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There are lots of pieces in each unit... and because I am working with scraps, strip piecing for the 4-patch units didn't really happen.

Here's what I have so far...

I need 13 of the star units and 16 of the chain units. I need many more low volume 4-patches... many many more.  

On Friday I shared some thoughts about the losses our family experienced in 2024... three members ...

 A new year, and some more stitching for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I've been taking part in this for several years, and the idea is to use your scraps "one colour at a time".  As I have more RSC UFOs than I care to admit to, which have built up over the years, I've decided to limit my block sets severely this year.  That way, I hope I can also get some of those previous block sets finished - that's the plan anyway.  Pink is the chosen colour for January.

So what have I stitched so far this ...

Good morning, my friends. It was kind of a ho-hum day...just the way I like it. I spent quite a bit of time in the morning stitching away at the Bicycles and Lace piece. I'm nearly finished with the "Rosy Pink" bicycle, and looking at this, I decided to move my hoop to the right some.

Good morning, my friends. It was kind of a ho-hum day...just the way I like it. I spent quite a bit of time in the morning stitching away at the Bicycles and Lace piece. I'm nearly finished with the "Rosy Pink" bicycle, and looking at this, I decided to move my hoop to the right some.

 The year 2024 wasn't a bad year, plenty of stitching, quilting and knitting took place.  Social events, club meetings, lunches out, Sew Wot fortnightly get togethers, caravan rally weekends away, and a trip to the South Island to help my son Michael celebrate turning 60.  All this changed of course in late November when my beloved husband Robin passed away unexpectedly.  Such a shock, and I'm still reeling from it.

While clearing out the caravan to prepare it for sale I came across quite a few sets of place mats which I had made over the years.  The ...

Good morning, my friends. It's another gray and dark day here at the Three Cats Ranch. It has been raining, raining, raining, for a solid week. We're expecting rain through the weekend, but then at least five brighter sunny days ahead. It's a good thing because we're needing to do some maintenance work on the unpaved driveway we share with three of our neighbors. About once per year, we lay down more gravel to keep it from turning into a muddy mess. One of our newest neighbors happens to be a road maintenance guy, and so ...

Good morning, my friends. It's another gray and dark day here at the Three Cats Ranch. It has been raining, raining, raining, for a solid week. We're expecting rain through the weekend, but then at least five brighter sunny days ahead. It's a good thing because we're needing to do some maintenance work on the unpaved driveway we share with three of our neighbors. About once per year, we lay down more gravel to keep it from turning into a muddy mess. One of our newest neighbors happens to be a road maintenance guy, and so ...

Good morning, my friends. Not much was accomplished yesterday in the sewing room. Not much was accomplished in any of the other rooms of the house either. I said I was going to take it easy, but I approached new levels of laziness the likes of which the world has never seen. (I'm working on my hyperbole. It'll be important to keep up as we head into the future.) 

The one thing I wanted to finish for sure was the fourth block for the Merry, Merry Snowmen quilt. I needed to finish top-stitching the snowmen, and then I ...

Good morning, my friends. Not much was accomplished yesterday in the sewing room. Not much was accomplished in any of the other rooms of the house either. I said I was going to take it easy, but I approached new levels of laziness the likes of which the world has never seen. (I'm working on my hyperbole. It'll be important to keep up as we head into the future.) 

The one thing I wanted to finish for sure was the fourth block for the Merry, Merry Snowmen quilt. I needed to finish top-stitching the snowmen, and then I ...

 Good morning, my friends, and...

 Good morning, my friends, and...

Good morning, my friends. It's a grocery shopping day, and so I'm writing fast this morning. It's another frosty morning. We'll be bundling up to venture out into the cold, cold world. 

It was a fairly productive day yesterday. Lately I've been echoing Pennsylvania's Governor Shapiro who is fond of saying he "gets sh*t done." That's GSD to you. And that summarizes my day yesterday. I GSD. Maybe I'll just start writing in acronyms from now on. Figuring out what I'm talking about could be a good brain exercise. And ...

Good morning, my friends. It's a grocery shopping day, and so I'm writing fast this morning. It's another frosty morning. We'll be bundling up to venture out into the cold, cold world. 

It was a fairly productive day yesterday. Lately I've been echoing Pennsylvania's Governor Shapiro who is fond of saying he "gets sh*t done." That's GSD to you. And that summarizes my day yesterday. I GSD. Maybe I'll just start writing in acronyms from now on. Figuring out what I'm talking about could be a good brain exercise. And ...

Good morning, my friends. It's another frosty and chilly morning today. It looks like we're going to be enjoying these cold and sunny days for most of the week. Smitty took one look outside yesterday and then sat beside me waiting for me to open the door. He looks so expectant, doesn't he?

Good morning, my friends. It's another frosty and chilly morning today. It looks like we're going to be enjoying these cold and sunny days for most of the week. Smitty took one look outside yesterday and then sat beside me waiting for me to open the door. He looks so expectant, doesn't he?

 I had a very productive weekend at the guild retreat last weekend.  It was glorious to have three full days to sew--meals provided and no dishes to do!  I added binding to two quilts that are gifts so I can't show those yet, but they are both hand stitched now and ready to gift.  I quilted the table runner I showed last week that will be for sale at our church bazaar next weekend and added the binding this week when I got home. I hope someone will like it enough to purchase it! I also worked on three ...

 The Pirate quilt is finally finished.  Using a piece of donated pirate fabric, I started stitching these RSC blocks back in January this year.  Cutting the pirate fabric into squares I made Happy Blocks, during the months when the colours of green, red, yellow and light and  dark blue were called.

 I also had another piece of tan fabric featuring pirate ships, so used that as a border.  Both of the pirate fabrics were given to me from the stash of my elderly neighbour Dorothy, when she was moved to a rest home a couple of years ago.  It's ...

Good morning, my friends. I'd say it was a slow day here yesterday, and maybe it was. I got everything finished I hoped I would, so it's all good. In the sewing room, I made November's cat for the Cats in Pajamas quilt. All the "filler" pieces were cut at the beginning, and so when I make one of these blocks, I'm cutting only pieces for the cat and the pajamas. They aren't hard to sew together, but it does take several hours...for me, at least. 

Smitty was my helper cat for the day ...

Good morning, my friends. I'd say it was a slow day here yesterday, and maybe it was. I got everything finished I hoped I would, so it's all good. In the sewing room, I made November's cat for the Cats in Pajamas quilt. All the "filler" pieces were cut at the beginning, and so when I make one of these blocks, I'm cutting only pieces for the cat and the pajamas. They aren't hard to sew together, but it does take several hours...for me, at least. 

Smitty was my helper cat for the day ...