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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 […]

All of the hexies I needed to thread baste to get started on the next section of Noriko’s Beauty is done, so I got them laid out to start and my board wasn’t big enough LOL so I will do what I have here laid out and then move it over a bit and continue […]

I got Yuletide Gatherings on the bed – it started as a 103” square – it is now 98” square – about what I expected after quilting, washing and drying.  I started the quilting on August 14 and finished it November 6th – it took 75 hours of hand quilting.  (I was gone for about […]

A little bit of sewing was going on all day in between cleaning floors and cleaning the bathroom – and a walk in the afternoon at the trails – it was chilly but warmed up on the second half of the walk – but it took a good 30 minutes to get to that point!  […]

Yesterday was a chilly dreary day – I think I sat on the couch listening to my book for hours while binding Yuletide Gatherings.  And I finished it – now I will put it in the wash today – and seeing as the whole next 8 days or so are to be in the 40’s/20’s […]

I can’t believe it – well yes I can Arkansas weather can be so very strange at times – a couple days ago it was in the 70’s-80 for near to a week and then Friday night after a brief rain and temperatures dropping we woke up to a light dusting of snow – this […]

Noriko’s Star will be put aside for a little bit while I work on the binding for Yuletide Gatherings – one side is almost done now This little bit on the first side to do before I turn the corner – maybe as it will be chilly today I will sit and stitch a bit […]

It was a very busy day yesterday – the last nice warm day for awhile – we knew it has to come to an end right – it is fall after all but it was so nice having weather in the 70’s and low 80’s to work in lately outside.  I told you have a […]

The binding was pressed and attached loosely to the quilt so I don’t have any seams in the corner – the machine was cleaned and a new needle put in – ready to stitch it down today and then work on the hand stitching for a week or so. I was busy outside yesterday and […]

On Sunday night I finished the quilting on Yuletide Gatherings and took it off the frame before I went to bed.  Next up is to cut binding and sew it on.  I’ll give the stats when I am done with it and washed and dried.  Linking to Linda’s To Do Tuesday and today binding must […]

As I mentioned yesterday morning the pre-planned outage didn’t happen and is to be rescheduled so we were home after all and seeing as it was such a nice day I was outside working in the garden off and on all afternoon. I now have three strawberry beds ready to add mulch and they will […]

On the design wall that is.  I have been playing with the Crossed Canoes/Lemoyne Star blocks and I think I have solved the puzzle.  After moving things this way and that I think this is the layout.  So for a name?  Rainbow Stars?  Certainly shorter than Crossed Canoes/Lemoyne Stars! It is of course hard to […]

Yesterday I managed to get the second strawberry bed done and move some more dirt to one half of the third bed and cover it with cardboard so the heavy rain last night wouldn’t make a mess of it – I put some rocks down to hold it in place.  It will be really wet […]

Finished the 3 blocks that were cut out and realized I had looked at the amount of rows/blocks wrong while I have been working on this – I like my quilts close to square – I know a lot don’t make them that way but do rectangles instead but I like a lot of overhang […]

Yuletide Gatherings is coming to an end – the stretch I am doing now is a little wider than what I had been doing so I am thinking 5 nights or so of quilting and it should be done.  I had finished up on the right side of the quilt – forgot to take a […]

The second star point is coming along – faster each row of course – I had the 6th row stitched together before the end of the day and then attached to the body of it by early evening. When this second star point is done it will be easier to start sketching out the area […]

Yesterday was some house cleaning, a little piecing, a library Halloween party and a little quilting in the evening. Two more Crossed Canoe blocks made – 8 more to go.  One is laid out and ready to work on today and I hope to get a couple more made as well. This quilting was done […]

Yes that is right 10 crossed canoes left to make – I got 3 more done yesterday giving me the final 2 rows to fill in.  I am linking to Small Quilts and Doll Quilts this morning. Noriko’s Star – I finished the row I was working on and thread basted the next row. A […]

A rainy all day light rain we had on Saturday about another inch of much needed rain but when it rains like that sometimes it just makes me so lazy that I tend to sit around reading all day instead of work on projects.  I did get a little done though as I knew I […]

Turned down Yuletide Gatherings again and it is getting closer and closer to an end – finished up this end on Thursday night – I’ve been asked do I notice a big difference in quilting flannel versus regular quilters cotton – I change my needles a lot more frequently but it isn’t taking longer to […]