Creative Play

      I finally made progress on quilting the dog panel quilt and the center panel is quilted. I started by tracing some major lines that I thought would enhance the features of the dogs that I could quilt. This is my sketch.

Here one face is quilted.

After I quilted sketch-like lines for the dogs, I did a simple meander in the background. Now I plan to quilt the spikey star blocks with continuous line motifs.

      Saturday was Sherri Lynn Wood's Freestyle Curve Engineering class. For me it was mostly about learning tips on order of piecing and breaking down a shape for piecing. This is my creation from the 4 hour class. I enjoyed the process and look forward to more free curve piecing.

Stash Report for 2026

this past week - Used: 1 yd Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 100.995 yds Added: 12.875 yds

Net decrease 88.12 yds

Have a great week and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.

Not Much Quilt Progress

      The past 2 weeks have been busy with all types of activities, just not much quilting. I have been working in my flower beds resting bearded iris and dividing daylilies. Then I took a few days to spend with granddaughters.

     I finally got back to work on some quilting projects. Last Wednesday my church quilt group stated making colorful HSTs for an adult lap sized “Supernova” quilt for the youth mission fundraiser in February.  There are many quilt patterns with that name; however, here is the link for the one we are using.

We turned in 16 placemats for Meals on Wheels clients, most of which were fall themed. 

     I spent one afternoon enjoying the crafts at the SC State Fair. My small quilts won 3 blue ribbons and 1 red. Here are photos from the fair display missing one.

  My favorite at the fair was this gorgeous quilt by Barbara from Aiken. 

     Instead of continuing work on the dog panel quilt, I pulled fabric to play with the “Shimmering” quilt pattern. Here it is so far on my design wall.  

Stash Report for 2026

this past week - Used: 3 yds Added: 1 yds

So far this year - Used: 99.995 yds Added: 12.875 yds

Net decrease 87.12 yds

Quilt progress has been slow recently. I hope to make more progress before the holidays get too busy.

Have a great week and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.

Progress and a Finish

     What a week!  Even though some surprise work came up at the house and I spent a lot of time with an elderly friend,  I finished quilting another comfort quilt for my church quilt group. The pattern is “Fat Quarter Four Patch” from Fat Quarter Shop and is free.

This is the third time we have made the pattern and love it. This time we downsized the pattern by making fewer blocks. I quilted overall FM swirls. Joan will add the binding.

      I sandwiched the dog panel quilt and did in the ditch quilting around borders. I used plastic over the panel to practice how I want to quilt; however, I have nothing to show you. I also finished another Meals on Wheels placemat from scraps.

   I hope to get more quilting done this week and more yard work is calling too.

Stash Report for 2026

this past week - Used: 1 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 96.995 yds Added: 11.875 yds

Net decrease 85.12 yds

Have a great week and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.