Sunday, January 4, 2026

just because...

 

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Let's be kind to each other this year..

.if you have a choice to do a good thing, take it

If someone needs something, you could provide it now and then I think

Good is circular,  you'll be glad you were able to choose good I bet

I'll be right there with you doing what I can to make things better... not all the time because well that's how things are, but I'll be nice when I can.... Love to you all

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Saturday, January 3, 2026

creatively speaking.... a new year and an old finish

 

happy new year to all.... 

I machine quilted the small mat for my friend Pat and love how it looks in person. Simple design, gray thread, hand dyed felt backing

I hand sewed the hexies to look like a wee scene. Pat likes nature and gardening so I have sky, grass, flowers and water represented in fabric prints. 
After quilting I cut the felt to just beyond the turned fabrics
it feels so nice, can be machine washed, and I hope she uses it and likes it too

Then I pulled out one I made recently, hand pieced hexies, odd border lines, fresh! I layered the hand dyed felt on the back of mine too, and started quilting with
the most annoying metallic thread I own.... pretty blend of blue and golds but gutterman regular metallic is a BRAT

so it's broken so many times, I rethread the machine and now there may be some caught in the works
OMG
(give me patience)
I love a bit of sparkle but this trying to use up threads thing isn't working... 

I can see what is NOT done.... 

I need to stop clearing up studio stuff, stop quilting this, and focus!!!
Focus on a center block for the Stay at Home Round Robin starting soon, and OH heck! Project quilting starts tomorrow! yikes! 
Wanted the studio to be tidied up and ready for creating.... 
why does it seem that all the things I like to do happen at the same time? 

Haven't firmed up how to format my soon to be prompt challenge either

still trying to walk but it's been hot during the mornings...Hot in Aurora CO in January, 
sweating hot
but life is a balance of activities 

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Thursday, January 1, 2026

I Like Thursday # 485 and a new year

 

ahhhhh new year, new week, new list of likes! Starting with some beautiful dried grasses and blue sky

I have a few likes &  a few images to share so let's get going!

I do have a short list of things I want to do this year, but let's start with a comic


morning coffee in my fave Mary Engelbreit mug. Plus as my friend Cindy said, hydrate before you caffeinate so my pretty glass of water


high chairs

how fast must they have been running to throw an insole!!!LOL

no need for a fire, the hot temps (78 F in Jan, in Denver will have the same affect)

We watched the Madam Blanc  holiday special and it was as charming as ever (we've seen all the episodes available to us)

We've been cooking and baking... tried chicken enchiladas for the first time

boil boneless chicken thighs, then shred meat, layer whole wheat tortillas in pan, Mexican cheese grated, enchilada green sauce. Repeat layers three times then bake til bubbly. 

We made zucchini bites again, Grate three small zucchini, let rest in a colander with some salt and squeeze water out. Mix with  1 cup of cheese (pepper jack for us) chives, two eggs (whites only for us) spices like garlic and onion powder, spoon into mini muffin tin (24) and bake about 35 min at 350F

SO good even leftover as a snack or side

trying to walk twice a day... snow is still on the tallest peaks but melted in the foothills





Moon is almost full... don't get tangled up in these trees or life 


new bathroom rug is plush and was on sale at Khols
amazing how one new thing lifts your spirits


I want to talk to friends more often this year, want to chat? 

I would like to sift through my quilting books and let some go to a new home

I want to use my supplies to make things that are pretty and fun to make

Finished this table runner 
would like to resume painting and drawing this year , write more, try more crafts, you know.... 

I am planning to start a craft/art link party this year, I'll provide prompts but still trying to figure out whether to do it once a month or more often. You can do any craft based on the prompts and more details to come maybe in a month or so, as I hope to do two sewalongs starting in Jan. 
Stay at home round robin   at  https://quiltinggail.com/
Project quilting   at  https://www.kimlapacek.com/project-quilting

what about you? any hopes for this year, goals? tell us!


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Sunday, December 28, 2025

better late than never.... Christmas creativity

 

I finished my scrappy Christmas strings piece, as a table runner, maybe to be hung vertically who knows, I have a year to decide LOL! 

Pieced the back of the 24.5" XX 14.5" top, and got it ready for machine binding. A gold on green stripe all sewn by machine this time

sewn to the back, brought to the front, tucking in the raw edge for machine straight stitch finish with 
BRATTY mylar thread for top stitching 
time for a cup of tea first...


came out pretty

time to quilt and finish Pat's gift now that the hexies are hand sewn together to look like a garden

will this book loving lady go on the back? 

 

a finish,... is a finish.... celebrate that! 

