Summer’s End. from Sunburnt Quilts

Summer’s End sounds like it should be the name of a quaint English village.

There I go. Off track and distracted before I even start!

Okay, today is officially the last day of Summer for us, but it never feels like it. In fact I think March is one of the best weather months that we have. Usually lots of sunny days that are hot but never unpleasant. At least I can get outside to take quilt photos.

This quilt top is a UFO that is not a UFO. Sounds like a riddle.

I had 3 charm packs and ...

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Week 6 of 2026 from Thread Head

Works in progress this week -

The handspun crochet scarf is growing slowly- free pattern Hot Chili.

Woven utility cloths on the loom (this is #5).

Cross stitching a few of Stacy Nash's Animal Crackers - I finished Miss Hazel this week, now I am working on Maggie Mae.

Taking a break from knitting socks as a take along project and knitting a hat - the Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague. This is some of my first handspun and has been a few things, so I am hoping it works well for this hat pattern. The yarn is about lace weight/light fingering ...

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Crochet Crazy from Becca's Crazy Projects

I finally finished my scrappy star blanket!

It's the perfect size to throw on the couch for when you're a little chilled. It is just fabulous.

Pattern: 6-Day Crochet Star blanket from Betty McKnit

Knit and Crochet Tools (affiliate links): You can read my post about these tools in this post from December 2018.

Fiskars 7 Inch Softgrip Student Scissors (snipping yarn)
24 Pack Metal Rectangular Empty Hinged Tins (hold needle, needle threader, and stitch markers)RuMe Bags Baggie All (Aspen) (to hold my hand-finishing supplies: yarn needle, needle threader, scissors, Kitchener directions, stitch markers, etc)

Clover ...

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Stitch Reflections 2025 from Joy of Quilting

Stitches 2025

A little looks back at my Stitching Projects this year.

Below a little Stitchery of possibly my Favourite Bird. The Black Bird.

I enjoyed Stitching this quite early on in the year.

Above. Grandmother's Hug.

A small throw I made for one of my Granddaughters.

It was a lovely soft & cwtchy make.

Below a Robin Stitchery

&

A Crochet Frodo

Frodo was a fun project.

Above Sammy's Crochet Hug Family

And Five Little Ducks went Swimming One Day

Below the King Cole Festival Fever Blanket

A fabulous array of different stitches. A happy make.

Above

The Winter ...

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Modern Sampler and the Rooster from The Cozy Quilter

I am just about half finished the stitching on my funky rooster. The pattern includes two funky chickens and a funky rooster. I hope to get this half done this weekend and move on to the second half. I like the bright colours and fun shapes on this project.

Here's Finn, modelling the growing book blanket. My daughter is adding the book squares from May 2025 now. The gray squares mark the end of each month.

I didn't have a lot of sewing room time this week but did manage to get started on the next three blocks ...

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Funky Chicken Progress and More Blue from The Cozy Quilter

This week, I spent a bit of time working on my Funky Chicken cross stitch and added lots of stitches. When the stitching is done, I need to add felt wings and beak, etc. as I sew it into a 3D chicken. I was running out of the darker red-orange colour and managed to get another skein this week.

I have three Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects started for this year. I made a three shoe fly blocks from my leftover light blue scraps. These finish at 6.5".

Then, I dug into my medium blue scraps and cut out lots ...

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Crochet Crazy from Becca's Crazy Projects

It has been about a month since my last post about my scrappy 6-Day Crochet Star blanket.

It has reached a pretty respectable size that might be a good throw blanket for the couch. I don't think I'm quite done, yet. I keep thinking the scrappy version would make a wonderful poncho.

Pattern: 6-Day Crochet Star blanket from Betty McKnit

Knit and Crochet Tools (affiliate links): You can read my post about these tools in this post from December 2018.

Fiskars 7 Inch Softgrip Student Scissors (snipping yarn)
24 Pack Metal Rectangular Empty Hinged Tins (hold needle ...

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Rainbow Scrap Challenge and some Knitting from The Cozy Quilter

Blue is the colour of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for January. I have been participating in this challenge for a few years now and I have still not run out of scraps to use each month. I would like to make three projects this year. The first one will be these nine patches with 8 blocks made each month. I have 2 more to make. You can see that I am making them so that they form a checkerboard when they are sewn together. These are my light blue blocks and I would like to make some ...

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A Christmas Kit from The Cozy Quilter

My friend, Karen, gave me a little cross stitch kit to make an ornament for our tree for Christmas. I decided to abandon my funky chicken cross stitch and do the kit instead this week. I wanted to get it done before we take the tree down and put the ornaments away. My father in law drove a little red truck and my daughter called him the Red Truck Grandpa when she was little so red trucks have a special significance in our family.

The ornament in the top right of the picture above was made for me by my ...

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Odds & Ends from Becca's Crazy Projects

I don't have a great first post for 2026. Here is the latest photo of my scrappy 6-Day Crochet Star blanket, pattern from Betty McKnit.

