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Good morning, my friends. Well...the best laid plans, you know. When we decided to take our boat out, it was a beautiful day with sunshine and blue sky. Yesterday...not so much. It was terribly smoky in our world. I read in our local newspaper that Portland was in the world's top 10 for worst air quality. It's a dubious distinction to be sure. Here's a picture that accompanied the article. Yikes. 

And we could see smoke in the air where we were. So, we decided to stay in with the A/C turned on for ...

Good morning, my friends. Well...the best laid plans, you know. When we decided to take our boat out, it was a beautiful day with sunshine and blue sky. Yesterday...not so much. It was terribly smoky in our world. I read in our local newspaper that Portland was in the world's top 10 for worst air quality. It's a dubious distinction to be sure. Here's a picture that accompanied the article. Yikes. 

And we could see smoke in the air where we were. So, we decided to stay in with the A/C turned on for ...

 You can already feel the difference. It's getting dark earlier, and the heat is different. 

 My set ...

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I have Good News, and I have Bad News.  

The good news is that a lot of Canadians have been buying quilt patterns from my shop.  Thank you, Canadians, for your support!!  The bad news is that due to the volume of orders, my ...

July felt like a month of medical appointments.  Physical therapy twice a week and then several appointments to address the tooth pain that was keeping me up.  Even with all the disruptions, July was a pretty good month on the PHD front.  There is another finish to link up with Ms. P Designs for the July PHD report.  

This is my third finish for the year.  I had hoped to have more finishes by this point in the year.  Learning to quilt has been a slow process, but I'm getting better and a bit faster there.  Finding a long ...

I usually only get one day a week in my sewing studio and ordinarily I like to focus on my own big projects but today it was a catch up day instead. 

I crossed four jobs off my to-do list. 

1. Tote Bags x3
2. Dog jacket repair
3. Microwave heat pack 
4. New dog jacket for Betty

Let's just say that yesterday did NOT turn out as I planned. Instead, I was a slug and spent time in the gazebo and bonding with Murphy! I'm happy to report that she seems to be feeling much better, and I think I mentioned that she even came into the house on her own in the morning to hang out with me.

Then she lay at my feet while I was blogging, so it was hard to type! But that's OK. 

MOM - I need to be with you!!!

I was in such a relaxed mood that I ...

It's crumpled.

It hasn't been damp stretched...ever.

I created this piece for a specific space in my home, a sofa which gets a lot of wear.

As I was embroidering the cloth and piecing the patchwork flowers I was convincing myself....this is the piece that will go in the washing machine.

By the time it was finished I was OK with that. 

I finished it a couple of days ago and true to my plan I threw it in the washing machine.

Then I got extra brave and put it in the tumble drier.

It will ...

Good morning! Catching up after a long road trip, finishing up a few old quilts (

Good morning! Catching up after a long road trip, finishing up a few old quilts (

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed by the actual link up where you can ...

I have a stash of LayerCakes (42 10″ squares) that I am trying to turn into projects.

While I have made Two By Four quilt blocks before, the sew-and-trim technique shared in THIS VIDEO by Aunt Em’s Quilts sped up the process for me. It might help you, too.

Part way through, I (gasp!) MISCUT a strip. ARRGH! But, it turned out to be a good thing. I decided that, rather than have just one block different, I would fill in with some leftover jelly roll strips that were a believable match and make the quilt a bit larger ...

I dislike being behind on a block of the month, so finishing month 1 of the liminal quit medallion BOM by Jo Avery for Love Patchwork and Quilting was a priority this week. It is out of my comfort zone so there was quite a bit of unpicking.