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

Wednesday Workings, October 14, 2026

Not much time for sewing since Monday.  I squared up the ABCs and fitted the piano keys to the sides.  The top and bottom need more keys to make it all the way to the corners.  I thought it would be cute to add the four patch blocks to the corners instead of having keys all the way across.  I like what I see so far.

At Sunshine Quilt Guild meeting we all were presented with a bag from a random number drawing.  I pulled 14.  This is called a Chopped: Quilters Edition Challenge.  Participants are to make something with the fabrics in the bag and any other fabrics from their stash for a project that would be sold at Summers Past the first part of December.  Sky is the limit.  This is due at the November meeting for sharing.

I won a door prize!

Have a great Wednesday =^.^=