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The sewing machine and I have not been on a first-name basis this week. I was only in the sewing room twice. Both times, I worked on string blocks. I highly recommend string blocks if you just want to space off and not think of much besides sewing. They are easy and therapeutic. I got …

What I’ve Been Working On: August 11, 2025 Read More »

I got a little bit of sewing squeezed in between doctor appointments. I was able to sew a little on my Pfeffernuse quilt. I got the brown and cream string blocks sewn together. My main focus was working on green string blocks for my Emerald City quilt. I used a lot of the green strings …

What I’m Working On: August 4, 2025 Read More »

I didn’t get much done this week but something. I had three doctor appointments and played grandma for a day so that cuts into my time. I wouldn’t trade my grandma time for anything. So what did I get done this week?? My hip was bothering me…not the one with cancer, the other one. I’ve …

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Last week between doctor appointments, work, and my cross stitch retreat, the sewing side of my life sputtered to almost a stop…but not quite. But…it did play on repeat. Yep, two similar pictures, both taken on separate mornings. I’m still trying to sneak in a few minutes of sewing in the morning. When I sew …

What I’m Working On: July 21st, 2025 Read More »

I tried to spend some time in the sewing room. My daughter Kelli had come to my house over the last couple of weeks and I wanted to keep that momentum up, even though Kelli didn’t come over. I worked on my Pfeffernuse quilt. I took the time and sewed my string blocks together. In …

What I’m Working On: July 14, 2025 Read More »

My hip was an issue all of last week. I had bad days and some in-between days. Long term, I can’t do it a lot longer. I’m going to the doctor today. Hopefully, we’ll get a few answers and move in the right direction. That left me with more sitting time…that means more sewing time. …

What I’m Working On: July 7th, 2025 Read More »

I didn’t get to sew much this week…I had doctor appointments on two of the days in Iowa City, and that is a 2 1/2 hour drive one way. That sucked up a lot of time I might otherwise have to get some things done around the house or sew. I told myself it was …

What I’m Working On: June 30th, 2025 Read More »

I’ve continued to work on my Pfeffernuse quilt. Life is still crazy busy with little sewing time. I did really well and continued on with my little bursts of sewing. All of that has added up to some noticeable progress that I am very happy with. Any time I am working on a string quilt, …

What I’m Working On: June 23, 2025 Read More »

I’ve mentioned earlier that June is packed with things on my list to attend. This week was no different. I thought I wouldn’t get anything done but then I read a book…This one by Gretchen Rubin. It’s Outer Order, Inner Calm. You can find it HERE. I was headed to Arnie’s to pick him up …

What I’m Working On: June 16th, 2025 Read More »

My time in the sewing room was dismal. It’s okay. I knew June would be like that so anything…anything at all that I do is a big win! Here what I did… I told you in this blog post that I planned on making another Pfeffernuse quilt. I told you that a blog reader had …

What I’m Working On: June 9th, 2025 Read More »

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I didn’t have Monday plans so after getting a few things done around the house, I headed to the sewing room. I was excited to work on my John Deere quilt. When you last saw it, this is what I showed you…Two piles. There were partially sewn blocks and finished …

What I’m Working On: June 2nd, 2025 Read More »

Last week I was writing a Blast from the Past blog post and at the bottom of the post I was skimming, I saw that I had a blog post about getting my Pfeffernuse quilt top together. I saw this picture. I stopped writing the blog post and read about getting this quilt top together. …

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I had an okay amount of sewing time this week. Monday I thought I would have some time but that didn’t work out. Tuesday I did have time and I sat down to sew on my John Deere quilt thinking I might try to get it completely into a top. Then I could hear a …

What I’m Working On: May 26th, 2025 Read More »

First off I am going to address a few comments about my finish of Hawaiian Sunset. If you missed my quilt finish, you can read about it HERE. I had so many questions on how to get the pattern. I hadn’t found it but I had a reader say you could find a digital copy …

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I didn’t have a lot of time this week for sewing. Things have been busy with the family…add to that gardening. I’ve gotten the flowers and the garden planted now. That all takes what would normally be my sewing time. But I did manage a little sewing. Can you believe I got the binding on …

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Not much sewing happened this week. I started working my regular hours at the library, my new job. If you missed my announcement about the job, you can find that HERE. I did a bunch of cross-stitch finishing for my daughter, Kelli. I was trying to hurry because she was coming for a visit, and …

What I’m Working On: 4-21-25 Read More »

I did a lot in the sewing room this week. Life settled down just a bit and gave me some time. I sewed the last of my star blocks that I had cut out. Now I need to decide what I’m doing with them. I thought about a couple of different things but part of …

What I’m Working On: April 7, 2025 Read More »

I did very little sewing this week…very little. I had told you last week that my nephew passed away. Last week I attended both the visitation and funeral. Both were a ways away and required driving. My brother Jay came and stayed two nights and we traveled together with some of my kids. I also …

What I’m Working On: March 31st, 2025 Read More »

I thought I wouldn’t get a lot done this week. I had grandkids here Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for overnights. My son Buck’s kids came and they are always so good. I ended up with Kalissa’s kids here because they all wanted cousin time. But I faired better than expected. I made binding strips for …

What I’m Working On: March 24, 2025 Read More »

I was hoping I would get a lot done this week but….I filmed two videos. One I had to film three times to get it right. And…I stopped everything and did my taxes. My appointment today is at 1 pm so then I can put that all behind me for a year. As with every …

What I’m Working On: March 17th Read More »