January 2022 – Goals, UFOs & OMG

Happy New Year! 2022 has started out in a unique way — Sunday’s High Temperature was in the 60’s and Monday we woke to 28F and snow. By the time it ended we had a wet, sticking to everything 8″ of snow.

View from my Sewing Room window

The city shut down. Federal Government was ‘closed’ and most school systems added an extra day to their winter break, streets were a mess, and accidents and stranded vehicles cluttered the highways. A perfect day to spend in the sewing room. Mostly I did clean-up from the December sewing madhouse and organizing projects for the New Year. I had an appointment with the American Red Cross to donate Platelets/Plasma but had to cancel and reschedule it for later this week.

PSA – Dangerously Low Blood Supply. There is an urgent need for Blood Donations as well as Platelets/Plasma Donations (used to help Cancer Patients). Click on the American Red Cross to find out more information and to locate a Donation Site near you.

It’s finished, and now I can Share

I have been working on this for a while, and now it is ready to head to its home. I am not the one who pieced the top, but I added the final border and quilted it on my Bernina.

Doilies Quilt displayed at Spirit Wind Ministries Retreat Center

October 2021 Progress on OMG

Do you ever feel there’s not enough hours in a day or days in a week? Time flies by and no matter how organized I am, I don’t feel I get enough done from my Quilting/Sewing To Do List. But then I make a list of what I’ve done – which often includes things that were NOT on my To Do list. I guess I get more done than I think. It’s Halloween and that means it’s the last day of October. The temperatures at night are beginning to dip into the 40’s and forecast has it hitting the 30’s this coming week. Leaves are beginning to turn, so I guess Fall is really here.

UFOs & OMGs

Fall 2021 Current Project #2, Weeks #3 & 4

I’m behind a bit on posting my progress so I’m combining two blocks in one post. This was the second Fall 2021 Current Project to begin. Week #3 block came out last week and block #4 came out yesterday. This wall hanging/table topper is Snowmen & Silent Night. Jacquelynne Steves is sharing this project via email. You can check out her website The Art of Home.

Snowmen & Silent Night Fall 2021 QAL by Jacquelynne Steves

Fall 2021 Current Project #4 – Week #2

Autumn Jubilee 2021 Quilt Along continues this week. But before we go ahead with the Quilt Along, I just wanted to make sure you were aware that quilting is not the only project that Carole at From My Carolina Home has in store for us. Just this week she shared the following:

• Great Books for Autumn Jubilee
• Autumn Jubilee Embroidery Sew Along
• Autumn Jubilee Wool Stitch Along

Click on the links above to read about each, and remember she has wonderful sponsors related to these activities that have provided prizes. Follow the directions if you want to be eligible for a prize.

Autumn Jubilee 2021