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December 28, 2025
Christmas 2025: End-of-the-year Wrap Up from Quilting Studio Adventures

This news is the biggest!  What do you notice about the  picture? Yes - that is my right hand, and I am totally left handed.  But my left thumb has been very ouchy, arthritic and overused. This inflammation means no quilting.  But it’s what I do every night. So 8 weeks ago I started my journey to ambidexterity. The first few nights were awful - I couldn’t even hold the needle.  I kept referring to my left hand so that my right hand could see what it was supposed to be doing.  And , my right-hand quilting is now pretty good ...

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Eksplorasi Dunia Live Sgp: Aneka Keseruan dalam Setiap Undian from Tink Squared

Dunia lotere selalu memiliki daya tarik tersendiri bagi para penggemarnya. Live Draw Sgp Salah satu yang paling populer adalah Live Draw Sgp, yang menampilkan undian langsung dari Singapore Pools. Setiap undian tidak hanya memberikan kesempatan bagi peserta untuk meraih kemenangan, tetapi juga menghadirkan suasana tegang dan penuh harapan. Banyak orang yang menantikan momen tersebut, di mana angka-angka diundi dan mimpi-mimpi akan segera terwujud.

Keberadaan Live Sgp dan Live Draw Singapore telah menjadikan pengalaman bermain togel semakin menarik. Para pemain dapat menyaksikan secara langsung hasil undian, memungkinkan mereka untuk merasakan keseruan dan emosi saat angka-angka ditarik. Dengan berbagai pilihan dan format ...

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Scrappy Xmas Trees from Applique 'n Patch Quilting

It is time to show you this finished quilt.  It didn’t get displayed for the holidays.  It was brought to my night guild at beginning of December for Show & Tell and it stayed in the bag since then.  I simply forgot about it until today.   Jeez Louise.

It was fun going through my Xmas scraps and pulling anything that would work and I’m very happy with the results.

Quilt Details

Pattern Source:  corianderquilts.com

Block size:  12” finished

Quilt size:  62” x 74-1/2” (size before quilting and washed and dried:  65” x 77-1/4”)

Quilt started:  November ...

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End of 2025 To-Do-List from Mel's quilting blog

I have not had a great year of finishes, but anything is better than nothing.

I doubt I finish anything else this year that is on this list, so I'm reporting a bit early the end of 2025.

My stashbuster numbers are 6/24, or 25%.

I'm still working on paperwork, but the big things are almost done.

1. Donna's Memory Quilts (4) 

First Top is done.
I might add borders, but I want to ensure enough fabric for the other quilts.
Three more to go.

2. Lillian's Memory Bears (10)

I have one started. I ...

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Christmas Embroideries, 3 Ingredient Fruit Cake, Knitting Too from Canadian Needle Nana

Hello all and thank you for stopping by so close to Christmas Day. 

It's been busy. I've set up things that light up...the wreath, two small trees, several candles. I've been shopping and wrapping gifts with the usual seasonal feelings of panic about getting it all right. 
I've been keeping the feeders full and watched this little tableau one morning.
The three of them were calmly eating together after one of the squirrels had climbed up and jumped on the pan feeder, conveniently tipping the seeds down for them. 
I baked a fruit cake. I ...

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Saturday Sparks Postponed! from Pieced Pastimes

Sorry for the late notice, but I am postponing the party till next week. The business of the holiday caught up with me and I simply forgot all about it. 


 

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Christmas Clothing for myself from Monas Creativity

 Left:  Tiril Topp by Ida Victoria

Right: Karin Cardigan by Ida Victoria


I did go up one size one the arms on both patterns. On the cardigan I reused a hook from an old knitted sweater belonging to my late grandfather.

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Slow Sunday Stitching from Eagle's Wings Quilts

 I finished doing the edging on my Connections quilt. It is officially finished and now being used. It’s not a great picture, unfortunately, but space to lay out quilts is in short supply here. We are expecting some nasty winter weather today and into tomorrow. The warning says freezing rain. So far, the radar is showing snow approaching rather than the freezing rain. Either way, it is a great day to stay in and keep warm and do hand stitching. Since connections is finished, I’m back to working on the Raccoon from The Year in the Woods series ...

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17th Annual Final Countdown from Prairie Moon Quilts

Wow! Seventeen years, and I’m still not completely organized. Who’da thunk?!

And I’ve worked pretty hard at it! I’ve made some great progress, but a lot of what’s left is hard stuff, and I tend to get stymied by the hard stuff — you know, things that require decisions, or things that I think will take longer than they probably actually will. I like to overinflate the difficulty of some tasks in my head. Am I the only one?

I think 2026 is gonna have to be my year of tackling the hard stuff, so I ...

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Cara Cermat Menggunakan Wali Togel untuk Mendapatkan Kemenangan Signifikan from Tink Squared

Di dalam permainan judi, wali togel menjadi salah satu opsi menarik untuk para petaruh. Banyaknya orang tertarik dengan potensi untuk mendapatkan kemenangan besar melalui permainan ini. Akan tetapi, untuk bisa berhasil dalam bermain wali togel, dibutuhkanlah taktik cerdas dan pemahaman yang baik tentang cara kerja permainan tersebut.

