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Although the days are getting shorter, it doesn’t feel like Fall – yet. I’m looking forward to more time in the sewing room as I spend less time outside.

I finished two things in September, Still Life and my great nephew’s afghan. It’s a long list even with the finishes.

I started The Short List many years ago to create goals to work toward and a way to focus. I change things up as my goals and interests change.

Project 1 (stitching): Gather & Give Thanks, pattern by Diane Arthurs of Imaginating.

Project 2 (Original): I’m on ...

Off to a good start – one of 53 blocks are now done on New York Beauty– I worked on it a little bit on Friday and finished it up yesterday afternoon.  There was some ripping being done until I got the hang of paper piecing again and I’m pleased with the way it turned […]

I had some time off work recently, and we used the opportunity to take a break from the everyday.

We always like a scenic view.

And seeing bears has been on our bucket list for many years.

I can understand how they can become a nuisance though after they raided the garbage multiple times and made quite a mess.

I also made a lot of progress on the afghan and some progress on my fall stitch. I might even mess around and finish that afghan in the next couple weeks. I’m enjoyed the time to work on my hand ...

The last block for the Carpenter’s Wheel was finally finished  – now I need to sit back and look at the wall for a day or two and see if anything needs to be moved – of course the problem with that is if you move one you end up moving half of them and […]

 For this rug I used 9 yards of fabric. It finished at 26" by 36" but as expected the size shifted after washing and drying. It's now 24" by 37".

I have enough strips cut to make another rug using these exact same fabrics. For that one I can't decide how I want to order the six different fabrics. Should I use all of each fabric so the stripes are wider or should I pick a fabric order and use one strip of each so that the fabric changes every 6 inches or so? I'll think about ...

August was a calmer month, but we attended a lot of weekend events that took advantage of the last of summer. I finished two projects, my sister’s quilt and Words of Joy Tree.

That created spots for new things on the list.

I started The Short List many years ago to create goals to work toward and a way to focus. I change things up as my goals and interests change.

Project 1 (stitching): Gather & Give Thanks, pattern by Diane Arthurs of Imaginating. I started it last night.

Project 2 (UFO): I’m quilting the next challenge, due this ...

Here we are again, another month that seem to just fly by. Its amazing considering we all seem to suffer one way or another from the weather.

Here in NE Oklahoma it was extreme heat and humidity.

A good thing because of it I was inside a lot, which meant I was keeping myself busy with projects.

Was pretty successful too.

This is going to be a picture heavy post.

I'll start with the one that I had been working on the past few months

the Spring Fling Shop Hop from 2015.

It turned out so pretty, and next ...

Before I forget for some reason quite a few comments on the blog are not coming through to my email – most of the time I am not noticing it unless I go into check the spam folder and then glance through the section that shows all the comments that have come in so – […]

 I liked my first rug so much I decided to make a couple more. For this one I started with 9 yards of fabric cut into 1" by width of fabric strips.

Then I joined all the strips together and rolled it up into a ball. The ball is about 8" in diameter.

Now I'm crocheting it into a rug. I simply chain stitched until the chain is about 2" longer than the finished width of the rug I want and started single crocheting. I'll just continue to single crochet until I run out of fabric strips. It ...

I stayed inside almost all day – every day this week – it is just to hot to be out for more than a couple minutes at a time.  But I guess seeing as I am in the walking boot (yes I tried without but I guess it is better with it) I wouldn’t be […]

Yesterday was one of those inside days and I was making sure I didn’t get bored by working on more than one thing.  Why didn’t I spend more time outside? This is why – this was at about 1PM if I remember right Thread basting happened on Noriko’s Star And yes I was finally able […]

No change in the numbers.

I finished beading Words of Joy Tree. I have a frame for it and hope to fully finish it before the holidays.

The next hand project is an afghan my sister started crocheting for her grandson. I learned to crochet as a child and have made things on and off through the years. I enjoy crochet, just not as much as other things.

No one else in the family knows how, so I volunteered to finish it after she passed.

I’ll probably start another stitch project too, but not today.

Fabric In: 28.625 ...

Hot, Hot, Hot – 100 for the next 7 days – I did a little bit outside in the morning – mainly sat outside and knitted for just an hour maybe before it got too hot.  I admit I brought my knitting with me to work on when we were at the Airbnb earlier this […]

While it has been cold outside, I have made the most of having my Harbour Blanket on my lap so I could finish the borders.

This is a design from Attic 24.

It is quite large. This is a double bed.

I had a laugh when I saw this photo. The edges look so uneven. I can assure you that is due to the doona underneath.

Here are the edges.

I didn’t have enough to go all the way round in one color, so I used one colour for top and bottom and then another colour for the sides ...

Mostly, I’ve been working on my income tax, but the end is in sight! I need to simplify my life. LOL. I did have time time to quilt some more yardage that will be made into table runners and placemats. 

I got this one cut and started on the binding:

Yesterday was a slow Sunday and I did a bit of hand work.  I finished taking apart the machine quilting that I didn’t like and ready to baste the toddler quilt again today.  I am linking to Small Quilts and Doll Quilts today. This section for Noriko’s Star is nearly done – one more of […]

 My crocheted rug experiment was successful!

This is the entire 8 1/3 yards of fabric I cut up and processed to crochet. It finished at 24" by 30". It's surprisingly cushiony and soft. 

I wanted to see how it would wash up so I washed it and dried it in my machines. It's now even softer, still cushiony and measures 22" by 31". I find it interesting that it shrank in one direction but grew in the other!

I'm already planning my next one, but first I need to order myself a nicer crochet hook. The ...