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September 7, 2026
Rainy and Windy Weekend Sewing from Grandma's Red Needle

How was your weekend? I hope you had a good one. 
Here, it was 'quilting weather'; intermittent rain, strong wind and cold. With high humidity, it feels colder than it is. BRRR! While writing this (Monday morning) it's pouring rain.

Two quilts (UFOs) were thread basted;


A Quilting Life's BOM 2025


It measures approximately 87 inches / 220 cm square. It's a monster to quilt on my domestic sewing machine, but it will be done, eventually. My goal is to finish it by end of September (this year!). I forgot taking a ...

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June 3, 2026
Distracted by 99 Charms Quilts from Grandma's Red Needle

Who is determined to work on UFOs, WIPs and nothing new? Not me! 
As many of you already know, this year - for me - is dedicated to working on UFOs. My UFO/WIP list is long, but there are progress!  

So far this year, so good! I have finished several UFOs (need to take photos!!).
But it comes to a point where other projects are more tempting, like the '99 Charms Quilts'. I just needed to do something else, something new, and these easy, fast and fun quilts caught my attention! 

I have a big shoe box full of 5" squares ...

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May 4, 2026
RSC Color for May is Orange / A Squirrel popped in from Grandma's Red Needle

Who sent the squirrel?!
...and one can't work on UFOs all the time, right? 
 

I've been admiring the '99 Charms quilts' in RSC colors at GraceandPieceQuilting. Nancy has done a fabulous job on those quilts, using 5 inch squares from scraps, and quilted beautifully! 

I got inspired! 
I have a shoe box full of 5" squares and wasn't sure how to use them. Not that it was a priority to use them, but after admiring Nancy's quilts, I decided to do the same. Thanks for the inspiration, Nancy! 
There were squares  in colors I have more ...

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