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Ready to use!  Twinkle Twinkle Big Star is ready to use – it is about 100×100 inches machine pieced and hand quilted from December 28 to March 28th – about 125 hours.  I used the 12” qube from Accuquilt for cutting – it made it a breeze each month last year – I made this […]

Binding is done and the quilt is in the wash – I will try to get the quilt outside this weekend to take some photos in the light – this one is after the last stitches taken – the thank goodness that is done moment.  I am linking up to SoScrappy for RSC progress – […]

Today a little bit of this and that – so many projects going on all the time.  The binding is coming along slowly on Twinkle, Twinkle – but now 3 sides are done so just a couple more days and I will get this one washed and dried to add some crinkliness to it. I […]

Finally the 4 Pink Hunter’s Star blocks are done – I tell you when it is spring and really nice weather I have to fight with myself to make progress in the sewing room!! Up on the wall – I will be taking them down today And put the Lemoyne Star blocks up and get […]

I am moving kind of slow on these blocks considering they are easy to do – but then when the weather is nice you take advantage of it don’t you – today will be rain and maybe Tuesday too so I think the final two will get done soon.  This block is actually a bit […]

I’m taking the quilting nice and slow while I plan out the quilting as I go on Love Letters.  I was going to quilt the vase one way and didn’t like it so unpicked those threads and went with a variegated black/gray thread.  I don’t have enough of it most likely for all 9 vases […]

Well I got a start on Love Letters on Wednesday night but decided on the other stencil border design – I thought the simpler lines would go with the grid better on the applique. The orange variegated thread has yellow and white in it too and a little burgundy in the second spool.  Linking to […]

Twinkle, Twinkle Big Stars was done on Tuesday night and taken off the frame – I think it was on the frame one day over 3 months and around 126 hours of quilting in it.  I will do up the stats after I get the binding done.  Right now it is just folded over the […]

The mistake block is now fixed and was a very easy fix thank goodness – I am so glad I caught it before the quilt was put together! What the top looks like before the pink blocks are made and added in – linking to Midweek Makers –– My box of pink/purple and burgundy – […]

I have been told that the AQS shows that are not in Paducah KY are always smaller and less vendors  – now that I know that if I go to another I won’t be disappointed in the smaller amount of quilts and vendors.  But I’m still disappointed that so many of the vendors are aimed […]

The 3 final rows of Yuletide Gatherings are of blocks are sewn into rows but are not attached to the quilt – I will take care of that next week – here it is all pinned to the wall. Also I got the next group of hexies thread basted and ready to take with me […]

Another day that I didn’t feel like sitting at the machine – I’m sure we all go through little spells like that.  Was busy doing other things and running a few errands as well.  A little more work done on the hexies and a bit of reading as well. Two of the 12 hexie flowers […]

Yesterday I didn’t feel like sitting at the machine – instead I was finishing up an audio book and worked on hexies.  I don’t usually sit real long doing this but off and on over the day I got it almost done – late afternoon it was like this And after the news the white […]

Sewing machine work was done for several hours in the afternoon before I unplugged the machine for a thunderstorm that came through.  Maybe I will finish up the rows today?  Still need to press and then measure to figure out borders.  Three more rows of blocks to be added.  Linking to To-Do-Tuesday The area of […]

Yesterday was so nice outside that I took advantage or clearing out one area of fall leaf’s that had fallen and that I hadn’t taken care of and used them for mulch after I chopped them up with the lawn mower to place around the forsythia bush which is very small having been just planted […]

The Feathered Star block is finished – finally and that was after mistake after mistake – to the point that several new pieces needed to be cut.  Two blocks are now done – they are 16 inches – I’m thinking of possibly not bothering to make this frustrating block again and use these two blocks […]

Well I didn’t get done with my yellow March Feathered Star but it is getting there!  I couldn’t get to work on it until late afternoon as I had my eyes dilated for an eye exam yesterday morning – with the lights dimmed down I thought it best to wait to get to work – […]

So far the Feathered Star is coming together ok, but it is the middle section that gave me fits last time so we will see what happens today.  This is as far as I got yesterday when I put it aside to get supper ready.  – Yes the seam ripper has been to work already!  […]

Will I or won’t I succeed in making this block a second time?  As you know I made a red Feathered Star for January for one of my RSC quilts and then February’s block failed and I threw that one away – I decided to give it one more shot and cut a yellow blocks […]

Yesterday I really wanted to get more hexagons cut for Noriko’s Star which meant I needed to get the table cleared off – it was covered with Pickle Dish pieces.  So first I tackled that.  This time I decided to spray starch the larger pieces and see if that would help my piecing a little […]