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Friday, July 3, 2026

blue skies finish

While I was in Florida, I made the top for blue skies. I started this quilt in 2016 when Bonnie Hunter's string book was published. I made all the string blocks, and it became a ufo. Last year, I worked on it for the rainbow scrap challenge, but, when I opened the book and saw that I would need a gazillion small hsts, I decided to take what I had and run with it. I would have loved making the hsts back when I started it, but, not now. I feel like I have too many higher priority quilts I want to finish.

I even went to thrift stores for cotton shirts to add the borders. Now, it is finished and off the list.

66 x 76 = 15 yards

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Friday, June 12, 2026

flying home finish

Flying home is a finish. I made this in Florida I took the blocks with me and worked on them while we were there. I bought the fabric for the borders while I was there, too. This project has a rascally past. Now you see it now you don't. I feel like I have been chasing these blocks for a long time. I started it as part of the rainbow scrap challenge in 2019. When I looked for it the next year, I couldn't find it. In an unrelated cleaning, There they were. I bundled them up and put them in the ufo closet. When I wanted to work on it as a ufo, I couldn't find it. Last year, I was looking for another ufo, and found them making friends... in the wrong box. and tada it's done. It really was flying home.

60 x 75 = 14 yards

I couldn't resist adding a backing with airplanes

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Friday, May 29, 2026

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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Saturday, November 1, 2025

week 1 - rainbow scrap challenge November

I have been working on finishing up my red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt as part of my rainbow scrap challenge projects. I am so close to finishing, I didn't want to put it away again. I have no idea when it would reemerge. I have started making rows. I already like the secondary pattern. At my sewing group, another quilter mentioned it was very busy. hmm.. I like it anyway. I want to have the top finished for my one monthly goal in November.

I have one lonely sugar grove block done this week. I am planning on concentrating, on these blocks, to catch up. as best as I can, before the end of the year.

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Monday, October 27, 2025

quilt progress

I couldn't resist laying out my red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt. But, it isn't what I remembered. I can't find my book string fling to see how to set the blocks, yet. I'm sure I will, soon. Patience is needed.

I have all the border blocks ready for adding the border to Holy Toledo, an older ufo in my 5 quilt projects. These are the last 6 blocks. I can feel the finish on both these quilts coming very soon. I have been dragging my feet this year, and, a finish will re-motivate me. I can't believe it is the end of October already.

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Monday, October 13, 2025

holloween kit

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.

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Friday, October 10, 2025

baby xo finish

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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Friday, October 3, 2025

chunky churn dash finish

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.

74 x 76

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