Wednesday Workings, October 21, 2026

 

The Flutter, a second one, has been completed.  I don't have anything appropriate for a backing so I'll be looking.  This one is for Satie; a Helen Christmas gift.  I will have this one off to Kerry this weekend.

This is the project that I have been spending my time on the last couple of days.  There is so much cutting!  I had four fabrics in my #14 bag to use.  All four fabrics will be in these two blocks.  I'm hopefull the background fabric holds out for another two blocks...it isn't looking good that it will.  The sashing fabric is not something in my stash so I'll be picking something up.  I would like it to not be too light since it lays next to the heart background.  I want it to compliment the dove background.  Let me point out three of the #14 fabrics.  First the darker heart that is in the top middle of the first block along with the second fabric in the striped wing and third in the back wing.  The fourth fabric will be in one or two hearts yet to be finished.  I think I am doing the Chopped: Quilting Edition Challenge pretty good.  

Hope your Wednesday was terrific =^.^=

Design Wall Monday, October 19, 2026

This is the project (The Living Rose) I'm working to finish that was nearly completed by my Grandmother.  What's in the hoop are the last of the embroidery and the very last portion of the quilt before it is machine stitched all together.  There are two sides that come together and some additional flower/vine/leaves over the seam of the two sides.  As I have said in earlier posts, the fabric and thread was all with the project.  It will take more time, but all is available to complete.  I have been thinking about hand quilting the project...we shall see :)

I took a workshop with Barbara Blanton last Thursday (Nancy and Me).  We purchased the Nancy and Me kit so we could learn her needle turn technique.  I did take away a few techniques that will be used and inforced as I move through this project.  The first photo is my progress, the flower isn't sewn in place yet.  The second photo is the design.  This project will keep me busy for many, many evenings to come =^.^=

I will be in the sewing room soon to finish Flutter 2.  Enjoy your week.

Sunday Stash Report, October 18, 2026

 

I finished the Dr. Seuss ABC top on Friday.  I got the backing that was pieced together on Saturday.  This will be for Sunshine Charity.  Christy has agreed to quilt it.  If timing works right it should be available for the Summers Past Farm Craft Fair the first week of December.  (More coming on this event in the near future.)

The rest of my Saturday sewing was on the second Flutter quilt.  This continued on through today.  This is a commissioned project for a little girl for Christmas.  I do have another strip of the background/border fabric to fill in the gaps you see in the photo.  The butterfly blocks/rows are not sewn together quite yet.  This will be my Monday project.  Kerry is having some work done in her home so she's not ready for me to send her quilting projects at the moment.

I picked up this pattern for the Chopped: Quilting Edition Challenge that we have going on this month with the guild.  I will be using all four of the fabrics that were in my #14 bag.  It will go on to be another project for the Summers Past Farm Craft Fair.

For this week's stash numbers there is a used for Dr. Seuss ABC.

Used this week: 12.75 yards
Used YTD: 245.5 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 58 yards
Net used in 2026: 187.5 yards