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w pattern each month thanks to angela and mari for this great quilt pattern the block patterns are still posted if you want to make any of them ongoing rsc projects that will carry over into 2021 are easy breezy 1 easy breezy leader ender challenge more colours will be added until july when the new challenge comes out or if it gets too large whichever comes first wishing rings 2 wishing rings i m losing interest in this one so i ll add the colours i m missing and finish it up this year log cabin loonies 3 log cabin i enjoy making these blocks randomly as the scraps accumulate so i ll keep going with this one these are made with 1 strips mini arrowhead 4 mini arrowhead this project is still my favourite i started making these in the summer of 2018 but i m not done yet i like sewing these blocks each month and i m joining them into 4 patch blocks to make the construction easier at the end whenever that will be waflles 5 waffle blocks nann inspired me to start making these blocks in june each waffle uses ten 1 5 squares it still needs a lot of colours added qayg selvages 6 selvage strings this is a fairly new project and i ve only sewn a few blocks in yellow month i m looking forward to making many more blocks in the quilt as you go style and that s what s been going on in my quilt studio this year i m so thankful to angela for this scrap challenge which is such a wonderful way to use up scraps maintain motivation to sew and make interesting quilts linking up to rsc for the last time in 2020 posted by quilter kathy 14 comments labels rainbow scrap challenge 2020 december ufo finished my december ufo was quilted labelled bound and wrapped and under the tree by christmas morning now that s what i call a christmas miracle this was a project started in 2007 and inspired by leanne beasley it was called the 365 challenge and the goal was to document the life of your family on fabric i lost interest in the project in early 2008 and didn t return to it until december of this year when i thought it was the perfect time to recall the good old days and bring back some happy childhood memories for my kids the quilt is not much to look at but it is rich in memories and love when i read some of the entries of all the things i used to be able to do in one day i was impressed life is completely different now so it is a gift to have these little fabric notes to remind us of those days gone by linking up to one monthly goal posted by quilter kathy 10 comments labels 365 challenge finished quilt 2020 ufo thursday december 24 2020 machine quilting do you see the snow on the roof great progress has been made on my december ufo i took some photos of the process of putting the layers together to share with you this is a photo of how i prepare the backing right side down pulling it taut and clipping it to the table then i smooth out the batting and the quilt top on top of the backing and when everything is smoothed out i start putting in the basting pins as i have mentioned many times my favourite basting tool is the kwik klip which helps me close the pins easily i have heard there are new basting pins out now that close with one hand but i haven t seen them yet i love machine quilting when it works well and it pretty much always works well with aurifil thread i am using a free motion foot and stitching in a zigzag way between the notes across the quilt top i read a little as i go so many memories but i try to focus on keeping the lines straight as much as i can the label needs to be stitched on and the binding finished but it should be under the tree tomorrow morning this is my favourite gift for christmas 2020 to bring back memories of happier times on boxing day the province of ontario is going into lockdown even though most people are using masks in public places and try to be socially distant the number of covid cases is still rising because of those who can t due to being essential service workers or who chose not to stay home ie a birthday party for 22 where 11 of the guests got covid everyone except essential workers will hopefully be staying home now except for weekly grocery pick ups for the next month time to hunker down do jigsaw puzzles and quilt wishing you all a merry christmask posted by quilter kathy 17 comments labels 365 challenge monday december 21 2020 design wall monday the december ufo quilt top is on the design wall it s definitely not a beautiful quilt in appearance but it represents lots of beauty and love it s a memory quilt for my children in 2007 i wrote a little note on a piece of fabric about what was happening in the family on that day now all the little notes are sewn together and the quilting can begin it will be a christmas gift so that means i have 4 days to get it finished linking up to small quilts posted by quilter kathy 13 comments labels 365 challenge sunday december 20 2020 slow sunday stitching welcome to the weekly hand stitching party it s the last sunday before christmas so i know all you hand stitchers are busy finishing gifts and wrapping up gifts when i was visiting last week s blog link ups i was overwhelmed with happiness to see the names of stitchers from the slow sunday stitching gang leaving so many kind supportive and encouraging comments for other slow stitchers this is exactly what i had hoped for in creating the weekly hand stitching party on my blog y ou are just the best and i m so thankful to have found you i have 3 items to finish in the next week i m