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November 18, 2025
Merry Mistletoe and More Knitting from Loose Threads

 I’ve started another project.  I do have a lot of projects in the works, but since this is a Christmas project I didn’t think it would count, right?  I couldn’t resist this one since it has hexagons (my favorite thing to stitch) and embroidery.  I basted the hexagons first. 

This is called Merry Mistletoe by Lilabelle Lane Creations.  This is what the finished project will look like.  It finishes at 15” X 16” so it should be pretty quick to finish.   Those are famous last words. 

 Since I love sewing hexagons, I went ahead and ...

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Merry Mistletoe and More Knitting from Luann's Loose Threads

 I’ve started another project.  I do have a lot of projects in the works, but since this is a Christmas project I didn’t think it would count, right?  I couldn’t resist this one since it has hexagons (my favorite thing to stitch) and embroidery.  I basted the hexagons first. 

This is called Merry Mistletoe by Lilabelle Lane Creations.  This is what the finished project will look like.  It finishes at 15” X 16” so it should be pretty quick to finish.   Those are famous last words. 

 Since I love sewing hexagons, I went ahead and ...

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October 27, 2025
One of the ways I use patchwork.... from contemporary embroidery

 Patchwork, hexagons, stash. All relevant here.In this post I was stitching hexagons, building a stash.Those pieces will be used in artist books or as surface embellishments on embroidered pieces. Today it's another use for patchwork, specifically hexagons.Page keepers for artist books,  closing sleeves for artist books.The first image below shows an unfinished page keep alongside

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October 25, 2025
New fabric from contemporary embroidery

 New fabric, or an opportunity to stitch more hexagons and grandmothers flower garden patchwork!I speak a lot about 'stash building'.These pieces will be kept safely with my other patchwork pieces my 'stash' and used in artist books or as surface embellishments on embroidered works.  

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September 22, 2025
Week 38 of 2025 from Thread Head

This week I finished a little English Paper Pieced bag -

The pattern was from the October/November issue of Homespun Magazine (I see it digitally through the library). It is the Onwards Drawstring Pouch by Hatched and Patched.
It is made up of hexagons with pentagons to make the rounded base. I used the hexagon die for the GO! cutter to cut out paper hexagons, so my bag is a different size than the pattern because I used hexagons with 1" sides. For the pentagons I used a tutorial online to draft them with 1" sides too.
It makes such ...

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September 13, 2025
Hebrews 12:1-3, Fiber Fun, Literary Life, Finding Joy from Faith, Trust and Breast Cancer

Hello There,

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. My son-in-law surprised us Saturday morning with a big, delicious breakfast—eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, green chile with meat, fresh fruit salad, and coffee. Yum! We spent the morning listening to the grandbabies share about their lives, and my eldest grandson even gave a presentation on the three-castle kingdom he created in Minecraft. It was wonderful.  

Take good care and, as Daddy used to say,
"Make memories; it's later than you think."

HERE'S A WORD

Faith...broken faith...faltering faith.  Here, I will ...

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April 11, 2025
Retreating in Shipshewana from Loose Threads

I had a wonderful time last week at the Jane Stickle Quilt Retreat in Shipshewana, Indiana.   The town is a fun place to visit, and it's always nice to catch up with friends that I haven't seen in awhile.   Our group came together over 25 years ago because we were all making the Dear Jane quilt.  I started attending the retreat in 2001.  I've missed a few retreats, but for the most part I've been there.  

Here are some photos from around town:


Yoders Department Store.  

At the side of the building there are several barn ...

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Retreating in Shipshewana from Luann's Loose Threads

I had a wonderful time last week at the Jane Stickle Quilt Retreat in Shipshewana, Indiana.   The town is a fun place to visit, and it's always nice to catch up with friends that I haven't seen in awhile.   Our group came together over 25 years ago because we were all making the Dear Jane quilt.  I started attending the retreat in 2001.  I've missed a few retreats, but for the most part I've been there.  

Here are some photos from around town:


Yoders Department Store.  

At the side of the building there are several barn ...