I've started a new Odd Pieces puzzle. You can buy this puzzle, and loads more directly from Odd Pieces.

I misaligned the last row of quilting on a charity quilt and had to fill in that space with another design. I think it turned out just fine.

See you next week! When I hope to have some more crafty things to share.

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Crochet Crazy from Becca's Crazy Projects

This is a slow project. Not that it is difficult, or anything. Only that I don't work on it very often.

I may only add a row or two in a week. I love how the changing color each row makes for a fun change each row and the overall effect is fun.

Pattern: 6-Day Crochet Star blanket from Betty McKnit

Knit and Crochet Tools (affiliate links): You can read my post about these tools in this post from December 2018.

Fiskars 7 Inch Softgrip Student Scissors (snipping yarn)
24 Pack Metal Rectangular Empty Hinged Tins (hold needle ...

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Stitching November 2025 from Joy of Quilting

Stitching for Christmas

In November I focused on Stitching for Christmas.

Crochet Christmas Trees

I've really gone to town with these little beauties.

I experimented with different sizes from Half Trebles, Trebles and Double Trebles. It's been such fun. Especially as I can make one in about 30 minutes.

My favourite were the Half Treble ones.

Mouse of the Month

Ta Da! Once again I've managed to finish a Mouse of the Month within it's alloted Month.

November in November

November's Mouse of the Month was holding a firework with sparkles in the air.

BUT ...

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Two Table Runners from The Cozy Quilter

I gave my friend, Pat, her Christmas gift early so that she can use it during the holiday season. I used some more HST's from the charm pack that I found in my sewing room a few weeks ago to make this table runner. She really likes snowmen so it fit the bill perfectly.

This past week, I quilted and bound my Tiny Street table runner-- this one is for me. I learned how to make the tiny houses and trees in an online class through the Threadhouse Academy. This particular class was taught by Jo Avery. She gave ...

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A Little of This and That from Quilts....etc.

I sewed the binding strips together for The Rose Garden and pressed them – they are ready to be stitched down – maybe today? I really need to get busy on that. I have put off making another unit of Jack’s Chain until the table is cleared off – I need the room to sew […]

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Ate Too Much! from Quilts....etc.

Well I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving that celebrates it. Why did I cook so much food – downsized yes but still like all the side dishes etc. I didn’t make as many though and much smaller amounts but still too much for us. We will be eating it all for a couple days […]

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Crochet Crazy from Becca's Crazy Projects

This is one of the best choose-your-own-adventure projects I've done. Just three more rounds but I don't work on it very often. I wonder if I could make a sweater like this...

Pattern: 6-Day Crochet Star blanket from Betty McKnit

Knit and Crochet Tools (affiliate links): You can read my post about these tools in this post from December 2018.

Fiskars 7 Inch Softgrip Student Scissors (snipping yarn)
24 Pack Metal Rectangular Empty Hinged Tins (hold needle, needle threader, and stitch markers)RuMe Bags Baggie All (Aspen) (to hold my hand-finishing supplies: yarn needle, needle threader, scissors ...

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A Little More from Quilts....etc.

More on Jack’s Chain – it is really an easy quilt to make – so far! I’m sure I will need to focus more when I start to put units together – so far 6 made – I’m not sure how many units I will make before I start to put it together – I […]

added by Karen 3 months, 1 week ago. under crochet , jack's chain , jigsaw puzzle , knitting , the rose garden (la rosaraie) (Comments)

Playing with Color from Quilts....etc.

Yesterday the blog was working much better but comments were not coming to my email so I started to answer them on the blog – then mid afternoon some were coming to the computer – I hope it all works correctly today. I plan to link to Slow Sunday Stitching with Kathy and Life in […]

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A Couple of Finishes! from The Cozy Quilter

I worked on several different projects this week and two were brought to the finish line. I quilted and bound the winter wall hanging that I showed last week. This will be donated to a silent auction fundraiser. It is walking foot quilted with white thread in the white sections and blue thread in the coloured sections.

I added a hanging sleeve. You can see the quilting pattern better on the back.

Of course, I had leftover HST's so started another project with those. It is not quite done and will likely be a Christmas gift for someone so ...

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Crochet Crazy from Becca's Crazy Projects

I've decided to not just go scrappy with my next 6-Day Crochet Star blanket.

I've sorted my colors into 20 colors and when it is time to start a new row I grab my hand 20-sided die and roll for the next color. I selected the first couple (the yellow and grays) colors but I'm all about the random colors now.

Pattern: 6-Day Crochet Star blanket from Betty McKnit

Knit and Crochet Tools (affiliate links): You can read my post about these tools in this post from December 2018.

Fiskars 7 Inch Softgrip Student Scissors (snipping ...

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What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

Stitches 2025

Stitching for Christmas

Crochet Christmas Trees

Mouse of the Month

November in November