This is the 2nd year I have been participating in the Project Linus sponsored Mary-thon. A marathon is 26 miles but the Mary-thon is 26 weeks. A Half Mary-thon requires 30 minutes of activity for 3 days per week during the 26 weeks while a Full Mary-thon requires 30 minutes of activity for 5 days per week during the 26 weeks. This is repeated during the 2nd half of the year for 22 weeks which is an Ultra Mary-thon.
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.
2018 – Fabric Cafe’s Newest 3-Yard Quilts Book
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.
Carole’s completed Placemats (Thank you for allowing me to share your picture.)
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.
Happy Stitching & Moving!
Quilt Mouse
