Jo's Country Junction
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Welcome! I'm Jo, a cross-stitching, machine quilting, and beagle-loving Grandma. I use my blog somewhat of a journal and open it up and let you all in. We discuss new designs, challenges, and other things related to our quilts. I love my family, quilting, reading, gardening, and cooking.
Jo's Country Junction
2d ago
Every so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are about Linnea asked: “Speaking of Buck is he still seeing his girlfriend you introduced us all to a while back? You …
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Jo's Country Junction
3d ago
I went in a completely different direction this week with my quilting. When I woke up Friday morning I wondered how I was feeling but bypassed it. I’d had a long week and a busy day off on Thursday. I’ve been trying to walk Rosie every night when I get home from work either two …
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Jo's Country Junction
4d ago
Ray is finishing quilts right and left. Here’s the latest bunch. All are from anonymous donators. I don’t know if they are the same anonymous person or several different ones. Ray writes:I received this quilt in the mail from an anonymous quilter to finish for the veteran’s dinner. And finished it is. What a beautiful …
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Jo's Country Junction
4d ago
It all started Wednesday night after work. Uncle Karl and two of Kalissa’s boys, Carver and Gannon, made yard sauce while Kalissa and I watched the Indiana Fever game. Sadly the team was off and didn’t play the best. Another thing that happened on Wednesday night, I had these three pups as overnight guests. They …
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Jo's Country Junction
5d ago
As many of you know I’ve been battling what I thought was a shoulder injury. Long ago, in 2017, I injured it. Doctored with it for some time. Was told I could have surgery whenever I was ready. I babied it and nursed it back to health after reading some terrible accounts of rotator cuff …
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Jo's Country Junction
6d ago
I had a nice amount of stitching time this week. I am gearing up for next weekend when I head off to a cross stitch retreat in Osage Iowa. I just love going. Over the next week, I need to organize and pack…and dream about all the things I’ll get stitched there (but really won’t …
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Jo's Country Junction
1w ago
Are you ready for a patriotic parade of quilts? Well Ray has one for you. Ray writes: The mail delivered a box to me today from Rebecca B in WI. She said she had finished a RWB quilt and wanted to send it to me to finish for the veterans, It is a very beautiful quilt. …
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Jo's Country Junction
1w ago
Some of my kids were home for the weekend. We had plans to meet with our family friends and hang out for a day of fishing and fun. We have long time been friends with the Rausch family. They are people and have kids that are the same age as my adult kids. I’ve done …
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Jo's Country Junction
1w ago
I found a little bit of time and was able to fully finish my Patriotic Quaker piece. This was a stitch-along piece that I was SLOW to finish. I feel like if I’m leading a stitch along, I probably should be one of the first ones finished. Not this time!! Here is my stitched piece. …
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Jo's Country Junction
1w ago
I am happy to report I got time in the sewing room this week. Yahoo!! I missed sewing time!! So what did I work on? My Smores quilt. I know several of you have been encouraging me to work on this one…finally I am. I think I made enough progress that it can’t be put …
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