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December Quilting

December 30, 2025 2:38 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Pam

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.

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A Quilt by December 17th

December 4, 2025 9:22 am ⋅ Pam

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.

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Catching Up

September 9, 2025 8:51 am ⋅ Pam

The time simply has gotten away from me. Between work, quilting and filling in at my friend’s shop, blogging has fallen to the bottom of the list of things to do. First up, the August Stash Report.

The Stash Report

Fabric Added Since Last Report: 13.759 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 194.442 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 32.67 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 147.139 yards

Net Fabric Stash: 47.303 yards

So did I meet the the August Goals? Some of them.

- Finish Cascades. It just needs the borders before it can be quilted. – It still needs borders.
- Keep up with the KTQ A Vintage Sampler Quilt Quilt along. I’m currently 2 blocks behind. Looking at the schedule we should finish the top by the end of the month. – Quilted!
- Monterrey Medallions. I’d like to get the blocks made for this quilt. – In progress.
- Sheryl. I just need to sew the binding strips together and get this one bound. – Still waiting
- Auction Quilt Top. It’s a bad picture, but I need to rip out what little quilting I’ve done. – Still needs ripping
- Shop Samples. Yes there are two quilts in the picture and I want them done by Monday! Guess what I’m doing first? – Accomplished!
- There is a customer quilt on the frame. I should get it done tonight – I don’t think there are any thunderstorms expected. – Accomplished!
- Decoupage fabric to glass for a friend. – Accomplished!
- Prepare the mystery quilt clues (the next one is due Monday!) – Accomplished!

This is my Vintage Christmas Sampler by Kansas Troubles Quilters. I caught up, got the borders on and even got it quilted over the long weekend. It was promptly put in the stack to be bound and I started Monterrey Medallions. There are 4 different blocks in this quilt – the center star, Woodpile, Floating Stars and Jacob’s Ladder blocks. The floating stars are up next.