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I am so excited to introduce you to my new WordPress Blog Site. I hope you like it as much as I do. Assuming you are reading this blog on a laptop or computer (and not your phone), in my opinion, the look is much cleaner and less cluttered, which I think is pleasing to […]

Every fall, Fat Quarter Shop hosts a free sew-along. They typically have a Halloween theme, but this year they decided to focus on Autumn instead. This year's project is called Autumn Nights. FQS has chosen a beautiful new Fig Tree collection of fabric called Agatha Road, which is very similar to past fabric lines Joanna […]

As you can see by my design wall, I have all but two remaining blocks of Halloween Memories to make. As well as the partial hourglass blocks for the outer border, which won’t take long, since they are so big. I need to get this project off the wall because the Pumpkin Gatherings blocks need […]

It is time for me to clear off the design wall and get going on some Halloween UFOs. This little quilt is finished except for the borders. The fabrics are all from the Fat Quarter Shop Designer Mystery 2024 block of the month. I never actually made the quilt blocks from the project because I […]

I have moved on to the last stage of blocks for the Strawberry Garden project by Fig Tree. I have to make a lot of these little X blocks, euphemistically called "Posie" by the designer. Let me tell you, these are tedious. Not so bad if you just have to make a couple, but I […]

Have you been working on the Riley Blake Designs Challenge this year? Each year, the Riley Blake Design team does a Challenge Sew Along featuring free patterns from their in-house designers. I wasn't going to join any sew-alongs this year, but I was intrigued and also wanted to use up some of my Lori Holt […]

I love to quilt, but bookstores are truly my Happy Place. This picture was taken a year ago when we visited our son in Ireland. We had traveled to Cork by train and spent an entire day exploring that city. Highlights were a local farmers' market and this bookstore. I think it may have been […]

Moda BlockHeads 3 was probably my favorite BlockHeads sew-along ever. And yet, I never finished it. The sew-along involved block choices in four sizes, and I randomly made them, without a plan for a setting. I had 12-inch blocks, 8-inch blocks, 6-inch blocks, and 4-inch blocks. It was actually kind of ridiculous. I would just […]

No, I am not moving. We are getting new carpeting! This event requires me to remove everything from the closet floors in the bedrooms. We have four of them and there is a lot of stuff on the floors.  In addition, I have to pack up the contents of all the dresser drawers to make […]