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Time for me to take a blog break. No posts or making comments for the month of May.

I will jump back in with lots of enthusiasm in June.

Maybe these will be ripe by then?

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Kelli has been busy listening to books. She recently came across a couple of duds that she decided not to share with all of you. With today’s book, she finally landed on a book she was willing to share. The book is On a Quiet Street by Carla Kovach. Kelli writes: “I liked it pretty …

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I’m interrupting the research to give you an update about some coming events. We’d love to see you at some of these in person events or via Zoom. In some cases, they are both an option. My long-awaited research trip to Philadelphia and New Jersey is coming up the end of May. I’ve located some original sources and I’m hopeful that will shed light on these Northern Style Cut-out Applique (NSCAs.) Thanks to AQSG for providing some of the funding for the research trip. On June 1, I’ll be presenting on NSCAs, with my presentation ...

Date:  Wednesday May 1, 2024

Location:  Christ Church Parish Hall             

                  990 Sydenham Road

Time:  6:40 for 7:00 p.m.

This month, some of our members will be offering fabric for sale! 

Please bring any finished placemats.  You will receive a ticket for each placemat, and may win a prize!

 Community Quilts

Please bring any completed kits, or consider taking home a kit to complete, to fill the needs in our community.

The workshop will be held at Stitch by Stitch on Tuesday April 7^th from 10 until 4.

Please wear your membership pin, and bring a lunch ...

I was in a hurry to grab a book and took the first audiobook that looked like something I wouldn’t mind. It was listed as a thriller and I was ready for something that wasn’t historical fiction. I ended up grabbing this book, You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heard. The book started by catching …

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First,  my apologies for the late post.   We are on island time and I lost track of my days!  Thank you to Joan for putting all this together!  She always has the best groups!

However,  I was in a bit of a home unproven work and travel frenzy and my planned project never made it out of the starting gate.  However,  I did manage a bit of slow stitching on a herd of kitties!  Full disclosure, my friend did the creative work on these little guys,  I’m just (awkwardly and slowly) doing the final stitching.

Each cat is designed ...

I was gone all day Saturday but still managed to get some sewing in this week. I worked on my Tiny Nine Patch blocks. It looks like I got 25 finished. I got another batch started for next week. I also got my coin quilt bound. Notice the picture on the right. I pulled the …

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Who’s your favorite uncle?

It isn’t often that you get a call, and you immediately know the caller wants something, BUT, that whatever they are going to ask of you might actually be fun, so you let them talk you into a “Yes”. In this case, I became immersed in my first full T-Shirt quilt that I have dubbed “Decades of Decibels”.

I can’t claim design inspiration on this one as my uncle knew what he wanted. He had taken time to inventory and visually lay out the shirts he had collected from rock concerts over the ...

On the day before Easter, I squeezed out a finish of my Chubby Bunny by Jeanette Douglas. This was only of our stitch-along pieces. Here it is all finished and in my dough bowl. I ended up doing a tart pan finish. I had picked up the tart pan at the thrift store some time …

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I am doing a quick auction here to help out the postage fund. A kind blog reader sent in a bunch of quilt tops to Ray. They are vintage tops and we felt they might do better as auction items rather than finished quilts. We know all of you like vintage goodies and these would …

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Registration now open for Signs of Spring Free EQ8 Live Webinar on April 24 or 25
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Raindrops EQ8 Tutorial

It is that time of year -- the rain is washing away of remains of winter and we are beginning to see some new growth. Last week I shared a tutorial on drafting an umbrella block which is the beginning of the April Showers brings May Flowers project. The tutorial also included an extra bonus project. April Showers Brings May Flowers Blog Post

Part 1 of the April Showers Brings May Flowers Quilt

Kelli has another book to share with us this week…We Love to Entertain by Sarah Strohmeyer. Kelli writes:“This book wasn’t my favorite.  I started to peg the things right off the bat that were “off” and that someone was trying to set someone else up.  My guesses as to who and how were a little …

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WOW…I have lots to share with you this week in the cross-stitch department. I was at the retreat last weekend and that gave me lots of stitching time. Oh, I wish I could accomplish so much every week. HA!! I’m thankful I get retreats…not only for the friends and fun but also for the stitching …

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Here’s a fun tidbit. I’ve told you that I watch Flosstube on YouTube. I was watching Brenda and the Serial Starter last week and Brenda showed this. Oh, my word. I recognized the cross-stitch piece. I think you all know that I sometimes pick up cross stitch and linen items at the thrift store and …

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Bliss…oh, bliss. I’m still so happy about my time away. Today’s post is about the cross stitch retreat I went to last week. It was held at the Stitchery Nook in Osage Iowa. I arrived at 9:30 am on Thursday. It’s the earliest you can arrive. People trickled in all day long…me, I wanted to …

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I’ve been trying to keep track of what I’ve been watching on television. I know all of you like ideas for shows to watch as much as I like ideas for shows to watch. Nothing makes me sadder than when I finish up an amazing series and have to hunt a new series down. So …

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