As soon as I’d finished the Skunk critter for The Year in the Woods series, I started right in on the next critter, a Woodpecker. I’ve gotten quite a bit done on it already. I’m doing this one differently. On the last few that I’ve done, I’ve started on the bottom of the charts and worked my way to the top. This one is growing from the top down instead. 
2025 Annual Review
Most significant achievements:
Starting to use the bigger building, although still under renovation!
Late April, during shop hop we moved our fabrics into the front section of the building so that we'd have a bit more room with all the traffic.
New Patterns - find all the ...
read moreSince receiving my Gammill Optimum+ machine on November 12, 2009 ...I've written a recap each year to show the highlights from a business perspective of how I've used the machine.
Customer Quilts (CQ): CQ1031-CQ1121
Find photos of each quilt under Quilting Examples tab -- by year.
This Year: 91 Customer Quilts
89% Pantos, 11% Custom
81 pantos; 10 custom
Pantographs : 6.67 (#/mo) Custom : 0.9167 (#/mo)
Business to date: 1121 Customer Quilts long-armed
+ commissions/memory quilts, samples, etc.
Joint Project - QOV - CQ1049
Highlighting my Custom Quilting
CQ1033
CQ1043
CQ1081
CQ1082
CQ1090
CQ1102
CQ1108
Commissions / T-shirt ...
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This weekend I have been recovering from working 12 days straight, including FoQ. When I worked for myself I could unwind gradually and last year I headed up to Glasgow. This past week was far too long and I did very little at the weekend, even going for a Sunday afternoon snooze.
Nessie went for a hair-do but the groomer insisted on leaving her ears shaggy so she now looks like a gremlin.
I made some mindless Hama beads to finish off my kitchen doorway but when I move I will have to repaint because I stuck them up ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. It was another hot day yesterday. Happily, our air quality has improved significantly. We were rated at "Unheathy" just a few days ago. Now, we're rated as "Very Good." And that's the way we like it.
Since I had no excuse for not hoeing the garden, that was my first stop after slow-stitching in the morning. Getting outside, the first thing I noticed was how the morning sunshine was making our maple tree glow.
Good morning, my friends. It was another hot day yesterday. Happily, our air quality has improved significantly. We were rated at "Unheathy" just a few days ago. Now, we're rated as "Very Good." And that's the way we like it.
Since I had no excuse for not hoeing the garden, that was my first stop after slow-stitching in the morning. Getting outside, the first thing I noticed was how the morning sunshine was making our maple tree glow.
Here I am! So sorry for missing the last two Oh Scrap Sundays. I will be sharing soon some news and you will all get to see what we have been up to here at Many hands and Many Hearts.
I did have some scrappy blocks to share with you but I decided to share some of the MANY photos of finishes quilts I have on my phone. All of these quilts have already been delivered months ago.
Linda sent in this quilt top. It is such a lovely shade of coral. She also sent in this pieced backing. I ...
read moreYou are right -- 30 years is NOT old for a house, but the electrical stuff in the house is old! Many of the plugs were outdated or broken. That is not good news for safety and for our environment! Yet again!!!
OH MY -- I never thought about the QUILTsocial blog posts and AI. But you are right—you cannot tell it is AI. The voices and conversation are super smooth and sound just like two people casually talking - literally the way you would have a conversation in a podcast. DH says, I should be happy that it's NOT my ...
read moreNo fabric in this week. I’m counting out the fabric I passed for the swap a few months ago. If it ever makes it back to me, it will come as a finished quilt.
I had the urge to piece this week and pulled out an old UFO. The pattern is Moondance by Beth Ferrier. At the time, it was a free block of the month. Now it’s part of a book.
I decided years ago that I wanted the background fabrics in the stairstep sashing blocks to match the background in the adjacent blocks. It took me ...
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Later when i am fully awake i will do the pickles if i am still in notion .....its funny how a person can be ready one minute to do something then in the blink of ...
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We expect warm the first week of August here in Oklahoma. The weather definitely didn't disappoint. The sewing room is the warmest room in the house, but it's still cooler than outside. That made it easy to get in all my stitching time this week.
Fijne zondag toegewenst.
Groetjes van Tilly
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This little corgi is waving the flag for Great Britain. I had stitched three of these, and made two into place mats for my corgi owning grand-daughter as a Christmas gift a couple of years ago. Why I stitched the third one, I've got no idea. But I found it hiding in a basket full of stuff recently and thought it was time I did something with it.
So I decided to make myself a new apron and use the corgi stitchery as a pocket. I've got lots of aprons, but some are getting rather tatty and should ...
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Ray has been on a roll. He sent two emails. I meant to get them right away and didn’t and the next thing I knew there were six in my inbox. I’m getting to them today. Ray writes: Annie M. in WA made and sent me a beautiful patriotic quilt to finish for the veteran …
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read moreLife is so hecktic that sewing has to be a must or I might want to sleep all day. Here is another flannel pj transformation. I did all straight line quilting and the fabric behaved very well. This one is called "Cuddle Up" and is about 40" x 48" so nice for a small child.
This next one pictured below is not flannel but all black and white pieces from my scraps and ...
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