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musings of a menopausal melon mmmquilts musings of a menopausal melon mmmquilts education inspiration pages home about moi tips and tutorials yoga and recipes quilt alongs gallery publications my etsy shop w evdnesday friday may 8 2026 lyra quilt along make the blocks well we ve got all the units made so let s put them together and make some blocks there are four blocks to make this week next week we ll make the sashing units and assemble the quilt top read more posted by sandra walker at 7 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels original design quilt along star quilt thursday may 7 2026 diamond baby in make modern i am so pleased to be finally able to present my latest publication in make modern issue 70 because there was eerily another hrt diamonds quilt submitted just ahead of mine scheduled for the january 2026 issue lara asked if i d mind waiting a couple of cycles before they released mine hence four months longer of a wait but that s okay it s finally here read more posted by sandra walker at 9 44 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby quilts hrt make modern original design published patterns scrap quilts saturday may 2 2026 rainbow scrap challenge update and a free quilt pattern this was not the plan but i have a rainbow scrap challenge quilt finish with the first three months colours i m actually quite pleased with it january was dark blue and i did a couple of medium and medium dark blue 9 patch blocks february was dark green and i added in some muddy ones march was red which was when i realized my original thinking of a rainbow of 9 patches that finish at 7 5 wasn t going to work the way i had envisioned it would be a humongous quilt read more posted by sandra walker at 2 40 pm 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels rainbow scrap challenge scrap quilts throw quilts tutorials friday may 1 2026 lyra quilt along spiky star points this week we are making the last units for the blocks the spiky star points these can be easily and efficiently made using your tri recs or wonder triangle rulers there are eight star points per block for a total of 32 as well as the eight that make up the centre star so 40 all in all read more posted by sandra walker at 3 00 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels hrt quilt along thursday april 30 2026 gratitude and glimmers 106 perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset the giggle of a grandchild the first snowfall it s the little things that make happy moments not the grand events joy comes in sips not gulps sharon draper welcome to my post of glimmers of joy and wonder and gratitude for the month of march you can find links to more posts like this one at leeanna s blog not afraid of color 1 this is the absolute best i couldn t stop grinning the entire two videos watch both one comes on after the other and i am still grinning as i type this click to watch huxley the rescued raven imitate his rescuer s sneeze and say his name read more posted by sandra walker at 3 00 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels books comfort quilt dogs gratitude nature tuesday april 28 2026 another lyra quilt top i worked hard to include this third version of lyra in my newest pattern and then i had a dreami drop everything and make it moment and pulled fabrics and looked at the logo colours and adjusted and cut and sewed the result it s one of those eee feelings to see it come to life read more posted by sandra walker at 8 44 am 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels original design shadow quilt star quilt saturday april 25 2026 lyra pattern release and it s on sale 25 off i ll admit i was a little disappointed that i did not get the pattern totally together for yesterday s post in my annual qal however in retrospect i think this is better so that it gets its own post and it includes a third quilt my original thought for the cover shot was to get this quilt under a magnolia tree which are at their peak right now however when we were tootling around the little town of essex this past week which is just 15 km from my little town of kingsville we spied the old train station it is a beautiful old building and made for a great backdrop we thought read more posted by sandra walker at 2 37 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels original design pattern release star quilt older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me sandra walker i am a very happy early retiree from the teaching profession i loved teaching but it was time i now spend my days doing and teaching yoga quilting reading walking my dog and in general loving my life view my complete profile find me get new posts by email subscribe search this blog quilt along 2026 most recent publication make 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