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With all 8 trees the Silent Night quilt is getting near completion.  Now I need to decide will all the trees stay where they are or move around?  I have some white flannel strips to add here and there and then the Santa and the border.  I ordered a piece of red and a piece […]

This morning, while showering, I had a thought about toilet paper and toilets. Weird how we think of things while in the shower! This of all things! But I found myself thinking of the past - yet again. I do miss my father!

I remembered the story my dad told me about having to go out to an "outhouse" to use the bathroom. I knew of outhouses, but thought toilets was before his birth. Guess not. Anyway, I remember him telling me that they didn't have toilet paper like they do today. When I questioned, "then what did you use ...

I didn’t machine stitch yesterday but I did get another tree cut out this will be the last tree to sew for Silent Night. More hexies were put together and now I need to watch for placement of the flowers – I almost got this row thread basted when I remember it might be time […]

Good morning, my friends. What a nice day we had yesterday. For whatever reason, it felt less hurried than usual. I finished one project, and I'm on the cusp of finishing another. Possibly the lack of projects half finished made it seem less busy. 

Of course, I have lots of projects half finished, but I take them in stages. When I'm talking about "projects," I'm meaning whatever stage it happens to be in currently. Take the Barnyard quilt as an example. I made the blocks one per month. When they were all finished, it went to the ...

Good morning, my friends. What a nice day we had yesterday. For whatever reason, it felt less hurried than usual. I finished one project, and I'm on the cusp of finishing another. Possibly the lack of projects half finished made it seem less busy. 

Of course, I have lots of projects half finished, but I take them in stages. When I'm talking about "projects," I'm meaning whatever stage it happens to be in currently. Take the Barnyard quilt as an example. I made the blocks one per month. When they were all finished, it went to the ...

Yep, just not there today. I wasn't in the mood to do much. I'm still coughing and getting tired of it! I'm still not 100% better. My ears started popping, so it's getting better instead of worse. 

I pretty much played my games. I did go out and walk once around the neighborhood. It hurt when I got down by Ron's place. So, I stopped and chatted with Dustin. We talked about how Ron is doing. Then I came back home. I was able to do one lap, but it's only about a half ...

I decided to stick with those colors for the tree for now and if I want I can change it out later.  No matter how I changed the lighting the color would not come out right on the wall.  Way too dark. So I moved it and laid it down on the quilting frame under […]

This morning, I needed to go to my PT appointment. First, we had a war game, which I could only play part of. I played for the first 25 mins, then when I got to the appointment, I played another 10 mins. 

Good morning, my friends. Yesterday I was whining about the rain arriving just as I was preparing to drive a fair distance to a local quilt shop. As it turns out, the weather gods were merciful. I'll have a short window of dry weather for my drive today. I'm heading south to the Cotton Patch. It's "backing day" today. I can get a discount on backing fabric if I bring in my finished quilt top. I'll be showing up with the Scrappy Plus quilt top. 

It's been a while since I've been to the ...

Good morning, my friends. Yesterday I was whining about the rain arriving just as I was preparing to drive a fair distance to a local quilt shop. As it turns out, the weather gods were merciful. I'll have a short window of dry weather for my drive today. I'm heading south to the Cotton Patch. It's "backing day" today. I can get a discount on backing fabric if I bring in my finished quilt top. I'll be showing up with the Scrappy Plus quilt top. 

It's been a while since I've been to the ...

Three corners are done and on the quilt – Noriko’s Star is nearly finished.  One more corner to make and add. In certain light outside but I have not noticed inside is that the white in the quilt if you hadn’t noticed is actually white and cream.  Today in the photo you can notice.  The […]

I worked some more on the house/star panel for Silent Night and that section is now done and I will make the last tree for the top half of the quilt or start to today that is.  The bottom half has four more trees and a tall Santa. More hexie work got done – Melanie […]

Off and on yesterday I was mainly working on the hexies.  I did not sit at the sewing machine and the 3rd corner is done and ready to attach to the main body of the quilt.  After I worked some on it Friday night I was mainly just left with this much to do. And […]

I had such a busy doing nothing in particular weekend that I almost forgot to update my blog! Firstly, I had quite a few quilts to do at work then I went in on my day off to quilt the strippy quilt that I made myself from fabrics bought at Malvern last autumn.

One of the customer quilts was a vintage 1980s hand pieced quilt that its maker was finally persuaded to get finished. The filigree design really lifted it I think. 

My own quilt was done with a modern baptist fan design and neon pink thread. I considered adding ...

Good morning, my friends. It's quite dark outside this morning. Rain moved in overnight. I awakened early this morning to the sound of water running through the gutters. The field is still dry and brown. The rain will green it up, and we're looking forward to that. With autumn officially starting tomorrow, I expect we'll be seeing more rain very soon.

Yesterday started with a visit to the farmer's market with Erik and Mae. I came home with eight ears of corn, a bunch of cilantro, 1-1/2 pounds of tomatillos, 8 oz. of chanterelle mushrooms ...

Good morning, my friends. It's quite dark outside this morning. Rain moved in overnight. I awakened early this morning to the sound of water running through the gutters. The field is still dry and brown. The rain will green it up, and we're looking forward to that. With autumn officially starting tomorrow, I expect we'll be seeing more rain very soon.

Yesterday started with a visit to the farmer's market with Erik and Mae. I came home with eight ears of corn, a bunch of cilantro, 1-1/2 pounds of tomatillos, 8 oz. of chanterelle mushrooms ...

I decided before I could get started making the flannel quilt  I needed to clean off the table and put things away.  I had fabric and the fabric still sitting out from Under the Big Top and a box of extra gray fabric that needed to be put away.  That was done first and I […]

Good morning, my friends. The promised rain has finally arrived. With a few breaks, it's been raining fairly steadily for hours. It started while we were asleep, and now it's beginning to look like a typical Oregon winter. Of course, winter is not even close, but we're getting a glimpse into the future today. 

Thankfully, I was able to get out and do some weeding yesterday. I pulled up or "mussed up" some of the smaller weeds, and then whacked back my enormous sage plant to about one-third its size. I love the fresh sage, but the ...

Good morning, my friends. The promised rain has finally arrived. With a few breaks, it's been raining fairly steadily for hours. It started while we were asleep, and now it's beginning to look like a typical Oregon winter. Of course, winter is not even close, but we're getting a glimpse into the future today. 

Thankfully, I was able to get out and do some weeding yesterday. I pulled up or "mussed up" some of the smaller weeds, and then whacked back my enormous sage plant to about one-third its size. I love the fresh sage, but the ...

It is exactly a year since I ran away from home to Devon and lived in an old caravan until I found my wee cottage. I have now experienced all of the seasons, including what seems to be an early, wet autumn. The conkers on the trees in the park are huge. Nessie and I are now familiar with the regulars in the park, including the 2 resident geese. I was glad that I invested in a decent second hand raincoat and have now added some reflective heat-press flowers so cars can see me in the dark. 

I have done ...