Dengan artikel ini, kami akanlah menyampaikan berbagai strategi yang dapat membantu Anda meningkatkan peluang untuk menang dalam berjudi wali togel. Dari analisis nomor sampai menginterpretasi corak, bermacam-macam cara bakal dijelaskan secara rinci untuk memberikan anda pandangan yang lebih gamblang. Dengan pendekatan strategi yang tepat, peluang untuk menggapai keuntungan maksimal dari permainan permainan ini ...

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Oh Scrap! : Strings from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I hope all of you survived the holiday.  Arthur is back to his cheeky self and we just spent Christmas goofing off.  It was quiet and relaxing.  Just what I needed!

I am spending the end of December cleaning, organizing and planning for the new year.  
So not a lot of sewing right now.




But I did want to share a bunch of fun string quilts that made it across the finish line.  I think Elana sent us these blocks a long time ago.  I handed them off to our new board member Karen with some black fabric sent in ...

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If you're going to do something, do it WELL! from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Haven't we heard that many times? Well, that situation came up several times yesterday, and I should KNOW BETTER. 

I'm working on a project that isn't hard, but it involves MANY steps, and I've had to get super creative to make it work. I'm sure there's a better way, but this is the way that works for me. When I completed the first part of the project yesterday, I was happy, but I was a bit disappointed that I had tried to economize on the process, and it wasn't quite what I envisioned ...

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A Crafty Week from The Cozy Quilter

 We are in the "between the holidays" period right now...I love this time of year...quiet after the busy-ness of Christmas and before a new round of activities start up in January.  I have been spending my time reading and crafting and watching movies with my husband and daughter.  

I have one more gift of Christmas to share with you...  I made this vinyl fronted zipper pouch for my daughter for her crafting projects.  As you already know, she is an avid crocheter and embroiderer/cross stitcher so this pouch will be put to good use.  I picked some ...

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Sunday Chat from From My Carolina Home

This past week, My Sweet Babboo had to replace our bird feeder. The old one was falling apart due to constant assault by a pileated woodpecker. He would sit on top of it and jackhammer the plastic with his beak. The plastic tube that held the seed was a bit old and had a crack in it as well. I liked the cage around it as it kept the doves from sleeping on the perches keeping the little birds out, but the pileated could hold onto the cage, and reach his long beak inside. He was eating half the seed ...

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Sunday Stash December 28, 2025 from Quilt Paint Create

No change in the numbers.

This week I finished Herringbone and Holes, a free pattern for members of EGA (Embroiderers’ Guild of America). 

Back when I was a member of the local EGA chapter, we did this project as a stitch-along.  I stopped four bands short of a finish.  For reasons that had more to do with me than the pattern, I did not enjoy this project. 

I decided it was time to either finish it, pitch it, or frog it.  I added one more band to make it look like a complete design.  I backed the pulled work with ...

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Joyful Sabbath from Wedding Dress Blue

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Stitching Stuff: Week 52 of 2025 from Life In Pieces


This is the last Sunday in 2025.  The years seem to go faster and faster the older I get.  Maybe this upcoming January will be quiet.  I'm ready for some slow and steady stay at home time.  

It can be hard to find time to stitch during Christmas week, I did pretty well this holiday. 


  • 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
  • 15 minute days/Dec = 26/27 days
  • 15 minute days/2025 = 316/361 days
  • Success rate = 87.53%

I'm not going to make 90% this year, but my long standing goal has always been to do ...

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Clickerty Click go the Knitting Needles from Romany Quilting

 Let's look back on how I've got on with knitting projects this year.  I'm not a fast knitter, by any means, and tend to do my knitting in the evenings.

In March  I completed three knitted blankets for the SPCA, for cats and kittens in their care.  The nice thing is that each cat and kitten receives their very own little blanket to take it home once they are adopted to help with the transition.  This was organised by the Knit World shops, and each year they choose a new  charity to support, with their customers only ...

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A very good day...................... from Exuberant Color


My son came over yesterday morning to fix my 8 ft. burned out lights at the bottom of the basement stairs.  He removed the ballast and then rewired it and now it takes the skinny LED 8 foot bulbs.  He ended up staying another  2 hours helping with other things I can't do.  I didn't eat lunch until 2:30 and didn't get around the the quilting on this plaid baby quilt until evening.  The quilting is finished but I didn't want to go down to the basement to do the trimming or choose binding late ...

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A New Day from Quarter-Inch Capers

Happy Sunday everyone. Christmas is over, and it was so busy I didn’t even take any pictures. I was able to enjoy time with my family—I still have my mom and stepdad, so I’m lucky in that respect. My mom volunteered to bring dessert to our family dinner, and she brought a cheesecake from Sam’s. I was so happy she did that—I worry about her over-doing it—especially on holidays. 


Here’s what I worked on Friday and yesterday. 

Remember this bag of scraps Betty gave me? 

I don’t have a box for this ...

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