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January 18, 2026
Sunday Stash January 18, 2026 from Quilt Paint Create

No fabric in this week.

I finished Winter Tree, my art quilt group’s January challenge.

I talked about the idea and the construction in the last two posts.  From there, I added beads to suggest snowflakes and used a dark binding as a frame.  I also added a fence made from railroad yarn that I painted white and then gray.  The original yarn was too bright and didn’t fit the color scheme.  The yarn is so delicate I hand stitched it down.  The quilt is about 11″ x 13”.

This quilt was my January OMG and the first ...

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January 15, 2026
Coming Up Roses from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had an easy-going day yesterday. I did three loads of wash...wash loads are small in our washer/dryer combo, and so three loads are required to do the work of two. Aside from that, we got out for a walk around the park, and then sat and relaxed for most of the day. 

First thing, I spent a little extra time on my slow-stitching. I'd missed a couple of days, and so I wanted to stitch a little longer. That allowed me to finish the second embroidered section for Block 10 of the ...

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Coming Up Roses from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had an easy-going day yesterday. I did three loads of wash...wash loads are small in our washer/dryer combo, and so three loads are required to do the work of two. Aside from that, we got out for a walk around the park, and then sat and relaxed for most of the day. 

First thing, I spent a little extra time on my slow-stitching. I'd missed a couple of days, and so I wanted to stitch a little longer. That allowed me to finish the second embroidered section for Block 10 of the ...

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January 9, 2026
Playing with watercolour and stitch from Quilting & Learning

Bonjour and welcome

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January 6, 2026
Itching to Stitch from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We getting into the relaxation groove here at the Traveling Three Cats Ranch. Sadie spent her yesterday morning snoozing on her window hammock.


Later she decided to chase the sunshine across the back of the couch.


Having missed a couple of days of slow-stitching when we were driving south, I as in the mood for some slow-stitching. I spent some extra time on it and filled what remained in my hoop.


Smitty kept watch over my shoulder, making certain my needle didn't stray outside the lines.


When I moved my hoop to encompass the last ...

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Itching to Stitch from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We getting into the relaxation groove here at the Traveling Three Cats Ranch. Sadie spent her yesterday morning snoozing on her window hammock.


Later she decided to chase the sunshine across the back of the couch.


Having missed a couple of days of slow-stitching when we were driving south, I as in the mood for some slow-stitching. I spent some extra time on it and filled what remained in my hoop.


Smitty kept watch over my shoulder, making certain my needle didn't stray outside the lines.


When I moved my hoop to encompass the last ...

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January 4, 2026
A Finish and the First I Quilted This! linking party from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome!

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January 1, 2026
January OMG and Beginnings from Quilt Paint Create

Happy New Year!  Wishing you health and happiness in the new year.

I’m not one to recap the prior year, but I did finish more projects than I expected.  Now I’m ready to look forward. 

For my own benefit, I’m taking stock of what is in process and what has been neglected.  If you don’t know where you’ve been, how do you know where you’re going?  That, and a year from now I won’t remember where I started.

In have two stitch pieces in progress, Fairy Tales Live on Roofs (RTO kit)

and ...

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December 8, 2025
Cats and Kits from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another busy day yesterday. I got a late start after sleeping in later than usual, but I still managed to cross off the things on my list. I wanted to get busy with the Peppermint Bark before I did anything else. It's very easy to make. The hardest part of the whole thing is getting the dratted paper off the candy canes. Mike helped with that. When it was finished, it looked like this.


This stuff is addictive. Once you take a bite, it's hard to stop.

So, it was late in ...

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Cats and Kits from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another busy day yesterday. I got a late start after sleeping in later than usual, but I still managed to cross off the things on my list. I wanted to get busy with the Peppermint Bark before I did anything else. It's very easy to make. The hardest part of the whole thing is getting the dratted paper off the candy canes. Mike helped with that. When it was finished, it looked like this.


This stuff is addictive. Once you take a bite, it's hard to stop.

So, it was late in ...

