Quilt Progress -- Sewcialites 3 and Fat Quarters by the Dozen

Happy Friday and Happy Spring, Friends!

No Floss Friday this week. My Monday's post was cross-stitch related so I’m showing my quilt progress today.

Sewcialites 3 block 4 was released last Friday and is designed my Minki Kim.  It is called Spring Wind Block.

It was another easy one and fun to make. A new block will be released today.

Release number 5 of the Fat Quarters by the Dozen quilt along was released last Sunday. The block is called Clover.

It doesn't look like it buy there were a lot of pieces in this one. It measures 18 ½” square.

The next FQBTD release will be April 1^st.

Not that I don’t have enough going on, I’m going to start another quilt in honor of America’s Semiquincentennial.

Spacious Skies Quilt featuring Lori Holt’s Americana fabric line. I’m just beginning to read through the pattern and will make a test block with some scraps first.

Hubby and I plan to check out some antique shops on Saturday and I need to prune my hydrangeas on Sunday. I'll need to that early so I can Zoom stitch in the afternoon.

That’s it for today. Do you have plans for the first weekend of Spring? If so, do tell!

See you soon,

Nashville Market 2026 -- Haul

Happy Monday, Friends!

My travels to Alabama and back home to North Carolina went smoothly. I listened to an audio book while driving back roads and that helped the trip go quickly.

The purpose of the trip was to attend Market Day at GaRon Stitchery in Ozark, AL. I explained about Nashville Market here.

Gary and Ronny had all the market goodies displayed such that customers did not have to dig through charts to find what they wanted.

I stitched after I picked up my pre-order…and did a little more stash enhancement. There were a few other ladies that hung out all day and stitched with me. Then the guys joined us when things slowed down.

Ronny and Lynn

Gary closed the shop an hour early so he, Ronny and I could grab an early dinner. I needed to get a good night’s rest before driving home on Sunday.

I didn’t take a lot of photos of the trip because I was too busy socializing and stitching. But I did take some pictures of my market haul.

 

From Teresa Kogut

Chart and a Specialty Cut Piece of Fabric

1776-2026 Stocking

We are Blessed Chart

The kit and paint from Chantelle's 141 Design Company
to make the drum for We are Blessed

From Brenda Gervais, With Thy Needle and Thread

One Flag, One Land

The kit to make the stand from Chatelle's 141 Design Company

From Plum Street Samplers

The Pledge of Allegiance

Happy Day

From Finally A Farmgirl

Haven for Liberty Sampler

The 2026 Prairie Schooler Santa

From Siren Stitchworks

Patriotic Biscornu Chart and Buttons

From Threadwork Primitives

Red Letter Sampler

36 count Linen and Threads for Red Letter Sampler

From Annie Beez Folk Art

Patriotic Pears

Linen, threads, finishing fabric and wool for Patriotic Pears

From Dirty Annie's

Honey Lemon Tea

The finishing supplies from Paisleys and Polka Dots for Honey Lemon Tea

Hey Honey

The finishing supplies fro Paisleys and Polka Dots for Hey Honey

There are five designers who collaborated on a seasonal project called Baked Fresh. Each created five designs to be displayed on a wood cookie jar.

From Sweet Wing Studio

Easter Cookies

From Crafty Bluebonnet

Patriotic Cookies

From Finally A Farmgirl

Halloween Cookies

From Antique Needleworkers

Thanksgiving Cookies

From Textilly Crafts

Christmas Cookies

The wood cookie jar is from Paisleys and Polka Dots

Lastly, I picked up new needles, ric-rac, needle minder, and some pins

This should keep me busy for a while.

But first, I need to make the Sewcialites 3 block that was released last Friday, and the Fat Quarters by the Dozen block that was released yesterday. That means the next update will be a quilty one.

See you soon!

Floss Friday -- February Stats and Cross Stitch Progress

It dawned on me that I never posted my cross stitch counts for February. I more than doubled January’s stitch count with 5,180 stitches last month.

Valentine Alphabet was a start, finish and fully finish…

Parade Sam was a start and finish…

And I made progress on Salute to Abigail…

Progress as of Thursday, March 12th

Salute to Abigail was the only cross stitch project I worked on this past week.

Today is the day I am driving to Alabama to attend GaRon Stitchery’s Market Saturday. I baked Gary’s favorite cookies last night. His birthday was earlier this month, but we are celebrating this weekend.

I’ll be home Sunday afternoon and will keep my promise to make my hubby dinner. Part of it is already made and thawing in the refrigerator as of this morning.

The plan is to share my market haul in Monday’s post so stay tuned.

Enjoy your weekend and I’ll see you soon.

 

Sewcialites 3 – Block 3 and I Cooked!

Happy Monday, Friends!

Fat Quarter Shop released block number 3 in this year’s Sewcialites quilt along.

Cabin Life Block is designed by Robin Pickens.

Again, I am making the 6” blocks using Lyda Rose by Bunny Hill Designs for Moda.  And much to my surprise, the block actually measures 6-1/2” unfinished. Go figure!

I’ve mentioned in the past how my husband took early retirement in 2017. Since then, he has been the chief cook. He enjoys it and is much more adventurous than I. I am the baker and he enjoys that as well 😊

I told him the other day that I would commit to cooking at least one evening a weekend to give him a break. Sunday evening’s offering was grilled Cuban pork tenderloin with black beans and rice.

I also made a lemon butter cake for dessert.

I didn’t get to everything I had hoped to over the weekend, but it was still productive and enjoyable.

See you soon,