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Last night as I was writing this I was actually thinking about pies – why do I make them when we are not having anyone over.  This year it is just Mike and I – and still I will make pumpkin pie and pecan pie – why – because I like them!  I won’t make […]

The weather was perfect on Sunday although quite windy and I enjoyed some outside time as well as doing some sewing in the house while listening to an audio book.  Of course the temperature is going to drop late tomorrow for a couple days then warm up and then drop again – such is fall […]

I actually got done with some hand work yesterday and a little shopping. First the binding is done, English Ivy is washed and dried – finished! Finished at 52.5” x 60” I started this one in April for a promo for the Fat Quarter Shop – they supplied the fabric and I promoted it and […]

It was time to put the red quilt on the bed for the holiday season, I usually put a flannel quilt on the bed about this time of year and since I finished this one 2 years ago it is the one that goes on the bed.  It is called Yuletide Gatherings.  Of course after […]

Finally made a little progress and got started on hand stitching my binding down on English Ivy And managed to get two side done before I stopped for the day on it. Hand quilting from Wednesday night on Scrappy Crossroads. We have our internet back but problems with my email are continuing off and on.  […]

I got started on Scrappy Crossroads on Monday night – I’m keeping it simple – no stencil work.  One reason for lack of stencil work the past year or two is that straight lines are easier on my hands.  When you do stencil work on a 3 roller you need to twist and curve your […]

Well English Ivy is off the frame and ready to make binding and sew it on today.  English Ivy was made from a block pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop which reminds me they are having a Sale on Notions this week –up to 75% off on some of them. I put English Ivy on […]

What a day – email was not working at all.  And then trying to import photos was not working.  I finally (should say Mike) finally got photos imported but the email is still not working.  We (he) will continue to work on it today – I was able to read your comments but I was […]

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 – […]

Scrappy Crossroads is a really easy quilt for piecing and by doing one large block a day you can get done with it quickly.  I started it on July 30th – there are 20 blocks in it – I skipped a day here and there.  Linking to Design Wall Monday — Monday Musings — Fabrics […]

The scrap box of 2.5 inch squares when I got started on Scrappy Crossroads I think there might just be enough squares left in here for 2 more quilts this size easily!!  They never all get used up.  There are a lot of light and dark Two rows left to put together and then the […]

First off on Friday I sat down to finish to the Scrappy Crossroads block that I had screwed up and it went together easily this time – it is a wonder how good that goes if you just look at it before you pin!  It was added to the wall. And then I thought what […]

Well no block added to the wall yesterday for Scrappy Crossroads – I messed up – the block needs to be partially re-done – I turned one whole row the wrong way – it is taken apart now and ready to stitch!  Yup looks kind of wrong doesn’t it LOL easy fix – this was […]

If I had planned on working off and on all day on this Scrappy Crossroads it would be done already – doing one block only a day I have 3 blocks left to do.  I started it July 30th- it is really going quickly even at one block a day – I think the border […]

It is still hexies, scraps and quilting. 4 x 4 rows of Scrappy Crossroads done – one more row to be 5 x 4 – surely I will finish this week and then “slap” ok think about a border and add something to finish it off – although it doesn’t really need much does it. […]

What started out as a very humid cloudy morning after bad thunderstorms Sunday night turned into a nice day of 80 degrees and lower humidity – I was able to spend some nice comfortable time on the porch after I got caught up on laundry. The deer came to visit in the morning instead of […]

Although the house cleared out early yesterday I just never did get around to doing a blog post.  Jessica left by noon and Melanie had come over for awhile Sunday morning and she had things to do too so took off and the house was quite again.  We had a good all day visit on […]

I try to get in a variety of sewing most days – variety is nice. One more Scrappy Crossroads block was done leaving 7 to do – I might not get around to any today as I have a variety of chores to get done, cleaning, grocery shopping and laundry.  Jessica is visiting for the […]

I decided when counting out hexies for the next segment with the four flowers in it that I needed more variety of white.  I have plenty stacked up to use so got busy. And before you know it another stack was cut I need to recount the white later after I get a lot thread […]