What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

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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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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If you’ve been following along, I’ve been dealing with thyroid cancer. If you want to read the last update, you can find it HERE. You might remember that I had a doctor’s appointment on Friday. This post is an update on all of that. I was at the cross stitch retreat and left in the …

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Patricia S. in LA. from time to time sends me wonderful tops that she has made for me to finish and to donate. I am truly amazed at the number of scrap fabrics that she used in making this Mosaic quilt designed by Quilted Twins. Patricia must have bins and bins of fabric from years of …

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If you enjoy the Joyful Sabbath posts that appear weekly on this blog, consider joining me (and many others) for General Conference this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. Two days of music, inspiration, learning and peace.

More information available HERE. All are welcome.

One way I prepare for Conference is by having quilts to bind. It helps my mind focus on the messages for me as my busy hands prepare quilts for donation. Everyone wins!

Expect several posts in the near future with details about each quilt. Enjoy!

I am having just a small update for you today. I wrote this post on Wednesday before I packed up and headed to the cross stitch retreat at the Stitchery Nook in Osage. I’ll be spending the weekend there having fun. I’m so excited. Over the weekend I did a bunch of finishing of projects …

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When I’m scrolling through Instagram, I often come across recipes I would like to try…so I take a picture of them with my phone, and then later I go back and make some of them. This is one I tried. I like to make a big hotdish type meal and then I eat it the …

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