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Slowly Plodding Along on Black, White and Pinks

I haven’t done too much sewing this week. I did manage to sew all but one of the A block rows on my black, white and pink Interweave quilt. Tonight I hit my sewing room and sewed together the first row of the B blocks and got it all pressed.

Then I got ready to sew this row to the A row that comes next to it in the quilt top.

So the first two rows of the quilt are now done. I think there is a total of nine rows.

I love it when blocks come together. They are always a little chaotic on the design wall. But when they are sewn together they start to sing!

And you know, I’m not someone who really enjoys quilting with a lot of pieces that require significant precision. But I do like it when my corners match nicely!

Here’s the Interweave pattern I’m using, since a few people have asked me for it. You can find it with a google search.

That’s it for sewing tonight. But before I called it quits I wound five bobbins for my Featherweight.

I always wind a few bobbins at a time. i like being able to just drop in a new bobbin and keep sewing. These will keep me sewing for quite a while.

I’m down to 20 days to go until I’m retired. I can’t believe it’s finally here! I’m so glad I will be retired when Christmas rolls around this week. My birthday is Tuesday, and that will be the big milestone that makes retirement a reality!

I’m going to spend Thanksgiving with a group of friends that I’ve had Thanksgiving with for the last ten years or so. I’m always responsible for mashed potatoes and cranberries, and then I make the gravy once the turkey comes out of the oven. I make really good turkey gravy!

I’m playing pickleball after work tomorrow night and will stop and do my grocery shopping on the way home. It’s a short list!

Happy Thanksgiving!

21 Replies to “Slowly Plodding Along on Black, White and Pinks”

  1. I adore your writings, sewingā€™s and musings!
    Congratulations on getting to retire!!!!
    Just had to tell you how much I admire you, as it makes me feel better!
    ā¤ļø
    Marion Lisko
    From Seattle
    Sent from my iPhone

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  2. happy birthday next week. I am also retiring shortly and not quite wrapped my head around it. Grandkids have many events till xmas and then will be reorg studio and office space. Ty for posting. You were one of stabilizing forces for two years during pandemic work. My creative mojo is revolving.. pat

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  6. Happy birthday a day early! And I wish you all the very best retirement days ahead. It took me longer than I expected to figure out how to ā€œdoā€ retirement after a career that had kept me running at 90 miles an hour for seven days a week. But I eventually dove head first into quilting and have explored it with the same sort of energy. It has been so very wonderful to explore my creativity and thereby find a way to produce beautiful art that is unique to me.

    And. I would love to know how you make really great turkey gravy. That is one area in which I need to improve my Thanksgiving day game.

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  8. wow that looks way less complicated the way you show it in the pix. Thanks. Now i might have to add this to my list. Surprised we didn’t get a count down day.

    enjoy turkey day! Scratch the puppies for me.

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  14. Happy  Birthday Anne! You and the dogs are going to love retirement. I really enjoy your blogs and love your quilts.  Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving from Texas.Karen GieseSent from my iPad

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  16. So happy to see what you’re working on! The next 3 weeks will go by so fast … and then you’ll be free to enjoy all that your life has to offer.

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  17. So happy to see what you’re working on! The next 3 weeks will go by so fast … and then you’ll be free to enjoy all that your life has to offer.

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