I did end up working on each of my three hand stitching projects over the last week, and progress was made! These two saw a little bit of stitching on a few different days -
Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Saturday, September 20, 2025
Three projects, Pt. 2
Friday, September 19, 2025
More with greens and blues...
Continuing on with my plan to make four more quarter star blocks in each of the eight colors we've worked with this year - I finished up the red ones this week, and found pieces and parts for some orange blocks. And then I ran out of the Grunge Sea background! So some is on order from Fat Quarter Shop, and I'll get back on that when it arrives.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
I Like Thursday #450
We've been doing some fall yard clean-up, so many of my summer flowers (like the petunias in pots) have been ripped out. But the big pot of marigolds is still going strong - they're a good fall flower! I like to leave them in there so they'll re-seed themselves for next year.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Midweek Update - Updated!
This week, I seem to be jumping around from one thing to another in my sewing room. I opened up and spread out those fat quarters I bought in Oregon last week. I don't buy a lot of novelty fabric, but I do love these. They're going to become my Table Scraps Challenge project for September.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Three projects...
for a slow stitching Sunday!
A little progress has been made on "Celebrate Fall." I took it along on our trip, but hardly got it out. I guess you never know what kind of time there'll be for stitching when you're away from home. I've made a little progress on it, though - the words are finished and a few other areas!
Friday, September 12, 2025
Making some decisions...
After a week away from my sewing machine, I was ready to get back at it, and decided to work on some quarter star blocks. The last time I shared the progress on these blocks (after making aqua in August) they were looking like this -
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Midweek Update
A week ago we were getting on a plane for a vacation to the Oregon Coast - today we're getting on a plane to go home. The week went by so fast - vacations always do! We had a lovely time, walked many steps every day, and now we need to go home and recuperate, lol!
It was a foggy week on the coast, cool and damp, but also beautiful.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
This week...
We are headed out of town! 🎼🎵🎶 My bags are packed, I'm ready to go! 🎶🎵
Here's a little hint about our destination. I'm sooo looking forward to it!