I have been finding a little time to sew.

 Hello blogger friends. My life is pretty much on overload, but I have been sneaking in some sew time.  Here is what I've been up to.

My row quilt is together and at the quilters. I really love it! I took it to a retreat last month and got the border on.

Aurora blocks are together and the border stars are complete. I now need to get the borders on.

Paisley Punch is together and has a nice printed border. It looks rough in this bad lighting photo. I pressed it but didn't get it laid out good.  This one was also done at my retreat.

Friends who joined me at the retreat...

Fall street art

I am learning a variety of new stitches and doing wool applique for the first time. I do have a lot more done on this, but not good lighting at 5:30 a.m. to take one.

I am back pedaling to try and still meet my Chookshed goals for 2026. I had a rough start in 2026 losing Dad unexpectedly. The mojo ran away, but I made a plan and am still working toward reaching those goals.

Aurora is making progress. I still hope to get it done and off to the quilter. It is crossed off the list because I did make progress that month, which was my goal.

In July, I made progress on my new quilt coat, but couldn't find my pattern. It finally made an appearance last week. Yeehaw! Now I can go to work on it again. My July goal was to make progress on it as well.

The other goals are complete or off to the quilter.

Miss you all!  I hope to get to your blogs this week.

Very late Chookshed number draw for September

 Oops! So sorry friends. School started and I have been so C R A Z Y that I forgot to post our monthly number. I will say that there are only this month and October left, so if you already started, I completely understand!

Google generated number 4.

For me, number 4 are Life's Little Stars.  They originated as a swap, and I have made about 1/3 of them. Now to finish the rest and sash them together.

I posted about them here.

Below is a list of my monthly progress on each goal.  While I don't have many finishes, I have made lots of progress! I'll take that.

I recently attended an "End of Row Quiltalong". I am excited to show you the results.  Nine Utah quilters from across the state as well as one from Arizona joined a rowalong that I hosted. Each participant chose a theme and made their first row. The rows were passed bimonthly to the next person who would add a row to the quilt. Each quilt ended with 8 rows. I have been showing bits of progress on my blog throughout the past year and a half, but these were the reveals at our big "reveal" last Saturday. 

Theme: The Great Outdoors owned by Kim. She made the pine tree row. All of hers didn't fit together on the wall.

I made the fish on a blue background because the cute foxes really stuck out. I thought it needed more dark  blue. 

Me: Theme is "Summer in a Small Town".  I made the little town row with the church, dress shop, sweet shop, and quilt shop.

Angi's theme was houses. She made the large Lori Holt houses.

Phyllis theme was "Farm Life". She made the top row with the barn and tractor.  I made the Lori Holt applique row with the horse, pig, and tractor.

Robin's theme was country. She made the beautiful house row. I didn't get her quilt in the rotation, so no row from me.

Lark's theme was Sunny Days. She made the sunshine row.  I made the sunglasses.

Julie's theme was beach. She made the mermaid. I made the sunglasses.

Meg's theme was country. She made the super cute horse, barn, cow, sunflower row.  I made the same Lori Holt applique row with a tractor, pig, and horse.

Donna had a modern theme. So cool! She made the top row. I never got her quilt in the rotation. 

Flo, with her hubby, chose a gardening theme.  She made the gardening tools row.  I made the top row with words. Her husband is also a quilter and helped her every month.

It was a super fun experience and a great day together. We are no longer strangers!

Chookshed Challenge for August

 I was at a training with super bad service; hence, the late post. I apologize.

The Chookshed Number for August is 6.

My number 6 is done. I checked all of the embroidery on my Disney Princess blocks, and they are done.

I think instead I will work on their castle that I didn't touch in July.

I will add a linky when I can get to my laptop.

Happy sewing.

Chookshed Challenge July

 Hello Chookshed Challenge friends. How did you do on your June project? I selected the fabric for my princess castle and added noses and chins to my princesses. Hopefully this month I can get the top done.

The number for July is 5.

My number 5 is to piece blocks for a quilt coat.  I will be gone a lot this month, so we will see how that goes.

I am away from my laptop and won't be able to add the linky till I catch up with it.

Happy goal progress.

Stars, chickens, cookies, and more stars

Fun with friends at a local retreat last week = lots of sewing.

I finished my chickens in Cluck, Cluck, Bawk.

Aurora is finally making progress.

Life's Little Stars is abou 1/3 done.

I also prepped a sheet of cookies for applique in Lori Holt's "Let's Bake ".

Retreat friends...

June goals and more of Australia

June goals are lofty, but I will be gone to two quilt retreats and am not working because it is SUMMER BREAK! Oh do I need my June.

I need to complete a row for this quilt and pass it along. It is called Sunny Days.

I am hoping to completely cut these star blocks and begin sewing them.

This is a photo of what I am making.

I want to cut out all of my Aurora blocks to make a queen sized quilt.

Some appliqué prep needs to happen. I have choices from two Farm Sweet Farm quilts and Let's Bake. 

Paisley Punch, a quilt I started in April, needs the mitered  borders added. I think the matching border print will frame it nicely. 

Chair of Bowlies, started in May, needs some progress.

Cut my princess castle and begin assembly on the quilt.

Cut the rest of Cluck, Cluck, Bawk. Truthfully, I can't even find this project at the moment. 

Some Vesta progress

Maybe add pockets to my quilt coat.

Last photos of Australia...

We headed home through the Hunter Valley. It was beautiful! 

We visited the sheep art.

We arrived at the airport, to our dismay, 1 day early. It was my bad. We got a hotel and decided on some city things to see.

Evelyn suggested we use public transportation rather than Uber. It was fun navigating the city by train, bus, and on foot.

I heard that the buildings on the University of Sydney Campus were way cool, so off we went. LOVED THIS SITE?

We walked back on our way to church.  I enjoyed seeing some of the buildings. 

We also found our church meeting and went. They had a linger longer after with lunch. We made new friends. Isn't she adorable?

Evelyn and I enjoyed a tour of this beautiful church. It was a block away from our church.