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As the year is coming to an end, I am looking back and looking forward.

This will be the last time I post this weekly linky party.

As happens between Thanksgiving and Christmas, my energies have been focused elsewhere and I have done very little sewing, stitching or blogging.

I am in the process of deciding if I want to continue this linky party in 2022.

I have made some lovely new friends here and stayed connected with a few old ones, too. 

This makes me happy.

Mostly, this is a no-stress thing for me. 

If I stitch, I ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 45

The year is blowing away on a crisp fall breeze.

I have had another busy week, but I have found some time to stitch and sew.

I have added a few more letters to my "G" word.

There has been some lovely guesses as to what this may be saying.

Hint: This is a Christmas themed cross-stitch.

I have never stitched on black aida before and it is much more difficult than I thought, especially when using white thread. Every little messy thread shows.

I have also made two more blocks for my ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 44

I love these fabrics! 

What are you working on this week?

Please Share!

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 43

I have completed the stitching October Cross Stitch Along!

I have pulled fabrics and have a plan

 for how I want to finish and display this next October.  

I completed the stitching on last block late on Halloween night.

 I have been enjoying this for a few days while I have decided that a few on my stitches need to be fixed before finishing. There is a letter in "Brew" that somehow got messed up while I was working on this that needs replacing. I have also decided that the colored lettering on ...

Welcome to Week 24 of Stitch Sew & Show! 

This one is a sashiko skill builder ... 

24 Days of Sashiko @ Sashiko.Lab

There are also free video tutorials for 

How To Prepare Sashiko Cloth ~ Video Lessons

I started learning sashiko last year. 

My First Sashiko ~ Click Here

I found this to be a very relaxing process. 

I learned enough to design this for a

Sashiko Cherry Blossom Pincushion ~ Click Here

I would like to learn more and advance my skills and make more even stitches

and make a small sampler for ...

 Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 41

Here is my progress on my 

 October Halloween Stitch Along @ Pine Needles

This photo was taken a day or so ago.

I am not catching up very fast. 

I will continue my slow stitching and see what I decide after Halloween

if I have not completed this sampler.

I am enjoying the stitching and the lovely group ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 40

It seems my vision issues allow me to choose one or the other and when I need to take a break from one, I need to take a break from the other. 

I have also been helping Mr. Scrapatch who is replacing the ceiling and light in one of the bedrooms. In all honesty, he is doing all the actual work of tearing out the old and replacing with the new. My contribution is more as support staff. 

No photos of this mess. 

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 39

I have been stitching this week on my 

 October Halloween Stitch Along @ Pine Needles

This has been a fun project.

I have not been sewing.

My workhorse of a sewing machine, my Janome 6600p needs a spa day.

I have been having a difficult time adjusting the tension,

something that has never happened before in my almost daily sewing sessions.

It has been two years, almost to the day,

 since she has been professionally cleaned and serviced.

The last time was this

October 2019 Sewing Machine Spa Day

The pandemic has kept me ...

My Bats & Boos Quilt ~Started Here is finished! 

I completed the binding on Monday and took it out for a few photos in natural light before packing it up for its journey. I am sending this to my daughter and here family for a sofa snuggle quilt. I am happy they will be able to enjoy it for the full month of October. 

The center blocks are all from the 

Bats & Boos Quiltalong @ Fat Quarter Shop

All of these block patterns may be found in the ...

Welcome To Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 37

I have been quilting my Bats & Boos Quilt.

Nutmeg has been my ever present quilty helper and inspector for this quilt. 

This is the first quilt that I have had on my long arm since early this year.

Where has the time gone?

Even Nutmeg looks puzzled.

Katniss is unconcerned.

As long as Katniss has her basket in the window, she is a happy cat.

I am quilting all over swirls of cauldron smoke on the backgrounds.

It is good to be ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 36

and I am getting ready to quilt.

I used up a Halloween panel, some of the extra fabric from my quilt and other fabrics from my stash. 

