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February 22, 2026
Stash Report 2/22/2026 from Mel's quilting blog

    Quilt Paint Create stash report for 2/8/2026.

I'm working to sew every day or do something in the studio.


Used this Week:
11.58 yards

Total Used Year to Date:
Donated fabric
25.92 yards
0.25 yards
Net Stash used in February      
12.91 yards

Added this Week:
0.00 yards

Added Year to Date:
5.25 yards

2026 Goal:
200.00 yards

Yards to the goal:
174.08 yards

Trinket Trays
Pizza Box Quilt
Flamingo Quilt
String of Hearts Bag
Chicken Star Bag
Thread Catchers

Prairie Moon is not doing a 350-block challenge anymore ...

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Dublin Gulch from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. For as many times as we've been to Death Valley, I didn't think there were any more surprises there for us. Yesterday, we visited Dublin Gulch, which isn't technically inside Death Valley. Instead, it's in the tiny town of Shoshone, California just to the south of the park. What an interesting place! As usual, I took too many pictures. I'll tell you what I know about it, but if you're interested, you can read more about it and see more pictures right here.

Within just a few minutes of leaving ...

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Dublin Gulch from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. For as many times as we've been to Death Valley, I didn't think there were any more surprises there for us. Yesterday, we visited Dublin Gulch, which isn't technically inside Death Valley. Instead, it's in the tiny town of Shoshone, California just to the south of the park. What an interesting place! As usual, I took too many pictures. I'll tell you what I know about it, but if you're interested, you can read more about it and see more pictures right here.

Within just a few minutes of leaving ...

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PQ 17.4 Of Another Era from Words & Stitches

The Project Quilting Challenge for this week was about something from another era. Well, instead of looking backwards, I decided to go forward. I’d had an idea for a BTS-themed denim jacket for my sister. My sister is a huge BTS fan and we are lucky enough to have gotten tickets to see them later this spring. I’ve been loving the denim jackets I’ve seen with quilted insets and wanted to create BTS’s logo on a jacket. I pieced the logo and then quilted it directly to the jacket back with a layer of thin batting ...

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YouTube Stitching Stars, Flicker Blocks, Slow Stitching from Canadian Needle Nana

 It is happening, the lengthening of the days I mean. It is already noticeable but of course, we are still under banks of snow and will be for several more months. March can be our snowiest month here so I won't be seeing buttercups any time soon. But still, the tiny steady slivers of extra light each day add up. 

And I finally managed a photo to show why this fellow is called an Eastern Cottontail. Isn't it cute! I called all rabbits "bunny rabbits" growing up. Did you?

Slow stitching- I should say really slow stitching has ...

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Updated Colorful Cats List - February 2026 from Kitty and Me Designs

 

Colorful Cats Bubbles Cross Stitch Pattern

It's been awhile since I updated the Colorful Cats list so here you go!  kittyandme.etsy.com

 

COMPLETE LIST OF COLORFUL CATS 

 310 (exclusive) - Keepsakes Cross Stitch 

Acorn (exclusive) - Acorns And Threads

America (exclusive) - Stitchery X-Press 

Antoinette 

Applejack 

Blizzard

Bluebird

Bubbles (Free Birthday Cat - join Fans Of Kitty And Me on Facebook and sign up) 

Bumblebee 

Butterfly (exclusive) - Cross Stitch Boutique 

Candy Cane 

Candy Corn 

Celebrate 

Champagne 

Cherry Berry 

Cobweb 

Confetti

Cupcake 

Cupid 

Delightful (exclusive) Needlework By Jim

Easter 

Egbert 

Emerald 

February 

Freedom 

Frosty

Fur Elise

Gingerbread 

Gingham 

Grapevine 

Hollyberry 

January 

Jeannie 

Jelly Bean 

Jingle

Jubilee 

July America 250 ...

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Project Quilting 17.4 Of Another Era from Meena Schaldenbrand

Project Quilting 17.4 Of Another Era
3d 1960s tie dye flower and
 knotted macrame 1970s leaf 

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Sunday in the Art Room from Gene Black an Alabama Artist

For Sunday in the Art Room, I am sharing some of my favorite creations. Some of them I still have but some of them were sold. 


After taking a watercolor class with Wayne Spradley, I did a few "foggy farm" scenes.  This is one of my favorites.


This little "beach" scene sold before I even had time to finish it.  But I did finish it before delivery. 




Blue Fall Reflections
This one started as "leftover paint" on watercolor paper. I put the paint on the paper and "smooshed it" with (I think) waxed paper.  When I pulled off the waxed ...

