I have all the big blocks for my red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt.
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I am unpacking from a quilt show garage sale. The fabric was 6.oo a yard, a bit expensive for older fabrics, but, I found a few things. I know browns are not popular right now, but I still like them.
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stash report October 19, 2025
fabric added this week: 1 1/4 yards
fabric added year to date for 2025: 65 3/4 yards
fabric used this week: 0 yards
fabric used year to date for 2025: 265 1/2 yards
200 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 2 days last week - I made it to Friday sew and Saturday open sew
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.
I think is the last house I need to make for someone else, and my rug has come back to me to finish. Pretty exciting. But, the real work on the rug begins. I have been playing with greens for dying wool for the trees, bushes, and grass. This house was for Jan.
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It is time to start making big blocks for the red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt. All the blocks are either done or redone. I began by sewing twosies and webbing them together with their mates. I am excited to get this ufo this far. I did the red parts during red month for the rainbow scrap challenge. This month is brown, so, I pulled the project out again, since, the string blocks are brown.
I was feeling halloweenish, and remembered a halloween kit, that I found at a garage sale. I had added it to my 5 quilt projects for 2025. I am not near it on the list, but, I thought it might be fun, at this time of the year, to at least look at it. It was a complete kit with a panel, fabric, and a pattern. I did not like the pattern. I started looking at ideas online. I found a couple I liked much better. For now, I am tabling the idea. I have made notes, and pictures, so that I can start again with a better idea for how to proceed. I do like the panel, and it offered me smile. It would be wise to start a bit earlier than October another year.
I added 2 pieces of flannel to my collection from the garage sale. I am trying to have a variety to make baby quilts.
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| 1 1/2 yards |
stash report October 12, 2025
fabric added this week: 1 1/2 yards
fabric added year to date for 2025: 64 1/2 yards
fabric used this week: 8 yards baby xo is finished
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| 50 x 50 = 8 yards |
fabric used year to date for 2025: 265 1/2 yards
201 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 3 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. 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.
I made this house for Carmen's rug
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When I opened the box of an older ufo for the rainbow scrap challenge. I discovered that many of the hourglass blocks were turned the wrong way..... sigh I unstitched them, and, resewed them correctly. It was an easy fix. I had flipped the top and bottom row of 2. One new seam, and, it was made to right.
I used smaller strips in odd colors to make for the zig zag quilt. I think I have about 500 little units. I've made them over the year, but, I didn't iron them open. I am guessing that was a big mistake. I started ironing this month, and it took forever. haha
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wednesday wait loss
Last month, I restarted an older ufo for the rainbow scrap challenge. It was nearly finished, but needed borders and quilting. I was able to quilt it this week. It is a sweet baby quilt that looks soft and cuddly. Baby x&o is a small quilt, I started in 2015. at a guild workshop. The hsts in the border were cutoffs from the snowball blocks. Fortunately, all the pieces and fabrics were still in the project box.
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I cut and sewed a few more border pieces for Holy Toledo, an older ufo in my 5 quilt projects. I will need 36 border sections to complete the border. I finished these at a Friday sew group. I was using this project as leader/enders for correcting my hourglass blocks for pfeffernuuse.
I had discovered many of the hourglass blocks were sewn wrong. I spent a few evening times to unpick them, and had a chance to resew them Friday. It was an easy fix. In between sewing, I made hsts and blocks for Holy Toledo. It made both, somewhat boring jobs, a little more fun.
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| blocks in halves again |
I found this cute little kit at a garage sale. As far as I can tell, all the pieces of fabric are still there. I have a few friends that are chocolate lovers.
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stash report October 5, 2025
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2025: 63 yards
fabric used this week: 15 yards chunky churndash is finished
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| 74 x 76 = 15 yards |
fabric used year to date for 2025: 257 1/2 yards
194 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 4 days last week and have a quilt on the frame
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.
I am working on Carmen's rug. I plan on doing the house next to the yellow house.
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Red was the color of the month in April for the rainbow scrap challenge. I worked on an older ufo from 2016 to move it along called pfeffernuuse. By the end of the month, I had all the large HSTS made. I noticed when I put it away, at the end of the month, that all the red hourglass blocks were not the same. This month is brown or black. That means I can revisit this ufo. I am really glad to restart the project in October to correct the problem, and maybe make a top.
I started making the hourglass blocks in 2017.
I started the string blocks in 2016.
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wednesday wait loss
I found the top for chunky churn dash in with my rug hooking earlier this year. I thought it was lost forever. I have no idea why it went on vacation with the rug hooking wool, but, I am glad I found it. Chunky churn dash is a free Bonnie Hunter pattern, and I really like the way it looks when finished.
I started the scrappy blocks in 2013. Apparently, I had made the top and then, it was lost. I made it a priority for my 5 quilt project. I added borders and, now, it is finished.
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