It’s that time to pick a new goal for the new month.  Time passes so quickly….not sure where the days go.

I’m moving on to a new project for April.  I pulled out all the pieces for my Art Quilt Group challenge, which I refer to as K’s quilt.  The challenge is to complete a small project out of another group member’s UFO.  As a reminder, I’m starting with this.

And this.

I haven’t quite figured out what I’m making.  Regardless, my April OMG will be to put the top together, whatever ...

At Art Quilt Group this week we started a new challenge.  Everyone brought a small unfinished item in a paper bag, which we traded.  We have two months to turn the contents into a finished project.

This is what I put in my bag for someone else to finish.  I made it in a class many years ago with no real plans for it. The fabric is painted with leaves stamped on it. The circles are Shiva paintstik over rubbing plates.

This is what I received.

There are three blocks, some random fabric pieces, and 2/3 of a gift ...

No change in the numbers.

My local library had a book sale this week, and I picked up this book.

I doubt I’ll ever make a quilt from it.  I bought it because it belonged to a woman I knew from a Guild I was in many years ago.  Her name and contact info were written in the front.  She was such a nice person and an amazing quilter.  Inside there were pages of hand written notes describing a quilt she designed.  It had to go home with me.

In the sewing room, I added borders to the striped ...

Working my way through bins of completed blocks-of-the-month, I ran across these nine blocks from 2023. The class was "Aspiring Stars" taught at my LQS. They were just begging to be set together~  "Circle of Nine" to the rescue!  This book contains plenty of inspiration for unique and attractive settings for those occasions when you might have less than twelve blocks (not to

Working my way through bins of completed blocks-of-the-month, I ran across these nine blocks from 2023. The class was "Aspiring Stars" taught at my LQS. They were just begging to be set together~  "Circle of Nine" to the rescue!  This book contains plenty of inspiration for unique and attractive settings for those occasions when you might have less than twelve blocks (not to

I LOVE hearing all your stories of repurposing projects, prepping for upcoming surgeries (good luck), and ideas for my Prince challenge. It's a process to be sure, but when you have a plan, or whatever you want to call it, life is good. I know the times I find hardest are when I have something (or multiple things) to do and no plan. Sometimes that is as simple as writing things down. 

I had several computer tasks to do, and I kept reviewing them in my head. That was taking up a lot of energy to keep track of ...

This is the Cream & Sugar quilt top, finally together! Hooray!! This was taught at my LQS back in 2023 and I did persevere through the first six months, concentrating on the largest blocks in the layout. I fell away from the project after that, always thinking that "I'd get back to it...". You know how that goes. It took a full retreat weekend for me to sew up the smaller, setting, blocks!&

This is the Cream & Sugar quilt top, finally together! Hooray!! This was taught at my LQS back in 2023 and I did persevere through the first six months, concentrating on the largest blocks in the layout. I fell away from the project after that, always thinking that "I'd get back to it...". You know how that goes. It took a full retreat weekend for me to sew up the smaller, setting, blocks!&

I finished this cross-stitch pinkeep over this past snowy/icy weekend; I hope and pray that you were spared any dangerous conditions and/or power outage. We are experiencing severe cold today; but thankfully, we only received several inches of sleet which didn't accumulate on the trees or powerlines. I've begun another cross stitch piece, this one is a sampler~ Sarah Barker. If you've been a

I finished this cross-stitch pinkeep over this past snowy/icy weekend; I hope and pray that you were spared any dangerous conditions and/or power outage. We are experiencing severe cold today; but thankfully, we only received several inches of sleet which didn't accumulate on the trees or powerlines. I've begun another cross stitch piece, this one is a sampler~ Sarah Barker. If you've been a