Finish or NOT Friday 1.16.2026

Well, this QOV is as finished as I am going to get it! The rails were pieced by attendees of AQS Quilt Week Grand Rapids 2025 in the Sewing for a Cause booth. I pieced the floating stars at the booth and Lynn (Michigan QOV Leader) pieced the top together, while in the booth! Lynn asked me to bring it home, make a backing and quilt it. Lynn has provided me with bolts of batting. The only thing...I forgot to bring home the matching fabric for the binding. Hopefully, Lynn still has some at her house!

pattern: provided by the Sewing for a Cause booth but...

                the floating stars are 12.5 inches unfinished and the rails are

                6.5 inches unfinished

panto: serpentine

Another small start is my first row in the Stay at Home Round Robin, but mine will be a row by row because the math is easier for me! :) Two of the barn stars are orphans and two are newbies.

pattern: Barn Star origin: unknown

                    I had the directions tucked away with the orphan stars.

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WIP Wednesday 1.14.2026

I did sew the binding onto the Memory Quilt. I've decided that I want to sew the binding back by hand. That will be the next hurdle with this project.

 Last year for Quilting Gail's Stay at Home Round Robin, Cathy at Sane, Crazy Crumby Quilting used the prompts as a row by row instead of a round robin. I have totally fallen in love with this idea! I went to my RWB bin and found two leftover Barn Star blocks. Luckily, I had the directions in the box (amazing, right? and precut star fabric, double amazing!). The two blocks on the left are the orphans and the two on the right are the newbies.

Ta-Da! My first row for the Stay at Home Round Robin...

This is the page of directions for the Barn Star block. Origin: Unknown

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Quilting Gail at Stay at Home Round Robin.

Design Wall Monday 1.12.2026

I sewed the 'containment' border onto the Memory Quilt.

pattern: T-Shirt Toss

I even loaded the Memory Quilt and made a backing and loaded it onto the long arm. It's been about 3 or 4 weeks since I used the long arm, so I needed to work out a few kinks. (In both of us! <grin>)

panto: serpentine

I have quite a few seasonal wreaths that I hung on the front door in Wisconsin but I'm not able to hang them on the front door here in Michigan. So I decided to get a hanger from the Dollar Tree and enjoy my wreaths indoors and brighten my long arm photos. I do like the little bit of color on the basement bathroom door. :)

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Finish or NOT Friday 1.9.2026

 I am making progress on the Memory T-Shirt quilt.

First, I sewed all the blocks...

Next, I webbed the top together...

I am going to add a 'containment' border cut at 2.5 inches but now, my window for my furniture delivery has opened so I am upstairs waiting on that...

pattern inspiration: T-Shirt Toss found on Pinterest

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WIP Wednesday 12.31.2025

 I worked on the flying geese for Kane's Memory Quilt. Purple and blue are his favorite colors, so I went with a few dark purple flying geese and light blue for the sky portion. The other two fabrics were 100% cotton shirts that were included in the bag of Kane's clothes I received for this project. Now to fill in with the light blue sky background.

pattern inspiration:

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Design Wall Monday 12.29.2025

This morning, I did one of the hardest 'things' I have done. I cut into the t-shirts that my son had given to me. Of course, I cut the first one wrong! The shirts belong to my son's friend/co-worker whose son (age 25) was murdered in Bay City, Michigan in March 2025. It was a case of wrong person in the wrong place at the wrong time. Very Tragic. Kane had moved back to mid-Michigan to try to turn over a new leaf and his life was cut short. I thought I would receive a lot of t-shirts but Kane didn't own very much...There were also 2 100% cotton shirts that I am going to use in the front of the quilt.

This is the pattern I am using as inspiration. Kane's favorite colors were purple and blue and Detroit Lions.

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SoScrappy Saturday 12.27.2025

Another year of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge has come to an end. I finished my rainbow fish earlier in the year but didn't post...so here she is now! I like this one so much that I plan to make my little fish again in 2026. Time will tell if I stick to the plan. <grin>

pattern inspiration: various tutorials on Pinterest

panto: serpentine

Today is also my reveal of my Table Scraps December 2025 Challenge. Each month Joy gives a prompt to use the fabric that is hanging around...either on your table or in my case, the fabric cupboard for a long time. Sadly, Joy is having some health issues and won't be able to continue the Table Scraps Challenge in the future. I want to 'Thank Joy' for hosting this challenge as it helped direct my creations of Meals on Wheels place mats. This month's color is rainbow and the prompt is 'Peace/Give Peace a Chance'. I decided to make a mat for my side table in my hearth room. I thought of 'the Peace sign' but settled on a Dove to represent Peace.

The mat on my table in the hearth room.

pattern inspiration: image found on Pinterest of a dove

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Joy at Table Scraps Challenge.

Finish or NOT Friday 12.26.2025

 I finished Cows Crossroads...a little late in the evening. :)

pattern inspiration: Crossroads by Fabric Cafe

panto: serpentine

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Merry Christmas 12.25.2025

 

Merry Christmas to all!

(who celebrate!)

WIP Wednesday 12.24.2025

 I completed the piecing on Cows Crossroads.  I cut the outer border at 3.5 inches to make this one just a touch bigger than the pattern. Now onto making a backing...

pattern inspiration: Crossroads from Fabric Cafe

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