Quilting
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My favorite time of year is here! The leaves are finally turning and there’s a cold crisp feeling to the air in the mornings. Our fall/winter flocks of mountain chickadees and dark-eyed juncos are back at the feeders. Time for all the crafty things! Denim and Lace Quilt: I’ve sewn another block for the Denim…
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We took another trip to Colorado last weekend so I missed my weekly update, but here’s what I worked on to close out September and kick-off October. Fiddlesticks Socks: I finished these up just before we headed north. Yarn is The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers Rocky Mountain Purls, which is a BFL/nylon 2-ply sock yarn. Colorway…
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A few finishes this week to talk about first. Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Quilt: This is now completely done and in fact, I have it on the guest bedroom bed. I love how it came out and even more so that it’s actually finished. This one took just a bit over a year from start…
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It’s been a wild and crazy few weeks here, so I managed to miss last week again entirely. Here’s another 2-fer update! Antipodes: I’m further along on this as I picked up stitches for sleeve 2 and am working on that right now. I definitely will be extending the length of the body. I have…
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Lots of small progress this week. My DH decided to go camping this weekend but I “camped out” at home and it was delightful! Here’s what I’ve been working on: Antipodes Sweater: The construction on this saddle shoulder pullover is very fun and quite different. The back neck yoke is knit flat, then the back…
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The Tour de Fleece 2026 has finished up and with it, I have finished my spin for the year. I took two matching gradient sets from Hilltop Cloud Fibres in a lovely blend of bamboo, BFL and merino wools, in the color “Wild Rose”, and spun myself up a whopper of a skein – 801…
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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…
