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I just didn’t feel like sitting at the sewing machine yesterday.  I spent a bit of time listening to an audio book instead and working on my hexies. Laying the hexie design on the cutting matt here so size can be determined – I would say about 28 inches diameter I am linking to Texas […]

A very nice day yesterday outside if the wind hadn’t of been so strong.  I did get all the plants uncovered once again and moved the pine needles to the side – keeping them handing in case we have a late March frost so I can cover plants up easily.  Right now the forecast is […]

For Slow Sunday Stitching with Kathy and the gang I will work off and on stitching my hexies.  I am in the process of attaching these three segments to the center They need to go in these spaces And when attached the very center will be done – there is no pattern for this quilt […]

Moving right along! One or two more RSC quilt blocks to do this month – 2 if I decide to try again on the Feathered Star – next up is the Pickle Dish. Carpenter’s Wheel – linking to SoScrappy — Patchwork and Quilts — Quilting on Twinkle, Twinkle Big Star one of last years RSC […]

Had to run to Little Rock yesterday for my injections in my thumbs so not much went on yesterday.  I will show the quilting on Twinkle, Twinkle Big Star And a little work on the Hexagons from this week off and on since the weekend.  The hexagons are all sewed into rows now the rows […]

Yesterday the final yellow Arkansas Traveler block was done and after the photo taken it was put away and got ready for the 5th of the RSC quilts that I am working on.  These are 12” finished blocks. Next up is the Carpenter’s Wheel.  I am not sure if this quilt will be carried over […]

After a week of temperatures hovering around 70 a cold front pushed through the state on Sunday and we went into tornado warning suddenly around 5:15 in the evening.   We turned the news on quickly to get a good photo of the radar and we could see it was between our place and my brothers […]

Last month I had some saying they thought the Arkansas Traveler block would be a hard one to do so I took some step by step photos to show how it is constructed.  First as always I lay my pieces out – I find this helps me so much to keep blocks in order and […]

I find the Snail’s Trail blocks the easiest to make of the 6 or 7 (not sure about the feathered star) quilts that I am making for this years RSC – these blocks measure 8 inches when done.  It is super easy if you choose to do the same background for all blocks and one […]

After piecing for a good couple hours I got my blocks done for the second RSC quilt I am making the Lemoyne Stars  – I had some fabric that I couldn’t quite figure they were reading green or yellow as they all came in a package of “yellow” of course – in the end I […]

Yesterday was spent off and on in the sewing room in between going outside and enjoying 77 degrees and sun!! I actually was sitting outside on the porch at about 10 AM listening to the birds and enjoying the weather.  So I didn’t spend the whole day inside but back and forth working with the […]

We all know I went crazy in January and started 7 RSC quilts – I must have been totally bored at the time LOL – so can I keep them up what with nicer weather coming soon – it already is nice out this week and I have been in and out but then planted […]

Yellow/Gold this month – I have a bit of both.  This month’s Hunter Star blocks will be more in the gold category.    They will join these blocks on the wall – yes I cleared the wall off and now it will be one quilt at a time.  I think this one and the Lemoyne Star […]

Yesterday I was determined to get the flannel blocks for Yuletide Gathering done (there is no pattern for this by this name – this is my name for the quilt) The quilt block does go by the name “Signature Block”  I had an inquiring today – my reader named Helen  – who inquired on the […]

Finally I got the flannel blocks pieced yesterday for the Yuletide Gatherings quilt – now today I need to press – I am pressing seams open to reduce bulk – that will take a little while – I think I have about 40 blocks to press – but later in March after I get caught […]

What a wintry week we have had as of this morning we still have ice built up on the ground and in the trees – very little melted on Saturday as the clouds were persistent and the sun didn’t come out once – it only got up to 36.  I did get the ice off […]

I know this is a quilting blog but when we actually get winter weather I like to share some photo’s so first I will share sewing and then winter. A stack of Yuletide Gatherings flannel quilt were done – still many more to do The stack left to put into the blocks containing 4 in […]

Yesterday was another ice day and power was out for part of the afternoon – I didn’t want to try to use the sewing machine with the generator so I did hand work instead.  I got my hexies for the section I showed last thread basted.  The top of this doesn’t quite look right so […]

It looks like Arkansas is really getting winter this year!  What’s with that – happened last year too – I think next winter should be warmer than usual lol.  When I woke up yesterday bright and early to go to my doctor appointment after making that first cup of coffee I checked the weather to […]

Yes winter is not gone yet – on Monday night we were in tornado watch with thunderstorms it was around 64 degrees when we went to bed – got up around 7 and it was 68 degrees – I knew it was supposed to drop during the day but it dropped a lot and fast […]