not very worried about it as i am quite accustomed to giving half finished projects as gifts you can get this great stitchery pattern at snarky crafter designs i am still knitting a christmas face dish cloth for a special gift it s a very happy christmas red and i hope the colour doesn t bleed when used we ll know soon enough and i m starting the binding on a christmas gift for my kids i m very excited to be in the home stretch and will blog about this project later in the week but today it s relaxation hand stitching and maybe a nap what are you hand stitching today share your projects with us and link up to your blog or instagram post below you are invited to the inlinkz link party click here to enter posted by quilter kathy 22 comments labels slow sunday stitching 2020 saturday december 19 2020 scrappy saturday the rsc colour for december is dark neutrals and i have been continuing to sew random leader ender easy breezy blocks as scraps accumulate on the cutting table they don t look like much on their own but when they join the other colours it s magical here is the collection of blocks i ve made since july i love the variety of scraps i plan to keep making blocks into 2021 for this project and fill in the colours that are underrepresented linking up to the weekly rsc party posted by quilter kathy 20 comments labels rainbow scrap challenge 2020 friday december 18 2020 mystery update it s one week until christmas and part 4 of the grassy creek mystery quilt is posted today it s the only time of year that i jump out of bed to open up the computer on friday mornings to see what we re sewing next it s ridiculous how excited i get about this every year but especially during covid19 what other kind of adventure can you have that is as safe as sewing a mystery quilt here is part of my collection of pieces from parts 1 to 3 i have been keeping up with making about half of the blocks each week to make a smaller version of the mystery quilt are you keeping up with the mystery let s go sew some blocks for part 4 posted by quilter kathy 6 comments labels quiltville mystery wednesday december 16 2020 ufo report the month of december is half over which is usually when i report in on my progress with my monthly ufo project i m getting down to the wire if i want to give this as a finished gift for christmas instead of an iou i have been sewing the long strips of hand written journal writings together and having a bit of trouble with the strip set curving out i m not sure if this photo shows it well but it s a real problem i separated these columns down the middle and resewed them with lots of pinning and that helped i ll be more careful about that as i go after another hour of sewing strips then adding borders i ll be ready to pin baste and then start the quilting this quilt does not photograph well and looks pretty boring from a distance but hopefully that won t matter to the recipients posted by quilter kathy 8 comments labels 365 challenge monday december 14 2020 block of the month my local quilt guild donates quilts to the local hospital s pediatric sexual assault treatment team all patients receiving treatment go home with a quilt it s horrifying how many quilts they need each year one of the ways the guild generates the quilts is to post a block idea each month in the newsletter and the guild members make as many blocks as they want to donate they collect the blocks and a committee of hard working folks put the quilts together it takes a village the november block idea was the disappearing pinwheel i ve enjoyed making many variations of disappearing blocks but hadn t tried this one before i watched 2 tutorials the first video was jenny doan but her cutting measurement did not work out for me and i made a cutting error so it wouldn t go together properly jenny did say to divide your block measurement by 3 but when she mentioned a specific measurement she used to trim from the middle i cut what she cut see how the blocks turned out to be different sizes the second video from teresa downunder also said to divide my block size into 3 but didn t give an exact number what is 12 5 divided by 3 it s not a measurement that is on the ruler so anyway i made it up and the next block worked out better i did trim up all the 9 pieces of the problem block to the same measurements and ended up with a block 10 25 i guess this in going in the block adoption bin here are the 3 good blocks i made i really love how they turned out no wait for heaven s sake what is going on with the top block where s the seam ripper are you having these kind of days in the sewing room or is your brain still firing on all pro covid cylinders linking up to small quilts design wall monday posted by quilter kathy 18 comments sunday december 13 2020 slow sunday stitching welcome to the weekly hand stitching party make yourself a cup of tea or coffee and visit the links below for some creative inspiration it s a busy time of year and there is a lot to be done for christmas but for a few minutes today just breathe and stitch and take a break from all your worries i ll be continuing my knitting and hoping to finish this in time for christmas gift giving i m enjoying knitting with the straight needles and my goal for slow stitching time today is to be half way done this cloth what are you hand stitching today we still have 12 days until christmas and that s lots of time to finish some special hand made gifts for loved ones i look forward to 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