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Good morning, my friends. It's dark and foggy this morning, just as it was yesterday morning. It ooks as if we're into this gray world for another couple of days. We should have planted our daffodils last week when the sun was still shining. I'll tell you this: it makes Smitty very unhappy. He'd be out hunting small mammals. Instead, he's relegated to the woodbox sheltered by the eaves.

With his help, I ...

Good morning, my friends. It's dark and foggy this morning, just as it was yesterday morning. It ooks as if we're into this gray world for another couple of days. We should have planted our daffodils last week when the sun was still shining. I'll tell you this: it makes Smitty very unhappy. He'd be out hunting small mammals. Instead, he's relegated to the woodbox sheltered by the eaves.

With his help, I ...

Daughter (Sparkle Jane) is still quilting, but with a 2-year old and a second baby due any day now, her time on social media is limited. I wanted to share a recent project of hers, though, because I got to be a part of it.

She had twelve “figure” blocks made by Susan Nixon (her quilting grandma) that she wanted to turn into something special. With the addition of 13 9-patch blocks (and a truly inspired backing) she now has a throw quilt.

Some of the blanket stitching on the figure blocks wasn’t finished, so Sparkle did that part ...

Another autumn week went by in a flash! I am busy with customer quilts, several of which also required binding. I have a couple of tight deadlines because the clients are flying off to Australia and Houston and want to take the quilts with them. I went along to the Doughtys Fabric roadshow in a Cornish village Hall where I bought 3m of fabric to line the coat that has been on the go for ages since I “lost” its lining fabric in my move.

Nessie had a fancy haircut and the groomer decreed that she should attend the hairdresser ...

Good morning, my friends. It's true I said my shoulder spasm was better yesterday, and it was. Still, I was being pretty careful in the way I moved around yesterday. It meant another pretty slow day. At least the floor got mopped. After that I spent some time on my slow-stitching, and generally took it easy. 

So, it was late in the day by the time I made my way to the sewing room. I was ready to start cutting things out for the Fantastic Felines project. This was the project I chose for the "Quilter's Choice" section ...

Good morning, my friends. It's true I said my shoulder spasm was better yesterday, and it was. Still, I was being pretty careful in the way I moved around yesterday. It meant another pretty slow day. At least the floor got mopped. After that I spent some time on my slow-stitching, and generally took it easy. 

So, it was late in the day by the time I made my way to the sewing room. I was ready to start cutting things out for the Fantastic Felines project. This was the project I chose for the "Quilter's Choice" section ...

Good morning, my friends. I was up way too early this morning. It was during the 3:00 a.m. hour when my eyes popped open. I tried going back to sleep, but no dice. I had too many things on my mind. I'll tell you what happened next, but let's back up to yesterday first.

It was another day of getting up close and personal with my heating pad. I'm happy to report that my shoulder is nearly 100% today. I'm still being careful with it, but it's feeling much better. I expect I ...

Good morning, my friends. I was up way too early this morning. It was during the 3:00 a.m. hour when my eyes popped open. I tried going back to sleep, but no dice. I had too many things on my mind. I'll tell you what happened next, but let's back up to yesterday first.

It was another day of getting up close and personal with my heating pad. I'm happy to report that my shoulder is nearly 100% today. I'm still being careful with it, but it's feeling much better. I expect I ...

I sometimes think that when October begins we have a starter calling out Ready, Set, Go!. Everything gets busy all of a sudden. Lots of things are happening and there is always something to do.

The obvious one for us is Daylight Saving coming in. And Spring seems to have found its feet and the garden is booming. I really enjoy seeing the trees blossom.

The ground always looks like we have confetti everywhere.

With all that is happening it is easier to work on small items as well as UFOs.

This is a small embroidery of a flowering gum ...

I did a little work on the hexies but I was in and out of the house with the weather so nice once again – this nice weather is coming to an end with the heat coming back on Saturday so I was enjoying it while I could.  I did get some work done on […]

Good morning, my friends. Well, I'm back. We ventured into war-ravaged Portland on Tuesday to get our COVID boosters, and somehow, we came out whole. Yay, us. We even found our way back to our car parked in the underground parking garage. As we walked, we noted which bank of elevators we'd used and whether we'd turned left or right. Amazingly, we were able to walk directly to our car when everything was over. But, hey. They wouldn't let us leave without these lovely parting gifts.

Good morning, my friends. Well, I'm back. We ventured into war-ravaged Portland on Tuesday to get our COVID boosters, and somehow, we came out whole. Yay, us. We even found our way back to our car parked in the underground parking garage. As we walked, we noted which bank of elevators we'd used and whether we'd turned left or right. Amazingly, we were able to walk directly to our car when everything was over. But, hey. They wouldn't let us leave without these lovely parting gifts.

This is Swan Song by the Morris Creative Group for QT Fabrics.

The panel measures 36” x 42”.  I love Swans! They symbolize love, loyalty and courage for the way they protect their young.

I will cut off the borders and use them to frame my OBW.  I’m going to cut 3.25” strips for 5” finished hexies.

All these coordinates are from the Swan Song line.  They are so beautiful.

I opened them up so you can see the ombre affect they have. They are just Stunning.

I chose light, medium and darks so I can make Hollow ...

Good morning, my friends. It's a happy day. My quilting project is finished and ready for binding. When I left you yesterday, I was still mulling over how to finish the outer border. I ended up doing a sort of diamond motif all the way around. It's a little hard to see, but I have the elongated diamond in the middle, and then a shorter diamond at each point.

Here's another look at that border. Sorry for the weird angle. It's sometimes hard to take a picture that ...

Good morning, my friends. It's a happy day. My quilting project is finished and ready for binding. When I left you yesterday, I was still mulling over how to finish the outer border. I ended up doing a sort of diamond motif all the way around. It's a little hard to see, but I have the elongated diamond in the middle, and then a shorter diamond at each point.

Here's another look at that border. Sorry for the weird angle. It's sometimes hard to take a picture that ...

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I love creating variations of the Ribbon Candy pattern. The design Sprout resembles sprouting seeds or maybe a small flame trying to grow. Or perhaps it resembles a swamp monster if you are in the Halloween mood.

This whimsical freemotion design can be used in a wider border but it can be stitched out in rows to too as an edge to edge. It looks great in quilts with themes like plants, horticulture, nature, flame, fire, growth.

Pattern Tutorial

This design has a series of decorative elements: a curl, a set of s-curves and a set of ...

Good morning, my friends. Before I could do anything else yesterday morning, I had to fix that dratted block for the Kittens in Teacups quilt. It was bothering me even though we were in separate rooms. 

And then, I decided to move my hoop to the right to encompass the rest of the opening to the bridge. Where so many lines intersect, I like to do all the lines ...

Good morning, my friends. Before I could do anything else yesterday morning, I had to fix that dratted block for the Kittens in Teacups quilt. It was bothering me even though we were in separate rooms. 

And then, I decided to move my hoop to the right to encompass the rest of the opening to the bridge. Where so many lines intersect, I like to do all the lines ...