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I made my first quilted item as a visual aid for a math project in 7th grade. Over the next 25 years quilting was hit or miss, but quilting took over all the other crafts I've done in 2003.

December Quilting

December 30, 2025 2:38 pm ⋅

This month has been crazy between work, quilting and a trip to Kansas City.  Needless to say, blogging fell to the bottom of the list.  Here are my last 3 finishes.

 

Clara – a gift for my SIL Penny.  Started 11/30, I finished the piecing and quilting on 12/18 – the night before I left for Kansas City.  I packed up the sewing machine and a table to put the binding on when I got there.  It was under the tree 12/23.  The quilting is Espalier with a -4.25 offset.  I used just over 2 bobbins of Glide in Strawberry Blond.

This quilt was my by my nephew for his nephew. In theory the top was to arrive on Saturday 12/13, but instead of being delivered after it arrived in Jackson, it went to McComb, Baton Rouge, Saint Rose, and Memphis before being delivered to me on 12/17.  I quilted it in Military Gold thread and the E2E design is Blast Off. My sister put the binding on the quilt Christmas Day.

This is a t-shirt quilt for my my niece.  My sister sent it home with me back in October. I quilted it in November and “gifted” to our niece unbound on 12/21 when I saw her.  I got it bound 12/24.  After our nephew saw it, he decided he needed a t-shirt quilt, so gathered up his cross country t-shirts and “gifted” them to my sister for Christmas.  They spent Christmas day working on the layout. Kalli got her quilt on the 26th.

I’m throwing one more in here. This Stack-n-Whack was started a a quilt retreat in 2006.  A friend asked to buy a queen size quilt. This one is 75 x 100.  So, I pulled it out and used Espalier and 3 bobbins of Grape thread to quilt it back on 10/4.  Then I got caught up with finishing my SILs sister quilts to take to Kansas City in October and it sat until 11/29 when I finished binding it.

 

Posted in: Clara, finish

What I’m Working on Wednesday – 12/10/25

December 10, 2025 11:23 am ⋅

Clara is coming along. I have all the units done for one color, just 8 more sets to go before I can start assembling blocks. I need to get a move on it. My sister called me yesterday morning and said she’s sending me a quilt top to quilt and wants me to bring it with me for Christmas.  So that’s 3 quilts which need binding, one of which needs to be quilted and one that is in pieces.  This should be fun.

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A Quilt by December 17th

December 4, 2025 9:22 am ⋅

Nothing like leaving it to the last minute.  Back in June at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival, my SIL Penny, fell in love with this quilt. — ooh, I just noticed there is a second colorway behind it. I don’t remember if we looked at it our not, but I digress. Anyway, I told Penny I’d make it for her and she bought the pattern and as much of the fabric as the booth still had.

 

The next month I found the rest of the fabric, but I haven’t had a chance to start it until this week.

By Wednesday, I had most of the quilt cut and started making the background and white HST.

Last night I finished them.

Up next are flying geese with white skies.  I still need to cut the white fabric. I hope to get these finished tonight and maybe even the white geese in dark skies. That would then leave me the chevron block to make before I can start assembling the blocks.

Posted in: Clara

Guild Auction

November 5, 2025 9:52 am ⋅

Monday night was Brandon Quilters annual Make It, Bake It, Sew It, Grew It Auction.  It’s a chance to clear out the never or gently used items from our space and raise funds for the guild.  I was assisting with the auction, so someone else was tracking my purchases. I was surprised at what I got for $30. I really thought I spent more, but then again, I didn’t get win everything I bid on.

First up is this selection of books.  the New York Beauty Diversified is by Linda Hahn. She will be teaching in the area in January 2027.  Next year one of the groups I’m in is considering a programs on quilts for guys and fractured quilts.

I have one of the Twister Rulers, but I can’t remember which one.  I might even have the Quilt on a Chair pattern.  I know I bought a chair a while back to do this to.

Someone brought in these Cathedral Window bases.  There are 4  bed runners.  I’ll get to them eventually.

There are a number of gardeners in the guild.  I brought home this aloe vera.  I wonder if I can keep it alive longer than the last one I brought home.

I won this quart of sweet pickles and 6 little jars.

I sent a picture of the knitting books to my niece and she said she would like the Cast On Bind Off book.  I grabbed the sock books and the Elizabeth Zimmermann book on principle.

The treasurer reported we made $1520.

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Twirling Leaves Progress

November 3, 2025 8:41 am ⋅

This weekend I worked on my Twirling Leaves quilt.  I took it to Sit-n-Sew Saturday. More time was spent talking than quilting and that is perfectly OK.  I accomplished what I needed – get all the blocks pieced and determine where they would be placed in the quilt.  Once that was done I packed up and came home around 4.  No further quilting was accomplished Saturday.

Then with the time change, I was up early. I unpacked and started “peeling back” the curves.   All of the color peel back is done and now I need to work on the background peel back.  I started working on it last night, then broke a needle.  I spent time cleaning my machine, then called it a day.  There’s a guild meeting tonight – it’s our annual auction — so it will probably be tomorrow before I make any more progress.