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December 7, 2025
Cookies and Kits from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my...it is so dark outside. We're expecting lots of rain over the next several days. There could be around 4 inches in our area with minor flooding concerns in some places. Here on our hill, we're not at all worried about flooding. Sadly, however, Mike discovered the drainage pipes leading away from our downspouts are clogged with pine needles that cannot be dislodged with any equipment we have. We're going to have to call a plumber to snake those out. That should be a nice tidy plumbing bill. When it comes ...

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Cookies and Kits from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my...it is so dark outside. We're expecting lots of rain over the next several days. There could be around 4 inches in our area with minor flooding concerns in some places. Here on our hill, we're not at all worried about flooding. Sadly, however, Mike discovered the drainage pipes leading away from our downspouts are clogged with pine needles that cannot be dislodged with any equipment we have. We're going to have to call a plumber to snake those out. That should be a nice tidy plumbing bill. When it comes ...

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December OMG and Table Scraps Challenge from Quilting & Learning

Bonjour and welcome!

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December 1, 2025
Beginning of the End from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The title of this post probably sounds more ominous than it should. I really only mean it's the beginning of the end of the year. December 1st. It's all downhill from here. When we reach the bottom, it'll be 2026. To this blogger born in the 1950's it has me thinking I've entered some kind of futuristic sci-fi novel. The good news is that I'm the one writing the story...for now, at least.

It was a productive day yesterday. I managed to force myself into getting in a Bowflex ...

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Beginning of the End from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The title of this post probably sounds more ominous than it should. I really only mean it's the beginning of the end of the year. December 1st. It's all downhill from here. When we reach the bottom, it'll be 2026. To this blogger born in the 1950's it has me thinking I've entered some kind of futuristic sci-fi novel. The good news is that I'm the one writing the story...for now, at least.

It was a productive day yesterday. I managed to force myself into getting in a Bowflex ...

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November 17, 2025
Full Force Fall from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. During the presidential campaign, I was amused when Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania said, "My team is guided by three letters every single day: G-S-D." And, if you missed that, he spelled it out..."Getting sh*t done." When I can cross everything off a day's to-do list, I announce it to Mike: "I got sh*t done today." Admittedly, I didn't start sewing together the Merry, Merry Snowmen yesterday, but I got a lot of other stuff done.

First, I finished off My Embroidered Garden.


Finishing the ...

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Full Force Fall from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. During the presidential campaign, I was amused when Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania said, "My team is guided by three letters every single day: G-S-D." And, if you missed that, he spelled it out..."Getting sh*t done." When I can cross everything off a day's to-do list, I announce it to Mike: "I got sh*t done today." Admittedly, I didn't start sewing together the Merry, Merry Snowmen yesterday, but I got a lot of other stuff done.

First, I finished off My Embroidered Garden.


Finishing the ...

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November 5, 2025
A New Teaser from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We survived our grocery shopping trip yesterday. We even managed to walk to and from the car without getting wet. The rain paused for a bit in the morning, but it'll be back in full swing today, along with plenty of wind. As always, I just want the power to stay on.

After lunch, I as able to make my way to the sewing room. On yesterday's agenda was to get started on the third of six rows for the Gumballs quilt. I have several scrappy quilts on my WIPs list these days, and ...

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A New Teaser from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We survived our grocery shopping trip yesterday. We even managed to walk to and from the car without getting wet. The rain paused for a bit in the morning, but it'll be back in full swing today, along with plenty of wind. As always, I just want the power to stay on.

After lunch, I as able to make my way to the sewing room. On yesterday's agenda was to get started on the third of six rows for the Gumballs quilt. I have several scrappy quilts on my WIPs list these days, and ...

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October 2, 2025
Turn on those Sad Songs from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was the worst possible morning in cat land. It was raining...hard...and Smitty was relegated to the sheltered part of his catio.


The whole of the catio has a roof, but with the rain coming down so hard, he must have felt as if he needed even more cover.

Sadie was completely disgusted. How could we present them with such a terrible day of weather?


My morning was spent finishing off Block 7 of the Raggedy & Friends project. I'll set this aside until I'm ready to piece together the block.


There were ...

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