I’ve been finishing up the week with lots of fun sewing. I am not actually sewing on my new 570QE, but rather sewing next to it. lol. It is plugged in and I have played with it, but I am waiting for the table insert to arrive before I start using it regularly. I have […]
I got a bit of sewing done over the weekend. My goal was to get caught up on a couple of BOMs I am doing. The blocks above are for the Riley Blake Challenge 2026, a reliably fun sew-along. This one is a block of the week project, with block designs being provided for free […]
This beautiful block is the eighth one in the Riley Blake Challenge Block of the Week for 2026. It was designed by Sandy Gervais and is a great example of the type of blocks that the Riley Blake Challenge is known for. It is an exquisite block, unlike things you see every day, and it […]
Yesterday was the release day for the 6th block in the Riley Blake Challenge, and I got it made. It is called Square Knot by Jennifer Long, and I think it is very interesting. It literally poured rain every single minute of the day, so I had nothing else to tempt me! The construction was […]
This was the perfect weekend to sew. I had four straight days of gloomy weather, which made for the perfect opportunity to squirrel myself away in my sewing room and work on projects. And what did I do? I got sick. It was just a bad cold, but it made me want to do nothing […]
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