Wednesday Workings, November 26, 2025

Krowkissed is nearly complete.  There are buttons too numerous to count that are to embleish this project further.  For now Krowkissed is displayed in my hallway.  Buttons will have to wait!

Home for the Holly Days Month 5 is coming together.  There are a few more of the units to go.

These are the next four.  I chain piece these together that's why they are lined up like this.

These pieces are yet to be trimmed up.  There was a lot of cutting and sewing with Month 5.  

Next up after Month 5 is the first week of Lupine & Laughter.  Bonnie Hunter's Winter Mystery for 2025/2026.  I have the pieces all cut out and at the ready as time allows.  Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I have sweet potatoes baking in preparation for a pie that I will be making.  There is cinnamon in the pie ingredients so I am expecting our home to smell heavenily =^.^=

Sunday Stash Report, October 12, 2025

 

Finally at the sashing part of this project.  Krowkissed isn't too far away from complete now!  I'm so anxious to be finished with this one.

Can you tell the difference (no counting the sashing) between the first and second photos?  Well guess no more I'll give you two hints.  Tails and straw, just two of the several blocks that had stitchery embellishments.  The rest of the embellishments, oodles of buttons, will be put on after the quilting.  I don't think I'd be a friend to Kerry if I put them on now =^.^=

Saturday brought me lots of fun stuff from Kerry for my birthday.  

These items were mostly collected during her recent road trip.  The thread is something on the list of supplies for our RD2CA workshop.  I'll be sharing another part of my gift tomorrow...it comes with a WOW!

There is more to share tomorrow from my very busy quilting week.  As for stash changes, there is some.  The back came in for Home for the Holly Days.  Still looking for the USPS delivery of Gleaming's back.  I also made several more table runners for Summers Past Craft Fair that takes place in December.

Used this week:  17 yards
Used YTD: 260.25 yards 
Purchased this week: 4 yard
Purchased YTD: 124 yards
Net used in 2025: 136.25 yards

I have a busy week ahead full of quilty things.  I hope you have fun things going on too.

Wednesday Workings, October 8, 2025

I had to work on something for the Halloween season =^.^=  It is when cats are so plentiful along with pumpkins of course.  Under A Spell was a door prize that I won at the retreat in May.  It went together very quick.  The orange around the larger panel is a flat pipping.  This same orange flat pipping will go on the outside border after quilting and before the binding is sewn in place.  Yes all blocks start off as panels.  There are a few of the smaller panels leftover.  I'll have to see what I can do with them and the scraps from the entire project.

Krowkissed has two more leaves/petals to applique down.  I was a bit disappointed that the two dark leaves/petals just above the vase were appliqued too low.  I had to take them off and reposition.  I'm happy with the result.  The leaves/petals had placements very close to each other.  You wouldn't know it but on the bottom of each side of the vine there is one less leaf/petal because I just couldn't squeeze them in!

Continuing to get all the other little projects done to send a box of tops to Kerry!  Hope you have a great day and the rest of your week.

Design Wall Monday, October 6, 2025

If you saw yesterday's post notice the progress made through the day.  Just seven leaves left that are prepared to finish.  Once they are done, tonight's football game will do it, the top of the vase and two more leaves that lap over it to go.  Looking like this block might get finished tonight =^.^=

Although I didn't work on assembly yet Instalment 1 of Scatter Garden is cut and waiting for its time under the sewing machine needle.  I also have Month 1 and Month 2 of Home For The Holly Days cut and in the queue for the sewing machine.  Pam mentioned that Month 3 is shipping this week.  I'd love to get started on the sewing of these projects.  Need to finish a couple that are further along before they are up.

Shabby Fabrics has my order for the back of Home For The Holly Days as well as the Teflon Pressing Sheet needed for Kottages's picket fence construction.  On a second order with Shabby Fabrics is the back for Gleaming.  Maybe I'll see these delivered this week.  The Gleaming back is the only thing that is holding me back before mailing three tops to Kerry for quilting.

The 2025 Jolly Box from Fat Quarter Shop is reserved for me.  Not sure when this will ship, but I'm not twiddling my fingers and thumbs during this wait =^.^=  I'm planning to pause on these mystery shipments after this one.

I am so anxious to see Krowkissed done!  That's it for me this first Design Wall post of October.

Sunday Stash Report, October 5, 2025

Let me start with Krowkissed progress.  I'm just about halfway done with this Crows and Vines block.  I'm working on this today during football games.  

I started off with these fabrics for the holiday table runner that I will be donating to the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) 221 Holiday Fundraiser Basket.  The second photo is adding in a couple more lights and most importantly the red and white stripe inner border and binding fabric.

I was able to finish the table runner that will be off to Kerry for quilting.  It will be included in a basket filled with a holiday meal fit for a King!  Someone is going to be a lucky winner.  Tickets for the basket can be had from Betty Delman or Kathy Owens in the Avenue, Maryland area if you are interested.  (The outside stripe piece represents the binding that will go on after quilting.)

