We were in Texas all last week to attend Grad Girl's thesis defense and then just hang out with her afterwards for a bit of a celebration. Poor girl hasn't had a real vacation in over a year. The presentation of her work was public, so we were able to attend that. Afterwards we waited in the hallway while she took questions from her committee.
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This is my second week of low sewing mojo. Consequently, my to do list from last week is looking pretty anemic.
To Do List for 05/20/2025
1. 2025 SAHRR: Finish binding ✔
2. Glowing Hearts: Finish piecing blocks, start assembly ✔
3. 2025 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for July blocks - progress
4. Old Town: Work on blocks at late night sew - no progress
Now that I've typed out the list, it's not so bad. Two check marks and progress on the #3 of 4 items really isn't a bad week. Even so, I'm going to try ...
read moreHappy Easter to all who celebrate this holiday! We had brunch with my husband's family yesterday so the rest of the weekend will be quiet. My niece helped me to make a bunny charcuterie board for the brunch yesterday and I managed to get a picture before people started to nibble. I will have to make more of these for other family gatherings.
This was another week of hand stitching projects. I finished off the outlining of the dark purple lupin and moved on to the lupin to the left. It was partly done before and I am almost finished it. There is more outlining to do on the leaves at the bottom of the picture.
I put my Arizona quilt blocks together and it is now a completed top--36"square. Before assembly, I remade a couple of the four patches. If you look closely, you can see that the cacti are now mirror images of the adjacent block in the next quadrant. Anal, I know, but I didn't like how it looked before.
I am making four of each block. Each quadrant of the quilt will be a mirror image of the quadrant beside and below/above it. I am using one solid and one print in each block. The blocks are 6.5" square. Here are the blocks I made early in the week, in a possible layout. I was ... read more
Christmas 2024 has come and gone and we are now in that quieter time between December 25th and New Year's Day. I blogged earlier in the week about some of the gifts I made this year and you can read about them here. I have been doing some reading and cross stitching every day--ahhhh! The lower left square will eventually be a picture of an owl...
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I worked on the last Christmas gifts that I am making today--one is done and the other is very close to completion. Pictures to follow in a few days... The secret sewing season will soon be over for another year.
I made some progress on my winter counted cross stitch project this week. The Christmas tree is done and the next part of this quadrant is started. I did quite a bit of the framing on this quadrant too. There's a reason why they call this slow stitching... it gets done slowly, one stitch at a time. I enjoy ...
read moreIt was a busy week with lots of activities happening, but not a lot of time for sewing. I managed to make some progress on my cross stitch project, adding more trees, border stitches and starting the snow at the bottom of this section. I'm hoping to finish the mushrooms in the forest this coming week and move on to the next part.
read moreThe church bazaar was yesterday. Here are the three pillows that I made for the sewing table. We had a family wedding to attend out of town yesterday so I only had time to stop briefly ...
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