05/28/2026
Physically: curled up in bed with my hubby on one side and a slice of chocolate cake on the other side (true story hehe)
Mentally: back on this beach with the sun in my eyes and the sand in my toes!!
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I FINALLY officially mailed this baby quilt to its new owner yesterday!
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Purpose: For a little niece who just turned 1 this year (I think?? Counting is hard OKAY π
), and her older sisters love Frozen so I'm thinking she's about to as well!!
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Pattern: Homestead Star by . My first time sewing diamonds and they came together so well!! I did make one adjustment to the pattern by calculating the backing pieces to need fewer seams (mitering the edges of the strips instead of sewing triangles onto rectangles to make the same shape). More math, but less fabric and seams in the end!
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Favorite part: The adorable tags! Or the epic quilting? Or the scrappy binding? Or the name my husband picked out for the title?? It's too hard to pick!! (If you don't understand the title, go watch Frozen 2 and report back. I'll wait. Isn't the little fire lizard the most adorable thing EVER??)
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Binged while hand-stitching binding: I don't remember everything but I do know Secret Life of Pets was definitely in there somewhere! (Also slight bunny trail but I've been sucked into some cult documentaries lately so that's always a good way to keep myself awake since some of those hit a little too close to my HYPER-conservative past life before I learned that Jesus truly does set you free... and it's not actually a sin to spend my free time using my God-given abilities to make beautiful things!! Just know that if you were ever rebuked for wearing jewelry and celebrating birthdays and shaving your legs, I see you. And Jesus loves you for who you ARE, not what you DO. Okayβ rant over, I promise!! π
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Hardest part: getting this thing to stay flat for half a second on the super windy beach so we could grab a half-decent photo of it!!!
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Fabric pieces stitched together: 95
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Finished size:
43"x43"
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Distance traveled to new home: 847 miles!
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