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There is progress on my America 250 doll quilt:

The two flags for the bottom part were made this week.  However, I forgot that they had to be mirror images of each other.  There will be another flag made this week, with the stars in the upper left side of the flag.  Here is the flag part where you can see my mistake:

The flags are larger than they will be in the quilt, as I ...

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Not much to show you this week as I had a busy week with non-quilty things.  Here is my Jane Stickle cross stitch doll quilt progress, with another row of blocks completed:

With FIFA World Cup 2026 happening, we are now watching soccer.  I am learning the rules, and what the penalties are.  With all the sports that I follow, I have never followed soccer until now.  And it ...

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Today is my wedding day - 63 years ago!   DH and I have many happy memories of anniversaries in the past, but are just going out to dinner tonight as a small celebration this year.  He is golfing in the afternoon, and I am quilting with a friend.  Each doing our own loved hobby, and looking forward to the evening spent together.  We feel very blessed.

Here is a picture of the design wall, with a little progress on the Jane Austen project:

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The Jane Stickle Doll Quilt (replacement for the lost one) is coming along nicely.  I seem to average one block a day, as I finished seven blocks this week.  That is good progress for me right now, as gardening outside has kept me busy too.  The weather has been fantastic lately.   

Here is the latest picture of the counted cross stitch project:

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It seems like I didn’t get much accomplished this past week, but some weeks are like that.  I did get things accomplished, but just not quilty things.  The only quilt picture I have is of my progress on my replacement Jane Stickle Doll Quilt:

The cross stitch is a fun project to work on while I watch The French Open.  I am a big tennis fan, and enjoy watching tennis on the clay courts.  I cross stitch during the commercials.  

With Amy’s help, I’ve been cleaning out things in the house that need to ...

Progress has also been made on the Jane Austen quilt, with much thanks to Amy, our “extra Grandaughter” who is staying with us for ...

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We have a house guest for the summer, and she moved in yesterday.  For over two years we have befriended two international students attending Calvin University here in Grand Rapids.  They are Grace, who is from India, and Amy, who is from Bangladesh, and we lovingly call them “extra granddaughters”.  Amy was looking for housing for this summer between her junior and senior years of dorm living.  We asked her to come and live with us, and also help us a little as we are slowing down in our old age.  Amy is going to help me ...

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And Happy Mother’s Day too.  Here is one of my gifts,  on my coffee table:

My 2nd doll quilt of Jane Stickle squares is coming along,  It doesn’t look like much progress, but five little blocks are made.  I don’t know why I enjoy working on tiny things, but I do. 

What are you working on this week?  Large or small, let ...

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Remember when I made this small doll quilt sized Jane Stickle quilt?  I made it (with a cross stitch pattern) while I was recuperating from knee replacement surgery early this year. Here is a picture if it on top of my full sized Jane Stickle quilt.

Well, it is lost…..due to my carelessness.  

I packed it to take to a retreat (for show and tell purposes)  and just stuck it loosely inside the larger Jane Stickle quilt in the back of my car.  And somehow it got lost while unpacking the car at the motel.  It ...