Design Wall Monday, August 25, 2025

I added in a bunch of red and a bunch of purple houses.  Looks like maybe a couple need to be built that are brighter.  I'd love to build a yellow house, but the windows are yellow throughout.  I am afraid the windows will be lost.  If I'm going to build houses like this the last thing I want is to loose the windows =^.^=

This is Week 9 of Krowkissed the first part of the House block.  Will see how far I can get before Friday.

These are the two quilts that arrived from Kerry.  I'll be racing to get the top one done before Friday.  It is the Sunshine September/October Bimonthly Opportunity.  It was made in part with the leftovers of the group who swapped Millie's Dresses pieces.  I might just be able to make another when Lorna finishes her project.  Just leftovers...  The other is the last of Sharon's quilts we finished when she passed.  Today I'm headed to Warrior Foundation Freedom Station to deliver more of her quilts plus others to support seriously ill and injured service members with services and housing as they transition to civilian life. 

There are soon to be two celebrating birthdays and I'm headed that way later this week to with them.  They have surpassed the nonagenarian milestone of 90; not sure about decade-themed decorations this year as we did last year.  I hope to share a few favorite stories and memories with them over pieces of cake.

Sunday Stash Report, August 24, 2025

Krowkissed is looking oh so fine!  I finished Week 8 the Sunflower and Maple Leaf blocks.  Now it is on to another house building project.  Week 9 starts the House block foundation.  Lori Holt (the designer) must have thought best to split the House block into two weeks.  I am finally getting close to filling up that big hole in the middle of the top.

The Sunflower block wasn't quite as bad as I thought it might be.  Yes the flowers had a lot of ins and outs with the petals, but all in all not bad stitching.  

I had hopes of preparing the bottom section that is Week 10 before my travel.  Doesn't look like I will get there.  So I pulled out another of Jack Dempsey's stamped cross stitch patterns to work on.  I stopped by Hobby Lobby for floss on Saturday.  I'm ready to dig into another one.  This time it will be Kittens.

I have two boxes to open up from Kerry this morning.  Two quilts arrived after her magic and now ready for trimming down and binding.  Krowkissed isn't the only House being built.  Come back tomorrow and see how far along I've come with Kottages.

Nothing changes this week's numbers.  

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 225.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 104.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 121 yards

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Wednesday Workings, August 20, 2025

 

The Maple Leaf block is done YIPPEE!

I am still working on the Sunflower block.  It takes me an evening to get around the sunflower.  Looks like there may be a finish to Week 8 of Autumn Love this week.  Next up is the House block that goes into the center.  I'd really like to have Week 9 prepared for stitching before I leave for Maryland next week.

I spent sometime putting fabrics together for more houses.  It appears that more red and purple need to be built =^.^=  Just 38 more to be made...

Enjoy your Wednesday!

Design Wall Monday. August 18. 2025

The next applique pieces are lined up for stitching.  I got the yellow and orange pieces down during the past week.  The stems are what's next.  The stem ends on the leaves will be turned under 1/4".  The middle will get three circles with the largest one covering the unfinished ends of the stems and the tips of the yellow and orange pieces.

The sunflower block is moving along nicely.  It does take some time to get around the yellow part of the sunflower.  Read to stitch is the second sunflower and the brown circle that makes the center of the sunflower.  The placement is critical on the background because each of the applique blocks get trimmed down before stitching the top together.  You might be able to make out my 10 1/2" marks on each side of the block; this will be the cutting line.  There is little clearance, usually 1/2" between the cutting line and the applique.  When the block is stitched into the top there will be 1/4" wiggle room before the applique...tight!

This is Autumn Love Week 8.

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Sunday Stash Report, August 17, 2025

Kiki (Double Delight) is complete.  This completion is a milestone achieved.  The challenge was to stitch all annual Bonnie Hunter mysteries.  This one is a beauty with all the raspberry pinks.  I believe a wide use of neutrals is essential to Bonnie's designs.

I have been working on Kottages (100 Houses by Tina Curran).  I have 62 finished at this point.  I will be scavenging through my stash for more fabrics that play together (house/roof).  My red/pink container will be first then I will look at my purples.  The scale needs to be small to work for these 2" finished houses.

I did get during the week the Connecting Threads Stash & Save fabric that adds three yards.  Nothing finished; still stitching away =^.^=

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 225.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 3 yards
Purchased YTD: 104.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 121 yards

Wednesday Workings, August 13, 2025

 

Almost have 50 done...a halfway point!  I'm making these mostly from my scrap stash.  It doesn't take much fabric, but at least I am moving the dust around in the containers.  Easy to find roof fabric; not so easy to find house fabric.  The yellow windows that I am using in all the houses prevents light fabrics and of course yellow or anything with too much yellow.  Scouring for tiny prints =^.^=

I am finding some fabrics to work with what is in my scrap bins.  Here is the next stack to be used.  I am preparing for two sewing days away from home.  Tomorrow I will be at the Lakeside Library with Sunshine Guild for a Sew In.  Friday I will be at Rosie's.  So much fun to sew with others that enjoy as much as you.

Three yards arrived from one of the recent Stash & Save Connecting Threads offers.  The color was called midnight flowers, but the picture was exactly what I received.  I was surprised by the packaging.  It will require a good pressing before being used.

