After all the snowball blocks were finished, I laid them out, and, realized, that I would want pieced sashings to join the blocks. I am planning on a 4 x 5 setting for the quilt. I was able to make all the block sashings at open sew. Each sashing will need 7- 2 inch squares. I thought it would take forever, but, it was rather soothing to send 2 inch squares through the machine.
I played with more purples for the rainbow scrap challenge.
I have begun the quilting on my older purple ufo from 2013 called strip twist jelly roll surprise. I think the pattern is a free one from quiltville.blogspot.com.
I finished a sugar grove blocks and a few monkey wrenches. I have been making monkey wrench blocks since 2023. I have 117 made, and, it might be time to make decisions and finish it up this year. I have very few left that are cut.
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Last month, I decided to grab an older ufo - 2016 called orange spiderwebs. Here is my first post about this quilt in 2016. The blocks were in twosies. I have finished the top by adding borders. I hope to quilt it soon. I made the string parts using an old people powered treadle. I used a domestic machine to finish. It is a bright happy quilt, using the smallest parts of my orange scraps. I have a fondness for halloween.
I decided to clean out under my longarm and replace the storage pieces underneath. The result was a huge mess on top of the longarm, LOL Nellie, my longarm, is very sullen that she hasn't been quilting. Slowly, but, surely, it will be made better.
I am still sorting through a box of odd fat quarters. I found these blue ones. I have a hard time deciding how best to use them up or give them away. I really don't have any new projects coming up to plan for using them.
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My stash report is the same as last week.
stash report July 13, 2025
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2025: 41 yards
fabric used: 0 yards
fabric used year to date for 2025: 166 1/2 yards
125 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 1 days last week. I went to my Friday sewing group
I have created a new friendship swap for my rug hooking group. It is a swap rug. Everyone wanted houses this time. It has two rows of houses, and trees, too. We each do a house on our own rug, and then, we pass it around for everyone to hook a house on our rug, When we are done, we will have a rug with our friends hooking on it. I have made 2 or 3 others and they are such a treasure.
We have a goal to trade every two weeks. This was my hooking for last week on Mary E's rug.
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Each month for the rainbow scrap challenge I am making 2 1/2 inch squares from 1 1/2 inch strips. My plan is to make a scrappy zig zag quilt.... someday. I hope to cut and sew at least 48 blocks after sewing. I use a color and neutral strips. I have the purple done, now. So far, I have not ironed them.
This month, I decided to work each week on my older purple ufo from 2013 called strip twist jelly roll surprise. I used a moda jelly roll and a background fabric. This week , I ironed the top , cut a border, and added it to the top. The colors are lovely. It is ready to quilt.
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| 62 x 70 |
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I began with my holy toledo blocks in foursies and joined rows together by webbing them in the middle. It was too floppy to work with and easy to turn the rows the wrong way. I will need to make a few snips, and then, make rows. I like how this looks and hope to finish it soon.
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I have been digging in a box of fat quarters. These were the brown ones. Brown is a puzzle for me. I personally like brown, but, there are very few brown quilts or fabric in our modern quilting world. Still, it is a classic color, rather than trendy. what do you think?
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stash report June 29, 2025
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2025: 41 yards
fabric used: 0 yards
fabric used year to date for 2025: 166 1/2 yards
125 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 1 days last week
I have created a new friendship swap for my rug hooking group. It is a swap rug. Everyone wanted houses this time. I didn't take a picture before the swap of just the pattern. It has two rows of houses, and trees, too. We each do a house on our own rug, and then, we pass it around for everyone to hook a house on our rug, When we are done, we will have a rug with our friends hooking on it. I have made 2 or 3 others and they are such a treasure.
I hooked this rug on Rose's rug. In the corner is her pink house.
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| mine on rose's |
15 min to stitch at life in pieces
Purple is the rainbow scrap challenge color for the month of July.
I looked through my older ufos for a quilt with purple in it for the month. As far as I know, I have 3. Strip twist, jelly roll surprise, is the closest to finishing. In the box, I found a top - 54 x 62. And a few border pieces. I have a plan, and will move this along this month.
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