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Learn how to sew a Christmas stocking quilt block – and make it into a quilt! This pattern and video tutorial is jelly roll friendly – plus a background fabric.

Sewing the stocking quilt block couldn’t be easier and make many to finish up a super cute quilt.

For the stocking quilt block and quilt pattern you are going to need just a few supplies. A jelly roll let me sew up 30 stocking quilt blocks.

I did kind of move the fabric around – some of these were lighter in the background and I could use those instead of the background ...

I heard yesterday and through today there are some of us having trouble with Outlook.  I wasn’t able to upload my photos until this morning when I all of a sudden realized I could get into Gmail and see if the photos were there and they were! so here I am now finally doing a […]

Well ..... at least that was the plan ....

My little guy has suddenly become interested in what I've been doing lately.  Since it is getting colder outside, he is not spending much time there and he is bored ..... so I'm a good diversion for him!  LOL

He is doing such a good job of anchoring my quilt onto my table while the binding runs through my sewing machine.

 Another great day was spent at our Prayers and Squares group yesterday. Last week and then again yesterday we had a new lady join us. That puts us up to 12 local ladies now. What a blessing it is to all of us. Both of the new ladies are in the very beginning stages of their quilt making journeys, so we have designed a quilt where they can learn basic techniques and then have a finished donation quilt at the end. They seem to be enjoying themselves.
 These are Angela’s blocks, so far. Three Rail Fence blocks and Three ...

I had a reservation on PCQ's long arm last weekend, so I was able to get DJ2 quilted, then bound on Monday. It's a finish!

Good morning, my friends. It was an easy-going day yesterday. Y'all talked me into taking a break from the Zebra quilt. I was tempted to work on it anyway, but we negotiated a plan for finishing the blocks. There are ten blocks left to finish the top. The zebra and I agreed I would aim to make two blocks per day. If I stick with that schedule, I should have it finished in five days. It's a good plan. Two blocks is doable, and I can maintain my sanity at the same time.

As for yesterday’s comings ...

Good morning, my friends. It was an easy-going day yesterday. Y'all talked me into taking a break from the Zebra quilt. I was tempted to work on it anyway, but we negotiated a plan for finishing the blocks. There are ten blocks left to finish the top. The zebra and I agreed I would aim to make two blocks per day. If I stick with that schedule, I should have it finished in five days. It's a good plan. Two blocks is doable, and I can maintain my sanity at the same time.

As for yesterday’s comings ...

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Progress with this little drawstring pouch.

Patchwork edged with running stitch, French knots added around the hexagons shapes and bullion knots with sequins as a finishing touch. 

I will now embroider around the outer edge of the pouch before embellishing and adding the lining. 

       

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You would think that with a whole week to sew, that I would have gotten more done this week. Ah, but you know what they say about making plans! It started out fine with the entire day Monday cleaning up the sewing space, putting things away, gathering a box for donation, and clearing off the cutting table. Of course, things got hectic with an unplanned meeting, several fires that needed tending, and unexpected news. But, I did manage to get the elegant Christmas motifs sewn into a wall hanging. I started by trimming all the embroideries to a uniform size ...

It has been a mostly red, white, and blue week around here.  And that will continue to be the case well into December.

Thursday morning I prepped 3 more Quilts of Valor to be sent off to the long arm quilter.  We have a good number of quilt tops done, and plenty of backings for them. But as we've awarded so many lately, our pile of finished quilts is nearly gone.  Isn't that a great problem to have?  It means we're honoring a lot of veterans. 

Photo borrowed from Corn Palace website

This has nothing to do ...

 I will be spending the day in a "danger" zone! Shopping danger, that is. There are two kinds of shops I shouldn't be allowed to wander around in: a bookstore and a craft store. I'm good with quilt stores now - I can only buy what I need and then get out. I'll tell you where I am in a second. 

Oh my -- hopefully the pictures will come through. Microsoft seems to be having difficulty letting me log in this morning. I wonder if they are still having problems. OK -- we may not have pictures. I totally get ...

 My quilting student is doing a great job. Although we have not been able to get together often, she is learning the basics of quilting.

She has been working on a Christmas quilt from the 3 yard quilt book. 

It's been fun to work together on this quilt.

I hope she keeps it up. Passing the baton to the next generation.

Happy  Quilting.