on my goals. But we are only a week in, a year is a long time to keep yourself in line.  In fact, there's a another quilt along that's been posted I really want to play along with that's not on my new project list for 2026.  I'm trying to resist, but I did look to see if I have fabric in my stash for it.  I do.  Oh well, I'll ...

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Although I did try to sew for at least 15 minutes a day in 2025, I did not keep track of it, and I wound up losing some motivation in the summer. More importantly, I didn't have a good record of what I did during the year. So I have decided I am going to try again to report my progress on a weekly basis. To help with that, I am going to try to take photos every day. I won't show them all to you, but at least they will be available for my posts.

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We are a few days into the new year.  I've spent some time in the sewing room, but also a lot of time looking back and then looking ahead.  My tracking spreadsheet is reset. So I'm ready for a new year on that front. Not so much on other fronts.  Personal preference has me making a clean break between last year and this year.  Here are my final stitching time metrics for 2025. 

• 15 minute days/Dec 2025 =30/31 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 320/365 days
• Success rate = 87.67%

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This is the last Sunday in 2025.  The years seem to go faster and faster the older I get.  Maybe this upcoming January will be quiet.  I'm ready for some slow and steady stay at home time.  

It can be hard to find time to stitch during Christmas week, I did pretty well this holiday. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Dec = 26/27 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 316/361 days
• Success rate = 87.53%

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It's the Sunday before Christmas. Just one more full week left in 2025. That's really hard to believe.  This week wasn't so busy as last week, but for some reason I was really tired early in the week. Maybe fighting something off as it's that time of year all kinds of yucky sicknesses are floating around.  At any rate, that's what ate into my sewing time this week, There was one day where I just felt yucky and ended up going to bed really early.

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days ...

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This time of year when I type the title of this weekly post, my mind says no that can't be right.  Just two weeks left in 2025?  Really?  I've been slowly taking care of Christmas stuff. I've also been taking some sanity time in the sewing room this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Dec = 13/13 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 303/347 days
• Success rate = 87.32%

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Did you have a good Thanksgiving? We certainly did. So much food, both My Girl and I ended up in food comas after dinner.  I did eventually go walk some of it off with My Guy.  

With all the family stuff this week, I didn't find the time and energy to stitch a couple of days. 

• 15 minute days/week = 5/7 days
• 15 minute days/Nov = 25/29 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 289/333 days
• Success rate = 86.79%

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