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March 4, 2024
A Little Sewing from Quilts....etc.

I just didn’t get done with things yesterday that I had planned to, instead Mike and I were working together on some outside stuff and just a little sewing got done. A little hexie work Pieces are cut and ready to piece for the last NYB block Hunter’s Star quilting from Saturday night linking to […]

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February 28, 2024
Variety Kind of Day from Quilts....etc.

Yesterday was this and that and not sure what did I do all day besides read?  It started out so warm – got up to 80 briefly setting a record high for February – I went outside to the porch at about 11 for some reason not really looking at the temperature and it felt […]

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February 23, 2024
Five to Go from Quilts....etc.

Another New York Beauty block done and really – truly this one was super easy – done in an hour or less – I should have started another but I had other things to do outside.  I’m not sure what I am doing today in the sewing room if anything – it is Melanie’s birthday […]

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February 21, 2024
A Pretty Day from Quilts....etc.

I must admit not much got done in the sewing room – it got up to 69 yesterday afternoon – need I say more on that! I did get the next pattern ready for the first of the final 7 blocks to make and the fabric picked – some of the pieces cut. What is […]

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February 20, 2024
February In the Garden from From My Carolina Home

My mind has been on my garden for a few days now, as I observe some green shoots coming to life again. The little patch of daffodils is coming up, with buds already showing. This patch is a mixture of all yellow daffodils and some yellow and white ones. They usually bloom in late February, so they are right on time this year.

I’m watching the bird feeders closely now too, and caught a photo of a pair of downy woodpeckers. The female is on the feeder above, with the male on the suet cake. One way to distinguish ...

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February 16, 2024
Georgetown On My Mind from Quilts....etc.

Yesterday was extremely busy – it was another day around 70 degrees so I was outside for a bit and then when I wore myself out I was inside working on my red block – Georgetown – all cut out. I started to sew the first circle and don’t think I had showed it with […]

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February 15, 2024
More Fabric from Quilts....etc.

More time looking through the reds, I was looking for fabric for the Georgetown blocks for red this month and got my little boxes out to look, then the box that had red scraps in it (I ended up packing them in a 3rd box instead of putting them aside to cut small squares) and […]

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February 10, 2024
A Variety of Projects from Quilts....etc.

First of all I want to share the red and green blocks made for the RSC quilt Happy Daze for the link up today at SoScrappy – my background fabric arrived and it matches what I already had exactly so I will proceed to cut 9 blocks for the circles and get them appliqued in […]

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February 3, 2024
Some Greenery from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! How is everyone doing this fine Saturday? Well, I'm just going out there on a limb to say I'm in fine fettle this morning. I'm writing fast because Erik, Mae and I are going to opening day of the Beaverton Farmer's Market, and...miracle of miracles...the sun is going to shine!!! Right here...in the Pacific Northwest! Sunshine! In February! What a gift! 

Okay, now settle down. We have serious blogging business to take care of first, so let's get started.

When I left you yesterday, I was on my ...

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Some Greenery from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! How is everyone doing this fine Saturday? Well, I'm just going out there on a limb to say I'm in fine fettle this morning. I'm writing fast because Erik, Mae and I are going to opening day of the Beaverton Farmer's Market, and...miracle of miracles...the sun is going to shine!!! Right here...in the Pacific Northwest! Sunshine! In February! What a gift! 

Okay, now settle down. We have serious blogging business to take care of first, so let's get started.

When I left you yesterday, I was on my ...

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January 31, 2024
Quilting & Fabric from Quilts....etc.

I am now back to working on the New York Beauty – I will try to do a row of the Beauty blocks then make the two RSC blocks for February and then go back to the Beauty to continue on that.  That way I can work on all three for the month and continue […]

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January 30, 2024
One Done from Quilts....etc.

Well the first Georgetown block is finished and in the project box along with the pattern and the background fabric.  There is more gray on order as I had bought the gray I am using before I knew what I would be using it for – actually one of the gray colors was used in […]

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January 29, 2024
Georgetown January Block Nearly Done from Quilts....etc.

Sunday was a busy day and I nearly got the Georgetown green block finished.  It was about the only thing I worked on other then being outside for awhile squishing through the mud to the garden to do a little work outside. But first Georgetown-green block. First up was to make this ring I showed […]

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January 12, 2024
Cold Weather Coming from Quilts....etc.

In the morning I got sewing done, then grocery shopping, then spreading frost sheets over berry plants and frost bags over bushes. I had hoped to get this first block of the center of the Dresden quilt further than I did, but that didn’t happen – now the hardest part betting this string around the […]

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December 26, 2023
Best of 2023 from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Hopefully, everyone has recovered from Christmas festivities. We had a lovely holiday here, and I hope you did too. Today begins one of my favorite linky parties of the year. My thanks go to Cheryl Brickey of Meadow Mist Designs for hosting this party for the past nine years. Thanks, Cheryl!


It's been a good year, all-in-all. We had a good mix of staying-at-home and traveling. Our biggest trip of the year saw us ATVing in Colorado and Utah with lots of sight-seeing along the way. There was also plenty of time for sewing and ...

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Best of 2023 from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Hopefully, everyone has recovered from Christmas festivities. We had a lovely holiday here, and I hope you did too. Today begins one of my favorite linky parties of the year. My thanks go to Cheryl Brickey of Meadow Mist Designs for hosting this party for the past nine years. Thanks, Cheryl!


It's been a good year, all-in-all. We had a good mix of staying-at-home and traveling. Our biggest trip of the year saw us ATVing in Colorado and Utah with lots of sight-seeing along the way. There was also plenty of time for sewing and ...

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November 18, 2023
Cats of All Kinds from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We survived our pre-Thanksgiving grocery shopping trip yesterday. The store was busy, but not too crazy. I'll still have to go back next week for some fresh mushrooms. It was too early to get those just yet. 

When we arrived home, I was chagrined to realize I'd forgotten to get any tomatoes. We had an extra avocado rolling around in the refrigerator. I'd planned to add it to some BLT's for last night's dinner. (That would make them BLAT's.) So shoot. My dinner plans were shot. Oh, but then I ...

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Cats of All Kinds from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We survived our pre-Thanksgiving grocery shopping trip yesterday. The store was busy, but not too crazy. I'll still have to go back next week for some fresh mushrooms. It was too early to get those just yet. 

When we arrived home, I was chagrined to realize I'd forgotten to get any tomatoes. We had an extra avocado rolling around in the refrigerator. I'd planned to add it to some BLT's for last night's dinner. (That would make them BLAT's.) So shoot. My dinner plans were shot. Oh, but then I ...

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October 30, 2023
Monday, Monday from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Enjoy October while it lasts. After tomorrow, you won't see it again for a whole year. And are you ready for Halloween? As I've said before, Halloween is kind of a non-event around here. In 21 years in our house, we've never had a single trick-or-treater. We quit buying "just in case" candy quite a long time ago, and we gave up on carving pumpkins before that. It was fun when the kids were little. I used to make their costumes. If they remember nothing else about me when I'm gone, I ...

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Monday, Monday from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Enjoy October while it lasts. After tomorrow, you won't see it again for a whole year. And are you ready for Halloween? As I've said before, Halloween is kind of a non-event around here. In 21 years in our house, we've never had a single trick-or-treater. We quit buying "just in case" candy quite a long time ago, and we gave up on carving pumpkins before that. It was fun when the kids were little. I used to make their costumes. If they remember nothing else about me when I'm gone, I ...

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