Scrap Dance Quadrille Mystery Quilt Along – Step 5

It is month five of the Scrap Dance mystery quilt along for 2023, and I hope you are having fun with this! For those just now finding this mystery quilt along, click on Scrap Dance Quadrille Step 1 for the overview with fabric requirements and cutting instructions, and then on Quadrille Step 2 for the …

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More MINIs on the Dragon

More fun at our annual MINIs on the Dragon event to show you today. The event included several days of drives in the beautiful mountain area of western NC and eastern TN. Lining up in the morning, the leader would go over the day's drive route and get us all on the same radio channel …

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Last Day to Register for Embroidery Extravaganza

It is the last day to register for the Embroidery Extravaganza! live class tomorrow. Get stitching with 11 award-winning artisanal instructors for a vibrant multi-class event on embroidery, one of the most popular meditative crafts practiced worldwide. This event features vibrant classes on stitches, motifs, methods, and more skill-building and imaginative lessons to take your …

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MINIs on the Dragon 2023

We spent most of last week at the annual MINIs On the Dragon event in Fontana Village in western North Carolina right at the Tennessee border. There is too much for one post, so I'll have more for you later, but for today get a cuppa and settle in for a picture heavy post. I've …

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Sunday Chat – Car Show, Cooking, and the Orchid

It is the season now for our car clubs to ramp up, so we have been busy with several events. Last weekend was an annual fundraiser show called Luft Wasser, which is German for Air Water, referring to the two methods of cooling for engines. We were on the crew, and arrived early Saturday morning …

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Stashbusters May

Stashbuster report time! It wasn't a great month for finishes for me. With multiple visits to the ortho doc, and too much time sitting after injections, I got more reading done than anything. The good news is that missing the guild meeting and no shopping time meant no fabric in. I did finish the little …

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Finishing the Blue and Yellow Table Topper

It took several more sessions with the longarm, but I finally got the topper done. When we left off last week, I was just getting started quilting the half-circles in the squares. I marked a line on the ruler with tape to line up on the seam to get them uniform in size. Overall, I …

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Sunday Chat – Garden and MINIs

Rain fell for days at the end of the week, but breaks in the clouds here and there allowed a few more photos of our local avian choir. I sat on the veranda in the cool morning air, quiet and calm, listening to the birdsong. This chickadee was still for just a moment before swooping …

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Sewing and Small Projects

This week has been a bit busy, with some personal issues taking up the first three days. I finally got back to the blue and yellow table topper, and was able to get a couple more rows done with the curve ruler. One thing I have to remember, the foot will keep the stitches about …

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