I plan to make a couple more of these table runners for the Summers Past Farm event in early December in the San Diego, California area where the Sunshine Quilt Guild will have a booth.  So if you didn't win the one in Maryland there's a chance for purchasing one in California.  I'll be posting photos soon of the two that will be for sale supporting the Sunshine Quilt Guild.

I have a another finish to share.  Gleaming finished; from the 2025 Liberty Box by Fat Quarter Shop.  No name selected yet to represent my "K".  I am waiting on the backing to arrive.  I purchased one of the white prints, the one that looks like fireworks, for the back.  The dark blue star will be its binding.

I pulled fabrics for the Karen Brow Meiser Fancy Feathers Bird Topper workshop that will be held on 10/18.  The Purple row of fabrics will make up the birds.  I purchased three different sizes of the black and white stripe so that I can audition for the best when the project comes together.

On Friday I started working on a Halloween project.  I'm going to call this one Kreepy Kats, Krows, and Klaws (Under A Spell by Jennifer Pugh).  Pulled this together from words captured in the panel.  The now framed panel pieces need to be trimmed down.  It gets an orange inner border and a very appropriate outer border.  Coming together just perfect.

These were jumping into my hands at Rosie's.  I really like Kai scissors.  I can send Kai scissors to Kai for sharpening, but this takes awhile.  It is faster to have a few pairs of scissors in the wings.  I also got a birthday gift for my sister that I won't share.  Her birthday is Tuesday so hopefully USPS Priority mailed tomorrow will get it there quickly.  Hey, it isn't like we are kids having it there for the big day =^.^=

My last purchase from Rosie's is the fabrics and double sided fusible needed for the picket fence.  I'm getting to a Krowkissed finish so I'll need to have on hand what's needed to finish Kottages.

Saturday I spent the day making pet beds for shelters.  The group, Kennel Komforters, meets the first weekend of the month at the Palomar Animal Shelter.  There is usually ten or so on both Friday and Saturday.  They support seven North County Animal Shelters making around 62 beds each month with distributions to all seven shelters.  

My damage from Rosie's makes Gleaming and the ALA table runner important to count as used!  Want that 2025 net used number to be BIG.  Fortunately, I don't have my online purchases in hand to count this week!

Used this week: 15.25 yards
Used YTD: 243.25 yards 
Purchased this week: 5.25 yard
Purchased YTD: 120 yards
Net used in 2025: 123.25 yards

Wednesday Workings, October 1, 2025

I am moving right along with Krowkissed.  The wings are in place, the lower two flowers have the receptacle in place, and a few of the 42 leaves that will be attached to the vine are in place.  All ready for another evening of applique.  This project is moving right along =^.^=

I did cut out the first two months of Home for the Holly Days.  Month three of this BOM from Fat Quarter Shop (a Kim Diehl design) will be here anytime now.  I hope to sew the two months at Rosie's this Friday.  I did order from Shabby Fabrics the back for Home for the Holly Days.  

I am hoping to get the first month of Scatter Garden cut before Friday as well.  I have everything needed for this Kim Diehl design.

I ordered also from Shabby Fabrics a Teflon Pressing Sheet for the picket fence of 100 Houses.  It does not take much fabric for the picket fence, but I will need some muslin if I can't find it in my stash.  

The picket fence is constructed as a sandwich with layers of picket fence fabric, double sided fusible, muslin, and double sided fusible.  It is cut and assembled on the border fabric then attached to the 100 houses.  My border fabric will be a light to medium blue representing daytime.

Gleaming is coming along nicely too.  I have up to the last border sewn together.  I tried to have it done for a photo, but the cook of the house needs to make dinner!  I will be sharing a photo on Sunday Stash Report day.  It needs a "K" name.  I have done so many patriotic projects that coming up with another patriotic name will be a challenge.  Perhaps I can pull a "K" name from my Spanish learned so far.  Well my friends any suggestions?

If this is not enough than why not one more project...  Karen Brow Meier workshop is coming up fast on October 18th.  I need to pull fabrics for this one called Fancy Feathers Bird Topper.  I plan to use my Batiks.  This is the first workshop offered by Sunshine Quilt Guild for the new membership year.  I have done one of Karen's many projects and have a pattern for another.  I know she will give a great workshop.

Oh and did I talk about the December holiday table runner for the America Legion Auxiliary Holiday Raffle Basket that is due to them at the beginning of November?  Guess I need to focus on this one =^.^=

I hope your sewing room is filled with fun projects this first day of October! 

Sunday Stash Report, September 28, 2025

 

I am getting so excited.  This 2025 UFO will be done this year!  I have the left side vine sewn down and the right side vine glued down.  As you can see the left side bottom blossom and the crow are basted down.  I will be doing the same thing with the right side.

These are the pieces that remain to attach to the block.  The piece at the top of the photo is the top of the vase.  The two light gray pieces are the wings of the two crows.  That container holds 42 leaves =^.^=

My stash count this week adds one yard received during the week, the binding for Krowkissed.