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Oh Scrap! : More RWB Strips from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

 Sorry I did not get a post of some finishes up for you this week.  I actually had quite a mess on my hands.  I started going through our shelves of fabric.  My plan was to just go through the RWB shelf but I was knee deep in fabric for quite a few days as I went through and organized all the fabric we have.

That was a project!



I did find some time to cut more 2.5" x 11" strips.  I now have just about a tub full.  We will be using these at our next Fundraising Sew ...

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What are you addicted to? from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

There are so many thoughts going through my head this morning. I heard some disturbing things yesterday. You've been in this situation - you might have been on a train, at the grocery store, in the airport, at the dinner table, and what is everyone doing? 

They are on their phone! And what are they doing? Endlessly scrolling through countless Social apps -- Facebook, IG, X, Pinterest, Facebook, IG, X, WhatsApp, X, Pinterest. It's ENDLESS scrolling. 

The sad thing is that you are devoting YOUR PRECIOUS hours left in your life to being entertained by total nonsense! What are you ...

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Sunday Chat – Mountain Living from From My Carolina Home

Our first drive with the MINI club was this weekend. Everyone was excited to get together again and drive our mountain roads. Even with it still being winter, with no leaves or flowers yet, the countryside is still beautiful. It had been raining up to half an hour before our meeting time, and the skies were still overcast. We started out at a local grocery store parking lot to meet and have our driver’s meeting.

Then we were off. No rain fell on us during the drive. It was overcast most of the way to the interim stop. Since ...

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Forget Me Not from Sew Preeti Quilts

Say hello to Forget Me Not.

Forget Me Not


Forget me Not is a modern interpretation of an Irish Chain Quilt.  Designed in EQ8 and made with Island Batik Fabrics, Forget Me Not was published in Quilters World Spring 2026 Issue.

The issue focuses on "Modern Quilts with Classic Roots" and I am thrilled to be a part of it.

Published


Modern Irish Chain


Made using the fabrics from the Original Aurora Collection (by Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design), Forget Me Not finished at 76" by 100". The background is Glaze (Island Batik Neutral).



Forget Me Not uses one ...

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Sunday Stash February 22, 2026 from Quilt Paint Create

No change in the numbers.  There was opportunity, but no need or desire to add to the stash.

I now have 20 striped blocks made, and today is decision time.  I need to choose a setting to determine if I need more blocks.  I also need to decide if I’m going to donate the quilt, which will have a bearing on size.  I have no idea which way it will go.  It depends on what the quilt has to say about it.

I have plenty of fabric left to make more blocks if needed.

Fabric Added: 0

Fabric Used ...

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Joyful Sabbath from Wedding Dress Blue

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Stitching Stuff: Week 8 of 2026 from Life In Pieces

 


We are settling into a new rhythm after all the changes earlier this month.  It will likely change again, but probably not for a couple of months.  I'm back to my normal sewing room times which made for a good week on the stitching front.  


  • 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
  • 15 minute days/Feb = 21/21 days
  • 15 minute days/2026 = 52/52 days
  • Success rate = 100%

I'm still at 100% on my stitching time so far this year. I've only managed to keep the 100% thru February 3 times in 15 years.  I still ...

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Something easy................. from Exuberant Color



I sewed the right edge column of blocks together for the medallion quilt and made the half blocks to finish the length of both columns and now I need to just think about what is next for that project.  Meanwhile I looked for an easy project to sew last night.  I had some stratas sewn and prepared to cut 16 patch blocks, maybe made last year or the year before.  This group of 10 blocks would be suitable for a baby quilt.  I'll look in the Kaffe orphan block box and see if there are any more in there ...

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Community Quilts from Ray from Jo's Country Junction

Ray has been busy. Getting a few of the community quilts off his stack is his goal. Lucky for us, we get to enjoy them. Ray writes: This is a really fun kid’s quilt from Kathy W. in NM. Look at all those fun loving dinosaurs running around and playing in this quilt. Happy, happy, happy. I just …

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Project Quilting 17.4 and SAHRR, Round 5 from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome

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A Cowboy Finish and I Quilted This! from Quilting & Learning

Hi and welcome - I'm so happy that you can share my happy place with me

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My Bluebird of Happiness! from The Cozy Quilter

As I have said previously, I signed up for a year of Threadhouse Academy classes this year and have been working away at several, but not all of the projects.  This month's project is Folk Art Dolls taught by Jo Avery.  They are too cute to resist so I decided to make a bird first.   I used a piece of felted wool for the beak and hand stitched it down with pearl cotton blanket stitches.  I embroidered the eyes and the X's as well as the fly stitches on the body. The legs, feet, and wings also have ...

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