WIPs Be Gone

Finished that baby quilt!  My job is done with this top - now other St. Anne's members take over.

I found this nice photo of three of us (me, Mom and daughter Emily) at the retreat. Deanna was taking the photo. I hope I can find one of the four of us.

Isn't that a great quilt behind us?  Suits the area just right.  Temecula is known for its hot air balloons as well as the wine country.

Linking to some parties.  See tab under header. Click on more.  Blessings!

BOMs Away

I've been making simple blocks from a book my mom gave me in the creating of another baby quilt top. I'm hoping this doesn't turn into a BOM - lol. I'd like to get it done this week.

A couple got switched around, but I'm not changing them.  I'll just call this a serendipity top.

Hopefully, this week I will get to a real BOM.  Lord, I have enough of those around here.  I'll be attending some linky parties.  See my tab for them under the header.

I hope you get to quilt/sew today.  Blessings!

Some of This; Some of That

It's been a while since I've posted. Nothing wrong - just life was very busy in the last two weeks. In between events I manage a wee bit of sewing.

Being it's Sunday - have a some hand stitching to report.  I got back to my Bliss hexies.  Laying them out, I saw I had sewn one with the wrong side of the fabric out and prepped a couple wrong also, so it was back to the beginning on those. Got four done and now whip stitching together.
Four may not seem like a lot, however as you can see these have 2 - 3 pieces and curves, so they do take longer.  If you're wondering what Bliss looks like, visit Julia at the Hexie Blog  Bliss starts in the 2016 Jan/Feb issue - all are free.

I continue to destash by slowly working on my projects a few minutes a day.  I'm working on a new baby quilt top - that has used 0.63 yds. and I have 3.5 yds ready to donate to my guild for a grand total of 52.08 yds YTD.

I also kept quilting on a sandwiched baby quilt for St. Anne's
Most of this was walking foot stitching. The centers of the large blocks were done with FMQ.
The quilting doesn't show much on the front.
In the yard, cacti are still blooming.  Here's one of my favorite Opuntia:
The flower buds are small but showy.

Here's one open - measured around an inch  - inch and a half when open.
I love the color of these and when they are lighted up by the setting sun they shine like jewels.

Hope you get to sew today.
Blessings,




Before the New Year

As this is the next to the last day of 2025, I thought I'd report on the month of December now. Not to do with quilting, but still a mil...