Wednesday Workings, April 1, 2026

Kitten 11 is complete.  I am working on the second to the last block now (Kitten 6).  I started this project stitching in the evenings and while traveling about this time last year.  I am looking forward to seeing these 12 kittens into a quilt.

I did go out of order, but also finished is Kitten 5.

I am at a pause waiting on ETSY shipments for this Tossed Nine-Patch project, but there is plenty to do binding and labeling and a few buttons sewn to projects just received from Kerry.  I'll be sharing the three projects with you on Sunday Stash Report.  Come back and visit then.  

Until next time take care and enjoy your surroundings.  Don't let anyone catch you being a fool today...Happy Fool's Day =^.^=

Design Wall Monday, March 30, 2026

Soon this project will be on my Design Wall.  As the name implies it starts with a nine-patch tossed around; cutting through the centers and rearranging.  The smaller design was introduced to me at Quilt in a Day at the first Accuquilt meeting that I attended last year.  I have fabrics and ric rac ordered through ETSY supliers to compliment my stash.  

I can get the blocks ready for the sashing, but will need to wait on the corner stone fabric and ric rac before moving any further.  These items should arrive as early as next week.

In the meantime I am readying the binding for three projects arriving tomorrow from Kerry.  I am also printing labels because the sweet four labels per sheet is met!

There is going to be progress on several UFO projects in the next few days.  Come Working Wednesday post you should be WOWED.  Check back and see what's going on.

Sunday Stash Report, March 29, 2026

 

I am so very thrilled to have Kottages completed through the top.  This UFO project from 2022 had me involved in many aspects.  It was easy pulling fabrics from my stash together for the houses.  The building of the 100 2 1/2" unfinished houses took lots of time.  These tiny paper pieced houses each have 14 pieces; yes just to build one!  All have a blue sky, yellow windows, and a black door.  

Next was making the picket fence.  I used an ivory grunge fabric to make it look a bit weathered.  Each picket/rail is 1/4" wide with the pickets 1 3/4" long and pointed at the top.  There are 172 pickets OMG!  The making of the fence was a new technique for me as well.  I started to drag my heels in moving forward on this portion of the project.  

It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it might be, but certainly if I were to do it again there would be a different process invoked rather than this one.  The new technique involved the use of a Teflon applique sheet to sandwich fence fabric, double-sided fusible web, and bleached muslin.  This step allowed for easier handling of the pieces along with providing a fusible web to apply to the blue border.  Even invisible/clear thread was part of the recipe.  The designer, Tina Curran, also had the maker use partial seaming to add the borders.  This project certainly stretched the maker's (and their sewing machine's) abilities.  Thank you Tina for designing 100 Houses a pattern from 2014 that I started ten years later in 2024.  A 12 year project finally done.  It will be on its way to Kerry in the coming week =^.^=  Kottages finishes at 24" x 24".

Now onto another UFO.  This one from the 2026 UFO list that is Tossed Nine-Patch by Quilt in a Day.  More on this project on my Design Wall Monday post tomorrow.

My stash count changes a bit with the finish of Kottages, along with a purchase for the cross stitch pattern, Kittens, that isn't too far away from a finish.  Also a purchase for Moonflower by Bonnie Hunter that is nearing a start.

Used this week: 3.25 yards
Used YTD: 97.25 yards 
Purchased this week: 2 yards
Purchased YTD: 14.75 yards
Net used in 2026: 82.25 yards