Jane Austen quilt
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First up this week, I have finished putting together the top for the Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Quilt! I am very happy with how this turned out and excited to get it sent off for long-arm quilting this week! The fabrics are from the Jane Austen at Home collection, which is a group of 19th…
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It has been super hot and dry here for the last month. We are keeping our fingers crossed our summer monsoon moisture will start up soon – we really need the rain! I took “advantage” of the heat and stayed inside and did crafting and reading this weekend, so here’s what I worked on: Jane…
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Kicking off week one of year 16 of Year of Projects with the following things: Handspinning – Tour de Fleece: The Tour started on Saturday, July 4th, and I pulled out two 140-gram gradient packs from Hilltop Cloud Fibres in the UK. The colorway is Wild Rose, and it’s a blended roving of bamboo, Blue-Faced…
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This week marks the end of year 15 of Year of Projects. I’ll have a summary post to talk about what I checked off my list (and what I didn’t), but this post will be all about what I worked on this week to close out year 15. Oscar: I finished up this little grandpa…
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First up this week, a finished Lite Bright sweater! I used 3 skeins of Hedgehog Fibres sock yarn in a speckled pink to blue fade. I used almost all the yardage for the first color (which I opted to knit the short/cap sleeves in) but had a bit left of the other two. This is…
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Hard to believe we are just a couple of weeks away from mid-year. I feel like the first 6 months of 2026 have flown by! Here’s what I’ve been working on this week: Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Quilt: I have been working on the last appliqué pieces which form the second interior border. These have…
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I kind of fell off the planet there for a week. (You can read more about the personal/life stuff below.) But I am back with a 2-week update this time. Supernova Quilt: Still working on the center section. I have all but two of the rainbow stars sewn into place. There is also an exterior…
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A mixed bag this week – I worked on several things, although nothing with much focused attention except for my 100-days Project (More on that below.) Jane Austen Quilt: No pictures to show but I did prep the second leaf/vine border motifs and made a very small start on getting those stitched down. I should…
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Things are busy here right now. Trying to maintain some time for crafty things but work has gotten kind of overwhelming (still down a person in our department – although we are interviewing this week hopefully! – in the midst of a major company overhaul project – and I’ve stepped into a role with more…
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First off, the bad news. The dyer was not able to source another skein of yarn to finish my Graerup Slipover. I think if I hadn’t already frogged the entire back once I might have tried to see if I could figure something else out but at this point, I am just going to frog…
The Emporium of Forgotten Threads 