Posted in: Twirling Leaves

A Haunting Stash Report

October 31, 2025 9:53 am ⋅

Although I’ve cut all the fabric except for the borders of Twirling Leaves, I’m not counting it in this month’s stash report.  Yesterday I finished piecing the turquoise block, but I have not put the curves in.  I’ll wait to do that until the rest of the blocks are made. Perhaps tonight I’ll spend more time in the Quilt Studio.

As for the Haunting Stash Report, it includes all the yardage I bought at Fabricpalooza. For tracking I convert wide yardage into 45″ wide equivalent.  Just remember there are at least 10 and up to 12 backings in this number.

The Stash Report.

Fabric Added Since Last Report: 87.4565 yards
Fabric Added to Date:  319.5135 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 17.25
Fabric Used to Date: 197.719 yards

Net Fabric Stash: 121.795 yards

Posted in: Stash Busting Report, Twirling Leaves

Twirling Leaves Progress

October 30, 2025 12:05 pm ⋅

Last night I kitted up the rest of my Twirling Leaves block and cut the background fabric.

Tonight I plan to piece the blocks, but I’ll wait to do the peel back until all the blocks are made so I’m not constantly changing thread.

Bonnie Hunter released this year’s mystery colors a bit early due to all that is happening in her life. Lupine & Laughter.  I love lupines.  I like the color palette. Will I do the mystery?  Who knows, but the Half-Rectangle Trim Tool will be here on Monday.

I saw a quilt made up from this pattern when I was at the quilt shop in Kansas City, but they no longer had the pattern. I checked with my local shop and her sources didn’t have it so I ordered Grand Prize from the Villa Rosa Designs website.  It was in the mail I picked up at the post office this morning. Now to dig through my panels.

Posted in: Lupine & Laughter, Twirling Leaves

What I’m Working on Wednesday – 10/29/2025

October 29, 2025 8:30 am ⋅

The truth of the matter, I haven’t even set up my sewing machine since I got home from New Orleans.  It’s close enough to the end of the month that I’m revisiting this month’s goals and setting them for the rest of the year – subject to change of course.

This is where I was on the 14th.

  • Finish Mystery Quilt 1 Top – DONE
  • Finish Mystery Quilt 2 Top
  • Write Mystery Quilt Finishing Instructions – DONE
  • Bind Sheryl – DONE
  • Bind Cascades – DONE
  • Bind Monterrey Medallion – DONE
  • Kit Clara
  • Finish Kandy Korn Kitty
  • Prep fabric for Twirling Leaves Class – DONE
  • Finish Windmill Weave Top
  • Start Assembling Riviana

Well, there’s been no additional progress, so lets put together a new list.

  • Bind Stack-n-Whack
  • Bind T-Shirt Quilt
  • Top Mystery Quilt 2
  • Top Eclipse (pink & purple at the top of the wall)
  • Top Twirling Leaves (purple background)
  • Top Windmill Weave (blue & white)
  • Top Living on Cornbread (blocks to the right)

Not Pictured

  • Heart Ornament (11/17)
  • Zipper Bags (12/1)
  • Kit Clara (1/17 to FINISH)

We’ll see how far I get.  I’d really like to have all the tops listed done by the end of the year, preferably quilted & bound.  Will I make it? Time will tell.

Posted in: designwall

A Weekend in New Orleans (Area)

October 28, 2025 8:32 am ⋅

This past weekend, my SIL and I went down to the New Orleans’ area.  She to go her grand daughter’s volleyball tournament and me to the Gulf States Quilt Association Quarterly meeting. New Orleans is decked out for Halloween these first few pictures are from just one house near by the school my great niece attends.

Here are a few more pictures from the area.

Lots of skeletons and spiders.

The guest speaker on Saturday was Annette Ornelas of Southwind Designs. Friday she taught Twirling Leaves.  These are the 3 blocks I made in class. They are just pinned together so they would be easy to show at the meeting the next day.

The class finished up early enough that I was able to see one game of the tournament.  They won Friday night.

I attended the last GSQA meeting via Zoom and thought I heard my name called.  I made a string of flying geese earlier this year and it was included in the Opportunity quilt. If your block was included, you were given this butterfly pin.

Annette’s quilts were beautiful, and the technique is easy, so I bought a few patterns.  I love the quilt on cover of the book. I’m a sucker for Poinsettias and I think the dragonfly will be fun to make.

 

 

 

 

 

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What I’m Working on Wednesday – 10/15/25

October 15, 2025 8:19 pm ⋅

My resolved lasted less than 24 hours.  I have all the pieces for the 1st block (or is it the 2nd) of an enlarged Eclipse cut out.  Apparently at some point I swapped fabric 3 and 5.  I think it’s because the Dimples is darker and that’s what the pattern showed.

In other news, I’ve finally started working on the boxes in the front room. In the last 2 days I’ve emptied 2 small crates, a large crate and a laundry basket, putting stuff away, setting it in a donation box or throwing it out. My goal is 1 box a day. At this rate I should reach the music boxes by the end of the year.

Posted in: Eclipse, Uncategorized