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February 2, 2026
It's Still Here! from Quiltville's Quips & Snips!


The snow and the ice is still here.

More snow on top of the ice.

I had so many asking me "What about Flash???" that I thought I better take some photos as proof of life.

We are still parking at the bottom of our drive-hill, and using either the RZR with chains on, or the 4WD pickup with chains on to shuttle us to the bottom where the Subaru is parked because that's the only way of navigating our drive.
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Quilt Tops finished! from Humble Quilts


I was able to get the tree top trimmed and the small border attached. I'm pretty happy with it and I hope the quilting goes well! I'll get the backing made soon.


The Bible quilt top is complete too! I plan on quilting this one myself- very simply since it is applique and wool. 

I'm thrilled with both tops! 

Happy February!



 

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Complimentary pin pillow. from contemporary embroidery

 

Who knew my new buttons would match my old pin pillow?

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2026 SAHRR: Playing with Doubles from Life In Pieces

This week's SAHRR prompt comes from Kathleen McMusing, "Make it a Double". My first approach was to go to Electric Quilt and type in "double" on the search line in the block library.  The Double X block looked interesting. 




I don't have a lot of lights in the left over fabrics I'm using for this quilt. I went with what seemed reasonable. 




My fabric choices didn't result in very distinct HST corners, but I'm OK with them being a bit muddy.  It's still a fun block and looks pretty good with what is already ...

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Blessing Dress from Wedding Dress Blue

Sparkle Jane hoped for a dress for the blessing of Baby L. (A baby blessing is a religious naming ceremony.)

Wow, I haven’t sewn clothing in a long while. And, with the demise of Joann’s, apparel fabric is hard to find.

But, thrift stores are still a good option. This women XL shirt was the starting point.

With additions from the big pile of miscellaneous stuff, we have a dress.

And a head band.

And very few small scraps. Good thing the shirt wasn’t any smaller.

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Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Pieced by Julie.
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 DONATEI 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 reach ...

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Design Wall Monday - February goals from My Sewing Room

I'm setting a few goals - some are on-going WIPs, some are UFOs that need more progress, and there WILL be some new things to work on of course. 

WIPs = Works in Progress

  • Jackrabbit Stars - get to flimsy stage (halfway now)
  • BH Mystery Lupines & Laughter - get to flimsy stage (add pieced outer border)
  • Saturday Sampler - new monthly blocks
  • make blocks for Rainbow Scrap Challenge in new color - GREEN
  • finish hand stitching on Sashiko piece
  • quilt and bind at least 1 doll quilt (5 tops in the pile)


    UFOs = Unfinished Objects
    • bind Zipper quilt IF back from quilter
    • find backing for ...

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    Mission accomplished!!! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

    OH -- I need to get back to answering those blog comments!!! Tammy --- I NEED an ice scraper! I was the one who drove over the snow before it was shoveled, and that spot has niggled at me for weeks now! I'm chiselling away at it with the shovel, and it's almost gone, but for the future! That's hilarious, and I'm glad to know that I'm not the only anal person about the snow! 

    It was a long, yet very productive day! The quilt top is in one piece!! I never thought that would happen! I ...

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    A new month, unlimited possibilities..................... from Exuberant Color

    As usual at the beginning of a new month, I'm looking ahead to what I want to work on.  The last 18 months have been devoted to emptying storage boxes with partial projects in them.  9 of the quilts last year came from these empty boxes. The bottom supports on my drafting table are a great place to store lots of the boxes.


    As I go through more boxes, I'm finding more pieces leftover from previous projects.  These 180 four and a half inch squares are left from the Double 9 patch quilt I made in 2008.  






    These ...

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    Design Wall Monday - February 2, 2026 from Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

    Good Morning Quilters!

    Can you believe one month in 2026 is gone?  February came so fast for me, but I guess it is understandable, since I’ve been on the couch most of January.  My knee is feeling much better and the swelling is going down.  I’ve ditched the cane and am walking without any assistance.  But also I’m not out much in the ice and snow.  

    While recuperating and icing my knee, I’m working on the cross stitch of Jane Stickle’s quilt.  If you want to know more about the kit, see my blog post ...

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    January challenge from Just Sew Sue

    Number 7 was chosen as our group challenge for January 2026. hank fully I made a toile as the bodice of the pattern with its princess seams did not suit my shape. Instead, I used the Aspen dress and turned it into a pinafore. I tried the burrito method for the first time and drafted a facing for the bodice using the principles from the Noa dress. 

