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Monday, July 27, 2026

Design Wall Monday - July 27, 2026

 Good Morning Quilters!

My report of quilting work this week involves only the small Jane Stickle doll quilt that I am cross stitching.  But I have made great progress on it!  I only have 9 blocks left to cross stitch before the top is finished and I can make it into a doll quilt.  Here is a progress picture:



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Monday, July 20, 2026

Design Wall Monday - July 20, 2026

Good Morning Quilters!

Well, this week we had company and I got very little done on my quilting projects. Close friends visited us, with their five young children.   They love to swim, and with their visit and other lake events this week, I went swimming four times in seven days!  More than I usually do in a whole summer.  I had a wonderful time, and we have many wonderful memories to remember of playing with little children.  It sure is quiet around here now that they are gone back home.

I have a little more progress on my Jane Stickle doll quilt to show you.  It is not much, but there are two more blocks finished.  Slow and steady some weeks, and faster in other weeks.  But progress all the same.

Here is a current picture:


As proof of what I’ve been doing instead of quilting:  a picture of me in a lake with my “extra Granddaughter” Veronica, and my dog Penny Lane.  Penny loves, loves, loves swimming.  I have to make her come out of the water when it is time to go home.


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Monday, July 13, 2026

Design Wall Monday - July 13, 2026

Good Morning Quilters!

This past week I worked on cleaning up my quilt room, with Amy’s help.  We made great progress.  It felt so good to be sewing in a nice clean room.  

I worked on sewing together rows of the Jane Austen quilt.  The construction of the rows is divided into three sections - a right section, a middle section, and a left section.    I am almost finished with the right section.

Here is a current picture of my design wall with the three sections:



On the right side section, I have to attach three more rows to the seven rows that are attached to each other.  The edges of the bottom, top, and sides will have part of the outer blocks cut off to square up the center before adding borders.  

Here is a close up view of the seven rows that have the sashing completed between each block, and between the rows.  It is an interesting project, and I am constantly measuring the sashing pieces to see if they all finish at one inch in width.  




I am interested in working on the center section, to see if the center medallion fits together with the rows above and below it.  Suspenseful anticipation here.

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Monday, July 6, 2026

Design Wall Monday - July 6, 2026

 Happy 6th of July everyone!  

The 4th was pretty quiet around my house, but we did have some excitement the day before.  Hubby got a hole in one on the golf course!  We have been celebrating his celebrity status ever since.  Pretty good for an 84 year old!

I finished the America 250 doll quilt in time for the fourth.  It measures 12” by 16”. 


Here is a picture of it beside the copy I made of the original crib quilt.  My crib quilt measures 38” by 45”.  I blogged about making the crib quilt (Here)


If possible, I make a small quilt version to match every quilt I make.  In this case the quilt I made in 2016 was a replica of an 1862 crib quilt.  The original quilt sold at auction at Sotheby’s for $5,938 and measures 32.25” by 38.25”.

The cross stitch Jane Stickle doll quilt is progressing - but slowly this week.  



There are only 3 more blocks stitched this past week.  Some blocks take me more time than others to cross stitch, but I am nearing the finish line.  I like cross stitching.  There are only 8 more square blocks and 15 more triangles to make.  

The design wall:  The Jane Austen coverlet replica has 2 more rows of blocks with sashing between them:



Thank you to all of you for participating in our Design Wall Monday Linky Party.  I love looking at your pictures and reading your blogs.  I am so grateful that you share your progress with us.  You are a blessing!

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