Mission accomplished! The two (lengthy) presentations are together! I love putting the presentations together, and I spend quite a bit of time sewing, taking pictures, scouring the internet for inspiration or ideas, and amassing the information into a somewhat cohesive storyline that makes sense! 

And I learn so much from doing that. It's amazing what you can find on the internet these days. And yes -- you must be careful that what you see makes sense. It has to make sense to you, but it might not make sense to the next person. Or you may not like the idea ...

The blocks for my model quilt are complete, and I am working on layout.

Finish and tutorial coming soon!

If you need a super simple stocking that looks like you spent some serious time on it, then this is the right

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I’m doing a little series of posts that feature old blog posts. I have been going back and looking at them. It’s been fun. I started blogging in June 2009…WOW—over fifteen years. Today, I’m still playing catch-up, so today I’m telling you about March of 2015. I started my in-home childcare business in March of …

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 After considering what I really want, I will start over after my error. So today I cut all pieces needed and will carefully begin again!  I’m excited for I really wanted the black background, to go with another dark background quilt.  So problem solved. 

October is one of my favorite quilt months!  This is the month that I attend the Wichita Falls American Sewing Guild retreat.  It is hosted at a church camp.  They provide all the meals except on the bonus day.  Usually people bring their lunch and then there is meal sharing or pizza in the evening.  I have a friend that I actually met at this retreat invite me to room with her.  I invited my friend to come along as well as she has attended these retreats in the past and also enjoys them.

The maker did not say she intended to use this for Christmas or that the recipient wanted it for her guest house as a Christmas decoration, but to me, the colours gave the feeling of Christmas.

We left for the casino around 10 am and didn't make it home till around 6 pm. That goes to show how much fun we were having. We pretty much came out even on the deal. We were winning, but not enough at times. lol We just had fun playing on their money. We had been close to getting 3K but it just didn't happen. We were okay with at. 

Both of us needed to get out of the house. Patrick hasn't been able to golf for a week, and I have been pretty much lazy all ...

 WHATS IN THE BOX? Or bag or bin or basket.

More specifically my 2" scale Civil War scrap box. I knew what I had in it for  the most part. Let me show you.

The 2" scale refers to the finished size of the square and the pieces that would fit with it. So I include:

 2 1/2" squares

 2 7/8" triangles

2 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangle and 6 1/2" long too

4 1/2" squares and

4 7/8"triangles 

A little pile of 2 1/2" strips 

And miscellaneous quarter square triangles ...

 The holiday workshop is in full swing...

Before I tell you about the latest book I read, I want to apologize for the wrong link. I recently shared with you about my birthday presents for myself. I got this wonderful olive/pickle container…and I put in the wrong link. THIS is the correct link to purchase it. I loved mine so much that …

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Good morning, my friends. How is everyone doing? I'll admit I'm worried about you folks up there in Northwestern Washington. We passed through some of the areas I'm reading about both going to and coming from Alaska, and so it feels just a little personal.  If you're among the folks evacuated, then I hope this ends well for you. Having faced an evacuation order a few years back, I'm sympathetic to how nerve wracking it is. Please stay safe. 

The rain has stopped in our area...temporarily, at least. We can see patches of blue ...

Good morning, my friends. How is everyone doing? I'll admit I'm worried about you folks up there in Northwestern Washington. We passed through some of the areas I'm reading about both going to and coming from Alaska, and so it feels just a little personal.  If you're among the folks evacuated, then I hope this ends well for you. Having faced an evacuation order a few years back, I'm sympathetic to how nerve wracking it is. Please stay safe. 

The rain has stopped in our area...temporarily, at least. We can see patches of blue ...

Stitching for Christmas 

Crochet Christmas Trees

Mouse of the Month

November in November 

 We worked on getting a few things finished this week. Marg is almost finished her blues/greys sampler.. And here at home I cut a bunch of reds and beiges into 6 7/8 inch squares to make a 48x60 quilt. It is fairly fast sewing. The layout, on the other hand, is challenging, but I like the final effect. I can hopefully get started on sewing it together next week. We also managed to make 3 quilt backs and then layer the 3 quilts. I think we have 5 or 6 now that are waiting on quilting. I brought ...

 A few months ago I was working on another scrappy Pinterest-inspired project, but I put it on hold to work on my Crossroads Wheel blocks instead. Here's the original inspiration photo, credit StitchMischief Dec. 2020. 

When last visited, I had all the blocks made and sewn into columns. I took them to Social Sewing this week and got them sewn together. Now it's a finished top:

Easy-peasy Plus blocks, black or charcoal prints against colorful low volumes. Sometimes these kinds of light prints can be hard to use so this was a good use for them, light but ...