In America this is a long, holiday weekend. Monday we celebrate Labor Day. This year it is arriving a bit late. It is scheduled for the first Monday in September.
Labor Day is often marked with a cookout. We will have Hamburgers, Macaroni Salad, BBQ Beans & Homemade Coleslaw.
Continue readingNot a quilting post, but related. I’ve always loved history, so antiques interest me. But not just any old antiques. Old items that have a special meaning to me.
Now you may be wondering exactly what a VSSM is. It stands for Vintage Singer Sewing Machine. Now the definitions of Vintage and Antique can be different when talking about different objects. As I understand it Vintage can refer to any sewing machine between 50 & 99 years old. While Antique refers to a machine 100 years old or older. You may get differing opinions, but that is what I will be using as my definition.
September 1st is often referred to as the beginning of Meteorological Fall. Each season has 3 months and Fall is September/ October/ November. Unfortunately the thermometer doesn’t agree. Temperatures were in the mid-to-high 90°’s with equally high humidity.
We didn’t have any appointments so this was mostly a stay-at-home week. YAY!
Continue readingI’ve been going through pictures of the quilt tops I made in 2025 while testing new patterns for Fabric Cafe.
Today I’ll share with you two tops I made last year.
Continue readingI have two more finished quilt tops that need backing. This weekend time was spent messing up my sewing room looking for suitable backing fabric.
We need to make a trip south to pick up the two quilts that my longarm quilter has finished. We’ll take these two and leave them for her to quilt.
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