The Stay at Home Round Robin is quilted and bound. Hooray!
The back uses two book-related fabrics.
I made the courthouse steps flimsy in 2023. Barb quilted it in an overall Baptist fan. I bound it last evening. It's 72 x 84.
I've scheduled a quilt a month with Barb. Whether I take something from the box of flimsies or create something new will depend on the month.
STASH REPORT, February: fabric IN, 3/4 yard, $10. (I bought a package of hand-dyed fat 8ths in New Zealand.) Fabric OUT: 36-7/8 yards.
YTD: fabric in: 3/4 yard, $10. Fabric OUT: 103-3/8. Yay me!
Quilting goals for March: get going on placemats for the 2027 Rotary spaghetti dinner. I have 13 pieced but not quilted.
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As I sewed I listened to Monica Wood's 2025 novel. Harriet leads a book group at the women's prison in Maine. One of the inmates, Violet, is released after serving 22 months. She and Harriet encounter one another at a Portland bookstore. Violet gets a job as the laboratory manager for a psychologist whose research is about bird cognition. Complications arise (of course) and Violet and Harriet unexpectedly come to support one another.
This is the third of Monica Wood's books that I've read. (The others: When We Were the Kennedys and The One-in-a-Million Boy.) She is such a good writer -- and of course I enjoy the Maine settings.
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Your industry inspires me: from a finished courthouse steps to 100 blocks to a finished SAHRR! Impressive! And thank you for the book recommendation: much appreciated. I love your SAHRR, and congratulations on being all done...ahead of time!
ReplyDelete100 blocks, fantastic! Love your Courthouse steps finish, smart to book your longarmer ahead!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely made the most of a "slow" weekend at home!
ReplyDelete100 batik blocks! WOW. That's impressive. <3 Thanks for sharing in Sew & Tell.
ReplyDeleteall the pretty finishes....great book review...so itching to read again...
ReplyDeleteOh wow, your SAHRR is already quilted and bound? That's amazing! And 100 blocks for Cynthia - that will make up for the fact I am not sure I have any batiks in my stash to work with this time.
ReplyDeleteBoy, when you have a weekend to sew, you really get to it! I bet it feels good to have so much done. Your SAHRR looks great, and 100 blocks for the blocks drive is great! And your courthouse steps bound. What fun!
ReplyDeleteOn Sunday, I went through my batik scrap box and pulled out about 30 fabrics to make blocks for Cynthia. Then matched them with squares from the 2.5" square drawer. Then I read that you've already made 100 blocks. You've kicked the block drive off to a rousing start.
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Your SAHRR is gorgeous! 100 blocks? Wow! Thanks also for the author recommendation. I've added her to my reading list.
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