A Little Quilting, Sewing and Gardening

      Most of my time last week was spent in the garden. I did have time to do a little quilting on the “Farmhouse Cross” wall-hanging. I also took some time to cut all the rest of the pieces for the “Harvest Junction” quilt that we will work on Wednesday at church quilt group.

     I finished making my dress for my niece's wedding May 2^nd. I have the perfect earrings but I'm looking for a great necklace to go with them.

     Kale planted last fall has been a great producer; however, it started going to seed so Monday I decided to harvest all I could. I baked a Sausage-kale Strata with part

(Recipe from October 2023 Southern Living)  and prepared the rest for the freezer.

Stash Report for 2025

this past week - Used: 0.5 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 50.26 yds Added: 2.5 yds

Net decrease 47.76 yds

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

This and That

      We are having a lovely but dry spring and I have been spending most mornings working in the yard and garden. Many of my bearded iris are blooming beautifully.

However, not much quilting has taken place. Last Wednesday at church quilt group I pieced a backing for the Farmhouse Cross wall-hanging and got it sandwiched. I had to buy the color of quilting thread I wanted and started quilting. So far I have only stitched in the ditch to stabilize before doing any custom free motion quilting to accent the design so nothing to show.

     When I was with my sister I looked for a dress to wear to my niece's wedding May 2^nd and didn't really like one we found. I dislike shopping for clothes so decided to buy fabric and make a dress instead. I need to get busy sewing on it soon.

Stash Report for 2025

this past week - Used: 1.5 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 49.76 yds Added: 2.5 yds

Net decrease 47.26 yds

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

A Finished Top

     We enjoyed lovely weather last week. Although dry, the temperature was good for working in the yard and preparing my spring garden. I spent most mornings working outdoors.

     For my sewing time I worked mostly on the cross wall-hanging for church. The pattern is “Farmhouse Cross” by QuiltFox Design and is about 46” by 60”. I used a kit of fabric that was purchased by a friend for a different wall-hanging and I'm happy it worked well for this design. Our church quilt group was asked to make quilted wall-hangings for a wall in the parlor so this will be one. There were many seams and points to match even with some strip set piecing so much time was spent pressing and pinning with some unsewing and resewing. Happily now it is a pieced top.

    I hope to work outside in the mornings a couple of days this week and then spend the afternoons quilting. Maybe I will finish a quilt to show next week.

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