You all might remember that my daughter Kelli is a big-time Frieda McFadden fan. She reads and reviews many of her books on the blog. I haven’t read any of them. I just haven’t gotten to them yet. When I saw that one of the books was being made into a movie, I thought Kelli …
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read moreI told you Arnie was gone for the weekend ice fishing in Minnesota. Well, while he was away, I made a plan to get as much sewing done as I could. Those UFOs on my sewing island are driving me to sew (better than driving me to drink!!) I told you about my week, Monday …
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read moreKelli has no plans to visit me this week. So, no. I didn’t get as much sewing done this week as I did last week, but I still got plenty done. Monday morning, I was up and went straight to the sewing room. In between other projects, I’ve started sewing strips together. They are for …
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read moreOn Facebook recently, there was a post that caught my attention. Usually, especially given a long narrative, I don’t pay much attention. But the following was posted on my friend, Helen Sitler’s Facebook page. I’d love to hear your comments!
Women weren’t burning out faster because they were weak.
They were burning out because their bodies were responding exactly as designed—to pressure that never shuts off.
Her name is Elissa Epel, and her work quietly dismantled one of the most damaging lies modern women have been taught: that exhaustion is a personal failure.
For ...
read moreI took each day one stitch at a time this week. My cold is gone, so I don’t have the excuse to sit, stitch, and binge watch!! It’s the reality of a cold at least in the world of a cross stitcher. HA!! So what was I up to? The first thing I worked on …
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read moreHold onto your hats, friends…A whirlwind hit the sewing room, and I accomplished a LOT!! I have been on a roll getting things cleaned up and worked on in the sewing room. My sewing room island looked like this… There were projects everywhere… When I knew my daughter Kelli was coming home last week on …
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read moreOh my gosh, it’s been so long since I posted that I don’t even know where to start so let’s just jump into Project Quilting. My first week was a big swing and a miss so this week I simplified things a bit. The theme was Scads of Plaid and my friend, Dawn, had a spare kit for this plaid. I did toss out the really anemic tan-ish color and replaced it with a floral that’s probably been in my stash for 20 years. I have to admit, that I’m wishing I had time to ...
read moreEvery so often, questions and comments come from readers, and I think others would like to hear my response. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. The questions today come from the comment section. So many of you were excited about a quilt that Joey recently finished. Many of you …
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There is something comforting about a quilt-along. It feels a bit like a recipe card that’s been passed down for generations. Same method, same heart, but every time it turns out a little different depending on who’s in the kitchen or sewing room and what fabric is selected.. The True Blue QAL is exactly that kind of experience. last week it was picking fabric. This week it is making block 1.. Following directions in the magazine gives you exactly how many pieces you need to cut and sew. I never mind having some extra so ...
read moreIn the cross stitch world, projects that are carried over are called WIPS…Works in Progress. The truth of it is, many of the projects haven’t been worked on for a long time…even years. HA!! So, I thought I would do a little inventory check to see where I am in the WIP department. Honestly, I’m …
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read moreThursday was a fun day. Arnie’s sister-in-law is a huge Iowa Women’s Basketball fan…such a fan that she has two season tickets. Typically, her husband goes with her, but this was a weekday game, and he had to be up early to go to work. I was available, so lucky me!! I got to go. …
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read moreI am determined to keep my quilting projects moving along. That led me to be up early on Monday morning at the sewing machine. Last week I had cut out some of the sashing and cornerstone pieces for my Emerald City quilt. Monday morning I sewed all of the nine patches that are needed for …
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read moreMy neighbor, Paula is definitely one of the best we’ve ever had. There are so many times she’s helped me out, either with chicken broth or taking my doggie out when I’m gone longer than I’d planned. We really don’t keep track of the favors but I wanted to make her something special.
This is one of the most interesting quilts I’ve made. It’s so clever how the pieces go together to make beautiful blocks. I enjoyed making this it so much, it was so peaceful to ...
read moreI had some cross stitch time this week…enough that I was able to stitch on a couple of things. You might remember I started a couple of new projects all at once around mid-November. One of them was Hannah Wallace from With They Needle and Thread.My original plan was to stitch a motif each week. …
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read moreIn 2024, I had the crazy idea to purchase as many quilty (and quilty-adjacent) advent calendars as I could find. I ended
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read moreYesterday I got to give away one of my favorite quilts. I had put it together a few years ago and then put the top in the pile to be completed at a later date. When I shared my binding bowl in the last post, I realized that I should finish one of them. So I did!
I just realized I don’t have a picture of the finished whole quilt. Not the first time that’s happened, probably won’t be the last. (Eye roll)
When I started the actual quilting, I found myself heading directly ...
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I’m so excited to be teaching at AQS Paducah 2026. I will be teaching:
If a workshop is sold out, keeping checking back. Sometimes people cancel.
read moreMiracle of miracles, I worked on the longarm this week. Longarming isn’t something that I have jumped into after surgery. There is a lot of upper body and back work that goes into it, plus I have to stand the entire time. I’m still building up my stamina. I finally decided I have some back …
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