It's been a minute or two! I returned from the great road trip adventure last Monday but I haven't been able to do much since them. I came home with a massive head cold and spent this last week in the recliner. I'm on the mend now and the cold didn't damper the fun of the trip. Today's post is all about the trip.​ ​We left Richmond early on the morning of the 30th and our ride was Anne's party van. We took this photo at the last stop in Denver.  We had the best t ..read more

I couldn't share these projects last week because I was gifting them on the trip. By today, they have been gifted so I can share. There's a backstory. My friend is fascinated with the story of a podcaster that goes by the name Brianna Chickenfry. She's a podcaster on Barstool Sports and is one of those people who is famous for being famous. I decided to use her as inspiration to make us trip sweatshirts with our own nicknames. I even made a bandana for the dog.....she is a Retriever ..read more

One of my December goals was to finish 80+ postcards. I may 83 Christmas cards and 8 birthday cards.- Bind three veterans quilt- Quilt 6 veterans quilts- Quilt and bind the farm quilt​- make pet beds On the quilting sewing front, my goals were:- Bind three veterans quilt - I did 2- Quilt 6 veterans quilts - including my 2, I quilted 3. I just didn't have more to quilt- Quilt and bind the farm quilt - it's quilted​- make pet beds - 4 pet beds made and delivere ..read more

December was a stellar reading month and ended the year on a very positive note. As I end the month I'm in the middle of a long  book that is also wonderful. It will be my first review of the new year.​As I look through the 6 books that I read this month, there are no duds! I really can't even pick a favorite.I read 84 books in 2024. That's down from previous years due to my diversions in Youtube and Podcasts but I'm quite happy with 84. I decided to look over my list and identify my ..read more

I went into my sewing room yesterday to make a post and got totally sidetracked and never got to the computer. In the end, it worked out because Mom and I were gone all day yesterday and I wouldn't have had anything to post today.  We went to Farmville, about an hour and a half away, to meet up with two cousins and some friends. It was a really nice day.The one thing I accomplished a couple of days ago is getting Fabr Farm quilted and trimmed. It's ready for binding but that will hav ..read more

Merry Christmas!​As I said before, we celebrated Christmas Saturday so yesterday I got busy with some quilting and sewing. On Monday I did another project but I can't share that one yet.Yesterday I got Fab Farm loaded and started quilting. This will be a raffle quilt for a local organization and I'm doing a simple pantograph on it. The amount of money it will raise doesn't really warrant custom quilting given all the time that's already invested in it. Also, this quilt is about the ..read more

Saturday was our Christmas and we had a great day with my brother's family. The boys seem to like their tie dye shirts and Ella said she loved her sweatshirt. Success! The rest of the day was devoted to relaxing and some football watching.I've made some good progress on my blankets. This one will be donated for a dialysis or chemo patient. I'm on the last skein of yarn. It will finish about 50" long.​ This one will be a wheelchair blanket. There wasn't enough of the red yarn ..read more

Today is Christmas for is and I'm ready! We celebrate at my brother's house and it's a real treat to be around his and Karen's grandkids for the holidays. I got all the gifts packed last night after a couple of last tasks.This stack is for my brother. He likes the hand dyed t-shirts so I keep some around all the time and use the shirts for my leftover dyes. I've got 6 new long-sleeved shirts for him that I've been slowly dyeing for several months. I'll go and buy a pack of short sleeved o ..read more

Yesterday was the second day of sewing with quilt club. I started another kit and got all the pieces for the blocks sewn together. Next month I'll be able to get this one sewn together.​ When I came home I started a little screen printing. This is a tea towel with my niece's monogram. I was just playing around with my Cricut, creating screens and testing out inks.​The tea towels in all of these photos are folded in half, they aren't this small.​ I'm makin ..read more

Yesterday was sewing day and I finished sewing all the bow tie blocks. I came home and put them on the design wall. I think I'm happy with this but I'll study it for a couple of days to see what needs to be moved around.​When I came home I got busy washing and drying the rest of the dyed items. These tie dye shirts are for brothers, Sawyer and Lincoln. They are fans of the Washington Commanders and the Naval Academy (because they live in Annapolis). They will also get the or ..read more