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 228 yards 
Purchased this week: 1 yard
Purchased YTD: 114.75 yards
Net used in 2025: 113.25 yards

Wednesday Workings, September 24, 2025

 

Here is my 100th house block!  It really seemed like the tremendous amount of these 2.5 inch unfinished blocks would never get done for Kottages (2022 UFO).  Slowly but surely here it is my pumpkin house number 100.  The picket fence is next.  Let me say I think the fence might stretch me a bit in its making.  I have read and reread the instructions and boy oh boy I will need all the patience I posses to get this done.  Just reading the instructions is a nightmare!  My attention right now though is to complete Krowkissed (2025 UFO).

This is the big block at the bottom of Krowkissed.  I have the crows legs, stems of two blossoms, and the start of the middle sunflower sewn in place.

When the yellow thread ran out in the needle I switched to teal to finish the second of three pieces that make up the vase.  I will go back to the sunflower next.  I cannot wait to get done with the sunflowers.  They are the worst to applique.

The binding fabric arrived on Monday.  This is the last of the fabrics that I need for Krowkissed.

Guess what I will be doing the rest of today... =^.^=

Design Wall Monday, September 22, 2025

 

Well it is nearly time to applique again.  Here is Week 11 that is the Crow and Vines Block.  I have put the Avery Label material that is used for 1/4 turn applique onto fabric.  The final trim of fabric around the templated shape is in progress in this photo.  The instructions called for 47 F-5s, but then there were only 42 used in the block.  I counted a couple of times so either there are plans to use the extra five in the special label or there is a mistake in the instructions.  Well no matter for now I march on with 42 F-5s.

I'm thrilled that this block has a placement diagram.  The lack of this for the other blocks didn't make me too happy.  So much guess work...  The placement diagram will be used in this direction then flipped for the other side.  Right now it seems that I will only need to guess on the two sunflowers that will be under the vine and to the right and left of the vase.

I should be starting in on the basting down part after my first Spanish language lesson with Gloria.  Adiós for now =^.^=

Sunday Stash Report, September 21, 2025

 I have cut the Avery Label material into the shapes for Week 11 (that empty spot at the bottom).  Next I will be working on applying to fabric and cutting the shapes for stitching.  I've been waiting a bit for my fingers to be happy after so much applique.

Thursday I finished the Sunshine BOM coordinated by Teresa W.  Someone will need to make a squirrel!

At Rosie's on Friday I built six more houses.  I also purchased four pieces of fabric for the last seven.  I've already found coordinating fabric for the roofs in my stash.  Starting to get real close to the 100 Houses :)

I also picked up a pattern from Suzanne's Art House.  Not like I need another pattern, but this one for Spring, well it just had to come home with me.

Friday after Rosie's and the USPS delivery the 2025 Spooky Box arrived from Fat Quarter Shop.  I like the Pumpkin Sitting project and needed the Finishing Kit which came on Saturday.  Another project to work on and usually get done during a Rosie's day.  Cute how they added a fancy cat within all the fancy pumpkins.

I also received the backing for Krowkissed.  The binding is yet to arrive from Justin Fabric.  I suspect everything needed for Krowkissed will arrive this week.

My puppy has been stitched.  I think there are eight or nine now made.  This will be a very cute fundraiser for Rady Childrens' Therapy Dog Program.

Thanks to Janet and Christy for getting this to a donation stage.  This is the tenth donation quilt made for Sunshine in 2025.

Tomorrow I start my very first Spanish language lesson.  We shall see how this goes =^.^=

So not much on the used side this time, but there is some purchased to get projects to a completion.

Used this week: .5 yards
Used YTD: 228 yards 
Purchased this week: 9.25 yards
Purchased YTD: 113.75 yards
Net used in 2025: 114.25 yards

Wednesday Workings, September 17, 2025

I am excited to have Week 10 complete.  The blue acorn and the squirrel arms were the last applique pieces to stitch down.  

Putting the stars together (sashing) was also part of Week 10.  I have yet to put the sashing to the stars in the second photo (top and bottom).  Week 11 will be a doosey requiring much more applique.

This project's binding was finished and is ready for Sunshine Charity donation.  I'm working on the last binding project I have in the queue for now.  It too is a Sunshine Charity donation.

I have a few projects to sew, now that fabrics have been collected for them from my stash.  This acorn is the Sunshine BOM.  Anyone recognize the bottom fabric?  It is Sock Monkey fabric.  Well this time it's going to be for the bottom of an acorn.

I will be using these fabrics for the puppy block.  I wanted to make Clifford, but I didn't have the right reds to give the all red dog definition.  Maybe I can find a similar background and give a red dog a try with what I have on hand.  Many Sunshine members are making one.  Our hope is to present it to Rady's Childrens Hospital for the Therapy Dog Fundraising going on presently.

Finally I'm building houses again.  13 are needed to get to 100 and this makes about half of them.  I have a couple of bright green houses already and thought adding a bright pink (two fabrics on the bottom) would be good.  Going to bring out my featherweight sewing machine for this project.  I think it works better than my Pfaff for these tiny houses.  I'm heading towards a picket fence build for the border.  It will have me learning a new technique.

Seems like I'm busy...  =^.^=