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November 28, 2023
Mostly Sewing Day from ... Cat Patches

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 ...

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Mostly Sewing Day from Cat Patches

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 ...

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November 26, 2023
Oh Scrap! : RSC Finish from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

 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 ...

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November 15, 2023
Penny Power and a Giveaway! from ... Cat Patches

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 ...

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Penny Power and a Giveaway! from Cat Patches

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 ...

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November 11, 2023
RSC - A finished Top from Romany Quilting

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 ...

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November 3, 2023
More Quilt Blocks from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Well, it was a surprisingly nice day yesterday. Fall has clearly arrived in our part of the world. We were expecting an "atmospheric river," a term that I love. Despite the forecast, the sun came out early, and it didn't rain the rest of the day. It gave me a chance to fill the bird feeders, and it gave Sadie a chance to show the world how beautifully the fall colors coordinate with her fur coat.


But there was no time for soaking up admiration. There was serious sewing to be done. We were getting ...

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More Quilt Blocks from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Well, it was a surprisingly nice day yesterday. Fall has clearly arrived in our part of the world. We were expecting an "atmospheric river," a term that I love. Despite the forecast, the sun came out early, and it didn't rain the rest of the day. It gave me a chance to fill the bird feeders, and it gave Sadie a chance to show the world how beautifully the fall colors coordinate with her fur coat.


But there was no time for soaking up admiration. There was serious sewing to be done. We were getting ...

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November 2, 2023
Lotsa Blocks from ... Cat Patches

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.


We've been good about getting in our morning workouts so far. Tuesday was my day, and so I did my penance in the Chamber of Horrors before getting back to my sewing. I was in the process ...

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Lotsa Blocks from Cat Patches

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.


We've been good about getting in our morning workouts so far. Tuesday was my day, and so I did my penance in the Chamber of Horrors before getting back to my sewing. I was in the process ...

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October 28, 2023
All Together Now from ... Cat Patches

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 ...

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All Together Now from Cat Patches

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 ...

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Batik Blocks from Romany Quilting

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.

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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 ...

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October 27, 2023
Back in Business from ... Cat Patches

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.


The original fabric was purchased a couple of years ago, and so I worried whether I'd be able to find more. I simply selected the first vendor that had it in stock. It happened to be a quilt shop in Ellsworth, Iowa, called Mended Hearts. She sent me this ...

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Back in Business from Cat Patches

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.


The original fabric was purchased a couple of years ago, and so I worried whether I'd be able to find more. I simply selected the first vendor that had it in stock. It happened to be a quilt shop in Ellsworth, Iowa, called Mended Hearts. She sent me this ...

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October 21, 2023
Lackluster from ... Cat Patches

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 ...

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Lackluster from Cat Patches

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 ...

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October 17, 2023
Stitch, Quilt, Bind from ... Cat Patches

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 ...

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Stitch, Quilt, Bind from Cat Patches

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 ...

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October 14, 2023
Modern Sampler Borders, Sunflowers, Ribbing, and a Class from The Cozy Quilter

In order to make my Modern Sampler quilt bed sized, I need to add borders.  I decided to make one of the borders pieced with 2.5" squares.  I cut out lots of squares and then made them into twosies.  Some of them have been sewn into longer chains but that's as far as I got this week.  Next time I sit down at the sewing machine, I will work on this again. 



My Sunflower cross stitch is 3/4 done!  My goal of having this done by the end of October is achievable, I think.  I will keep ...

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