Right 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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read moreI had a busy week in the sewing room. I am so happy…my patriotic spider web string quilt is a top!! Oh, I love it. Mine is inspired by Bonnie Hunters quilt from the book String Frenzy. You can find the book HERE. I changed things up a bit. I added borders. Hers doesn’t have …
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read moreIt was slower in the sewing room than usual…or at least now as busy as it has been lately. I have my tax appointment on Wednesday, so I had to get the prep work done. That cut into my sewing time. I also did a bunch of pillow cross-stitch finishes. Watch for them coming. I …
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read moreI wasn’t in the sewing room much this week. I had a lot going on…Anders was here an extra day and I had company from Wednesday through Saturday evening. Happily some sewing happened when I had company. Let me tell you about it all. I told you earlier in the week that I was making …
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read moreI was a busy girl in the sewing room again. Monday, I didn’t do a lot…but Tuesday I was at it. I was up early and was working on my Train Track Leftovers. This is what I’m going for…I planned for white sashing…but then seeing it on the floor with making it look like brown …
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read moreI had another good week in the sewing room. On Monday, I loaded up my Emerald City Quilt on the longarm. My goal was to get it done on Wednesday when Anders wouldn’t be at my house. Then Monday afternoon, Gannon came off the school bus complaining about an icky tummy. Later that night, Kalissa …
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read moreI have done so good in the sewing room for the last month or so. I wanted to keep up the momentum and keep working on a few of the projects. I was up early and worked on my Twirl Around quilt. I should maybe rephrase that…I think the quilt worked on me. Notice the …
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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 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 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 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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read moreI jumped right into sewing this week. On Monday, I was determined to finish taking apart the shirts that Kayla had given me. I started working on these last week, but had a few to finish. I cut these up on my kitchen island, so I wanted them done and out of the kitchen. Kayla …
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read moreI didn’t get a lot of sewing done this week. I really only worked on it one evening. If not for the weather, I might not have had any sewing at all. Sunday, Arnie and I woke up, and the weather forecast had gotten a little angrier, and my county, which was previously in no …
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read moreI worked on the mystery so I could catch up. I think that over Christmas, things will be busy, and I’ll likely get behind. I thought I’d better make sure to get the current clue done, so at least I would be behind with that clue, too. The half rectangles weren’t too bad. You can …
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read moreFirst off…many of you have wondered if I was able to purchase my sewing cabinet…the one at Goodwill…I told you about it in THIS blog post. I didn’t buy it at the time and kicked myself once I got home. My son Karl was going to town that evening, and I asked him to check …
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read moreI was a roll from last week when I actually got a little sewing done. Monday morning, I decided to give myself some sewing time. I had planned on working on my Mystery Quilt, but my Emerald City quilt pieces were lying around the machine. So…I started sewing them. I didn’t iron anything…I knew I …
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read moreWith Thanksgiving and the faraway funeral last week, my quilting took a bit hit. I didn’t get much done. I took my hexies with me on the funeral trip and got some done. It wasn’t anything exciting to show. I mostly just sewed black hexies into rows of three. Not exciting at all, but something …
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