Lots of Projects and No Progress

It seems like all I am doing lately is flitting from one project to another and not making progress on anything. I loaded Quadrille on the longarm, and have been staring at it for days, with no plan on how to custom quilt it. The big reveal for Quadrille's last step and final block is …

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Sunday Chat – Garden, Cooking, Wildlife

It was mostly a quiet week here, with not much going on. I piddled in the sewing room pulling fabric for the swap early in the week, stared at the quilt on the frame with no idea how to quilt it, tidied up a bit, and generally spent days doing next to nothing. I read …

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Finishing the Log Cabin Quilt of Valor

The lovely temperatures last week made quilting a joy with the windows open. A gentle breeze filtered through the open windows bringing fresh air in the basement. I was able to correct the tension issues, and quilting went fairly smoothly after that. I worked on it off and on through the week. It was nice …

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May Books

It's been a great month for books, some recently published and some older. I've been lucky with my choices, based on some recommendations, and one from NetGalley that I read pre-publication that just published. I've linked to the Amazon page for all so you can read more about them, or find an audio version. Thank …

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Car Club Event, Ducks, and Quilting

This past Sunday was the New Member Picnic for our car club, and we were in charge of it. It took a few months and a lot of work to plan, and it is good to have it done. For the meal, we were having it catered instead of it being a potluck as in …

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May In the Garden

This has been the weirdest year, with temperatures too warm through the entire winter, then just about the time I should be planting, we get overnight freezes. And while my vegetable crops did well from seeds in the basement, they didn't survive when transplanted. I did harden them off for several nights, then put them …

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