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Happy Friday, quilters! I actually have a personal quilt to show off this week. I made this for a friend's birthday earlier this year.

The pattern is a free one from Generation Quilt Patterns. I made 14" sq blocks set on point. This does require partial seams around the center block, but still quite simple and quick to assemble.

The blue fabric was an ombre and I cut strips horizontally (the opposite of usual) in order to get a range of blues. Laying it out in order to keep the blues in order was a bit of a challenge ...

 I am in Madison  retreating this year. Attending the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show. But first yesterday I visited Olbrich Botanical Gardens. It wasn't too colorful as I expected at end of season. I did expect a few more annuals. No petunias! No Chrysanthemums, even in bud. Plenty of other fun. I was pleased to see a lavish use of native wildflowers in the gardens. But my favorites were the water lilies in their sunken watergarden.

Two surprises. First "skinny genes" oak tree. A nice slender specimen. I wonder how old it is. But yikes up against the building.

And ...

A couple of weeks ago, Kayla messaged me and asked if I was up for going to see Wicked. I am always up for seeing any play, and seeing it with Kayla is doubly better. Originally, Kayla and Spencer were going on a double date with her friend Liz and her husband Tony. It turns …

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 September is the Purse-a-thon and Sewathon 2026.  This is my fundraising page: 

What’s the Project? Ready to bring a little fall into the house? These free fall table runner patterns are a quick way to add pumpkins, leaves, warm colors, and a little handmade goodness to your table. They’re smaller than a quilt, fun to sew, and perfect for using fabrics already hiding in your stash.

Fall Table Runner Patterns

I love decorating for fall—but I don’t necessarily want another giant tote of decorations to store for the other nine months of the year.

That’s why table runners are so good.

You can completely change the look ...

I spent Labour Day weekend at the cottage.  It was nice to get away for an overnight trip.  The weather was perfect for me and so good to not have to think about hubby and his needs.  A PSW was hired to stay with him while I was away.

My EPP project came along with me and two little guys helped pull out paper templates.  They were excited to help me.

Two ...

Happy September, my friends!  I don't know about you, but here in west Tennessee, even though fall is only a few short days away, we are suffering with sweltering heat.  It's been over 100 degrees for many days out of the last few weeks- that's the actual temperature, not just the heat index- and when the temp hasn't hit 100, it's been darn close in the upper 90's.  And, not a drop of rain in weeks. All of that is to say that I am so ready for some cooler weather, and starting to ...

During National Sewing Month, we like to give a little bit of extra love to the machine that makes all of our creative endeavors come to life. This year, we’re diving into the often-overlooked library of decorative stitches available on our sewing machine and giving some napkins an heirloom-worthy finish.

Decorative Stitch Napkin Supplies

Summer isn’t quite over yet in our neck of the woods, and the Summer Solstice Wovens collection by Pieces to Treasure for Moda Fabrics captures all the joy of a summer picnic in one great collection. The woven texture of this fabric gives our ...

Di dalam dunia judi online, salah satu permainan yang kian populer yakni supertogel. Sejumlah petaruh beralih ke supertogel karena bermacam-macam motivasi yang. Game ini tidak hanya memberikan sensasi, tetapi juga kesempatan yang besar dalam memenangkan hadiah yang menggiurkan.

Supertogel sudah muncul sebagai salah satu favorit bagi banyak pemain, baik pemula maupun yang berpengalaman. Melalui berbagai keunggulan yang ditawarkannya, suporter setia permainan ini terus bertambah. Ayo kita ulas lima alasan mengapa supertogel menjadi pilihan teratas bagi kepada petaruh di dunia ini.

Keunggulan Supertogel

Supertogel memberikan kemudahan akses untuk para petaruh. Hanya dengan menggunakan alat elektronik, pemain bisa menikmati ragam tipe permainan ...

Good morning, my friends. It's been a couple of days of this's and thats's. I've been keeping up with my slow-stitching each day. On Tuesday, I stitched far enough to decide to move my hoop up.

For Tuesday's trip into town everything took longer than I thought it would. Happily, I was there early for my haircut and color, and ...

Good morning, my friends. It's been a couple of days of this's and thats's. I've been keeping up with my slow-stitching each day. On Tuesday, I stitched far enough to decide to move my hoop up.

For Tuesday's trip into town everything took longer than I thought it would. Happily, I was there early for my haircut and color, and ...

I just received two boxes from Timeless Treasures. One for Dragonfly Mist which has been out for a while and one containing Lumiere.

Terri Butler, my partner in creation already had Dragonfly Mist and now I have it too so we can make a One Block Wonder (OBW) jacket and quilt.

Follow Terri and me on our joint Facebook page Mama Said These Threads Could Talk & www.mamasaidsewllc.com

My Facebook page If These Threads Could Talk

@TimelessTreasures #TimelessTreasures #DragonflyMist #Lumiere

I wish I knew something smart to say, but unfortunately I don’t know much. Monday was a holiday of course, but I worked all day. The only difference was that school was off for the holiday, so no grandkids to pick up. I got the border put on Rhonda’s quilt and got it loaded on the frame. 

When we left off last time, I was in the process of making 160 flying geese. I was doing them in batches of 20 so I wouldn’t have to do the same thing 160 times at once. Here I have some in all three stages of piecing. I stacked the finished ones up in groups of 10 so I could keep count.

Seventy done, ninety to go.

I took a break from the geese to add a border to the quilt top. I thought it would be good to have a border between the pinwheels and the geese.

When ...

Today may be a non-sewing day as I have an orthopedic appointment, and 2 football games going on. Good thing I got some things done yesterday.

You all know the old saying of measure twice and cut once, but this project caused me to measure about 5 times before cutting into the fabric.

It's critical to have well organized and well written instructions for new projects and especially when the project is more complicated than usual. That is very true for cutting the ROUND background for Kisses From Heaven.  Even though I'm a very experienced quilter (almost 50 ...

I love that we all have some wonderful memories! Of living on the farm, living in Montreal, and so many more! I would still be living in Montreal and having a very different life, but alas, because of the political scene and the job situation, I live here. I resisted and turned down a transfer to Toronto MULTIPLE times, then changed companies, and within a year I was asked to move, so I caved and moved. No regrets, but I do miss Montreal!

I'm happy to report that the presentation went off very well! About 15 minutes before, I ...

welcome to this week's list of likes! Starting with shade. It got hot again so walking is harder

Shadow shot

conversation starter this week

what has been your highlight of the past week

my husband came and helped me move my newish sewing machine up to the studio, and now all that's left is to learn to thread it, wind a bobbin, what the knobs, buttons and sliders do... lol

When Rick and went to Michigan we drove through the northern part of Indiana. I was doing some English Paper Piecing. I looked up and saw a sign that LaGrange Road. I grabbed my camera and was going to take a picture and send it to Ray. For those of you who don’t know, Ray’s …

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