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I know May's not over yet, but I've got a full week ahead and I know sewing won't be a part of it. It's been a while since I've posted an Under the Needle report. I had intended to post them once a month, but I haven't been very good about getting that done. Lately, I've just been puttering here and there in my sewing room. I always have multiple projects in various stages of completion going on

October didn't allow me much time in my sewing room. It's been 3 weeks since I turned on my machine, but as much as I love making quilts, I don't want to miss out on the rest of my life and lately, when I haven't been cooking for the crew, it's been calling me outside. But I did manage to fit in a few stitches earlier in the month.I'm planning a couple of I Spy quilts and I cut squares from

Most of the time, I feel like I'm not making much progress on my sewing projects, but I'm always working on multiple things at once and they are always in various states of completion. I'll go days, sometimes weeks, without setting foot in my stitching room and then I'll find a few hours, or on occasion, an entire afternoon, and progress will be made. I like it best when I can work on something

A while ago I received a comment from a reader inquiring about this quilt top:This is my Farmer's Market quilt top that I posted about when I listed the quilts I hoped to complete this year. Sue wrote:Anonymous said:I absolutely love your blog. Your life on the ranch is so interesting and I look forward to each new post. Could you answer a question for me? On your Farmer's Market quilt (see your

I used to be good about posting what was under my needle each month, but it's been a long time since I've had anything to share. However, I've been able to sneak in and out of my sewing room in small 5 minute increments. I'm still cooking for the crew, but we've eliminated breakfasts for them and that frees up some time. I may still cook breakfast for them on occasion when we brand, but in all

I'm still in Texas, but I wrote this post ahead of time before I knew I'd be away so I'm popping it in here just to keep things from snowballing. I spent most of May either in the kitchen or outside or waging war on the Miller moths or in Texas so I didn't accomplish much in my sewing room. Oh, and I blogged a lot.

April didn't give me much time behind my sewing machine, but I did finish a couple of projects and that's always a good thing. I finished 17 of these lined drawstring bags although I've been working on them since March. This was the first batch: And here's the 2nd: I'll bet I've made close to 100 of these bags through the years. I even laminated the pattern because I use it all the

As predicted, I didn't accomplish much in the sewing room during March, but that's OK. I DID make progress on my Jellystone quilt. I made 80 bear paw blocks: I loved playing with these fabrics from my stash. I stitched binding onto the front of this quilt: This quilt: And this quilt: Finished quilts coming soon! Well, maybe not SOON, but at some point.

February was a mixture of snowy, wet, sunny, windy, cold, warm days. We're delighted with any and all moisture because that means we may actually have a green spring. We don't get many of those around here. February was also a happy month for sewing. I made more progress on my HST Chaos quilt - it's supposed to be my leader-ender project for the year, but I have become smitten with these little

I felt like I got a good start on my sewing projects in January. I might make more progress if  I concentrate on one project at a time, but I bounced around and worked on whatever caught my attention when I found myself with time to sew. I pieced a little baseball quilt and will be binding it next week: I pulled, cut, sewed, and pieced a top and made the binding for a quilt to donate to