Besides adding the label to several just finished projects, I finished the leaves of the Sunflower block.  Next up for both this block and the Maple Leaf block is lining up the next pieces.  This is a bit of a challenge as there is a lot of guess work since no measurements are included in the pattern.  A mistake could cause a serious use of ones seam ripper!

Happy Wednesday

Design Wall Monday, August 11, 2025

Here is the first 30 2" finished houses.  

I have another 10 ready to stitch.  I takes a little while to do these units, but each one is one more to the 100 that are this project.  

That picket fence looks like a challenge too =^.^=

Sunday Stash Report, August 10, 2025

Kouverture is complete except for the label.  This comes from the 2025 Cupid Box with Fat Quarter Shop.  I have the 2025 Liberty Box still to stitch, but it is cut and waiting its turn.  The pre-ordering has started for the 2025 Spooky Box.  I am trying to resist...

I am still stitching along with Krowkissed (renamed from Kwiescent) that is Autumn Love.  I will be working next on the green leaves of the Sunflower block.  The Oak Leaf block will get the stems and veins of the maple leaves after that.

I have been taking a short break between applique (Krowkissed) and binding (Kiki) to work on those tiny houses of Kottages.  Come back tomorrow to see progress on how far I have come towards the end goal of 100 houses.

No yardage used this week, but there is an add that came in yesterday.  I signed up with Fat Quarter Shop for Kim Diehl's Home for the Holly Days BOM Quilt.  Although I have only received Month One fabrics, the complete yardage requirements are added this week for the quilt.  I will have to look back to 2022 when I got Krowkissed to see how I added to my stash back then.

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 225.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 21.5 yards
Purchased YTD: 101.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 124 yards

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Wednesday Workings, August 6, 2025

 

I have been busy with stash making several charity quilts this year.  This is the latest completion.  Kerry used a matching thread to the lattice fabric in an ABC design.  The stitching shows up real well on the off white backing fabric.

This is Week 8 of Autumn Love.  I already have the stems sewn in place.  The center circles come next.  I know it will go well, but dreading the sunflower stitching.  The Sunflower block.

The second block in Week 8.  I am ahead of this photo to in the stitching.  I started off on the gold leaves.  One is complete and a second is half way around.  This block will keep me busy.  The Maple Leaf block.  Earlier I named this project Kwiescent (Quiescent) to capture all of Fall since Autumn Love is about that time of year.  After rolling Kwiescent off in my mind I came up with Krowkissed instead.  I'll keep Kwiescent for another project =^.^=

I have Kouverture on my lap in the evening...already half way around.  Kiki is ready and waiting.  Have a wonderful day.  Mine starts with Aqua Fit and a 90 Minute Massage!

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Design Wall Monday, August 4, 2025

Kouverture has been claimed by Kosmo!  It took me several hours to design, prepare, and stitch this sleeve.  I couldn't decide on a setting for all the scraps leftover.  Well it is done now and stitched on to the top along with the binding.  This quilt is second in the queue of quilts to bind.

This Sunshine Charity quilt should make a special child happy.  Kosmo wanted to claim it too.  This is the first one to bind.  While watching TV with Tim the hand stitching was nearly done.  I will have it done this evening for sure.  We have been watching a particularly odd series that does take paying attention to.  His Dark Materials on HBO Max.  The genres include Action, Fantasy television, Children's film, Fantasy, Science fiction, Adventure, Drama, and Thriller.

Kiki arrived first.  I couldn't decide AGAIN on the fabric to use for the binding.  Well the second photo tells you what I ended up doing.  There was a hint yesterday of a fabric purchase.  I found six pink on pink in raspberry tones between Rosie's and Quilt In A Day.  I have the binding stitched together in about 11" pieces in most cases.  I had a little bit from the quilt top, but not nearly enough until I shopped.  This is a big quilt at 80" x 90".  First for Kiki is putting a sleeve together.  It too will be of a checker board design with fabric leftover from the back.  I'll get the binding under the iron today and should be able to stitch it completely for the third quilt's binding to be hand stitched in place.  

Oh I should mention that I have the labels for all three ready to apply.  Can't forget the labels =^.^=  Have a wonderful Monday.

Sunday Stash Report, August 3, 2025

 

This past Friday was Rosie's Day.  I get together with several sewing sisters in Rosie's Calico Cupboard's workroom.  Several of the sisters have Singer Featherweight machines.  No better place to start my journey with my newly serviced 1953 machine.  It stepped up to the task of paper piecing more 2" finished blocks for my 100 Houses project.  Not the fault by any means of the machine, these little houses take time to assemble.  Each block has 13 pieces.  I was able to get done with six during the time at Rosie's and finished another two at home.

18 completed with too many more to stitch.  That's the fun of projects like this.  All will have blue sky, yellow windows, and a black door.  I have been working from 2 1/2" strips so far.  It takes about 9" of the strip to make the house...surprised?

Kwiescent on my wall with the recent finish of the Milk Can block.  Week 8 is in progress.

I do have a bit of new fabric to add to the Stash Count.  The bottom two are from Rosie's and the rest from Quilt In A Day.

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 225.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 1.75 yards
Purchased YTD: 80 yards
Net used in 2025: 145.5 yards

I will leave you with a photo of Twinkie.  She was our companion for a time at the Carlsbad Animal Shelter while Kennel Komforter's were busy making pet beds.  She came in with her tail tucked under and left with her tail held high.