Design Wall Monday - June 29, 2026

 Good Morning Quilters!

There is progress on my America 250 doll quilt:

I have the main part of the hst body finished, and am ready to add the stripes to sides and top.  

The two flags for the bottom part were made this week.  However, I forgot that they had to be mirror images of each other.  There will be another flag made this week, with the stars in the upper left side of the flag.  Here is the flag part where you can see my mistake:

The flags are larger than they will be in the quilt, as I will cut them down to a smaller size before sewing them into the quilt.  I am winging it on the flag size, as my doll quilt will be smaller than the Temecula Quilt Co pattern.  The pattern is for half square triangles that finish at 1.5 inches, and my half square triangles finish at 5/8 inches, about half the size of the pattern hsts.

The Jane Stickle doll quilt that I am cross stitching is getting nearer to the finish line.  Here is a picture:

Some of you asked if I use a magnifying glass.  I don’t have one, which would probably be useful.  Instead, I wear two pair of reading glasses from the drug store, or sometimes only one pair.  I look pretty funny with two pair of glasses on at the same time, but it works for this project.  If I do 9 squares a week, it will be finished in three weeks.  I seem to be getting faster as I progress on this project, so I may make a third one………....NOT!  lol

My design wall:  The Jane Austen quilt has another partially completed row with sashing added to the right side on the wall.  With the diagonal setting of rows, each row has two more blocks in it until the middle, and then the blocks decrease in number on the second half.  The row I’m on right now has 12 blocks. I have 4 more blocks to add to it.  Each row has 2 more blocks in it until the center ones, which have 20 blocks.  This construction of sashing on this quilt is happening slowly as I am keeping it all on the design wall to keep all the blocks in the correct order.   I shall like it better when I’m on the second half and the block numbers decrease per row.  Here is a progress picture:

We are not doing much for the 4th of July this year,  As we age, we find more pleasure is just relaxing at home on holiday weekends.  There are plenty of sporting events this week to watch while I cross stitch, as we are now watching the FIFA World Cup soccer games and Wimbledon tennis is starting today.  Are you celebrating the 4th of July in a special way?  Our flag will be flying, but we will enjoy watching others celebrate.  We have a wonderful country, and are very proud of America.

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Design Will Monday - June 22, 2026

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Not much to show you this week as I had a busy week with non-quilty things.  Here is my Jane Stickle cross stitch doll quilt progress, with another row of blocks completed:

Only two more rows to go, plus the triangles around the edge of them.  I am ready to be finished with this one.  I have had enough penance.

With FIFA World Cup 2026 happening, we are now watching soccer.  I am learning the rules, and what the penalties are.  With all the sports that I follow, I have never followed soccer until now.  And it still baffles me that such a popular sport doesn’t allow use of the hands…….every other sport I follow does.  Most unusual.

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Design Wall Monday - June 15, 2026

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Today is my wedding day - 63 years ago!   DH and I have many happy memories of anniversaries in the past, but are just going out to dinner tonight as a small celebration this year.  He is golfing in the afternoon, and I am quilting with a friend.  Each doing our own loved hobby, and looking forward to the evening spent together.  We feel very blessed.

Here is a picture of the design wall, with a little progress on the Jane Austen project:

And here is the progress on the little doll quilt from the Temecula Quilt Company’s pattern:

The cross stitch Jane Austen doll quilt project is coming along nicely also.  Here is a progress picture.  Half of the 36 center blocks are now completed.

Do you see the block that is a pinwheel with little triangles on the tips?  It is green and pink in the kit’s floss instructions.  But it looks odd to me, so I looked at the Jane Stickle quilt pictures, and on her quilt, it is all one color.  See below, E-3:

So I am going to pick out the green center part and make it all one color.  It is something that would bother me if I didn’t.  But on the other hand, I don’t think I will check any of the other blocks for “Jane Stickle accuracy”, because I don’t want to change any of the other blocks that are now finished.

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Design Wall Monday - June 8, 2026

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The Jane Stickle Doll Quilt (replacement for the lost one) is coming along nicely.  I seem to average one block a day, as I finished seven blocks this week.  That is good progress for me right now, as gardening outside has kept me busy too.  The weather has been fantastic lately.   

Here is the latest picture of the counted cross stitch project:

One nice serendipity this last week was that I received a large bouquet of Peonies from our neighbors.  They were leaving town for a vacation, and picked them for me to enjoy while they were away.  Wasn’t that a nice thing to do?  Amy took my picture with them just after I had received them.  

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Design Wall Monday - June 1, 2026

Good Morning Quilters!

It seems like I didn’t get much accomplished this past week, but some weeks are like that.  I did get things accomplished, but just not quilty things.  The only quilt picture I have is of my progress on my replacement Jane Stickle Doll Quilt:

The cross stitch is a fun project to work on while I watch The French Open.  I am a big tennis fan, and enjoy watching tennis on the clay courts.  I cross stitch during the commercials.  

With Amy’s help, I’ve been cleaning out things in the house that need to be cleaned out.  For instance, this week, we dealt with my shoes in my closet.  The internet gave me a nice guide for the process, called “JACK”. 

Justify:  Does the item make my life easier, or does it bring me joy?

Assign:  Choose a place to keep it, a designated home.

Contain:  Put the item in its specific place.

Keep (or let go):  Make the final decision to keep it or donate it.

For my shoes, I kept all the shoes I currently wear, and got rid of any heels, fashion boots, sandals, or dress shoes that I haven’t worn since I turned 80.  The Salvation Army received some nice shoes, and the ones left fit nicely on my shoe rack in my closet.  It makes me smile to see the orderly rack with a few pair of shoes on it.  

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