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RSC2026-Sept wk 4 & sewing ceases

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On Saturday, I took two classes from Melissa Corry of Happy Quilting at the Thanksgiving Point Garden of Quilts, sponsored by Riley Blake. I wanted some good instruction on curves because I’m only mediocre on that skill, so I took her Nordic Nights class & got one block made, plus a start on another. I feel confident I can finish this quilt….in 2027. I’ve wanted to make it for a long time because it’s a fairly striking pattern.

Her afternoon class was Braided Irish Chain & since I like her & I like Irish Chain quilts, I opted to stick with her. This quilt is pretty straightforward, but she had some good tips to make it easier. I got one 30″ block done & about 1/2 the units for the second. The lap quilt I’m making takes four of these blocks, so it’s a good start.

Monday & Tuesday I cut out half the new group project so it will be available when I can sew again. I also cut & pieced a Christmas table banner so it will be ready for hand quilting when I’m able. I cleaned up the studio so it’s fresh & clean, then Wednesday I had surgery for the arthritis in my thumb. This is what I had done for all you medically-interested people: Left trapeziectomy / resection arthroplasty with suture suspensionplasty / tendon transfer using flexor carpi radialis to abductor pollicis longus. He removed my trapezoid bone & made a sling with the tendon to stabilize my thumb. It’s a long recovery with weeks in various splints & lots of PT; a year to get all my strength back. But the arthritis pain will be gone & I should be able to start sewing in a few weeks. So I will be disappearing & catching you on the flip side. Happy sewing & get those RSC projects together so I can see all the scrappy fun!

RSC2026-Sept week 3

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This is my second fall table banner, made start to finish this week along with other sewing. I just love these sitting around.

Here is my WIP for the month: RSC2025’s Moda Blockheads. I made all the blocks last year during our color month, then over the last few weeks I made all the flying geese & did the sashings. I’m so happy with this scrappy rainbow quilt!

Over FaceTime this week, my quilt group finished our RBD 2025 Block Challenge quilt. I bought this batik kit last year for 50% off & when we were discussing a new project, I showed them the kit & pattern. They liked it so much that they agreed & ordered kits in the cotton solids for each of them. Then we worked away each week until we were done. My checkerboard center is much lighter than theirs, but my batiks have a texture that is fun. You can find the free patterns from Riley Blake here.

I finished the binding last night on Rocky Road, my WIP finish for January. It’s a Bonnie Hunter pattern with FPP blocks. I’ve been working hard on my hexies this year in the evenings, so not many quilts have gotten the binding sewed down to get them to the fnish line.

RSC2026-Sept week 2

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I made 9 purple houses for Our Town, so now all my houses & trees are done & the blocks are ready to assemble! I don’t need any purple for Starlets, so my three block projects for this year’s RSC have all their blocks completed. Amazing!

One of those three block projects is Nine Patch & Snowballs, which has now become the first RSC2026 top assembled. Wow! Usually I’m finishing blocks during the assembly months & then putting them together the next year. This is why I still have three 2025 RSC projects to get to the flimsy stage. It feels good to have this together.

No purple here, but seasonal. I sewed & hand-quilted this pumpkin house table banner this week, plus started on a second fall banner.

In other sewing news: I did cutting & sewing prep for the two classes I’m taking next week at Garden of Quilts with Melissa Corry. So nice to have it all tucked away in project boxes. Happy sewing everyone!

RSC2026-purple September

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Cynthia at Many Hands and Many Hearts announced the new block drive for Sept-Nov. If you want to play along, the instructions can be found here. Since my purples were out, I made 14 in that color. I sewed a long strip of 2″ purples & cut it to size, used my Stripology ruler to cut the low-volume backgrounds, & the whole thing was quick & slick. I’ll make more colors when I can sew again, hopefully in October. I’ll also get back to that Moda Blockheads WIP with all the flying geese that currently resides on my design wall.

I made the three purple Nine Patches for September’s color & had all the colors done, plus all the snowballs which I made during previous months. I decided to just start putting it together & got it half done! Thanks again to Nancy @GraceandPeaceQuilting for her inspiration here.

My August goals:

0 WIP-(but I have 14 done which was over the 12 I was hoping to accomplish this year)

6 Starlets

3 Nine Patch/Snowballs

7 Houses for My Town

RSC2026-workin’ on a WIP

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I got another table banner made for August. It’s yellow for the monthly color & even though it will be only be out for a short time this year, it’s now done & can be displayed all of August next year! Slowly but surely, I am working my way through these banners.

My RSC goals for this year are to make blocks in the monthly color for 3 projects & get 1 WIP turned into a top each month. So far, I am up to date on all my colored blocks & have done 14 WIPs. So I’m way ahead on those, which is great. For the rest of the month, I’m going to get this assembled. These are Moda Blockheads that I made last year for RSC2025, but never assembled. I have been making over 300 flying geese, cutting sashing, & finally starting some assembly. The top border is on the wall & the first row is together. I’m very pleased with the look of this project, so far.