I’m slowly making my way down the Woodpecker’s body doing the fill in colours, mostly two different shades of grey with some white added in for contrast. 
As is appropriate for slow stitching, it is going slowly. I was on a really good roll last evening, happily enjoying my stitching when we were suddenly, quite literally, in the dark. The power went out and stayed out for several hours. Counted cross stitch by flash light tends not to work very well, so that was the end of that. I had a book saved on my phone through one ...
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| Planning my layout at Quilt Retreat |
I think a border of ...
read moreHere’s this cute jelly roll jumble ready for donation. Currently quilting Victory, I am doing freehand Baptist fans so it’ll take longer, but I’m keeping this one…
Posting isn't a habit quite yet. Even quilting isn't, I just sew alot.
I've set a goal to quilt 2 flimsies a week. I'm averaging that. Considering autumn is a favorite season and it's been glorious here this year I'm pretty satisfied with what I've quilted on cooler or rainy days.
Here's the latest. Both flimsies were finished recently and both are going to the church ladies to be bound.
The fall season always brings out pumpkins.
There's just over a week to go until I'm back at the Modern Quilt Club retreat at the Gomersal Park Hotel. Usually I have lots of projects packed, but this time I am packing fewer projects and acknowledging that I can no longer speed sew with any accuracy all day.
The first project that I've packed is the next border for the Liminal Quilt by Jo Avery for Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine. I think this would be a good project for Saturday as I should be able to finish it in a day. Soon the borders ...
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| Photo credit: https://reptilesmagazine.com/golden-poison-dart-frog-care-sheet/ |
Good morning, my friends, and welcome to November! Sheesh. Can you believe we're into the "holiday season" already? And it’s my favorite time change of the year. For the past week, I’ve been making a list of all the things I’m going to do with my extra hour of time.
Truthfully, time seems to fly by any more. I feel as if we just got home from last winter’s trip south. It makes me think of a conversation I had with one of my graduate school professors. Her name was Maria, and her social work ...
read moreGood morning, my friends, and welcome to November! Sheesh. Can you believe we're into the "holiday season" already? And it’s my favorite time change of the year. For the past week, I’ve been making a list of all the things I’m going to do with my extra hour of time.
Truthfully, time seems to fly by any more. I feel as if we just got home from last winter’s trip south. It makes me think of a conversation I had with one of my graduate school professors. Her name was Maria, and her social work ...
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I made use of my nephews who had a half-term holiday to give me a hand setting up the longarm frame. As they were not my own children I had stop after a reasonable time and I had to pay them. I don’t think the frames are really meant to be dismantled and set up again 3 or 4 times. I had difficulty getting some of the side bolts to hold but that could well have been down to my own incompetence and impatience. Let’s just say that I may have invented an emergency support using a piece ...
read moreWhen I saw Lumiere by Timeless Treasures, it was love at first sight. Thank you Timeless Treasures for providing me with these beautiful fabrics.
I cut my strips 3.25″ to yield 5″ finished hexies using my First Choice rulers by Studio 180 Design..
From the same 3.25″ strips I made 10″ kaleidoscope Star 60 units using Deb Tucker’s Star 60 Tool.
I wanted the fairy to be gazing up at the moon and the stars, so I made 5″ and 10″ Framed 60 ‘s from the beautiful coordinating fabrics using my Star 60 Tool and the Framed ...
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It's amazing what you can learn by asking perfect strangers! And even complimenting a perfect stranger is amazing. I've run into two instances where I saw someone wearing a garment that looked custom-made for them. The fit and the color were perfect. And I told them both - one in line at the grocery store, and the other in a restaurant. I think both were a bit taken aback that I would approach them until they realized what I was saying!
Funny how we are reluctant to interact with a stranger even when they have good news!
Well, I ...
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We have been traveling this week, visiting family.
I took hand work but had little time in the sewing room before we left.
The focus for the next few months is to wrap up projects before we roll into 2027. It always feels good to start a new year with fresh projects.
Fabric Added: 17.875
Fabric Used: 10.625 yards
Net Fabric Added: 7.25 yards
How did you do this week?
read moreLast weekend, we had a fall drive with our car club up to the high country then down to the Lake James area. The colors were coming out nicely in the higher elevations. We drove around twisty roads climbing up near Mount Mitchell, enjoying the oranges and reds along the roadside.
Coming down, the vista was stunning in spite of the fog and overcast skies. This photo doesn’t begin to do the view justice.
There is nothing like driving in the mountains in the fall. I wish there had been more sunlight, these colors were lovely.
I know how ...
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