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Blogiversary and Catching Up from Indigo Threads

It's my Blogiversary today, marking 13 years that I've been doing this blogging thing. I kind of slacked off/flaked out on it last year. 2020 was not my favorite year. Was it anyone's?? I doubt it. It seemed to be a year of nothing but bad news. I'm glad it's over! 2021 seems more promising. *fingers crossed*

But on to more fun topics! Quilts!

Let's see, what have I been working on?

I've made more Urban Chicken blocks (link to pattern click here),but not enough for a whole quilt yet. This ...

added by Sharon 3 years, 2 months ago. under blogiversary , imrov quilting , playing with blocks , urban chicken

Playing with Projects and a Flimsy from Indigo Threads

Well, I finally have a "first finish"! This quilt top is now a flimsy. This is the Rail Fence pattern from Sujata Shah's book "Cultural Fusion Quilts".

Rail Fence quilt
56 inches square

I started this quilt way back in April of 2016. You can read about it here. This project got put on the back burner a few times since 2016, but I finally decided it's time was now and got it put together. The i-sew-lation is at least good for getting some projects done. I am very happy to get it to this stage.

one block ...

added by Sharon 3 years, 11 months ago. under cats , flowers , food , indigo , links , my quilts , nature , pacific nw , pandemic , pets , plants , playing with blocks , progress , projects , quilt flimsy , reproductions , spring , weather

Staying Home and Staying Safe from Indigo Threads

We have been staying home for 57 days today. The days are starting to blur together. I have to look at my smart phone almost every day to find out the day of the week and the date! And if I wasn't doing a kind-of-bullet journal I wouldn't remember how many days it's been since we started staying home. I've only been out of the house once, to pick up our completed taxes, last month I think. The Potter and The Kid have both been out numerous times, mostly for food and other supplies. I haven ...

added by Sharon 3 years, 11 months ago. under baby quilts , block exchange , my quilts , patchwork , playing with blocks , progress , quilts

Slow Progress from Indigo Threads

It's been a slow month around here. Just hobbling around, trying to heal up the ankle I broke. I have finally graduated from the cast and crutches to a walking boot. It's big and clunky, but at least I can get a shower now! I've had it for 2 weeks now, and another 2 weeks still for sure. After that, I get re-checked. I hope it will be healed then!

We had about 12 inches of snow over a 2 week period (which is a tremendous amount for here) and I didn't go outside for quite ...

added by Sharon 5 years, 1 month ago. under injury , playing with blocks , progress

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