Ready to get a head start on holiday sewing? This Ready to get a head start on holiday sewing? This #holidaytrimmingsquilt is a fast and easy project. The pattern releases TODAY! Head over to Shereece's site @sewhookedontreasures to grab your copy.
It's time to get excited! The #holidaytrimmingsqui It's time to get excited! The #holidaytrimmingsquilt pattern release is coming June 9th. I was happy to test this lovely quilt and even more happy with the way it turned out. Thanks, @sewhookedontreasures. I can't wait to show the full reveal!!
Blocks complete. Now it's time to sew the top toge Blocks complete. Now it's time to sew the top together. Look for this fun new quilt pattern coming soon from @sewhookedontreasures!

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Fun fabric pull to test the lovely #holidaytrimmin Fun fabric pull to test the lovely #holidaytrimmingsquilt by Shereece @sewhookedontreasures. 

Does the new Hustle and Bustle fabric by @official_basicgrey on a Grunge Hits the Spot background put you in the holiday spirit?
This is my most recent finish. I stitched the last This is my most recent finish. I stitched the last bit of binding just about a half hour ago! I love the fabrics in this quilt and they were just random fabrics from my stash. The pattern is #theellaquilt by @kitchentablequilting. I may have to hang this in my family room until it finds a new home.

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Today's prompt is pressing matters. I love flat bl Today's prompt is pressing matters. I love flat blocks and these three items are my essentials for achieving that: white fluffy bath towel, cheap Black & Decker iron that steams like crazy, and a Jackson's Woodworks square clapper.

I have a wool pressing mat, but I like the bath towel better. It has enough nap to "grab" the fabrics for a super flat press and it can be tossed in the washer and dryer. 

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One of my cherished quilts is one I didn't make. T One of my cherished quilts is one I didn't make. This album quilt was made by members of a club I ran for many years when I had a brick and mortar shop. Several members continued to meet in my home monthly until COVID hit. 

It is special to me because it is a reminder of what is important; the friendships, camaraderie, and encouragement that developed within the group. 

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This super scrappy quilt is one of my favorites fo This super scrappy quilt is one of my favorites for a couple of reasons. First it is proof that any fabric works when you cut it small enough and second I pieced it on a little mini retreat with a couple of friends. The pattern is Rectangle Wrangle by Bonnie Hunter.

I love, love, love scrap quilts, the more fabrics the better, and that's how I justify buying all the fabric I do.

This particular quilt was chosen for today's prompt because tomorrow it will be on its way to Poland along with nine others from my "quilt room" (see day 3 prompt).

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Lesson learned. I could write a book on all the th Lesson learned. I could write a book on all the things I've learned through quilting, but one I can't seem to get through my head is that I don't like foundation piecing, paper piecing, or hand piecing.  Slow stitching is a concept I can't wrap my head around.

This String Spiderweb was started at a retreat so I jumped on the bandwagon without thinking it through. I have a bunch of these units made but no interest in continuing. As I was snapping the photo though, I had an idea. Stay tuned.

Are there quilting techniques or methods you don't enjoy?

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quilting · February 22, 2021

Monday Motivation: A Gift You Give Yourself

Jon Acuff quote

“The work you do today is a gift you give yourself tomorrow.”
Jon Acuff

I like this quote so much I have it written on the whiteboard in my sewing room. Jon Acuff’s books are so good. Have you read any of them? He has written several including Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. Both of these are very funny but have great information on elevating your life above average.

Whenever I read Jon’s quote, it motivates me to keep moving toward a goal. The goal may be to piece a few blocks, quilt a bit, or deal with a stack of papers on my desk. Every little bit of progress moves you toward that gift of being finished.

It is a great feeling to put those final stitches in the binding of a quilt. It is a long process to get to that point though. From that first spark of inspiration to that last stitch of binding, days, weeks, months, or even years can pass. First, you select a pattern, then pull the fabric, start cutting, then piecing. You move on to pressing, sewing the top together, more pressing. Next, you add borders (more pressing), then find and piece a back (and do even more pressing!). Finally, you are ready to quilt, which brings on a whole new set of decisions; quilt it myself, send it out, how to quilt it, and on and on and on.  With the finish line in sight, there is still the binding and label to sew.

What a wonder that any quilts are ever finished. At each step, there are so many opportunities to drop the ball and abandon the project. Yet, we mostly press on and finish and finish our quilts. What a great feeling when we do finish. It is so satisfying to see our quilts on the bed or wall and how fun to share pictures of these beauties to our quilting friends.

This week, I urge you to make some progress on at least one of your ongoing projects. Make one of them a gift you give yourself by being that much closer to sharing that finish!

So, how did I do on last week’s list?

  1. Finish blue floral UFO
  2. Piece tumbler top
  3. Quilt Rectangle Wrangle
  4. Piece Violet blocks
  5. Binding Ombre Stars

homespun tumbler top

I am happy with the way this tumbler top turned out. Now if I could only find the backing in my disorganized stash I would be ready to quilt it.

Rectangle Wrangle is ready for binding. I just have to decide whether to do it all by machine or hand stitch. I’m leaning toward machine binding since it is a donation quilt.

Last Friday I shared the January (Ombre) Stars finish. I’m not sure what I will do with that quilt so it is biding time in the Quilt Repository bedroom.

Violet blocks are pieced but I still didn’t finish that darn blue floral UFO. That needs to be a priority this week. So my goals for the week are this:

  1. Finish blue floral UFO
  2. Binding-Rectangle Wrangle
  3. Quilt tumbler top
  4. Piece Violet top
  5. Piece Blooming Bunch top
  6. Cut batik pineapple

With that list, I hope I have a lot of time in my sewing room this week! How did you do last week? What are your goals for this week? Let’s get moving and get some things finished!

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