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March 4, 2025
Starting Another Project? from Loose Threads

This past Monday I started another hexagon mystery quilt over at Jemima's Quilting Blog.   The first clue showed up in my email Monday, and I'd bought these blue fabrics to use in the mystery.  The quilt will be started in the center, and this is how mine would look.  I'm using 3/4" hexagons.  Well, after I let this sit and percolate overnight, Tuesday morning I decided that I really don't like this.   And I know if I don't like it going in, I won't keep up with it.   So now I'm on ...

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Starting Another Project? from Luann's Loose Threads

This past Monday I started another hexagon mystery quilt over at Jemima's Quilting Blog.   The first clue showed up in my email Monday, and I'd bought these blue fabrics to use in the mystery.  The quilt will be started in the center, and this is how mine would look.  I'm using 3/4" hexagons.  Well, after I let this sit and percolate overnight, Tuesday morning I decided that I really don't like this.   And I know if I don't like it going in, I won't keep up with it.   So now I'm on ...

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December 7, 2024
hexagons and little stitched pieces from Karen Ann Ruane

hexagons and little hand stitched pieces

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August 4, 2024
hexagons and hand embroidery continue from Karen Ann Ruane

hexagons and hand embroidery continue

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July 23, 2024
hexagons from Karen Ann Ruane

Hexagons

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May 26, 2024
A Top Deal and a Top Finish from Stof genoeg

Pictures of a finished Kaffe Fassett top + a top deal from Inklingo, for 1.375 inch hexagons and diamonds in one downloadable shape collection! XXX Annika Continue reading

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May 17, 2024
Pieced Bouquet and Quilt of 8,066 Hexagons from The Chester County Criswell Quilt

 The Pieced Bouquet pattern appeared in the New York Daily News on Monday, January 8th, 1934.



 

A late addition to quiltdom, this design is almost modern in character.  It can be varied by using a different print in each block, giving the quilt the appearance of an old-fashioned garden.  The border is made of strips of green and yellow.

 Daily News    New York, New York    January 8, 1934


Here is the full page of the Daily News. There is a tiny article in the bottom left hand corner.



 

STITCHES QUILT OF 8,066 BLOCKS

Waynesburg, Ohio - The tireless fingers of ...

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April 1, 2024
Hexagons, Grief, and Jazz from Quilting Studio Adventures


We went on a jazz cruise in January, obviously John’s.  I would like points for not taking my sewing machine.  However, I did take along a stack of big hexagons, some left from previous projects and some cut expressly for this project.  I’m not a great hand piecer, but these hexagons, since they require y-seams, are really ideal for hand piecing.  So every day I pieced away, watching the jazz shows on the closed circuit television.  Of course I came out for meals!  We were both happy for the week.  

 
This jazz cruise quilt is a duplicate, of ...

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February 20, 2024
hexagons from Karen Ann Ruane

hexagons

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February 8, 2024
Summer Picnic from Applique 'n Patch Quilting

There, my January binding challenge is done.  Yeah me!

This was a LOT of hand stitching, but, so worth it in the end.  Whenever this quilt is shown, everyone remarks at all the embroidery that I did.  Nooooo ...... those images that you see are all from a pre-printed panel.  All I did was fussy cut them down to size and appliqued them onto a hexagon frame.


A mix of white, cream and off-white fabrics have been used throughout.  Below, it looks more beige on the right hand side, but it is just a shadow.

Then, I've also been asked ...

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February 4, 2024
Jazz Cruise Quilt from Quilting Studio Adventures


I panicked as we were about to leave on the Jazz Cruise in late January.  Not only were we going to hot places (never my favorite), there would be over 100 jazz musicians on the ship.  To make myself happy, I grabbed the pile of hexies left over from the quilt I was working on when Doug was dying.  Despite the sadness of the hexie quilt, it would be the perfect thing for a week cruise.  There are no running straight lines, so hand piecing was really quite perfect.  Every night I would pull up the big venue on the ...

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January 23, 2024
the next panel, a wrapping cloth from Karen Ann Ruane

embroidery, a wrapping cloth

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