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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 […]

Finally the binding on The Carpenter’s Wheel is finished.  At times I felt like I was never going to get done.  I just couldn’t get into binding as I normal can.  I will wash the quilt today and dry and the weather should be fine to take outside photos later today. I will take more […]

I was working outside yesterday so I didn’t get done with a lot of sewing, but some and made a quick bread also. First more binding on The Carpenter’s Wheel was done last night before I got started to quilt.  I think I have about 40 inches left so hopefully I can sit still long […]

The temperature is dropping as I type this thank goodness as it was 90 again for the second day in a row. But windows were open last night and it is cool again –  amazing how that happens.  But we are still in our dry spell – no rain since sometime in the last week […]

As I had mentioned I was out of town part of the day yesterday and it was hot not like a fall day should be at all!  It was roasting at 90 degrees for about all afternoon. That is just too hot for October – in my opinion!! After we got home I spent just […]

I was aching a bit still from working in the garden so no outside work yesterday. Today we are running to Sam’s in the next town over to restock the freezer and I imagine depending on the time we go there will be lunch or supper out and whatever else we think we need when […]

I really want to get done with the Carpenter’s Wheel and get this binding done so yesterday several times (make that 3 times) I sat and stitched and now have two sides of the binding done.  I have a few stray threads here and there to trim that I am first noticing now and I […]

I did get some hand work done and two Flying Pansies blocks by machine (I hand applique the circles)  three more rows need and all the side pieces to square up.  Linking to  Monday Musings and Design Wall Monday Quilting on English Ivy from Saturday night – I missed one half circle that I needed […]

Yesterday just flew by with little done in the sewing room.  I was busy with other things – finishing a book started while traveling for one thing that never got finished.    First of all I did get the Carpenter’s Wheel out to finally get to the binding that I never did before we left on […]

On Wednesday seeing as I wasn’t quilting I went ahead and worked on getting English Ivy on the quilting frame.  It is a much smaller quilt than what is usually on the frame so it was much easier to get on the frame and it is ready for quilting.  Usually it comes to me quickly […]

Yesterday did not go completely as I had planned – the Carpenter’s Wheel is off the frame having finished it Tuesday night but I didn’t get the binding sewed on it nor did I get the new quilt on the frame.  They are both ready though and I hope to get it done today – […]

Almost there – the end is in sight.  The end is so close that I decided to make the binding and have it waiting for me.  Sewing all those long strips together. All the pressing involved Done – now it waits for the finish – I have run out of places to store things LOL  […]

Someone when looking at this said get your sun glasses LOL – I must admit these are much wilder more colorful fabric then I have used in sometime.  And I love it.  I got started cutting the white fabric yesterday and got one strip of them cut  – this is four layers of the fabric […]

I’m so pleased that yesterday I finished getting all the colors cut out for Flying Pansies – now on to the white pieces of which I need 322 pieces LOL.  The difference will be that I will cut some, sew some, cut some and on and on to break up the monotony of all that […]

Is anyone else having a hard time believing it is September – still hot here but the summer will quickly go away this month. I was mainly cutting out more pieces for Flying Pansies yesterday when I was in the sewing room – but admit I did more reading yesterday than sewing.  Forty-seven of 59 […]

I got more cut yesterday but I’m not moving fast on this one for sure.  It will be awhile before I start to sew I think.  I haven’t even pressed the white piece yet to get it ready to cut – sure goes faster if there was a die for this for the Accuquilt LOL […]

I really didn’t get done with a lot – I got involved with my Karin Slaughter book and I might have spent more time reading than sewing yesterday.  I need to get a move on cutting Flying Pansies pieces.  I need a heck of a lot more – I might start cutting the white pieces […]

Well now that Scrapy Crossroads top is done and in the to be quilted basket the sewing room is full of the fun fabric for the Flying Pansies quilt – I will be busy the rest of this week cutting fabric I’m sure.  I’m going to wait to start to sew until I get the […]

All done!  Scrappy Crossroads was started on July 30 finished August 27th – now of course it will be awhile before it gets quilted – two are in line ahead of it.  It measured 70 x 86 inches. Made up of 20 – 16.5 inch blocks  all the little squares are 2.5 inches that were […]

One never gets bored (or rarely) if you have more than one project going on at a time.  Yesterday I cut strips for the border of Scrappy Crossroads but I didn’t sew them.  I also put two fabrics aside for the binding that will go in the “to be quilted” basket with the quilt – […]