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April 6, 2025
A Little Progress from Quilts....etc.

One more of the Dresden Plates was finished and added to the wall.  Four more half hexies need to be made and added in also.  Right now the two full plates pinned up are finished. I like how colorful the center one is the next one I will work on is the red plate, it […]

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January 27, 2025
The Rose Garden & Others from Quilts....etc.

Yesterday we had a dreary somewhat rainy day – you know that kind of day where is it or isn’t it going to rain, then it finally starts light rain so you don’t feel like going outside kind of day – so sewing got done. Progress on the border for The Rose Garden and the […]

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January 26, 2025
Fiddling Around in the Sewing Room from Quilts....etc.

Fabric and thread wise I didn’t do a lot but I did put together a new little cart for a pressing/storage area.  I have to be picky with the skinny little spot I have for a pressing station and the little cabinet I had just wasn’t working out so I ordered this one – of […]

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January 23, 2025
Broken Star Log Cabin from Quilts....etc.

Broken Star Log Cabin finished yesterday – all that needs doing is to stay stitch along the edges and then I will take it outside and lay it on the deck for a photo – and then it will go in the “to be quilted” box. Two of the rows are laid out on the […]

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January 21, 2025
New York Beauty from Quilts....etc.

Well I did get the big quilt on the frame late Sunday and I must say that was a work out for sure.  A couple hours later though I was ready to get to work on it. I am doing simple diagonal lines in the border for now – as I continue with this first […]

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January 20, 2025
New York Beauty on The Frame from Quilts....etc.

Halleluiah!  after struggle with the 3 layers of New York Beauty all Sunday it was ready to mark and quilt last night.  Wow this one was a struggle – It just didn’t want to go on even – it was mainly the batting that created the problem, I thought I cut it straight and I […]

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January 19, 2025
On To the Binding from Quilts....etc.

I know often when I take a quilt off of the frame I have one on it immediately but I guess I am moving slower this weekend and I haven’t started to get New York Beauty on the frame – maybe today?  I was working on other things and cutting strips of binding for the […]

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January 18, 2025
Progress on All from Quilts....etc.

I didn’t get done quilting on Scrappy Crossroads Thursday night – but almost so I know I finished it last night and will show it this weekend.    Only this much left to quilt.  Just the border and a couple of the X’s aren’t completely finished. The binding fabric for Scrappy Crossroads And the section for […]

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January 17, 2025
Hexies Again from Quilts....etc.

I actually got further along on hand stitching the section I am working on of the hexies then I thought I would.  Today I just might finish this section but I bet the deck won’t be dry enough to lay it out for a photo – the snow continues to melt and it is messy […]

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January 16, 2025
Quilting and Cake from Quilts....etc.

First the quilting – the segment of Noriko’s Star that I have been working on it ready to add to the top!    It  now has the first hexie on the left side pinned in place for me to start in the correct spot.  This will take two or three sessions of hand stitching to get […]

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January 15, 2025
Last Row of Quilting from Quilts....etc.

Scrappy Crossroads is coming to an end – I rolled it down Monday night and got started on the last width across. This part was done on Monday night and because I know someone will ask I started it on the frame November 18th and maybe it will be done by January 18th?  Keep in […]

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January 14, 2025
A Lot of Melting and Piecing from Quilts....etc.

I was going to make more log cabin blocks then I did yesterday – instead only one was made.  I didn’t really look at color as closely as I should have and when I finished one block and put it on the wall to look at it I realized I had green strip on the […]

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January 13, 2025
Progress on the Logs from Quilts....etc.

Yesterday I worked a lot on the log cabin quilt as the snow continues to melt.  The driveway was still a mess so I stayed inside and sewed.  Row number 6 was stitched together and I got started on row number 7. When I make the blocks I will count out how many strips I […]

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January 12, 2025
Another Row Done from Quilts....etc.

Six rows are done now for the Broken Star Log Cabin – I might go ahead and stitch this row together before I start the next row.  I already moved some blocks around a little bit so the color is good. Another strip of Noriko’s Star was partially stitched and I will work more on […]

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January 11, 2025
So Much Snow from Quilts....etc.

Yes we did end up with a heck of a lot of snow – they kept changing the amounts of how much we would get all day Wednesday and Thursday and we ended up with 10 inches when I went out to measure the snow on the deck table Friday morning. (the ladder was still […]

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January 10, 2025
Snow Day–and Piecing from Quilts....etc.

Yesterday we didn’t get inches and inches of snow as it really slowed down quickly but as I was writing this last night the weather guy said we could get an inch an hour in the night – so I wonder what I will wake up to!! The birds got fed Before it started I […]

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January 9, 2025
Baking & Piecing from Quilts....etc.

Two more log cabin blocks done I could have gotten more done but I also did laundry and some cleaning – that cut into my sewing machine time – 22 more blocks to make! I had bread rising while I was making the blocks (and laundry going – doing 3 things at once!) this is […]

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January 8, 2025
Hexies from Quilts....etc.

I hadn’t planned on working a lot on the hexies yesterday afternoon when I got home from grocery shopping but I realized the President Carter funeral stuff was on and thought I would tune into it for a little bit to the see the pomp that goes with it and actually sat for awhile watching […]

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January 7, 2025
A Whole Lot of Piecing from Quilts....etc.

First before I get to my quilting I want to share with you my daughter Jessica’s fairly new blog.  As I mentioned awhile back Jessica was diagnosed with Alpha Gal Allergy from tick bites a few years ago.  That link will tell you about the allergy. With Jessica’s new blog she would like others to […]

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January 5, 2025
Ready for Cold Weather? from Quilts....etc.

Looks like winter is coming to the south – how about you all?  Are you ready?  Mike and I got our little live Christmas trees that we had lighted up by the front door planted yesterday.  I still need to put a little more mulch around them but got tired out and said today or […]

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