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Good morning, my friends. The sun is just rising as I'm writing this. It's still fairly dark outside. Our sunset yesterday was around 4:30 p.m., and the days are only getting shorter. It's been bright and sunny, but too cold to be comfortable outside. I'm getting my monthly pedicure today, and it's always a question about what to wear on my lower half on pedicure days. Today might see me wearing loose sweat pants. Also, I have a vague recollection of bumping into something somewhere sometime. Whatever happened has long since left my ...

Good morning, my friends. The sun is just rising as I'm writing this. It's still fairly dark outside. Our sunset yesterday was around 4:30 p.m., and the days are only getting shorter. It's been bright and sunny, but too cold to be comfortable outside. I'm getting my monthly pedicure today, and it's always a question about what to wear on my lower half on pedicure days. Today might see me wearing loose sweat pants. Also, I have a vague recollection of bumping into something somewhere sometime. Whatever happened has long since left my ...

 This week I decided to take a break from quilting Happy Block quilts and loaded my RSC quilt onto my longarm.  It has been patiently waiting in my studio for a couple of months now.

There are actually three different blocks in this quilt - all are 12".  First there are a rainbow of heart blocks I made.  As I was making heart blocks, I also mad a monochromatic 36 patch block.  The last blocks in this quilt are the chain blocks.  I was sent those as an orphan block from Elana.  I think they worked perfectly in this quilt.  They ...

Good morning, my friends. Welcome to Wednesday. It's been a slow couple of days here at the Three Cats Ranch. I've been sidelined from my quilting project, but my wrist is improving slowly. The pain in the back of my hand has settled down. There's still some stiffness in my wrist, and so I'll just cool my jets for another day of not-quilting. There's plenty to do on my art quilt to keep me busy. On today's agenda I have one housekeeping chore and I want to walk on the treadmill. Also, I need ...

Good morning, my friends. Welcome to Wednesday. It's been a slow couple of days here at the Three Cats Ranch. I've been sidelined from my quilting project, but my wrist is improving slowly. The pain in the back of my hand has settled down. There's still some stiffness in my wrist, and so I'll just cool my jets for another day of not-quilting. There's plenty to do on my art quilt to keep me busy. On today's agenda I have one housekeeping chore and I want to walk on the treadmill. Also, I need ...

Finally, a finished top for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  These  batik cobblestone blocks were started in January 2021.  Originally I had planned another project,  only that it  didn't go ahead, so I started making Cobblestone blocks each month instead.  They had been tucked away for a while, and after I found them again last month, made some more blocks to give me the required number for a large quilt.

I had shown these blocks to my daughter and grand-daughters earlier but they all declared they didn't care for them.  Never mind, I was originally making it for myself ...

Good morning, my friends. We'll have to catch up a little bit today. Since yesterday's post was the reveal of the Circles and Squares quilt, I'm a day behind on updates. So, let's back up to Tuesday's comings and goings. I have lots of pictures for you. First, I finished off the "To Bed, To Bed" stitching.

Good morning, my friends. We'll have to catch up a little bit today. Since yesterday's post was the reveal of the Circles and Squares quilt, I'm a day behind on updates. So, let's back up to Tuesday's comings and goings. I have lots of pictures for you. First, I finished off the "To Bed, To Bed" stitching.

Good morning, my friends. It's a sunny and frosty morning, and we're expecting good weather for the next three days. It's chilly, with highs in the high 50's, but it could certainly be worse. And it will be...mark my words. For now, we'll have a couple of days to get out and finish up some of the yard work that fell behind while we were traveling.

There isn't much to tell you about yesterday. I'm not even sure where the day went, but I was able to sew all the blocks together ...

Good morning, my friends. It's a sunny and frosty morning, and we're expecting good weather for the next three days. It's chilly, with highs in the high 50's, but it could certainly be worse. And it will be...mark my words. For now, we'll have a couple of days to get out and finish up some of the yard work that fell behind while we were traveling.

There isn't much to tell you about yesterday. I'm not even sure where the day went, but I was able to sew all the blocks together ...

Hiding away in my big bag of batiks were some Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks I had started in January 2021.  Originally I had planned another project, don't remember what after all this time, only that it  didn't go ahead, so I started making Cobblestone blocks each month instead.  They had been tucked away for a while, and I had almost forgotten about them.

MY big bag of batiks

Are there enough blocks for a quilt for our bed, I wondered?  I laid them all out on my design bed, and had a look.  Nope, still need some more ...

Good morning, my friends. Well, I'm so happy to report that an additional yard of the Chalk & Charcoal fabric arrived yesterday, and it is the right color. I was pretty sure I'd selected the right one, but I couldn't be sure until I laid eyes on it.

Good morning, my friends. Well, I'm so happy to report that an additional yard of the Chalk & Charcoal fabric arrived yesterday, and it is the right color. I was pretty sure I'd selected the right one, but I couldn't be sure until I laid eyes on it.

Good morning, my friends. I spent most of yesterday sleeping. Mike also spent most of his day sleeping. We weren't really sick so much as just lacking any energy for anything whatsoever. Even sitting upright felt like a chore. Aside from sleeping the day away, almost nothing was accomplished.

By mid-afternoon, I ventured into the sewing room. I wanted to lay out the blocks for the Jericho Walls quilt. It took almost all my energy with so much bending over and then standing up again. I used to have a design wall for this, but I never used it ...

Good morning, my friends. I spent most of yesterday sleeping. Mike also spent most of his day sleeping. We weren't really sick so much as just lacking any energy for anything whatsoever. Even sitting upright felt like a chore. Aside from sleeping the day away, almost nothing was accomplished.

By mid-afternoon, I ventured into the sewing room. I wanted to lay out the blocks for the Jericho Walls quilt. It took almost all my energy with so much bending over and then standing up again. I used to have a design wall for this, but I never used it ...

Good morning, my friends. I have to write fast this morning. I'm getting my hair cut, and so I need to be out the door earlier than I like. And let's just face it, I never like being out the door in the morning for any reason at all. Nevertheless, I need a haircut, and then I need to pick up a few things from the grocery store.

So let's just see what happened in the sewing world yesterday. First, I started stitching the newest Domestic Affairs block. This will be finished pretty quickly...probably today or ...

Good morning, my friends. I have to write fast this morning. I'm getting my hair cut, and so I need to be out the door earlier than I like. And let's just face it, I never like being out the door in the morning for any reason at all. Nevertheless, I need a haircut, and then I need to pick up a few things from the grocery store.

So let's just see what happened in the sewing world yesterday. First, I started stitching the newest Domestic Affairs block. This will be finished pretty quickly...probably today or ...