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April 9, 2026
Midweek: two flimsies! from With Strings Attached

I had a couple of errands Monday morning and took a quick walk at the state park on my way home.  (Yes, the lakefront is that close to home.  In the top photo in the collage my house is at the very left edge, just below the halfway point.)    The brisk northwest wind was chilly.  

That's a yucca on the lower right.  

Zion Woman's Club met at noon yesterday.  The speaker was the recycling coordinator from SWALCO (Solid Waste Agency of Lake County) -- I wrote about his presentation to AAUW last month. I asked him to do the ...

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April 8, 2026
Wednesday Wait Loss 479 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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April 3, 2026
Midweek: a flimsy, stash report, and first quarter roundup from With Strings Attached



It's a flimsy!  

I auditioned a couple of red/green prints for the border but nothing looked right (or I didn't have enough) so I used the background.  

64" x 72".  6 yards in all.



Here's a closeup.   

Several people have commented on how small the 9ps are.   I cut 1-1/2" strips and the blocks are 3-1/2 (3" finished).   I don't think that is that small.  Maybe it's all the practice I had with the mini-9p swap I participated in for so many years.

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Stash report, March.  Fabric in:   ZERO   Fabric out:  91-1 ...

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April 1, 2026
Wednesday Wait Loss 478 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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March 25, 2026
Midweek: guild mystery and SAHRR parade from With Strings Attached


The guild's annual mystery quilt   began last month.  It's designed by a talented member and available by subscription ($10).   I signed up and saved each week's clue but I didn't get started until Sunday (week 7).  The project is at the assembly stage with two more clues to come.  

The background is cut from a wide back and the 'stars' are from a FQ bundle of Grunge.


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Today is the day for the SAHRR 2026 final link up.  Regular readers have seen this before.  I'm still tickled with the way it turned out!  




The starter ...

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Wednesday Wait Loss 477 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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March 18, 2026
Midweek: star and cake stand flimsy + reading from With Strings Attached

 


I chose the purple batik for the sashing almost without thinking.  I used nearly all of it (just 4-1/2" x 18" left over).  I auditioned a couple of batiks for the setting, my limitation being what I have in yardage (rather than FQs and scraps). The peach won out.  I made the float extra-large. I'm going to keep it that way and skip an outer border. 

5-3/4 yards used for the flimsy.    I still have 1-1/2" scrappy HSTs and a lot of 1-1/2" squares.

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An epistolary novel is one written as a series of letters ...

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Wednesday Wait Loss 476 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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March 11, 2026
Wednesday Wait Loss 475 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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March 4, 2026
Wednesday Wait Loss 474 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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February 25, 2026
Midweek: SAHRR, mug rugs + reading from With Strings Attached

  


 SAHRR, rounds 3, 4, and 5.

I made flying geese for round 3, "animal."  They're set as a ribbon.

I made four little drunkard's path blocks for round 4, "curves." They're the orange and black corners.  This is a wallhanging and I don't want it to get too big.

Round 5, "two colors," was hard to interpret. I chose a strip of orange and a strip of blue.


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I've quilted all the Trip Around the World mug rugs.  They're not due until the end of May so I can take my time binding them ...

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Wednesday Wait Loss 473 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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February 18, 2026
Wednesday Wait Loss 472 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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February 11, 2026
Wednesday Wait Loss 477 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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February 4, 2026
Wednesday Wait Loss 470 from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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January 28, 2026
Midweek: it's a flimsy from With Strings Attached

 


Here it is!   63" x 77".  6 yards.

..... and of course more scraps resulted.... 


The prompt for SAHRR Round 2 is "seeing double."  I'm contemplating how to interpret that for my wallhanging.  







I'm in the throes of packing. I leave for New Zealand (Road Scholar #53) on Friday.


Linking up with Wednesday Wait Loss

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Wednesday Wait Loss 469 and Our Anniversary Winner! from The Inquiring Quilter

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

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January 21, 2026
Midweek: now there are 30 + a good movie from With Strings Attached

 

Thirty TATW blocks on the wall!  Seven more for the project, though I'll probably make a couple of extras.

I'd like to finish them up (the blocks, that is; making them into table mats can wait) and put the batiks away.  Then I can get going on the Stay at Home Round Robin.  

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I'm still watching the West Wing (up to season 5).   The show ran from 1999-2005.  Issue then are issues now: Pres. Bartlet brokers a Gaza peace deal; Then there's a diplomatic goof when he accepts the wrong Taiwanese flag to the anger of ...

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Wednesday Wait Loss 468 and Starry Seas Winner! from The Inquiring Quilter

Welcome to Wednesday Wait Loss (especially if you’ve been following my Starry Seas Blog Hop)! I’ve got a special announcement about the hop, but first let me introduce you to my weekly link up I call Wednesday Wait Loss.

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I ...

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January 16, 2026
Midweek: nine on the wall + a treat from With Strings Attached

SAHRR 2026 begins today. I thought I had just the right starter block but I'm having second thoughts....I'll make the decision by Friday. Come back to see what I choose!  

Meanwhile..... I've made nine Trip Around the World blocks.   I'm using batiks so that though there are many colors there's some genre uniformity.

I found two tutorials, one with five fabrics and one with four fabrics.  Both involve sewing strips and making a tube, slicing the tube, then unpicking the seam to create the stepped effect.   Five-fabric is somewhat livelier but trickier to piece ...

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