The Big Reveal

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Quiltmouse

I can’t say I didn’t get any stitching done in the past year.  But I haven’t been able to reveal some of the pictures until now.  Those of you that have followed my Blog for a while know that I make Flimsies (pieced tops that haven’t been quilted yet) for Fabric Cafe.  Sometimes the Flimsies are made from new fabric using older patterns to be made into quilts &  displayed at their booth at quilt shows, but other times they are pattern testing for new patterns or even a book of patterns.

This Spring, Donna was working on her newest book – Fast & Fun 3-Yard Quilts – which has just now been released.  I had the privilege to test four out of eight of the patterns in the book.

Fabric Cafe Book - Fast n Fun

2018 – Fabric Cafe’s Newest 3-Yard Quilts Book

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I’m a Winner!!

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Quiltmouse

Yippee!  I follow a number of Quilting Blogs and occasionally one will offer a giveaway. I do not always comment or jump through the required hoops to enter, but last month I did.

Carole at the From My Carolina Home Blog curated the August Blogger Bundle sponsored by Bernie at Needle & Foot Fine Fabrics. After selecting these fabrics, Carole decided to create some simple placemats & then continued with the leftovers to make a matching Table Topper. Four placemats required just 6 Fat Quarters, and the giveaway was a Bundle of Fat Quarters of the fabric Carole used.  See her blog for the tutorial.

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Carole’s completed Placemats (Thank you for allowing me to share your picture.)

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Well, It’s September!

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Quiltmouse

The past 19 months have kept us very busy and hasn’t allowed much quilting/sewing. The end of September and probably most of October won’t allow much stitching, either.   I want to get some simple stitching done in the next few weeks as well as sharing what I have done in the past year.

To begin with, I’ll make a simple stitching Goal for Elm Street Quilt’s September’s One Monthly Goal.


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Mary-Thon & Sewing Week Ending 06/03/18

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Quiltmouse

This Week’s Score Card

Mary-Thon 2018 – Half Mary-Thon

Goal – 3 Days of 30 minutes activity per day for 26 weeks + Summer Challenge.

  • Week #22 – Week Ending 06/03/2018
    • Week #2 – Summer 26 Day Challenge (1 mile or 2600 Steps/Day)
  • # of Active Days – 7 (YAY!!)
  • Exercise Bike – 56 minutes (11 miles)
  • Treadmill – 65 minutes (2.19 miles)
  • Other Activity – 264 minutes
  • Total Miles – 15.3 miles (Bike + Treadmill + Walking)
  • Total Minutes – 385 minutes (average 55 minutes per day all activities)

Finishing is Winning

Sewing Room Activity

Goal – Minimum of 1 hour a day for 3 days a week/1 day per week working on OMG

  • # of Days in Sewing Room – 4 days
  • # of Projects Worked on – 3
  • OMG Progress: Picked out project & Linked to OMG web page
  • Completions: 0 (mostly cleaning & organizing, which is on-going)
2017 Camelia’s Quilt Retreat, 1951 Singer Centennial Featherweight
Featherweight 221 and Quilt 1-2-3

Happy Stitching & Moving!

Quilt Mouse

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June 2018 UFO Challenge, OMG and Goals

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Quiltmouse

It’s hard to believe that it is already June! In the breaks between the multiple rain showers and thunderstorms, my DH has been working on the yard, planting flowers & spreading mulch, and generally making the yard look great. The weather this year has been on again/off again, sometimes cold when it should be hot and hot when it should be cold. March winds came in April, and April showers came in May.  This resulted in yardwork schedule being off.  But he did get some tomatoes, peppers & squash planted.

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2018 – June – Been almost too wet to work in the yard, but it is coming along

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