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Last month I had some saying they thought the Arkansas Traveler block would be a hard one to do so I took some step by step photos to show how it is constructed.  First as always I lay my pieces out – I find this helps me so much to keep blocks in order and […]

I find the Snail’s Trail blocks the easiest to make of the 6 or 7 (not sure about the feathered star) quilts that I am making for this years RSC – these blocks measure 8 inches when done.  It is super easy if you choose to do the same background for all blocks and one […]

Yesterday was spent off and on in the sewing room in between going outside and enjoying 77 degrees and sun!! I actually was sitting outside on the porch at about 10 AM listening to the birds and enjoying the weather.  So I didn’t spend the whole day inside but back and forth working with the […]

We all know I went crazy in January and started 7 RSC quilts – I must have been totally bored at the time LOL – so can I keep them up what with nicer weather coming soon – it already is nice out this week and I have been in and out but then planted […]

Yellow/Gold this month – I have a bit of both.  This month’s Hunter Star blocks will be more in the gold category.    They will join these blocks on the wall – yes I cleared the wall off and now it will be one quilt at a time.  I think this one and the Lemoyne Star […]

Finally I got the flannel blocks pieced yesterday for the Yuletide Gatherings quilt – now today I need to press – I am pressing seams open to reduce bulk – that will take a little while – I think I have about 40 blocks to press – but later in March after I get caught […]

What a wintry week we have had as of this morning we still have ice built up on the ground and in the trees – very little melted on Saturday as the clouds were persistent and the sun didn’t come out once – it only got up to 36.  I did get the ice off […]

I know this is a quilting blog but when we actually get winter weather I like to share some photo’s so first I will share sewing and then winter. A stack of Yuletide Gatherings flannel quilt were done – still many more to do The stack left to put into the blocks containing 4 in […]

Yesterday was another ice day and power was out for part of the afternoon – I didn’t want to try to use the sewing machine with the generator so I did hand work instead.  I got my hexies for the section I showed last thread basted.  The top of this doesn’t quite look right so […]

It looks like Arkansas is really getting winter this year!  What’s with that – happened last year too – I think next winter should be warmer than usual lol.  When I woke up yesterday bright and early to go to my doctor appointment after making that first cup of coffee I checked the weather to […]

Yesterday was an out of town day and didn’t get back until mid afternoon and then I was too tired to do much of anything.  I hadn’t slept well the night before and then woke up early to leave the house around 8:30 to a doctor appointment and an injection treatment for osteoporosis that I […]

Melanie was over for lunch and stayed a couple hours while she was here I was working on hexies while she worked on some stitching.  She was just starting a new project so there wasn’t anything really to show on hers. I made progress – I almost got the third section done – the next […]

The final arcs are made for the Pickle Dish – now to see if I can get them attached before Melanie arrives for our birthday meal with Melanie – I decided to get the arcs done first as they are easy to do and do not need pinning – now the curves need to be […]

Yesterday I just didn’t feel like sewing machine work so I put some old shows on that I had been watching and basted hexies – I have them all ready now to piece the next section of the center together.  I lay a 12.5 inch ruler over this to hold everything in place when I […]

I’m moving slow on this one really trying to get it right so two down two to go.  I’m not perfectly satisfied with them – but good enough to make it work! Getting the correct amount of hexies out to thread baste for the next section and took all the papers out of the back […]

Not much to blog today – did some errands, worked on hexies a little and tossed the Feathered Star in the trash!!  The aqua one that is – it was too much trouble, ripped seams out 4 times over the last 3 days and finally poked a hole in it – that did it – […]

Work was started on the Feathered Star aqua color but I can tell you it is moving slow! It has been rip, rip, rip – you know how it goes with these little pieces you get off just a tiny bit and it is too much.  I lay out one section at a time or […]

The Carpenter’s Wheel block with aqua was finished after an all day off and on sewing.  I would get a quarter of the block done and go do something else and kept that up all day until it was done. Last month’s and this month – I’m not sure what the layout will be for […]

I am still waiting on Fed X to deliver my Accuquilt GO Big – the electric cutter.  I guess shipping really got messed up with the winter weather we had almost a week ago now – I have been tracking it and it is still about an hour away from me for 2-3 days now […]

The snow/ice melted a lot yesterday and over the next couple days most of it will be gone and the temperatures will be staying in the 40-55 range all week – cold nights but melting is happening. I spent a good portion of the day listening to an audio book (a Jack Reacher) and finished […]