My beautiful baby girl turned 5 this week. The time has flown by!
I did some dog sitting for my grand dogs this week. Isn’t Milo adorable?
Speaking of birthdays, my sweet mother in love turned 92 last week. We enjoyed a lovely visit with her in our way back to AZ.
Anyone old enough to remember these? I got these playing cards from my grandpa. He owned a small general store in the 1940s-60s.
I also found this in my cleaning. I always loved this comic strip!
Have a great day!
Remember these? Years ago you could join a club and Keepsake Quilting would send swatches each month. I was never part of that, but didn’t turn these down when they were gifted to me.
I have both solids and prints.
They are approximately 1 1/2 inches square. I was thinking I might use them up for the tiny 9 patch challenge.
I finished one block. They are not totally accurate, so I’m undecided as to whether I will make more.
I also managed two more teeny tiny 9 patch blocks.
So that is my big finish for the week! I hope you got more done. Have a great day!
Can you stand more messy sewing room photos? Ugh. This is the current state of affairs.
These shelving units are just the best for all of my dies.
All these boxes contain fabric. 🤦🏻♀️
Thankfully, this is the worst room in the house. One guest room is full of boxes of quilts. I think I need a quilt sale.
You know where I will be today. Have a good one!
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It’s been a January……I don’t really have words for it. So. Much. Work.
Here is the man that drove. I’m so thankful for him!
I thought I’d share pictures from across the ten states we traveled through. This first picture pretty much describes the first 6 states.
On our third driving day, we saw blue skies for the first time in ages.
I did get some quilting done.
This was a most welcome sign!
The scenery in the high country was stunning!
My grandfather loved Zane Grey. I’d like to back to see this some time.
It’s always a thrill when you see the first saguaro!
And now we are back at home in AZ for a bit. Time for me to face the many piles like this one.
Wish me luck. Have a great day!
There has been very little sewing time this month. But here are my three finishes.
All small ones!
But I did go from this:
To this:
So there is that.
I can’t wait until I can sew again. Have a great day!
My sweet neighbor gave me a bag of scraps and things my first winter out in Arizona. These little blocks were in the bag.
I added some purples and mourning prints of my own and put them in a project box. I decided they had aged long enough and pulled them out to see what they might become. Here are a few ideas.
I’m quite smitten with these! Might be a perfect project to work on when we get back to AZ.
Have a great day!
I’m quilting on this here and there between packing, cleaning, and sorting.
When I’m not too tired, that is. Here is a look at the back.
Back to work! Might get a few stitches in today. We shall see.
Have a great day!
This winter has been brutal!
This meme perfectly describes my life right now.
What do you do with Stinky, your beloved childhood friend? Swedish death cleaning says it’s time to let go.
Said goodbye to this beauty last week. It’s a Singer 115 from 1919. It found a lovely home.
Have a great day!
This post is from June 2016. It has been one of my most popular posts ever! I hope you enjoy seeing it again. Have a great day!
This is a big finish today! I wouldn’t have gotten it done except that hubby is out of town on business. My house is a mess, but my quilt is done! The first two pics show the quilting before washing.
I got that backing at JoAnn’s with a coupon. It is really quite a nice fabric.
If you remember, I was toying with the idea of adding a border of some sort. I ended up not doing that, but thought I would try a wider binding instead. I cut my strips 3 1/2 inches wide instead of my normal 2 1/2 inches for binding. Does this fabric look familiar?
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I pulled it to use in my Military Mystery quilt, but I saw it when looking for a binding fabric and grabbed it for this instead! I found another navy to use for the mystery quilt that I like better anyway.
I rarely prewash anything any more, but I do have some prewashed pieces in my stash. This blue polka dot was one. The rest of the quilt was unwashed fabric. So I decided to wash the quilt before binding so the quilt wouldn’t shrink more than the binding, leaving a ruffled edge. I have done this before with decent results. I have also skipped this step and was not happy! So here are the finish pictures. Tadaaaa!!!
The only scraps I didn’t use were civil war repros. Everything else went in:
Here’s a shot of that wide binding:
The scraps finish at 1 1/2 by 3 inches. I just love the texture this panto gives!
It’s living on the guest bed for now.
Here is a post from 5 years ago. Looking at this, makes me want to make another! Enjoy!
I signed up for a doll quilt swap on Instagram hosted by @tossedbutnotsunk aka Jenny B. I found out about the swap while I was piecing these blocks in December and decided if this little quilt turned out well, that I would send this to my swap partner.
I’m not 100% happy with my backing fabric, just because it doesn’t go as well with my binding as I would have liked.
You may remember that most of the pieces for this were cut down from these vintage blocks.
I replaced some bits from my vintage stash as needed. I hand quilted it.
Once it was done, I washed it in the sink with a bit of Dawn dish soap. You never know how these old fabrics will stand up to washing. I’ve had some fall apart completely or change color.
Here it is after washing and drying.
I’m happy to report that it turned out just fine!
That little bit of shrinkage adds just the right touch. I hope my swap partner likes it. It isn’t due for some time yet, though it is nice to have this done and ready to go.
Have a wonderful day!
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