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    Another baby boy quilt from Stitching Matters

    The massive number of sports on TV is mostly done, and I believed I would be grateful, but on Sunday, I found myself bitterly bored.  Even hubby didn’t quite know what to do with himself.  The World Cup 20/20, however, will start soon, and I suppose our lives will get back to their new normal.

    Many people have asked why we opted for another 5-bedroom house after going on pension, but we realised that if we had chosen a two-bedroom house with a small garden, we would have gone bonkers by now.  At least now we still have ...

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    Farm Fresh Sew Along - Week Two!! from Bee In My Bonnet

     



    Welcome Quilty friends!!

    Today is week two of the
    FARM FRESH SEW ALONG



    YeeHaw!



    We are making the 
    FARM FRESH Quilt 
    which finishes at
     88" x 95"
    It consists of 50 pieced 
    Farm Girl Blocks
    from two of my books...


    Farm Girl Vintage
    and
    Farm Girl Vintage 2

     There is a mix of both
     6" and 12" blocks in our quilt:)
    I'm so excited to be 
    sewing from these books again...
    it's been a wonderful trip down
    memory lane for me  
    and I want to thank you 
    for coming along with me:)




    We are making our quilt with ...

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    What I’m Working On: February 2nd, 2026-Part ONE from Jo's Country Junction

    Kelli has no plans to visit me this week. So, no. I didn’t get as much sewing done this week as I did last week, but I still got plenty done. Monday morning, I was up and went straight to the sewing room. In between other projects, I’ve started sewing strips together. They are for …

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    Ripping Seems To Be My Motto from Quilting My Way

     Today, Sunday. Another weekend gone. Another week beginning. 

    I actually went downstairs and cut batting and backing for a quilt. Then I cut the panel on the wall in 5 pieces. I will see what will work to put them together and have another top done. It will be interesting what I end up doing. 

    I listened to my audiobook and "frogged" or rip out the floss that I had put in. Since the shading was off, I wasn't happy with going with the next shade for the same color. So, I took it all out. 

    It's a ...

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    Week 5 of 2026 from Thread Head

    This week I finished knitting a sweater -

    Made with handspun yarn I dyed and spun almost 10 years ago! The pattern is the Hanstholm Sweater by PetiteKnit - a basic top-down, raglan sweater. This is the first handspun sweater I have made for my husband. It was a perfect project to knit in the car when we went out west last month. 
    When I finished knitting it, and put it down to get a needle to weave in the ends, GingerSnap! decided it was a good place to sleep (how do cats fall asleep so fast!).

    Photos from Around (Snow Photos ...

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    CHRISTMAS AFGHAN FINISH from Loose Threads

    I’ve had this Christmas afghan in the works since 2012 as near as I can figure by looking at my crochet blog here.  It’s finally finished and ready for next Christmas.  



    I talked about this afghan in process here.  I really do like to crochet, so I don’t know why it’s taken me this long to finish it.  I find that if I’m working on a holiday project and the holiday passes, I put the project away thinking that I’ll get it out before the holiday rolls around again and finish it.  It took ...

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    CHRISTMAS AFGHAN FINISH from Luann's Loose Threads

    I’ve had this Christmas afghan in the works since 2012 as near as I can figure by looking at my crochet blog here.  It’s finally finished and ready for next Christmas.  



    I talked about this afghan in process here.  I really do like to crochet, so I don’t know why it’s taken me this long to finish it.  I find that if I’m working on a holiday project and the holiday passes, I put the project away thinking that I’ll get it out before the holiday rolls around again and finish it.  It took ...

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    Imagine My Surprise from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

     Hello Everyone,

    Imagine my surprise this afternoon when I took a break from piecing Timeless and opened Facebook, only to see a finished Timeless quilt on Stitchin' Heaven’s page. AI at its finest—there was my quilt, beautifully draped over a bed in a perfectly styled, color‑coordinated room.  AND it appears to be machine quilted! Stitchin' Heaven is going to be offering the quilt as a BOM.  

    I'm the only one with the fabric.....well me and the mill in South Korea have the fabric.  I haven't even finished writing the pattern yet!  

    I worked on ...

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    SAHRR Round #2 from Quilting Reader's Garden

     After admiring the many round#2s already posted, I came to decision on mine.  Here it is:I don't know what the block is called, but I'm sure I've seen it before (and that's why I'm calling it a double take), and you can probably guess what the next round will be for me. I'm linking to Kathleen McMusing's linky party for all the other round #2s. Have a look. There are some great

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