I posted the tutorial for my Witch Hat Block HERE.

Life in the Scrapatch has been busy, but I am finding some time each day to sew and to enjoy the wonderful projects in the making by all my quilty friends. 

Please join us by adding your link

 and visiting all who share their creativity.

Happy Stitching ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 35

Bats & Boos QAL Quilt

quilt top! 

I have not been on the computer much, but I have been sewing.

I am sewing the pieced backing for this quilt 

and hope to soon have it on my longarm.

I posted my Witch Hat Block here last Thursday

and promised a tutorial.  

I am still promising to have it up soon.

I really liked how this block capped off my pumpkin blocks and extended the purple print from the bat blocks into the border.

My quilt top now measures 65" square which ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 34

Thank You to all who are linking up and sharing with our growing community of quilters! 

I have been mostly working on my 

As I have a lot of Halloween quilts, I am making this quilt for my daughter, 

who wants to use it as a throw quilt on her sofa.

I love the pattern but it is wall quilt size, so we decided to make it larger.

I am adding a wide border ...

I have not been sewing much the last few days.

There have been other happenings that have kept me away from my sewing machine and my computer.

Hope to be back here more regularly again and to have something to show you soon.

Thanks for all who visit and comment and share.

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 32

Bats & Boos Mystery QAL

This is the first on the four pumpkin blocks.

I have played with the fabrics and made a few personal design changes.

The biggest change was the stems

These are the pieces I cut to make a more traditional stem instead of the hour glass units in the original cutting instructions.

Free Pumpkin Block Instructions ~ Click Here

I am happy with the result. 

I think the fabric choices work well with the purple 

Bat Blocks ~ Step 1

I hope to have Step 3 ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show  ~ Week 31

I am working on my 30 Days of Improv Blocks QAL .

Here is my Block 2 for Stripes Week.

The prompt suggested working with skinny and wider strips as a design element.

I am happy with this block and think it will work well with my last week blocks.

I was thinking "filmstrip" when I was playing with the narrow black and white print strips.  Adding the strip border made with my shorter strip pieces adds a nice improv touch, I think.

Playing with these strips has been a fun diversion from all ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 30

I have been busy in my sewing corner this week. 

Here is one of my favorite blocks:

Summer in the Garden Quilt Along

The Free Bouquet Block Pattern may be found here. 

There is also another bonus pattern this week:

The Rose Garden Block Pattern may be found here.

I have not sewn this block yet.

I may or may not, as I need to layout my blocks

 and see if I have enough for the quilt I want to make. 

It is a pretty block ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 29

 I have been picking and choosing from a stack of ongoing projects. 

Above are two new blocks for my 

Kinship Fusion Sampler Quilt

As I am on the second half of the 100 blocks, I am feeling very hopeful that I will accomplish my goal of completing all the blocks.

I introduced a new fabric in these blocks.

One is the green background, as I am starting to use up the original scraps and such that I have incorporated into these blocks.

The other is the black print ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 28

Welcome to my Summer Garden, too! 

On Monday, there were two new blocks for the 

Summer in the Garden Quilt Along

The main block was this cute Honeybee Block Posted Here

There was also a Bonus Block 

Garden Gate Block ~ Free Pattern Here

Although I like this block, it does not say "garden gate " to me.

... of my real garden gate, pictured here with my pink roses just starting to bloom.

Looking at it, I may add green cut-offs to the upper two ...

Welcome to Stitch Sew & Show ~ Week 27

I have been sewing daily again on old projects and new ones.

It is good to be stitching in my happy place.

This little 6 inch Friendship Star is my most recent block

 and it is the start of a new big quilt. 

In April is saw this Let's Make a Sampler Announcement

When I saw this promo for this year's Moda Blockheads quilt, I was, at first, taken back by the fact you had to buy a book upfront, as the three previous quilts were free, one block, one week ...