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Finally I got all my pieces cut out for my star circle maybe I will start the machine work today and then one more to make – and I didn’t even realize that I cut another section out wrong until I looked at the photo just now – the light purple around the center star […]

Yesterday I was busy just didn’t see a lot of progress.  One would think it has been months since I made one of the large circle star blocks for the “Georgetown on My Mind” quilt with the mistakes I made with the templates.  It was like I totally forgot what colors went were and ended […]

More handwork again today and other than grocery shopping I did laundry and that was it for the house.  I had gotten a new audio book so it was entertaining me while I stitched.  The book is a new one by Nora Roberts called “Hidden Nature”  so far I like it – I do admit […]

I think I was sitting most of the day yesterday working on binding and hexies.   I was “house work lazy”. Progress on hexies – 3 bottom complete rows and part of the fourth I worked on binding on New York Beauty – a lot left to do on this – close to a half of […]

I was able to get The Rose Garden on the quilting frame Saturday night and even started to quilt a little bit deciding what I was quilting at the time I was doing it. I am mainly outline stitching the stars and filling in straight lines here and there Here is a close up I […]

Friday night I completed the last part of the border of New York Beauty I unrolled it right away to take it off the frame – it could have waited until Saturday but why wait? LOL I really had no place to put it so just bunched it up and it was laying here for […]

I was busy yesterday trying to make progress for the lack of it over the weekend I guess and because I have several doctor appointments this week cutting some days short of sewing. First I worked on Georgetown and got the circle ready for the last step of applique to the big gray square – […]

Yesterday I didn’t do a lot, I spent more time relaxing with a book then any sewing.  I did get the last row of hexagons done and they are ready to add to the section soon. I got more quilting done on New York Beauty Saturday night and that is progressing well. And this section […]

I worked off and on all day on The Rose Garden – If I want to I can still add a red border to it and have enough left for the red binding but I have grown tired of working on it right now LOL so it is folded up now and put away to […]

And it will be the same three for another day or two – and then the Rose Garden will be done and I will see what is next.  Yesterday it rained and rained so I was at the machine and I have half of the last border finished.  I really have no idea if I […]

Finally on to the last border except I did nothing on it yesterday but get it pinned on the wall – the red border is up there in three pieces and will get stitched maybe today and pinned in place and start the patchwork.  If I really get busy on it I can finish it […]

Rose Garden is nearing an end – would you believe I actually started this one back in 2021!!  The center blocks were done and so many mistakes I just put it away and didn’t want to look at it – finally it will be done not as it was to be but that is ok […]

I just can’t work on one – it would be too boring.  I’m not sure what will be next after I get the Rose Garden off the wall – part of one border left to do and one full border piece after that.  I have been pressing as I go so it will just get […]

One row pieced on this section of Noriko’s Star a lot more left to do.  For some reason some of you think this quilt is just about done and will be soon – no, no it isn’t.  Each of these sections take me an average of probably close to six weeks or more to make […]

So that border is now done – there wasn’t that much to add to it but it was long and bulky to work with .  Now it is up on the wall with the cornerstones in place and me thinking do I want that extra block in the middle top and bottom or not – […]

Noriko’s Star is ready to advance once again onto the big flannel board for the layout of the next section.  I finished the tin of hexies thread basting yesterday.  It always feels good to get this amount ready for the long rows to stitch – especially knowing after this one is done there are only […]

But I just didn’t get around to it!!  I will never get done with the Rose Garden if I don’t get myself in gear and move on it.  No excuse for not much done yesterday other than I didn’t sleep well, I had an appointment that was running very late, a quick stop at Wal-Mart […]

For some reason not a lot got accomplished yesterday – maybe because it got up to 74 degrees?  I sat out on the porch for awhile in the afternoon and read a book and drank a coke.  I trimmed off a couple plants and pulled some long dried up stalks from last summers flowers.  And […]

I’m looking forward to quilting that will come soon when I get to the very pretty NYB blocks – but first some more crosshatch work.  On Tuesday night this area was finished and ready to roll down. When I rolled it down this is when the very pretty colorful stuff comes into view – although […]

Twenty degrees difference in a day- 58 instead of 78 and cloudy all day – I was inside sewing, no errands to run  – today is different — a dentist appointment for another crown.  I doubt any sewing will get done this afternoon.   I had this lined up last year when I had 3 crowns […]