This year I hope to renew making with paint, pencil, weaving, photography, beading.... and more art quilting. 

I'll share my plans for a new link party next week.... stay tuned and get ready...

I  take many photos on walks and plan to begin manipulating them artistically in the upcoming months

the rooftops look like mountain plateau don't they? 


I have always loved sandra boynton cards and now she makes the best videos... LOVE...

 

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffhSkKviw1I&list=RDffhSkKviw1I&start_radio=1


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Thursday, December 25, 2025

I Like (Christmas) things to love #484

 

I'm dreaming of having another poodle ...Merry Christmas to you all, Happy Hanukah too

https://youtube.com/shorts/6st6csIAnm4?si=XdUXxvm5mIJDp_ub

Our conversation starter this week:

do you decorate with traditional things year after year? what are they and can you show us? has there been a year when you didn't feel like dragging out the decorations and how did you handle that? 

Like most people I have traditional things, certain Quilts I always display, and if the year is like this one, very few come out....because anything that comes out will have to be put away and I am 

JUST  TOO TIRED

I put easy things out, and love lights so that will have to do but PLEASE tell me what you do??? 

(and to be honest our artificial tree stays up all year, I just plug in the lights at this holiday! 

I'm sorry, things are out of sorts here, and I have lights out back, and on my evening walk, I walked around the other neighborhood to look at everyone's lights... LOVE , and walked 3.5 miles or so. 



the entire fall and winter so far has been too hot for me in Colorado


the skies are sunsetting nicely
I'm in love with these two aussie puppies I talk to every day on my walk. The boy races around barking his head off, the girl stands quietly on a patio stone and licks my fingers... I love them..
I love hand sewing on my christmas spiral hexie at night, til I dropped a needle.... found it bless my angels!

my computer got rid of all my email addresses, then hid 2 weeks worth of emails (I just found hundreds of them from you guys and a slew of ads) (I'll be going thru them over the next few days)

I've baked several trays of different cookies, frozen some of each to have later on a mixed try, eating my way through the candy cane ones, and tiny pecan pies though! 

No trad Christmas meal this year I'm going to try a new recipe for chicken enchiladas. Wish me luck.

several of my fave BBC series have specials this week, and here comes "the Traitors" new series

I'm dreaming of a white christmas, it's just a dream now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd2Xjg2Y7nQ&list=RDCo-uk3fvneY&index=4


 AWE all this creativity plus a great song!! enjoy

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9AU0gUGumE&list=RDCo-uk3fvneY&index=2


 still laughing!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co-uk3fvneY&list=RDCo-uk3fvneY&start_radio=1

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

creativity post..... on their way to a finish but not yet....

 


welcome to my weekly creativity post... stress is taking a toll but here are a few things sewn this week...



Christmas hexie spiral prepped and ready to sew, Maybe into a little tree skirt 
gosh I love these colors and fabrics! 

finished sewing these hexies together to make into a mug rug thank you gift for Pat... 




As I chose fabrics, I thought of Pat's love of gardening,

the pic is upside down, blue skies go on top, green grass on bottom... if I let reality interfere that is! lol

I had in mind to sew the narrow Christmas scrap strips together, then make a tree skirt by cutting wedges to sew with white between... as I sewed I changed my mind and will turn it into something else I think... 



tiny strips made from tiny rectangles go together into a fun section

lots of seams require careful pressing. 

Pressing with intent. 

mostly small strips are now gone from the Christmas scrap pile, just squares and triangles left and larger scrap pieces. I might even sew some improv geese strips  to put along this strip set... I need some mindless sewing time

enjoy this short video.... lovely sentiment made with needle felting techniques

so creative, so sweet, 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9AU0gUGumE&list=RDs9AU0gUGumE&start_radio=1


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Thursday, December 18, 2025

I Like Thursday # 483

 

welcome to this week's list of likes starting with snow covered mountains and a lovely visit with this horse

snow's melted now, we are having sunny days in the mid 70's instead of cold and snow. I HATE this. 

Reports say it's now the trend, due to climate change, luckily I met a nice couple on a walk this week and they moved here for cold too, he said they'll be moving out because this is due to climate change and and they like cold too. It was a blessing that they weren't science deniers 

short post today , going to treatment for my back

warm enough for flamingos


and elephants




Conversation Starter this week


do you like red and green? does it lift your spirits? what shades do you like best?

I do like Red and Green in most shades... especially the 50's tones

My granny painted a lot of her wood furniture in the 50's green too. I like a bright true red any time of year, my mixer is red and I enjoy wearing red although I don't have a lot in the closet. 

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