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 I almost didn't make this quilt. 

I told you the story of when I bought the kit a couple of weeks ago.

 I started making the kit at the end of October 2021. I have been trying to make one small quilt a month. Using the kit which has marinated long enough was a good option.

I put this quilt away to get ready for the October birthday gathering, and kept it away for the week we met with the customers.

I brought it out ...

Well, I had big ideas about things I was going to do yesterday, including making a lasagna for our visit with California friends. There was at least one housekeeping chore on yesterday's agenda too. Did I do any of that? Are you kidding? Well...the answer is no. I was close to finishing my quilt, and nothing was going to stand in my way. Unless you include my cat. He stands in my way a lot when I'm quilting.

Okay, but just moving ...

Well, I had big ideas about things I was going to do yesterday, including making a lasagna for our visit with California friends. There was at least one housekeeping chore on yesterday's agenda too. Did I do any of that? Are you kidding? Well...the answer is no. I was close to finishing my quilt, and nothing was going to stand in my way. Unless you include my cat. He stands in my way a lot when I'm quilting.

Okay, but just moving ...

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It was nice to have a day at home with nothing on the agenda except to sew. For now, my morning slow-stitching consists of the quilt binding for Appalachian Memories. I turned the third corner yesterday.

I don't know if I can finish this today since I'm taking off relatively early. Probably it will take another day. Still, it's important to be prepared. I don't want a stitching emergency, and so I traced and colored the 9th of nine plates for the Pieces of the Past quilt.

In a stitching emergency, there should be no delays ...

It was nice to have a day at home with nothing on the agenda except to sew. For now, my morning slow-stitching consists of the quilt binding for Appalachian Memories. I turned the third corner yesterday.

I don't know if I can finish this today since I'm taking off relatively early. Probably it will take another day. Still, it's important to be prepared. I don't want a stitching emergency, and so I traced and colored the 9th of nine plates for the Pieces of the Past quilt.

In a stitching emergency, there should be no delays ...

Despite my claim that yesterday would be an NBS day, it wasn't. I'd forgotten we needed to make a trip into town. There's a sale that happens on an item we use regularly, and it happens on the last weekend of each month. Yesterday was the best day to go, and so we went. We ran a few more errands while we were out as well, which is to say, we didn't arrive home until after noon. Okay, so a HDS it was (Half Day Sewing). Try to keep up with these acronyms as we go ...

Despite my claim that yesterday would be an NBS day, it wasn't. I'd forgotten we needed to make a trip into town. There's a sale that happens on an item we use regularly, and it happens on the last weekend of each month. Yesterday was the best day to go, and so we went. We ran a few more errands while we were out as well, which is to say, we didn't arrive home until after noon. Okay, so a HDS it was (Half Day Sewing). Try to keep up with these acronyms as we go ...

Everything took longer than expected yesterday, and so it was pretty much a no sewing day. I'll make up for it today by giving myself an NBS day (Nothing But Sewing.) When I say it was "pretty much" no sewing, it's because I had time in the morning to take the first stitches on the newest Heartland Barns block.

Everything took longer than expected yesterday, and so it was pretty much a no sewing day. I'll make up for it today by giving myself an NBS day (Nothing But Sewing.) When I say it was "pretty much" no sewing, it's because I had time in the morning to take the first stitches on the newest Heartland Barns block.

We had to make a run into town yesterday. Someone of the male gender inadvertently used a check from a closed checking account to pay our property taxes. In a panic, we drove to the county courthouse to set things right. As long as we were out, we stopped off at the post office to pick up some flat-rate boxes for mailing, and then went to pick up a few items at the grocery store. Yes, you read that right...the grocery store. Two days before Thanksgiving, we set foot inside an actual grocery store.

We had to make a run into town yesterday. Someone of the male gender inadvertently used a check from a closed checking account to pay our property taxes. In a panic, we drove to the county courthouse to set things right. As long as we were out, we stopped off at the post office to pick up some flat-rate boxes for mailing, and then went to pick up a few items at the grocery store. Yes, you read that right...the grocery store. Two days before Thanksgiving, we set foot inside an actual grocery store.

It's a cruel finish I have for you this morning...cruel because this is all you get (and all I get) until February 1st. It seems forever away, but you know how time flies. We'll be on the road again by then, and so at least I'll be posting from warmer climes. 

I sat and stitched up the binding during my slow-stitching time yesterday.

Okay, that's the last tease until February. (Drums fingers on table waiting for February to ...

It's a cruel finish I have for you this morning...cruel because this is all you get (and all I get) until February 1st. It seems forever away, but you know how time flies. We'll be on the road again by then, and so at least I'll be posting from warmer climes. 

I sat and stitched up the binding during my slow-stitching time yesterday.

Okay, that's the last tease until February. (Drums fingers on table waiting for February to ...

We had a break in the deluge yesterday. Not to worry...it's back today. I'm hoping we'll see at least a little sunshine, but not really counting on it. I used the opportunity to get outside and bask in the sunshine. I filled the bird feeders and pulled a few weeds. In my wanderings, I noticed these cute little ruffly mushrooms. The largest among them is about the diameter of a quarter. The rest are adorably small.

We had a break in the deluge yesterday. Not to worry...it's back today. I'm hoping we'll see at least a little sunshine, but not really counting on it. I used the opportunity to get outside and bask in the sunshine. I filled the bird feeders and pulled a few weeds. In my wanderings, I noticed these cute little ruffly mushrooms. The largest among them is about the diameter of a quarter. The rest are adorably small.

It must be my month for cat quilts because it seems that's all I'm working on right now. Before heading off to the grocery store yesterday, I hung the Kitty Cat Alphabet in one of the few remaining open spots in the downstairs Mewseum.