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Well, I didn’t get as much done as I had hoped. I’ve got it in my head that I want to get my email under control. This is a tall order but I’m doing pretty good so far. The hard part, I eliminated most of the junk and now need to get to the meaty …

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Most of my time this week was spent on the mystery quilt. I finished these units… …and made these Flying Geese… I made the half-square triangle units too. I was ready to start assembling some units. All of these are sewn together now so block construction might go a little faster. I made one block. …

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I did okay in the sewing department considering it was Christmas and I had a lot of family around. Thanks to some observant blog readers, I found out that an extra clue was released for the Quiltville mystery quilt. I wasn’t done with the weekly clue but jumped ahead and cut out the new clue …

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I had some unexpected time so got a little more sewing done than I expected. I told you I was making this table toppers that Mary from Country Threads Chicken Scratch Blog was making. You can follow THIS LINK to get the measurements to make it. Over the week I had gotten the side borders …

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I had a pretty good week in the sewing room this week. When I last left you with my Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt, I had clue three sewn but not ironed. Mid-week, I got it ironed. When Friday rolled around, I was ready for clue #4. It was another easy one. Half Square triangles… I …

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Well, blog readers…I caved. I started the mystery quilt. Last week when I left you I was trying to decide if I should start the mystery or not. Two clues were already released…Arnie was going to Minnesota to go ice fishing so I thought I had the weekend to myself but then I remembered I …

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I didn’t get a lot of sewing in this week but more than I expected. I had my adult kids and grandkids all home for Thanksgiving. Some rolled in on Wednesday…the rest on Thursday and some stayed through Saturday afternoon. It was a busy time…fun too! So…sewing got set aside in favor of pie-making and …

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It was another week of not doing much in the sewing room. Again, I’ve been getting help to tackle some other projects so when I have help, I have to take it. On top of that, my main helper is My Guy and I love doing tasks with him. We work great together. But, onto …

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I had a pretty good week in the sewing room. I was winding down on the star blocks that I had cut out so I cut out 70 more. I think I’ll need even more than this but it’s how many I could do with the time I had. I used up some fabric a …

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This week I was determined to get some progress and even though I was gone over the weekend, I did get some progress in the sewing room. My Smores top is finished. Hallelujah! I’m so happy. I have painfully slowly worked on this for a long time. The worst part is that it’s only 57″ …

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I didn’t get a lot done this week in the sewing room. The previous weekend had me to a wedding and a funeral that I told you about in THIS post. That left me behind around the house so I was busy catching up. On top of that, I knew the coming week was going …

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No much sewing got done this week. I seem to keep on saying that! HA! I’m enjoying life and still trying to get things done outside. Plus I’ve started the habit of watching a lot of sports. The Minnesota Vikings game had my attention on Sunday. The WNBA has had my attention several of the …

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I didn’t get a lot of sewing in this week. I’ve been enjoying the weather. I had family over for supper one night. I went to the vintage sale and met some new people. All is good and I’m happy even without sewing time. I worked on my Smores quilt. I have two corners that …

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I had a little time in the sewing room…and I did a few 15 minute sewing sessions this week so I actually feel like I made a little progress. I’ve been working on my Covid Star quilt. It’s the one started when I had Covid. The pattern is from Kathleen Tracy Quilts on Facebook. You …

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Nothing happened in the sewing room this week. Wait. I take that back. I walked in the door and turned right back around again. Do you want to see why? My sewing room is a disaster. This side isn’t too bad. Just some totes and stuff that needs to be put away. Maybe a 5-minute …

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I didn’t have a lot of time to sew this last week. You might remember that I had Covid. Then I ended up giving up the days that I was supposed to have off for the cross stitch retreat and went to work. I had tested negative so I felt comfortable going. Work was okay …

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I went in a completely different direction this week with my quilting. When I woke up Friday morning I wondered how I was feeling but bypassed it. I’d had a long week and a busy day off on Thursday. I’ve been trying to walk Rosie every night when I get home from work either two …

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I am happy to report I got time in the sewing room this week. Yahoo!! I missed sewing time!! So what did I work on? My Smores quilt. I know several of you have been encouraging me to work on this one…finally I am. I think I made enough progress that it can’t be put …

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I told you that I have been floundering on my cross stitch projects as I just finished a big piece and haven’t been able to focus on a new project. That is not so in my quilting life. I was extremely focused this week. My Checkerboard Quilt was the only project I worked on. I …

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I had big plans to sew a lot this weekend but that didn’t happen. I did get my grandson Jasper’s quilt finished though. Here it is finished at the longarm and ready for binding. I got it bound, pictures taken of the finish, and packaged up ready for the mail with the hope it will …

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