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Back to work at the sewing machine yesterday and the two day headache was finally gone.  So glad that doesn’t happen often.  I got one more row sewed onto Flying Pansies – 6 rows done and 3 hanging the side – I got tired of having to move the bottom row when I needed to […]

My headache continued all day yesterday finally giving me a sinus headache as well which was not totally unexpected – as it seems like I always have a two day headache after major dental appointments. So again not a lot to blog about.  I did go outside for a little and sat in the cool […]

I was at the dentist for about 2 hours yesterday getting some prep work done I now have 3 temporary crowns across the bottom of my mouth all in a row – it was not fun, I have a small mouth and stiff jaw – they have to prop it open to work.  I got […]

Finally ready to start the next segment of EPP for Noriko’s Star.  I laid out the quilt on the floor and sat down and started arranging hexies to see if I had enough ready – I was short 12 neutrals I counted wrong but I finished basting those needed while watching the news.  I later […]

Just as we thought – we go a whole month with no rain and then it decides to rain!  A couple days ago we had 1.25” inches and then it rained all day yesterday and they expect it to continue off and on through Tuesday morning at least.  I think there was near to 3 […]

yesterday was a garden day working on the strawberries. I didn’t get done with near what I had hoped for.  These last two beds have not been touch for 2 years and it was much thicker than I expected – the other beds came up easy.  For this this one and the next I had […]

Hexies  – progressed a little bit – all the black pieces are done – neutral half way I think. One more row on the Flying Pansies is done – 4 rows left.  Linking to Patchwork & Quilting Quilting on English Ivy from Thursday night Instead of the very large New York Beauty next up on […]

I did a lot of block piecing yesterday and all of the blocks in Flying Pansies are now ready to sew the Y-seam rows.  I don’t know how long it will take but now that all the individual blocks are together maybe it will go faster.  The rows are pinned to the wall to keep […]

Finally got back to the sewing machine.   I have one more row of Y seams done and one more row ready to sew today.  These rows of Flying Pansies are now back up on the wall so I could quilt last night. The last row is pieced but not attached. Some thread basting done on […]

I got 2 more rows (3 and 4) of blocks sewn into rows but they are not attached to the two rows I did the Y seams on the other day – maybe some today?  I’m not sure what all I am doing at this point although I do want to work in the garden […]

Yesterday I had a bad sinus headache and did no machine work.  I took numerous naps, read, knitted and a little EPP.  I got to thinking that I thought I had bought a layer cake of Kaffe fabric at a quilt show a couple years ago and looked for it and found it – would […]

Yesterday a lot got done in the garden – of course now my right hand is aching a bit from arthritis but such is life – you live with it.  Hopefully I can keep up working almost every day in the garden to get it ready for winter.  I have one and a half strawberry […]

I like color.  Right now the sewing room is colorful from the table to the design wall to the quilting frame.  Even the thread cabinet is colorful – it inspires you I think. So yesterday I got 3 more flying pansies ready to press and add circles to and that will leave me with 7 […]

The Carpenter’s Wheel is done – washed, dried, no bleed, some shrinkage but not more than usual.  I started this quilt as a RSC quilt in 2022 and finished the top in the middle of 2023 and then it was put away until April this year when it went on the quilting frame – I […]

I finished sewing that segment of Noriko’s Star that I showed yesterday and got it  on to the large piece sometime yesterday afternoon in between resting from packing and running last minute errands before we leave on vacation.  I had to go over all the house sitting stuff for Melanie again although as she says […]

Yesterday was a busy day as packing has begun for our vacation and I was stitching in between.  I had to decide what to bring to sew or crochet first though – for me that is as important as clothes!  So now that the sewing stuff is put aside I can get laundry done today […]

Yesterday was a hexagon kind of day.  In the morning I got the big Noriko’s Star out and spread it over part of the bed so I could figure out where this section of hexies went and attach it to work on. I got started stitching on it late in the day – the side […]

I always think even if you don’t have time to sit for an hour or two to work on your stitching it’s the 15 minutes here and there that add up.  Yesterday I had some errands to run, like picking up prescriptions that the doctor had faxed in yesterday so I have all I need […]

Yesterday was a shot day for sewing as I needed to spend half the day in Little Rock for a check up with my rheumatologist and my Prolia shot for osteoporosis.  Then of course there was the usual blood work tossed in too.   I wasn’t able to get in early like usual so that meant […]

The Flying Pansies is such a colorful quilt I am enjoying make it.  Three more made yesterday – this is the width of the quilt now.  In the second row after I am probably done with most of it I will add the half hexies to the sides.  Final color placement will be decided later.  […]