What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

I know we worked on this one earlier in the year, and it’s also been a part of The Final Countdown several times, but the reason for that is because it usually always needs work! And based on some suggestions I got from a few of you, I’m including it again.

We’re going to:

Deal with the scrap pile

I know a lot of you have made fantastic progress getting your fabric and stash under control, and so many of you now have working systems that you love and are able to keep up and use easily ...

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OH - I love the comments, and I need to ask a few more questions, so I'll be answering them this morning. I didn't get the reference to the matches in the bathroom? Am I missing something? 

I got an email in the afternoon about one of my posts that said to call them because I might be going down the wrong path. Yikes!!! It concerned the vinyl we cut for the Terrifying Tower, which we're going to machine embroider in a couple of weeks. 

Here is the picture and the wording that scared several of my savvy ...

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I don't get much done in the mornings.  It is my computer time, when I clean up the kitchen from the night before, and other things around the house.  I planned on basting another baby quilt in the afternoon.  After lunch I knew I had to take my van for a ride to keep the battery charged so I went to W*lm*rt.  For 2 weeks in a row they didn't have any big bags of frozen strawberries.  I use them in my morning smoothie.  Shortly after I got home my son came by.  But first I ...

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We’re back to walking-foot quilting this week with another decorative stitch design! This time, I’ll teach you how to quilt a round spiral. If you need a refresher on how to stitch the straight-line version, refer all the way back to episode 24. It will go over all the steps needed to start a spiral on your domestic machine. If you want to learn more, click on the video below:

Optical Illusion Quilt Pattern

This week’s featured quilt is called Optical Illusion. The pattern is inspired by a real life parallel line optical illusion. Yes, that’s ...

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This morning, Patrick wasn't up to going golfing. His stomach was acting up. 

I headed to moms. I had to stop and drop off the round robin at the post office. Cost me about $8 to ship. Put it in the wrong envelope. lol Oh, well. 

As I was getting my drink at Dutch Brothers, mom called and I told her I was on my way. I arrived around 10 mins after 10 am. No one was there, but I knew Geralyn wasn't coming because her mother was in the hospital. She's a year older than mom ...

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Good afternoon, my friends. We're one day closer to our month-long destination in Escondido, California. This afternoon, we find ourselves in Red Bluff...about an hour south of Redding, if that helps. We had a nice day's drive today with relatively good weather. Mike is happy because he washed both the truck and the RV before we left home, and both are still clean.

As we left Wolf Creek this morning, I got my own photo of the Wolf Creek Inn mentioned in yesterday's post. It's the oldest continuously-operating hotel in Oregon, having begun operation in ...

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Good afternoon, my friends. We're one day closer to our month-long destination in Escondido, California. This afternoon, we find ourselves in Red Bluff...about an hour south of Redding, if that helps. We had a nice day's drive today with relatively good weather. Mike is happy because he washed both the truck and the RV before we left home, and both are still clean.

As we left Wolf Creek this morning, I got my own photo of the Wolf Creek Inn mentioned in yesterday's post. It's the oldest continuously-operating hotel in Oregon, having begun operation in ...

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Good evening, my friends. Hey! I'm back! And I'm over 200 miles from where I was the last time we chatted. We left our home under dark and cloudy skies and drove through the fog until we reached the bottom of our hill. There, we found blue skies and sunshine. Mt. Hood did everything in its power to avoid having its picture taken, but I captured it anyway.

There isn't a lot to say about this drive south. We've done it many times. We see lots of barns.

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Good evening, my friends. Hey! I'm back! And I'm over 200 miles from where I was the last time we chatted. We left our home under dark and cloudy skies and drove through the fog until we reached the bottom of our hill. There, we found blue skies and sunshine. Mt. Hood did everything in its power to avoid having its picture taken, but I captured it anyway.

There isn't a lot to say about this drive south. We've done it many times. We see lots of barns.

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We had an impromptu baking day last Tuesday… It started when Kalissa and I went to my doctor appointment a week prior. Kalissa said she was hungry for Grandma Kramer’s rolled-out cookies. I couldn’t remember what recipe she used. Kalissa took the initiative to text Aunty Cathy and find out which one it was. As …

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Consider this a post-Christmas, end of year, holiday wrap-up post. You might remember my initial foray into needlepoint, my birthday plaid. Our daughter took it back for finishing and surprised me by attaching it to the lid of this sweet little basket. I absolutely love it! It will hold my treasures and be a constant reminder of a wonderful weekend that we shared together. I don't know how

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Consider this a post-Christmas, end of year, holiday wrap-up post. You might remember my initial foray into needlepoint, my birthday plaid. Our daughter took it back for finishing and surprised me by attaching it to the lid of this sweet little basket. I absolutely love it! It will hold my treasures and be a constant reminder of a wonderful weekend that we shared together. I don't know how

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At guild I participated in the Secret Santa and got all this cool cookie stuff.  
I have been working on and keeping up with the Lupine and Laughter mystery quilt this year.


 I have been trying to decide which NewYear's Mysteries to make this year.  Last year was a big disappointment and so I do not feel like doing any this year.  I have done at least one every year for twenty or more years.  This year there is TONS of presewing for ...

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 Since my last post (scroll down) about the problems quilting my teal quilt, there have been some developments. I have unpicked all the bad quilting so the top, back, and batting are ready to start over.

Regarding quilting my quilt, my Pennsylvania friend Cherie has offered to quilt it for me on her long arm. Also, my local friend Carla has offered to let me quilt it on her long arm in her home. I'll talk to Carla in January, and Cherie will be visiting me here in AZ in February, so I'm sure one of these options ...

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photos to follow when I get decent wifi…

If I was going to continue with last week‘s theme on Christmas hosting I might mention that it’s annoying to arrive somewhere and find there is no food in the house and nowhere to sleep. Fortunately I found a mattress and some bedding and made myself a little nest up on a landing. 

It is very frustrating to realise how much of my stuff is still here in Aberdeenshire but I don’t have room for it in Devon. 

I am trying to work out how I am going to ...

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 Finished clues 1,2,3 and still working on clues 4,5,6.  Still squaring up clue 4, it’s slow going.  Make mistakes and have to redo, but will get there. I feel it’s a race against time, but then isn’t it always…

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