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Another finish for the year – I believe this was the 3rd finish on the quilting frame from the beginning of the year.  Court Jester was made with the 8 inch AccuQuilt BOB Snail’s Trail (I always get my dies when they are on sale and didn’t pay anywhere near the price it is now, […]

Finally I know I kind of took my time getting the binding stitched down on Court Jester but there was no rush really – it is now washed and dried as of last night and I see no bleed – I will take it outside to take a photo and then get some photos and […]

First a crown falls out of my mouth – the same one that did 4 months ago – luckily I quickly realized what I was almost biting down on and retrieved it – dental appointment this morning!  Then about an hour later I was at the sewing machine – machine quilting my toddler quilt – […]

I should have gotten done with more yesterday then I did but for some reason I don’t seem to have done much of anything.  I did beat the heat and got out to the grocery store and home before it hit 90!  That is hard to do lately isn’t it – I have been watching […]

They just won’t quit growing!  But they have slowed down – I have one bowl of cherry tomatoes in the house and everything in the garden is green I could share more of them – but I won’t bore you!  Lets get on to quilting instead. After I spritzed out some of the blue lines […]

Yesterday I sat around a lot listening to an audio book and working on binding for Court Jester some more.   My feet and legs were killing me after standing on them so much in the kitchen yesterday.  I was due for a lazy day sitting on the couch doing hand work.   Two sides are done […]

The other day I did get the binding stitched and ready for hand work on Court Jester – I will work more on that for Slow Sunday Stitching with Kathy today.    I made a multi-colored binding from the left over strip scraps – this was sewn on the quilt Friday morning. The first side is […]

Court Jester was finished and taken off of the quilting frame Wednesday night!  I’ll take more photos after the binding and washing/drying is done.  Liking to Sew Scrappy.  Court Jester was one of my RSC quilts from 2022 Binding was cut and sewed and will be pressed today and hopefully stitched on the backing So […]

I bought this pattern back in April at the Paducah quilt show – well not at the show but at the museum store where it had been marked down to only $8.00.  Majestic Mosaic – right now I’m in the process of checking out background fabric – I’ve decided to go with a dark blue […]

Yesterday was one of those days where not much got done.  We were out a good part of the late afternoon early evening at the movies.  We hadn’t gone to a movie in a long time.  I had heard of quite a few of you mentioning you had seen the newest Indiana Jones movie and […]

Yesterday morning was spent cutting down some pants to be made into Capris and getting them hemmed – I never thought to get a photo.  They are lightweight baggy leg pants that I loved the fit of but not the length – they were supposed to be capris which to me means mid to upper […]

The toddler quilt top is finished and I will probably try to get it machine quilted next week.  It is 52 x 52 inches  linking to Small Quilts and Doll Quilts — A close up of some of the fabric – these were all in a Tula Pink fat quarter bundle that I got last […]

And it pretty much has me staying inside lately – I just can’t take the humidity – can I say this early in summer that I am longing for the cooler days of fall?  For three nights in a row we had thunderstorms giving us 3/4’s of an inch each night and then the temperature […]

Progress!  I have enough blocks left to do one more row each direction which would make the quilt about 51” square – I have enough fabric left to cut and make more – now to decide if I want to! These blocks were made yesterday And added to the wall Court Jester from Thursday night […]

Little by little – (if I spent less time reading) this toddler quilt will get done!  All the 9 patch are sewn and pressed  – now they all need to be cut in four and sewed back together. Linking to Wendy’s Quilts and More — From Bolt to Beauty — The last two rows of […]

I did get to the sewing machine yesterday for a bit to get started on making a bunch of nine patch blocks – after I am done with them all I will press and then cut each into four pieces and mix them up.  I lay strips of 3 out and try to mix and […]

How long have I been making Marinara sauce now to can? I have lost track – I know it really hasn’t been more than about 2- 3 weeks but it feels like months. I know have 30 jars and that is it I have reached my limit.  I’m not sure how many more tomatoes I […]

I’m so happy we had another nice day – they come so rarely at this time of year – sun yes but low humidity most of the time doesn’t happen at this time of year.  So I was outside helping to clean up the yard in between sitting on the porch reading – I finally […]

All of the strips for the toddler quilt are cut into squares now and the machine is put away – ready to sew Quilting on Court Jester from Friday night.  A little more than usual got done One more long strip attached to Noriko’s Star linking to Kate’s Life in Pieces, Cynthia’s Quilting is More […]

Yesterday was really and truly a kind of lazy day – I really wasn’t into sewing and spent half the day reading.  I’m rereading an older book by Nelson DeMille – it is called “Up Country” the character Paul Brenner is featured in this book and was played by John Travolta in the first book […]