Design Wall Monday - May 18, 2026

 Good Morning Quilters!

We have a house guest for the summer, and she moved in yesterday.  For over two years we have befriended two international students attending Calvin University here in Grand Rapids.  They are Grace, who is from India, and Amy, who is from Bangladesh, and we lovingly call them “extra granddaughters”.  Amy was looking for housing for this summer between her junior and senior years of dorm living.  We asked her to come and live with us, and also help us a little as we are slowing down in our old age.  Amy is going to help me sort through and pare down my quilting supplies.  

This week I started a new doll quilt.  I couldn’t resist this pattern from the internet.  It is from the Temecula Quilt Company and is found (Here)

I was looking for a patriotic quilt to make as we celebrate 250 years of our country, and this one will be fun.

If you remember, I made a crib sized replica of this crib quilt a few years ago, and couldn’t resist making a doll sized one.   Here is my start:

Also, I worked more on the Jane Stickle doll quilt #2.  It is a relaxing project, and is also reminding me to be more careful with storage/transportion of my quilts.

What is your project or projects this week?  Do you have an America 250 project in your thoughts or have you started on one?

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Design Wall Monday, May 11, 2026

 Good Morning Quilters!

And Happy Mother’s Day too.  Here is one of my gifts,  on my coffee table:

After reading about hydrangeas, it seems like the deer like them too.  I’ll put this one on the front porch, as the deer don’t venture up onto the porch…..yet.

My 2nd doll quilt of Jane Stickle squares is coming along,  It doesn’t look like much progress, but five little blocks are made.  I don’t know why I enjoy working on tiny things, but I do. 

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Design Wall Monday - May 4, 2026

Good Morning Quilters!

Remember when I made this small doll quilt sized Jane Stickle quilt?  I made it (with a cross stitch pattern) while I was recuperating from knee replacement surgery early this year. Here is a picture if it on top of my full sized Jane Stickle quilt.

Well, it is lost…..due to my carelessness.  

I packed it to take to a retreat (for show and tell purposes)  and just stuck it loosely inside the larger Jane Stickle quilt in the back of my car.  And somehow it got lost while unpacking the car at the motel.  It was a very windy day.

I say carelessness because my brain said to me when packing……”that isn’t a very good place to put that little quilt”……  and also my brain said to me while I was going past the kitchen with the big quilt in my hands….”get a big garbage bag and put the two quilts in it so they won’t get dirty in the car”……..I ignored my brain in both cases. 😞

So as I said, it was a windy day when unpacking the car, and the little quilt is gone.  At the time, I didn’t look for it outside the motel because I thought (with my little brain)  “well, maybe you packed it somewhere else” …..”maybe it is still at home”  When you are old, you aren’t sure where you put things, and you spend lots of time looking for them.  Just a fact of life after 80.

But now the retreat is over and I am home again and it is nowhere to be found.  I am upset with myself for not taking more care in packing it for the trip, but I reasoned with myself with this thought:  As it was fun to make and I did succeed in making it……………..I will just make it again!  Which will also give me penance for my carelessness.

So today I show you the start of Jane Stickle doll quilt #2:

The arrows on the corner edges are to remind me which way the “X” is consistently crossed on the stitches.

So this is what I worked on this week.  This is a small error of mine, and when I think of all the world’s issues in general, I don’t feel sorry for me.  I am having fun making it again.

What are you making this week?  And is it something that you have made before?

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