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Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. In addition to my progress on the Whimsical Garden quilt, My Embroidered Garden is nearly complete, and I finished up the little gift I'm making for a friend. Let's start with the embroidery, shall we?

Possibly I could have finished this yesterday, but it would have meant spending more time than I had to spare. I expect I'll finish this this morning.

Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. In addition to my progress on the Whimsical Garden quilt, My Embroidered Garden is nearly complete, and I finished up the little gift I'm making for a friend. Let's start with the embroidery, shall we?

Possibly I could have finished this yesterday, but it would have meant spending more time than I had to spare. I expect I'll finish this this morning.

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy sewing day yesterday. I managed to finish off my "Motion" challenge, and then I had time to quilt the first row of the Whimsical Garden quilt.

My sewing started with embroidery, as always. But then I moved to hand-stitching the binding for the "Motion" project. It was a small quilt, but I'm sure it was easier to stitch with the help of my trusty stitching cat.

In short order, my quilt was finished. Here's your final peek ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy sewing day yesterday. I managed to finish off my "Motion" challenge, and then I had time to quilt the first row of the Whimsical Garden quilt.

My sewing started with embroidery, as always. But then I moved to hand-stitching the binding for the "Motion" project. It was a small quilt, but I'm sure it was easier to stitch with the help of my trusty stitching cat.

In short order, my quilt was finished. Here's your final peek ...

Good morning, my friends. Our weatherman has been right about the forecast. We had a couple of reasonably nice days Tuesday and Wednesday, but the rain has returned today. We're expecting a wet weekend. That's Oregon for you. If there's anything you can count on here, it's rain in winter.

We were late getting off to the grocery store yesterday. That meant I didn't get into the sewing room until nearly 3:00 p.m. Despite my late start, I was able to get my challenge quilt to binding stage. As I mentioned yesterday, I ...

Good morning, my friends. Our weatherman has been right about the forecast. We had a couple of reasonably nice days Tuesday and Wednesday, but the rain has returned today. We're expecting a wet weekend. That's Oregon for you. If there's anything you can count on here, it's rain in winter.

We were late getting off to the grocery store yesterday. That meant I didn't get into the sewing room until nearly 3:00 p.m. Despite my late start, I was able to get my challenge quilt to binding stage. As I mentioned yesterday, I ...

Good morning, my friends. As I look out the window, I see blue sky. The sun is just coming up, and it's looking like it'll be a pretty nice day today. Mike will be spending the afternoon in the dentist's chair. All I can say is better him than me. I had my day last month. It was cold and gray yesterday, but I still got outside to clean up the herb garden a little bit. A naughty gopher dug a trench all along the sidewalk that lines the garden, and so we've ordered more gopher ...

Good morning, my friends. As I look out the window, I see blue sky. The sun is just coming up, and it's looking like it'll be a pretty nice day today. Mike will be spending the afternoon in the dentist's chair. All I can say is better him than me. I had my day last month. It was cold and gray yesterday, but I still got outside to clean up the herb garden a little bit. A naughty gopher dug a trench all along the sidewalk that lines the garden, and so we've ordered more gopher ...

Good morning, my friends. There I was, sewing away in my sewing room, minding my own business when mayhem broke loose. I nearly lost my life being mauled by a bear block. Allow me to explain.

First, Sadie showed up to help.

That was okay because Smitty was there to help.

He assisted me while I finished up the applique for the eagle block.

And ...

Good morning, my friends. There I was, sewing away in my sewing room, minding my own business when mayhem broke loose. I nearly lost my life being mauled by a bear block. Allow me to explain.

First, Sadie showed up to help.

That was okay because Smitty was there to help.

He assisted me while I finished up the applique for the eagle block.

And ...

Good morning, my friends. Gee, it's nice to see some blue sky and sunshine. It was a nice day yesterday, and it's looking like it will be a nice day again today. I was able to get outside for a while. The last dahlia is cut back now. I'd hoped some of the other buds might open, but they were still in tight green marbles when I looked at it. No chance they'll bloom before the first frost sets in. 

The only thing to do now is to look forward to spring when things will start ...

Good morning, my friends. Gee, it's nice to see some blue sky and sunshine. It was a nice day yesterday, and it's looking like it will be a nice day again today. I was able to get outside for a while. The last dahlia is cut back now. I'd hoped some of the other buds might open, but they were still in tight green marbles when I looked at it. No chance they'll bloom before the first frost sets in. 

The only thing to do now is to look forward to spring when things will start ...

Good morning, my friends. We had a little let-up from the rain yesterday. By afternoon, the sun was shining and we had a blue sky...a welcome sight. We were out in our hot tub last night, and we could see stars for the first time in many nights. This morning, the sun is shining, and there isn't a cloud in the sky. For sure, I'm going to get outside and cut back that last dahlia today. I might have done it yesterday while I was out filling the bird feeders. But there was a drizzle falling, and ...

Good morning, my friends. We had a little let-up from the rain yesterday. By afternoon, the sun was shining and we had a blue sky...a welcome sight. We were out in our hot tub last night, and we could see stars for the first time in many nights. This morning, the sun is shining, and there isn't a cloud in the sky. For sure, I'm going to get outside and cut back that last dahlia today. I might have done it yesterday while I was out filling the bird feeders. But there was a drizzle falling, and ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a dark day yesterday. That usually means something truly terrible happened. In this case, it was just a dark sky from thick cloud cover. And it rained, and rained, and rained. If one can believe the forecast, we'll get some relief from this atmospheric river system we've been in. Ordinarily, I see the rain as good weather for sewing. So many days of darkness has me longing to get outside for a bit. Mike suggested we go out for Korean food last night, and I'd already been thinking the same thing ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a dark day yesterday. That usually means something truly terrible happened. In this case, it was just a dark sky from thick cloud cover. And it rained, and rained, and rained. If one can believe the forecast, we'll get some relief from this atmospheric river system we've been in. Ordinarily, I see the rain as good weather for sewing. So many days of darkness has me longing to get outside for a bit. Mike suggested we go out for Korean food last night, and I'd already been thinking the same thing ...

It is definitely starting to get busy. Have you noticed? I think I was trying to ignore it, but it happened anyway. So in the middle of all that I did get some finishes. Two were UFOs. Hooray!

The two hoop projects were embroideries designed by Kasia Jacquot. The first one is named Rebecca and was started a year or so back. Definitely time to have it finished.

It is quite large and is sitting in a 14in hoop. Most of the stitching is done using six strands of DMC. I found it took me a while to get used ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day with lots accomplished in the sewing room. Since it rained a good part of the day, it was a good day for sewing. For starters, I sewed together the newest Gumballs blocks.

It seems like a mish-mash of colors, but the diagonals seem to bring out a bit of a pattern. I like this project. I might even be motivated to make another one in ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day with lots accomplished in the sewing room. Since it rained a good part of the day, it was a good day for sewing. For starters, I sewed together the newest Gumballs blocks.

It seems like a mish-mash of colors, but the diagonals seem to bring out a bit of a pattern. I like this project. I might even be motivated to make another one in ...

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 ...