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Good morning, my friends. After writing yesterday's post, I proceeded to waste my morning hours messing with ChatGPT. This is the sort of thing that interests me not at all, but I was trying to create an AI image. It took me quite a while to understand the ins and outs of this. At one point I realized I was wasting my whole morning, and I decided to indulge in that luxury for a single morning. Since I needed to leave the house at 11:45 a.m., it didn't seem as if there was enough time to ...

Good morning, my friends. After writing yesterday's post, I proceeded to waste my morning hours messing with ChatGPT. This is the sort of thing that interests me not at all, but I was trying to create an AI image. It took me quite a while to understand the ins and outs of this. At one point I realized I was wasting my whole morning, and I decided to indulge in that luxury for a single morning. Since I needed to leave the house at 11:45 a.m., it didn't seem as if there was enough time to ...

Good morning, my friends. These multi-appointment weeks are going to wear me down. I saw the dentist yesterday for a check-up and cleaning. Today I'm getting my monthly pedicure. The pedicure is nice, but it still means time out of the day, driving, traffic, and being away from home. I'm a homebody. There's no place I'd rather be, and so going out several times a week for two weeks running is wearisome.

Before leaving home yesterday, I had time to stitch the 8th Tiny Treasure. This one has stem stitch, stem fill, straight stitch, and French ...

Good morning, my friends. These multi-appointment weeks are going to wear me down. I saw the dentist yesterday for a check-up and cleaning. Today I'm getting my monthly pedicure. The pedicure is nice, but it still means time out of the day, driving, traffic, and being away from home. I'm a homebody. There's no place I'd rather be, and so going out several times a week for two weeks running is wearisome.

Before leaving home yesterday, I had time to stitch the 8th Tiny Treasure. This one has stem stitch, stem fill, straight stitch, and French ...

I want to show you two fabric lines by the Morris Creative Group for QT Fabrics that will be coming out in 2026.

Witchy Poo panel measures 36” x 42”. There are 5 coordinating fabrics: Witch hats, shoes, brooms etc. Spider webs in Purple, Aqua, Cream & Black

Canyon Lands, the panel also measures 36” x 42”. Into the Woods coordinating fabrics: 

• Burnt Red
• Cream
• Rust
• Aqua
• Gold

I will be making OBW quilts and Terri will be making Jackets.  Follow our progress on our Facebook page  Mama Said These Threads Could Talk

Good morning, my friends. It's a new week. We're moving dangerously close to that season we often refer to as "the holidays." Are you ready? Halloween is the last domino to fall. After that, it'll be a Christmas music free-for-all. We haven't heard anything of Christmas so far, but I expect the mania will start up any day now. 

It was an easy-going day yesterday. I gave myself a day off from anything other than sewing...and cooking, of course. Laziness is no excuse for starvation, and so we ate our usual meals. Aside from that ...

Good morning, my friends. It's a new week. We're moving dangerously close to that season we often refer to as "the holidays." Are you ready? Halloween is the last domino to fall. After that, it'll be a Christmas music free-for-all. We haven't heard anything of Christmas so far, but I expect the mania will start up any day now. 

It was an easy-going day yesterday. I gave myself a day off from anything other than sewing...and cooking, of course. Laziness is no excuse for starvation, and so we ate our usual meals. Aside from that ...

This quilt came to be as the result of a personal challenge: to design the most efficient quilt I could using THREE charm packs, and still have it be interesting. I hope you enjoy it.

Three Times The Charm

66-1/2″ x 66-1/2″

NOTE: You could also use a layer cake and give the quilt an additional border set. The finished size of that would be 74″ square.

MATERIALS

3 5″ charm packs of 42 squares each (You will use all but 8, assuming no cutting errors)

2-1/2 yards background fabric

1/2 yard for centers of the ...

 Und hier ist der Quilt fertig - und wurde für die 18th Quilt Nihon ausgewählt

and here the finished quilt - it was accepted to the 18th Quilt Nihon exhibition 

Aus den Fugen 135 x 139 cm / Out of joint 53 x 51"

Good morning, my friends. It's looking like another nice day of weather. I might impose on tractor man to help me outside today. Up until this very moment, I haven't had much of a plan for the day. Now that I can see the sunrise, I'm thinking it might be one of the last nice days of October for doing that sort of thing. We have dahlias and peonies that need cutting back, and we have daffodil bulbs to plant. Sounds better than the Bowflex, doesn't it?

We got our flu vaccines yesterday, followed by grocery ...

Good morning, my friends. It's looking like another nice day of weather. I might impose on tractor man to help me outside today. Up until this very moment, I haven't had much of a plan for the day. Now that I can see the sunrise, I'm thinking it might be one of the last nice days of October for doing that sort of thing. We have dahlias and peonies that need cutting back, and we have daffodil bulbs to plant. Sounds better than the Bowflex, doesn't it?

We got our flu vaccines yesterday, followed by grocery ...

This meandering freemotion design Mistletoe is open, airy and whimsical. It resembles a mistletoe plant but not exactly, making this design more versatile than just a Christmas quilting design.

The design consists of a series of two leaf shapes, two feathers and one or more small circles. The circles on sticks will help you travel to a new spot for the next sequence.

Pattern Tutorial

This design is built on a sequence with three design elements: leaf shapes, feathers and a circle on a stick.

Move into the area you want to fill with your design and try to use ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning. We're getting a flu shots in a few hours. I expect to feel crummy tomorrow, but it's usually just a minor malaise. Every year is different, of course. I'm hoping it won't last long because I had a date with my son for breakfast on Friday. I'm looking forward to spending some one-on-one time with him. 

As expected, I finished the 12th of 12 blocks for Grandpa's Bridges yesterday.

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning. We're getting a flu shots in a few hours. I expect to feel crummy tomorrow, but it's usually just a minor malaise. Every year is different, of course. I'm hoping it won't last long because I had a date with my son for breakfast on Friday. I'm looking forward to spending some one-on-one time with him. 

As expected, I finished the 12th of 12 blocks for Grandpa's Bridges yesterday.

Good morning, my friends. Although our yesterday started out dark and foggy, the wind came up, and the fog cleared off, and it turned into a pretty nice day. It was cold, though. A weather advisory came in the afternoon giving us a frost warning. The frost never materialized, but the weather has turned colder, for sure. It was bright outside, but it was too cold even for the kitties. We all ended up spending the day inside. I did my housework, and then ventured out just briefly to fill the bird feeders. The rest of the day was spent ...

Good morning, my friends. Although our yesterday started out dark and foggy, the wind came up, and the fog cleared off, and it turned into a pretty nice day. It was cold, though. A weather advisory came in the afternoon giving us a frost warning. The frost never materialized, but the weather has turned colder, for sure. It was bright outside, but it was too cold even for the kitties. We all ended up spending the day inside. I did my housework, and then ventured out just briefly to fill the bird feeders. The rest of the day was spent ...