I decided to focus on longarming this week. I have more quilts that need longarming than I have quilts going at the machine, so why not tackle what needs the most attention first? Besides, it’s a great way to clean up the sewing room. Last week I showed you that I had put this quilt …
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read moreRick had class on Wednesday, and I spent all of that time in the sewing room. I was bound and determined to work on my Midnight Flight quilt. It was already loaded on the frame. It had been up and loaded it on a different day. It would be time at the longarm for me. …
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read moreSewing kind of fell to the wayside this week. I was busy with appointments. If you missed my cancer doctor appointment, you can read about it HERE. We did some outdoor work getting ready for Winter. The kids were home, and I went to a doctor’s appointment with Rick too. Also…cross stitch stepped in, and …
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read moreI did well this week in the sewing department. Rick and I are getting into more of a schedule so I can plan sewing room time. It’s been a real treat. I got the quilt that was on the longarm finished, and I got the quilt bound. I’ll show off the quilt in an upcoming …
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read moreSorry I’m late this morning with a blog post. I went to a play yesterday with Kayla and got back late. Writing a blog post completely skipped my brain. I wrote on Saturday about my sewing afternoon with Kelli and the kids. It was so fun. If you missed that, you can read about it …
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read moreThanks to time in the car and school starting, I did manage to get something done to share with you. On the way to Ohio, and on the way home, I took a little time and worked on my English Paper Piecing. I had the flower done earlier. I spent time working on the points …
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read moreOops. This was supposed to publish on Monday, and it didn’t. I guess that’s okay. I don’t have any cross-stitch to share with you, as Rick and I were in Michigan all of last week. I’ll just pop this post in here. We had a crazy busy week and weekend. On Friday, Rick took a …
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read moreYou might remember that last week I told you I didn’t think I would have any time in the sewing room between company, the garage sale, and Rick’s surgery. Well…if you believed that, you are in for a surprise. Kelli came one day before the sale and offered to help get things together and priced. …
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read moreI did not get much time in the sewing room this week. I got up there several days, but a couple of them were for scooting out for things to put on the garage sale. I told you that few things were sacred when it comes to the garage sale. I did get up there …
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read moreWe had a busy week. We had grandkids two days last week. I had doctor appointments on two different days (I’ll tell you about that soon). I was also gone all of Saturday at the cross stitch retreat. Besides that, we are still working on the garage sale. There wasn’t much time to sew. On …
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read moreI was able to get to the sewing room on Wednesday. I tried to make the best of my time. I was able to get some more of my Midnight Flight blocks sewn. I’ve gotten lots of requests to do another “Sew with Jo” YouTube video, so I recorded one as I made the blocks. …
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read moreI had a busy week…grandkids, ball games, helping a friend, and some behind-the-scenes things that I’ll tell you about later. I did manage to sneak in the sewing room and get a few things done. I trimmed my Bow Tie quilt, so now I can add the borders. I was going to do that, but …
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read moreThe sewing room and I didn’t see each other much this week, and when we did…I was mostly cleaning and tidying. I still have a long way to go. It’s kind of gotten out of control again. When I did work on a quilt, it was this one…Oh my goodness, I love this quilt. For …
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read more…and just like that, it’s June. If you have a deadline project, the calendar just flipped, and you’re closer to needing to have it done!! Luckily, I don’t have too many deadlines. We had a family wedding over the weekend, plus I had doctor appointments this week, so not as much sewing got done. My …
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read moreI had an okay week in the sewing room. I didn’t get as much done as usual, but I worked on several projects, which made it hard to seem like I accomplished a lot. I had one machine occupied with my bow tie quilt. I’ve tried to record a video twice…I’ve had problems twice. I …
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read moreI had some unexpected time off from watching Anders, and I made the best of it. I debated for a bit on what project I could finish up quickly. I had shown you several options that I was thinking of finishing in a blog post last week. You can find it HERE. The funny thing …
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read moreSewing was not in my cards this week. Between kittens, garage sales, doctor appointments, and family, I wasn’t there as much as I expected. Well, I had one good day of sewing… I put the borders on my half square triangle quilt. Then I picked a backing. This was the perfect sheet. Isn’t the color …
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read moreRight before I left to go to Iowa City for my radiation stay, I was going through my bag, checking to see what I had for projects for me to work on. I had several cross-stitch projects, and I was good with that. Then I paused…I should probably bring my lamp. I went to get …
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read moreI didn’t get much sewing time this week. I had company over the weekend. I had Doctor appointments…I went to a movie one night. It just didn’t work out to get much time in the sewing room. I still got some sewing done though. I am still working on the pieces for my Midnight Flight …
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read moreOh my goodness…the month is disappearing! It’s a great reminder that I need to keep working on projects. I did just that. My patriotic spider web string quilt is now a top. It turned out a little bigger than I anticipated, but that’s okay. Now I just need a backing, and I need to get …
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