This week I was determined to get some progress and even though I was gone over the weekend, I did get some progress in the sewing room. My Smores top is finished. Hallelujah! I’m so happy. I have painfully slowly worked on this for a long time. The worst part is that it’s only 57″ …
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read moreI didn’t get a lot done this week in the sewing room. The previous weekend had me to a wedding and a funeral that I told you about in THIS post. That left me behind around the house so I was busy catching up. On top of that, I knew the coming week was going …
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read moreNo much sewing got done this week. I seem to keep on saying that! HA! I’m enjoying life and still trying to get things done outside. Plus I’ve started the habit of watching a lot of sports. The Minnesota Vikings game had my attention on Sunday. The WNBA has had my attention several of the …
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read moreI didn’t get a lot of sewing in this week. I’ve been enjoying the weather. I had family over for supper one night. I went to the vintage sale and met some new people. All is good and I’m happy even without sewing time. I worked on my Smores quilt. I have two corners that …
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read moreI had a little time in the sewing room…and I did a few 15 minute sewing sessions this week so I actually feel like I made a little progress. I’ve been working on my Covid Star quilt. It’s the one started when I had Covid. The pattern is from Kathleen Tracy Quilts on Facebook. You …
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read moreNothing happened in the sewing room this week. Wait. I take that back. I walked in the door and turned right back around again. Do you want to see why? My sewing room is a disaster. This side isn’t too bad. Just some totes and stuff that needs to be put away. Maybe a 5-minute …
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read moreI didn’t have a lot of time to sew this last week. You might remember that I had Covid. Then I ended up giving up the days that I was supposed to have off for the cross stitch retreat and went to work. I had tested negative so I felt comfortable going. Work was okay …
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read moreI went in a completely different direction this week with my quilting. When I woke up Friday morning I wondered how I was feeling but bypassed it. I’d had a long week and a busy day off on Thursday. I’ve been trying to walk Rosie every night when I get home from work either two …
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read moreI am happy to report I got time in the sewing room this week. Yahoo!! I missed sewing time!! So what did I work on? My Smores quilt. I know several of you have been encouraging me to work on this one…finally I am. I think I made enough progress that it can’t be put …
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read moreI told you that I have been floundering on my cross stitch projects as I just finished a big piece and haven’t been able to focus on a new project. That is not so in my quilting life. I was extremely focused this week. My Checkerboard Quilt was the only project I worked on. I …
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read moreI had big plans to sew a lot this weekend but that didn’t happen. I did get my grandson Jasper’s quilt finished though. Here it is finished at the longarm and ready for binding. I got it bound, pictures taken of the finish, and packaged up ready for the mail with the hope it will …
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read moreI had a bit of extra time in the sewing room this week as I had Friday off. I had doctor appointments in the morning and some extra time that afternoon. I got a “Grandma Duty” call. Jasper, my daughter Kayla’s son, is going to preschool this year and he needs a napping blanket. Well …
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read moreEven though I was at the retreat this week, I managed to squeak out some sewing room time. Not a lot but enough that I have a report to share with you… I ironed the center of my Disappearing Nine Patch Iowa Hawkeyes quilt. Check out Rosie in the background waiting to come in the …
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read moreSaturday afternoon was a sewing day for me. YAHOO!! It’s been a bit since I’ve had a bigger chunk of time to sit down and sew. It was the much needed mental break I needed to sit and mindlessly sew. My husband was so smart when long ago he said I was always happier after …
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read moreI had time off from work this week. I had hoped to get some extra time in the sewing room, but that didn’t happen. My 15 minute plan was all I had. This is the last of the Tiny Nine Patch blocks that I had cut out. I ended up with 461 blocks. The “tutorial” …
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read moreI’ve been trying to get into the sewing room all week but had no luck. So on Sunday when my daughter Kelli and her kids came for a visit, I asked her is she’d help me and we’d get my Hawaiian Sunset quilt into a top. I had a lot done. I had two portions …
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read moreI’ve been continuing on with my 15 minutes of time trying to still accomplish something in the sewing room. This week I did okay. I didn’t set the world on fire but got there enough times to… Make another batch of Tiny Nine Patch blocks. In one session I sewed the strips together. In the …
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read moreBall games, Jerry, and a bit of an injury sidelined me from a lot of sewing this week. But, my daughter Kelli was home and did the math and some fabric cutting so that helped…and I stuck with the 15-minute time increments to make some progress. My 15 minutes helped me get the binding on …
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read moreI had a busy week. I tried to sneak up to the sewing room for a few 15-minute sessions. If not for those, I wouldn’t have gotten a single thing done. So here’s to 15 minutes!! I got the two coin quilts off the longarm. I already have the binding cut. I just need to …
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read moreI told you in previous posts that I don’t expect much sewing or stitching to happen in June and that has proved to be true. Graduation parties and time with Jerry have taken all of my free time. I did manage to get to the sewing machine this week and work on these… They are …
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