little quilt stitching

 Ready to start the hand quilting on this little quilt.

Marked with blue lines - a good start.

I will quilt this than decide what else I may want to add for

quilting designs.

Friday Finishes

 My Winter Blues quilt and cross stitch projects are finished.

Winter Blues Little Quilt

(my own design)

Machine Pieced / Hand Quilted

approximately 18" tall by 15' wide 

front

back

Cross Stitch

Mary Elizabeth Coat's Winter Saltbox

a Country Design by:

Melisa @ Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

Winter will be hanging around here for a bit longer;

but it will be nice to have something pretty to

enjoy until Spring is here!

A special thank-you to Melisa

for sharing her patterns.

I do love a Saltbox Home design.

Quilt Shop Closing

 Visited a Quilt Shop today.

Sadly it will be closing its doors by summertime.

I focused in on the center quilt on the picture below.

The quilt shop owner designed this one herself.

It is called "Christine".

Lakota name:  Stands With a Fist

(after the movie Dancing with Wolves).

She said she saw this quilt in the movie and wanted to reproduce it;

suggesting all 1800's reproduction fabrics.

All Fat Quarters were on sale at $1.00 each.

And if you found fabric on the bolt and bought what was left

it was 35% off.

Here is what I came home with.

Just some random pieces to have on hand

when just the right quilt design pops up.

It was a fun way to spend time today.

Very sad to see this quilt shop go.

We have four in this town...and this one was my favorite.

Happy Valentine's Day quilt

My Valentine's Quilt from long ago.

Machine pieced and some hand quilting.

 A close up of the hand quilting.

If you notice on top picture I had not done any hand quilting on the red borders.

I am now adding in some hand quilting stitches.

 

I have all the heart design added on and time to start the stitching.

~

Some slow stitching to enjoy over the Valentine's Day holiday.

February 12th, 2026

 Second Hand, Second Chance Quilts

I make quilts myself from scratch; but I also look to buy quilts as well.

Especially ones that just need a little TLC to make them better.

What I am working on...

The Amish Quilt was bought as a finished quilt.

~ machine pieced and machine quilted ~

I saw room for some hand quilting to be added.

I hand quilted the first border.  I am working on the pink an blue squares now.

From blanc spaces...

 

I used the blue pen to mark the designs...

and quilted.

Now, when I feel like a bit of hand quilting I will continue on.

Another work in progress is the blue star quilt;

also purchased and listed as "needs repair".

The center of the star had come unsewn.  I simply added some stitches and repaired the quilt.

with my needle and thread

to this...all repaired.

Because this is a vintage well loved quilt I am adding more

hand quilting to help stabilize the quilt.

I hand quilted the dark blue center, and now I am moving on to the yellow.

I have the yellow marked with blue ink ready to stitch.

I am hand quilting every other row around the star...

dark blue, yellow, and next up the dark blue.

I have plenty of projects going to keep me busy.

And plenty of choices to work on

whatever catches my fancy for when the moment comes my way.

I work without giving myself deadlines;

just stitch and or quilt when I feel like it.

~ Happy Stitching Everyone ~

February 10th, 2026

Winter Stitching

my current work in progress 

* cross stitch design by Melisa @ Pinker n Pumpkin Quilting

 

February 6th, 2026

FOLK ART TREE TWO

my newest cross stitch finish

 By DesignStitch

Cross Stitch Wonders