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August 7, 2026
The Last Two Blocks from The Knitting Quilter


 It's been a few hot days up here. I've been busy but also trying to stay cool along the way. Lily was snoozing on the couch last night. I couldn't help but take a picture and share it. She looks so cute! She's almost 15 years old. I can't believe she's that old! She sleeps right next to me everyday when I knit on the couch. She's nice when she wants to be but also doesn't want too much attention other times! I guess she's a typical cat!



I quilted the ...

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The Last Two Blocks from Knitting Quilter


 It's been a few hot days up here. I've been busy but also trying to stay cool along the way. Lily was snoozing on the couch last night. I couldn't help but take a picture and share it. She looks so cute! She's almost 15 years old. I can't believe she's that old! She sleeps right next to me everyday when I knit on the couch. She's nice when she wants to be but also doesn't want too much attention other times! I guess she's a typical cat!



I quilted the ...

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Lately from Lovin' Life At The End Of The Dirt Road

 Seems like our days are filled with little odds and ends, like yours, that make up a life...a good life.Celebrating a special birthdayTaking your daughter to work day.

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Running with scissors from Just Sew Sue

 

This is Running with Scissors by By Annie in Tula Pink's grey work. I quilted the fabric on my Janome Atelier 7 with no marking. I just eyeballed the middle of each dot and it has worked out quite well.

This is not a difficult pattern but unusually I didn't precut all of the components and that turned out to be unwise. The stitching of all of the pockets for your tools took longer than expected. I took the project to the Modern Quilt Club July retreat but I wasn't getting along with the machine so it ...

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De quilts van Daisy Aschehoug. from M. Brito de Campos

Bloomerang

Het was een van haar quilts, die dit jaar het beeldmerk was van het Festival of Quilts. De quilt stond ook op de kaft van het programmaboek en op de toegangskaartjes van alle evenementen. Haar tentoonstelling heet 'Modular Curves'.


Daisy heeft een hele eigen stijl, die ik onmiddellijk herken tussen allerlei andere quilts. Via haar Instagram account kun je veel van haar proces volgen en dat geeft een hele leuke inkijk in het ontstaan van haar quilts. 

Syncopation

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Amplify

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Hillside

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Een aantal van deze quilts is ontstaan als project voor de retreats, die zij organiseert. Zij ...

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Liberty Eagle Completed! from Humble Quilts

Yay! Finally finished with my eagle quilt!

I did some simple meandering and outlining. 

I was able to get this lady liberty in an extra wide  and it is so pretty!



Another one in different lighting. 

The pattern is from Jan Patek. I reduced the size of the blocks and used an eagle from Electric Quilt. It measures approx 47"x67" and the blocks measure about 9 1/4" finished.

Next Monday we are heading to Washington DC to be tourists! So, I'd say I finished this at the right time! I'm hoping to see some of the ...

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Festival of Quilts 2026. from M. Brito de Campos

Pam Jenner
Mother Earth
May there be Peace

Het waren fantastische dagen in Birmingham. Er was zoveel te zien, zoveel te doen, zoveel te beleven en te ervaren. Echt geweldig. De variëteit aan dingen, die je er kunt doen, en voor elk wat wils, is echt fantastisch. Ik heb genoten.

Stripes #1
Nicola Findlay

In de loop der jaren heb ik een soort routine opgebouwd. Ik begin de dag met het bekijken van de quilts, verdeeld over allerlei categorieën. Dit doe ik een half uur of een uur. Hangt er een beetje van af of ik veel quilts zie ...

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Lala's Irish Chain - Week IV from Melva Loves Scraps

 

Welcome back to Week 4 of Lala's Irish Chain.  This week's step is making a two-patch unit joining your background 2-1/2" squares with assorted 2-1/2" squares from your jelly roll or stash.

Press seams toward the assorted print fabric.  This will help with nesting seams when the patchwork blocks are assembled.

Since Lala was a seamstress, making dresses for several ladies in Trinidad, I am sure she had a good variety of fabrics to choose from, including some feed sack fabrics from flour and sugar bags at the mercantile or store.  
Her paid work as a ...

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Two Small Mary's Triangles Quilts from The Colorful Fabricholic

You may remember, I was making Mary's Triangles at social sewing. I planned them for a small quilt, baby or wheelchair* size. I set them on point with alternate plain squares and made this top.


I bundled the top together with batting and backing for someone else to quilt and finish. My friend Linda adopted it and finished it. Here's the photo she sent me.

Evidently I miscalculated the number of blocks I needed, because I had almost as many left over. Rather than let them sit in a scrap drawer forever, or become dog bed filler, I ...

