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There was just one strip to cut yesterday to complete the stratas.

This is all 40-1/2 stratas, ready for me to decide which 16 patch to make.

I decided to look through my larger print brown fabrics to see if there was anything I would want to use for a few alternate blocks sprinkled through.  This photo shows 22" top to bottom.

This photos shows 1/2 yard of the fabric.

This photo shows 22" top to bottom.  I think this might be the best candidate.

This is showing 1/2 yard of the fabric.  I think this one ...

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 This morning, I really wasn't feeling all that great. So, I really didn't do anything but play on the tablet for a bit. 

Then we left around 12:30 pm to drop off 2 quilts with Colleen and then head off to Olympia for my eye appointment. I ended up getting 2 pairs of glasses, one for every day and one for when I work on my projects. I hope they work out. Then we went up to Patrick's oncology appointment. He is working on getting his stomach back in shape. The oncologist gave him something for ...

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I have to admit that I have a problem when things go wrong in the house, such as appliances, or the computer.  Yes, I do tend to panic, probably because after many years of Robin tending to these sorts of blokey things, it now all falls on me.  What to do, who to call?  On Sunday I noticed a big puddle of water under the tub and washing machine,  after I had done a load of laundry earlier in the morning.  So out came a couple of towels  to mop it all up, and I wondered if the washing machine ...

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 I started this quilt a few weeks ago but hit a little bump in the road because I couldn’t seem to understand the directions.  After a few videos were watched I finally got it!  How stupid of me… so here is the first block, 15 more to go. Oh my so many seams to match!  From a distance the lines look straight, but not really!  The eye expects to see a straight line…   I’ve made some ironing errors and the seams are supposed to be pressed open  this is definitely a test of my patience.

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Boken Dish Blocks in batiks, solids and prints.

This little art improv quilt is my current inspiration for my new projects, 15" x 15".

Six Broken Dish Blocks, each block is 5" square when finished.

I've finished more scrappy hot pads for gift giving.

Strips cut to be subcut into squares to make more Fourpatch Blocks and Broken Dish Blocks ...

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Last June, I said yes to a thing without really thinking it through. Kate from the Fat Quarter Shop reached out and asked if I would participate in their Flower Farm Quilt Along. Without thinking twice, I said yes.

In my head, I was thinking two blocks a month for 12 months. There are duplicate blocks in the quilt, so I thought, Awesome. I can handle that. So I ordered my fabric, got my book, and dove right into coloring the quilt. Then I looked at the schedule.

Wait. What?!

I actually needed to make two of each of two ...

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Set down your mug of pumpkin spice and get ready for a friendly fright as we continue the Boo To You Mystery Quilt and Stitch Along! For week three, we’re quilting and stitching up a floating friend with the Peek-A-Boo Bestie Block. Keep reading to see what you’re making this week and to download the Week Three Quilt Pattern and the Part Three Cross Stitch Pattern.

Week Three Video Tutorial

Join Kimberly on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel as she sews Week Three of the Boo To You Mystery Quilt.

Weekly Patterns and Supplies Roundup

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Good morning, my friends. It was a lovely day for a walk with Matthew yesterday. There was almost no time for sewing. But you know me...no day can start without a little slow-stitching and yesterday was no different. I took the first stitches on this final block for Le Jardin.

So Matthew texted early, and he was feeling up for a walk. When he arrived here, we drove over to the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge together. Tualatin...pronounced Too-WALL-uh-ton. When Mike and I first moved to Oregon, Tualatin was among the first words we learned to pronounce.

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Good morning, my friends. It was a lovely day for a walk with Matthew yesterday. There was almost no time for sewing. But you know me...no day can start without a little slow-stitching and yesterday was no different. I took the first stitches on this final block for Le Jardin.

So Matthew texted early, and he was feeling up for a walk. When he arrived here, we drove over to the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge together. Tualatin...pronounced Too-WALL-uh-ton. When Mike and I first moved to Oregon, Tualatin was among the first words we learned to pronounce.

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It's tempting to start another post off with the weather, it's been an exceptionally hot summer this year.  But I'll try to stop with that and move on to all the sewing that happened last week as a very happy consequence of not wanting to leave the house.  

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And so begins another crazy week. Who was I kidding when I said August would be quiet! It's been the opposite of quiet, but I have had a few quiet moments in the gazebo, just hanging around doing jigsaw puzzles, etc. 

Our weather has been so gorgeous here the last couple of days - the humidity was low, the temperature was moderate, and there was a slight breeze. I mean, what more could one possibly ask for in a summer day? The windows are open, and we're enjoying the summer!

Even though I was a tad busy throwing stuff ...

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I design my quilt patterns using Electric Quilt and I simply love it! ❤️

Not only does EQ make it easy to tweak a design, I can lay out my actual fabrics in my quilt to see exactly how it will look when done. Before I cut into my gorgeous fabrics, I have a complete plan of not only how my quilt will look, but also how much yardage I will need.

When I decided recently to make a Kaffe Fasset version of my Thumbprint design, I used EQ to help me plan!

I was recently asked ...

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After having 3 of the grandkids here for a few days, we're back to our usual routines - golf for grandpa and sewing for grandma.  Pretty predictable aren't we?

The boys fished every day, sometimes twice.  LOL  And they played golf. 

Olivia sewed with me Sunday and Monday.  Her very first sewing project was her pillowcase, and then she began working on a table runner. She sewed it and she quilted it herself, but I did do the binding for her.  She did a really good job on all of it.  My daughter said when the grandpa dropped the ...

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Ten more stratas are sewn for a total of 39-1/2.  There was a cut out of one of the fabrics so I could only make a half length strata from that combination.

This is one more pair but I decided it's a toss up which one is the light and which is the dark.  There are too many spots of the black background compared to the amount of lighter color leaves.  I'll look through some more fabrics today.  Right now I have 80 different fabrics in the sewn stratas.

I folded over the stack of the first ...

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Maybe I should say “Lost and Replaced”. I have a friend who literally finishes every quilt she starts. I start a lot, but don’t always finish. Or more likely, I finish them, but it takes me a few years. My friend reminded me I didn’t finish the quilt I started last year for the church auction. She told me to quit procrastinating and get it done. I dug it out and realized I’ve misplaced four blocks.

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I long promised you a free pattern. I finally got it done. You can find the pattern HERE. This is the quilt that I wrote the pattern for… It was very popular on the blog when I showed off my finished quilt. I want to point out a few things to you. The quilt is …

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