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Last night I put the last stitches on the binding and label of this multi year project. I started this quilt in 2021 and...
09/01/2026

Last night I put the last stitches on the binding and label of this multi year project. I started this quilt in 2021 and then a lot of life happened and it was put on the back burner. I pulled it out in April or May of 2025 with the intention of finishing it by Christmas. However, I didn't have enough fabric for the background and my alternate fabrics were not working. I went to Facebook and some very nice ladies gifted me what I needed. I am happy to say it will be gracing our guest bed this Christmas 🎄.Behind every great quilt is an often anonymous quilt holder. I happen to have the best quilt holder on the planet, not only is he good at his job but he's patient, encouraging and I get to spend my days and nights with him. Thank you Todd Cosgrove for all you do for me Ange 🇦🇺Fussy Cutter Extraordinaire Shelby C

Had the privilege of quilting this beauty for a friend back in VA.
06/04/2026

Had the privilege of quilting this beauty for a friend back in VA.

Traveling seems to be my theme the last few months, but that doesn't mean I'm not still stitching away on something. Las...
05/08/2026

Traveling seems to be my theme the last few months, but that doesn't mean I'm not still stitching away on something. Last week I was flying, this week I'm driving, well being a passenger princess. Both have given me the opportunity to work on a couple of projects that I desperately want to finish. First up is my Sashiko that I started in 2024, I have 6 blocks to finish. As most of you know life got really crazy in the fall of 2023 and truthfully I probably shouldn't have taken on a new project in 2024 but I love challenges and mysteries when it comes to quilting. Second up is my that I started in January of 2023. There are lots of things that factored in to me not finishing this quilt - finding a good way to mark my squares being the biggest one.

Love that I get to work on quilts. This is another one I quilted in February or March.
04/17/2026

Love that I get to work on quilts. This is another one I quilted in February or March.

What happens when you get your quilt top all finished and your feline assistant decides to clean herself on your top. F...
04/15/2026

What happens when you get your quilt top all finished and your feline assistant decides to clean herself on your top. For some weird reason she actually gets it a little wet and the fabric bleeds. You can't wash it because it's not quilted. You try spot washing it and that just makes things worse. So you set it aside for a week or two totally bummed that your Christmas quilt is ruined. You mull your options over nightly as you're trying to fall asleep and you finally have an "ah ha" moment. You remember the time you noticed a block on a customer's quilt that wasn't oriented correctly midway through quilting it. You remember how you took that block out and put it back in the correct position all without taking it off your longarm. So taking out the stained pieces on your Christmas quilt will be a piece of cake compared to the block on your customers quilt since your quilt isn't on your longarm. The moral of this story.... Don't give up too quickly. Give yourself time to mull things over. Look back on other challenges you've faced and how you solved them.

Another that I finished in March that I didn't get around to posting.
04/10/2026

Another that I finished in March that I didn't get around to posting.

I have a hard time throwing "scraps" when I do stitch and flip blocks. If I think I can get a half square triangle out o...
04/08/2026

I have a hard time throwing "scraps" when I do stitch and flip blocks. If I think I can get a half square triangle out of the cut offs I will save them. I used to just save them in a plastic container or a baggie and save them for a rainy day. Well the rainy day never seems to come. So in the last 6 months I've started sewing them as I'm cutting them off. They make great leaders for the blocks I'm working on and then they don't pile up waiting for that rainy day that never comes. These cute little HST measure at 1.5". They're all cut and ready for a good pressing. I used my Strip Tube Ruler to trim them. Not sure how they'll get used but I will find a use for them.

Road trip = hand project. Have a 11hr drive today. So I prepped this project to keep me busy. Have already completed two...
04/07/2026

Road trip = hand project. Have a 11hr drive today. So I prepped this project to keep me busy. Have already completed two of the 7 little sea creatures.

Ah what a wonderful feeling to have this beauty finished. Can't wait to get home and put it on my bed. I was chosen to b...
04/05/2026

Ah what a wonderful feeling to have this beauty finished. Can't wait to get home and put it on my bed. I was chosen to be a pattern tester for .designs quilt. My daughter .paige.rn helped me choose the colors. I really wanted to use the berry by . So she helped me choose some bold yellows and oranges that were not in my usual color palette . managed to get the top pieced by the deadline and then life happened and it sat quietly in a bag waiting for me to have the time to quilt it. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do but knew I wanted it to enhance the pattern but not take away from it. I actually tried to 2 different pantographs that I got to pick out before getting my son involved to help me choose. We settled on from .elementz . I used faux piping border tutorial which was exactly what this quilt needed. Thank you Julia for trusting me to test your pattern. Thank you Paige for helping me to be bold and brave. Jesse thank you for seeing what's in my brain and helping me to find the right pantograph. Thank you Marija for you great binding tutorial that finished my quilt with the right touch. And as always thanks to Urban Elementz for your great pantograph selections and your phenomenal customer support. To this is one of my that unfortunately didn't quite make it to the finished line before the end of the 1st quarter. The good news is I might actually have 2 finished for the 2nd quarter.

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