pfeffernuesse finish

 I finished the red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt.  I started the project in 2016 here. In April 2025, the rainbow scrap challenge color was red, and I pulled this project out again to make some progress here. It's a Bonnie Hunter pattern from her book string fling or string frenzy. I was close enough to a finish that I continued to work on it until the end of the year.

86 x 86

I pieced the back with red and brown.

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stash report May 24, 2026

I am ready to cut for binding for my red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt. It feels good to finally get this to the finish.

 stash report May 24, 2026

fabric added this week: 0 yards

 fabric added year to date for 2026:  16 1/2 yards  

fabric used this week: o yards  

fabric used year to date for  2026  15 yards

I have added 1 1/2 yards more than I used.

I sewed 6 days last week.  

I have decided to work on my older ufo applique project - across the wide missourri- 

I have finished this strip and the next one will have 3 trees.

I am back in the groove for my Christmas in new England rug hooking, too.

With the Christmas tree all done, It was time to move it on the frame. It looks like I can officially say I am half done.

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orange scrap projects week 4

 Every month, every new color, in the rainbow scrap challenge. becomes my favorite block for my square dance quilt. 

I made some twosies zig zag quilt blocks using the color orange. Each month, there are less options for combining them.

I had some really great orange charm squares for making rolling windmills. Making these each month, is not my usual choices for fabrics and combos. I am enjoying thinking outside the box..... literally. After all, the charm squares are in a box tee hee.

I decided I had enough variety of colors sewn in twosies to make a few orange sets of strip sets for stashbuster. I need to make 2 different strip sets to make the checkerboard. 

set 1

set 2

In the background, I am making little bits of progress for ditch lilies. It will take awhile to make 640 -1 1/2 in hsts.

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stash report May 17, 2026

 I have been sewing the shorter 2 1/2 inch strips with a neutral for the rainbow scrap challenge. I still have a few colors to go. I decided to make them into 5 strips with a checkerboard block in mind. I am using scrappy pieces in the color of the month.

 stash report May 17, 2026

fabric added this week: 0 yards

 fabric added year to date for 2026:  16 1/2 yards  

fabric used this week: o yards  

fabric used year to date for  2026  15 yards

I have added 1 1/2 yards more than I used.

I sewed 7 days last week.  I enjoy sneaking into my sewing room in the morning before everyone is up and the day starts

I have decided to work on my older ufo applique project - across the wide missourri- 

I have started prepping for block 11. These are smaller blocks that will fit to join all the blocks. There are a lot of trees in this quilt. This is a small strip with 2 trees vertical.

I am back in the groove for my Christmas in new England rug hooking, too.

The Christmas tree is all done, time to move the background along.

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orange scrap projects week 3

I made some progress on ditch lilies. It was fun to see what the bear claw was going to look like with 1 1/2 inch hsts and a 2 1/2 inch square. My hands are not as nimble as they used to be. I made 12  and I need 160. I have almost used all the 1 1/2 inch hsts I had made. I need 640. I will definitely need more.

oh so cute

I had made a few strip sets earlier and I cut 24 sets of 4 of the same fabric for each strip set. I need 40.

I finished the chain blocks for candy chains. I had several pale orange strips that I decided to use, because they have been in the 2 1/2 inch scrap bag too long.

The 16 patches of 2 inch squares are ready to become square dance blocks in happy orange.

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stash report May 10 , 2026

Happy Mother's day. I have a tshirt that reads I am a quilting Grandma, just like other Grandmas only cooler

I was looking for a back for my red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt top. I have a scientific method for choosing. Step 1 - look through everything I have and decide nothing is nice enough. And say that with all the fabric I have, how could it be there isn't anything. Step 2- think - I want to go the a fabric store and find something special. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. I rarely find anything if I do. Step 3 - Stop being picky -It is the back after all. And I find something in my hoards of fabric that will be good enough.  Step 4- When the quilt is done... I will like it better than I thought I would.

In this case I found a hunk of red and a hunk of brown that I can sew together that will be big enough to use. Now, it is back to business.

 stash report May 10 , 2026

fabric added this week: 0 yards

 fabric added year to date for 2026:  16 1/2 yards  

fabric used this week: o yards  

fabric used year to date for  2026  15 yards

I have added 1 1/2 yards more than I used.

I sewed 6 days last week.  I have done a little something everyday

I have decided to work on my older ufo applique project - across the wide missourri- 

I have started prepping for block 11. These are smaller blocks that will fit to join all the blocks. There are a lot of trees in this quilt.

I am back in the groove for my Christmas in new England rug hooking, too.

It is time to make a Christmas tree

this week

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orange scrap projects week 2

Orange is the color for the month of May and for the rainbow scrap challenge.  I am catching up with the red month and the candy chains. I missed several months the first part of the year.

I made square play blocks in orange. I enjoy making these. I haven't done anything with my box of 4 1/2 inch squares in a very long time. 

I sewed the orange to the neutrals for my stashbuster quilt. I really is time to sew them into 4ths, but, I have a few too many projects.

And I found orange charm squares for rolling windmills.

I looked at the directions for ditch lilies again, and, realized I had missed cutting these orange squares. Now, I think I have finished cutting for the Bonnie Hunter quilt, but, I may have missed something, yet again.

2 inch squares

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