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Last of the Lemurs from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Our air quality was a little better yesterday. By afternoon, our sky was looking more blue than the sick yellow of the past few days. It’s looking even better this morning. As is my usual routine in the morning, I checked in on the garden. There were a couple of zucchini to harvest, and the weeds are still manageable. After that, I filled the bird feeders and then headed back inside for my slow-stitching.

Block 7 for “Home is Where My Flock Is” is finished now.


Here are all the blocks I have for this ...

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Last of the Lemurs from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Our air quality was a little better yesterday. By afternoon, our sky was looking more blue than the sick yellow of the past few days. It’s looking even better this morning. As is my usual routine in the morning, I checked in on the garden. There were a couple of zucchini to harvest, and the weeds are still manageable. After that, I filled the bird feeders and then headed back inside for my slow-stitching.

Block 7 for “Home is Where My Flock Is” is finished now.


Here are all the blocks I have for this ...

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2026 Haven Charity Quilt Raffle from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

Get ready for our annual charity quilt raffle for Make-a-Wish! This cozy quilt raffle gives you a chance to win a finished quilt—all while supporting the wish-granting work of Make-a-Wish, one $5 raffle ticket at a time.

How To Enter The Raffle

Entering the raffle is oh-sew simple! You can purchase raffle tickets for $5 each for a chance to win one of these quilts. 100% of the proceeds from the quilt raffle will benefit Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas to support their wish-granting work for children with critical illnesses. The charity quilt raffle opens at 8 AM CST on ...

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Sewcialites 3 Block 24 – Star Light by Lisa Bongean from Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Jabber

Welcome back for week 24 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the glittering Star Light Block by Lisa Bongean!

Star Light by Lisa Bongean

This week’s designer, Lisa Bongean, is a longtime quilter and is the designer behind Primitive Gatherings for Moda Fabrics. This week, she brought us the experience-level Star Light Block that puts your piecing skills to the test with eight ...

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Hanging With the Tada's! from Quiltville's Quips & Snips!


Lunch on the porch while the thunder rolled?  Yes, please!

They arrived late Wednesday afternoon - I really didn't have a chance for much visiting while they were moving everything on in, so seeing everyone busy retreating yesterday morning was wonderful.

And an invite for lunch? Accepted!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - to walk in through the back door, make my way through the kitchen to the hallway leading to the Quilting Quarters and hearing the sound of machines humming and the conversations and laughter overriding everything - it's just a wonderful feeling!

And ...

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Out with the old and in with the new (electrical) from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

My apologies for not mentioning that there is a fee for the scrap class. I did not post it, and it wasn't in the blurb that I shared from the Thimbles and Things website, BUT it is on the page where you have to sign up, and it's pretty clear.



To add to the cart, you could not miss the $50, and since there are 10 classes, it works out to $5 per class. This is how I make money for my time! 

Here's something that many people don't know or perhaps don't think about ...

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Machine Quilting, Piecing and Hand Quilting, of Course! from The Cozy Quilter

It's been a busy week in the sewing department!  On Monday, I pin basted my nine patch quilt.  I quilted it with my walking foot yesterday and I have binding picked out to cut and sew on today.  This quilt will be done and ready for show and tell at our September guild meeting!  I used a 28wt light grey thread for the quilting. 



I pieced the medium blue block for my "circle" quilt and now all the blocks are made.  I went searching through my stash for an appropriate sashing fabric as I did not want the blocks ...

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Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Pieced by Trudy.
Pieced by another member of Annapolis Quilts for Kids. Both trimmed and ready for the next Annapolis Quilts for Kids

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link. 

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to products I use on my other blog posts. If you purchase the items I recommend, or anything else, after using my links to ...

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Sampler Quiltalong with Joy: Block 3 from Wedding Dress Blue

Here are my four-for-the-price-of-one Sampler Quilt Along Half Square Triangle Blocks.

The colors look a little wild now, but I have hopes it will all come together in the end.

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Finished (or not) Friday from My Sewing Room

So far just one small finish from my To Do list - this table runner.


This was a kit that I purchased last spring.  It actually had 4 big squares, but that made the runner too long for my table.  So I have a 10" square of cute fabric left over, to use in something else in the future.  I did change out the sashing color but kept the original sashing strips from the kit - because 2.5" strips are always useful.


The focus fabric really is cute - with Vintage Valentines.  Don't these look like those little valentines we would ...

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August 2026 OMG from Quilt Paint Create

This month I debated setting a new OMG.  July was an epic fail between all the travel and illness.  I came out of it re-evaluating the day to day with a bend toward simplifying.

In the end, I decided to give it a go.

I started Fairy Tales Live on Roofs in November 2024.  Between the monochromatic color scheme and all the back stitch, I set it aside often.  It dragged on too long, and I’m determined to finish it this month.

Here’s where it was last time I showed it.

Here’s where it is now.    

A ...

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