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      Exciting title, right? The Fading Charms quilt has been done for, er, a long time. I finally quilted it and I just love the eye spy squares and colors. It was fun to quilt. It is ready to be a comfort quilt. It would be perfect for a child. I have plenty more scrap 2 1/2" kid squares, so I could make another one. I hate square quilts as people are not square, so I would modify the shape somehow.

I finished this so long ago, my buddy, Tugger, was alive and inspected the unquilted top.

Detail on longarm ...

 This week’s prompt for the round robin was “Quarter Log Cabins”. A block I love to sew and which works really well with what I have so far. I need 20 of them for the idea I have. The finial decision though, will depend on next week’s prompt. I’ve only managed to get 10 of the quarter log cabin blocks made. I ran out of the dark blue fabric, which was cut offs from some backings. But I know there is more of it on a bolt at the church, so I’ll pick it up tomorrow ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing super fast this morning. I have just 15 minutes before I need to jump in the shower and get ready to head out for my monthly pedicure. Honestly, I wish I was staying home. I seriously considered canceling yesterday, but then decided to go ahead with it. So, here we go. No fluff. I hate to write and run, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

There was time for some slow-stitching before we headed out for the grocery store yesterday. I finished the first of three blocks I'm working on ...

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing super fast this morning. I have just 15 minutes before I need to jump in the shower and get ready to head out for my monthly pedicure. Honestly, I wish I was staying home. I seriously considered canceling yesterday, but then decided to go ahead with it. So, here we go. No fluff. I hate to write and run, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

There was time for some slow-stitching before we headed out for the grocery store yesterday. I finished the first of three blocks I'm working on ...

I'm participating in Bea's (BeaQuilter) Dust Off a Book blog hop next month.  I'm perusing quilt books, dusty or not, to choose a project to make. 

I do not lack choices. (There are more quilt books than these.)

Linking up with Wednesday Wait Loss -- thanks for the shout out today, Jennifer. 

Meanwhile, my guild has started three new bees.  I loved participating in the last one when I made The Piano Tuner’s Daughter quilt.  I am using this new bee to repeat this ...

Sunday afternoon sewing time was quite productive this week. I trimmed the Stip Mirage quilt for my great niece and made the label for her quilt. I made the label for my Barn Star Sampler, and I got the binding sewn to the front and have been working on hand stitching it to the back.… Continue reading WIP Progress

Before we get on any further, I do want to share with you the news that I am now on Facebook. I know, I am really late to the party. At the moment, I am still just pressing buttons, and not quite knowing what I am doing. But if you are so inclined, give me a follow on https://www.facebook.com/wendysheppardquilts/

OH, and thank you for letting me know you weren’t able to follow. I have fixed it, I hope! I am still figuring things out!

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And today – we have our fourth check-in! Hopefully, you have gotten ...

To call this a WIP, is perhaps stretching the point! I received an email from EasyJet this morning and I can check in to my flight to London Gatwick for my flight in 30 days' time. I won tickets to Stitch Festival so I am flying over for the day and Lizzie, my daughter, will travel down to London by train from Leeds.

You may wonder what that has to do with the Aspen dress? Last week I received a kit for the dress bought from Fabric Godmother. My plan is to make and wear this dress to Stitch Festival ...

Welcome to Wednesday Wait Loss!

WWL is a place where you can share photos of quilts you’re working on and get encouragement to finish them from our Wednesday Wait Loss group! As you can see, I’ve been doing this for years (over 400 weeks!) and so our group is strong, loves to share, and is very welcoming.

Here’s how it works. Every week I start out by sharing what I’ve been working on. Then I share the projects from the previous week that most inspired me so that they will inspire you too! This is followed ...

A squirrel has crossed my path, and of course I had to chase it.  

Have you ever had one of those days when you wish you could go back to bed and start over? Yesterday was that day. Now, it wasn't all bad, but things happened that just went wonky!

But first, let's talk about bananas. I'm so confused about the banana issue at the grocery store. I've spoken to several people about it. One person said that at their store, the produce manager takes some of the bunches apart intentionally so those who want only one banana or two can buy those single ones. Then Tammy just mentioned that ...

Island Batik's February Challenge and BlogHop requires the ambassadors to use their assigned Fall 2024 collection (I got Radiant Burst) and the Studio 180 Design Tool (I got Wing Clipper) to make a Table Runner or a Bed Runner.

Sounds simple? Yes. But wait there is more.

1. We must make at least 12 units.

2. Use as many fabrics (from the 20 in the collection) as possible.

NOW, we have a challenge :-)

Well, here is my response.

Glowing Front

And I used leftover blocks from Mirabelle to make the backing, so it is two-sided. 

Moody Back

Double-Sided Runner ...

One batch of Tilda fabric was pressed too but I didn't get to the cutting yet.

We had it all yesterday, light rain, sleet, light ice, and some snow – more in the night? I will find out when I get up this morning (written last night).  While it was doing all of it’s nasty stuff outside I read the morning away and even fell back to sleep on the couch […]

This old dirt road girl started out her life in Frankfurt, Germany. My Dad was from Ulm, Germany and my Mom was from Vienna, Austria. My Dad joined the US Air Force and was stationed in Germany when I was born. I was just shy of  2 when when he was transferred back to the States, but we spent lots of summers and Christmas Holidays in Germany. I have so many good memories from those days. I