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Musings of a Menopausal Melon...mmmquilts
Education. Inspiration.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Kismet
After I'd finished my Winter Blues quilt for Project Quilting 16.2. I always wondered if it would work with a jellyroll…and it sure did! It's taken me no less than five quilts (yep, this is number 5!) made in this pattern to finally answer that question! Here is Kismet, and she has quite the story to tell.
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Gratitude & Glimmers #96
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
--Oprah Winfrey
Welcome to my post for the month of all things I like and for which I am grateful. You can find links to more posts like this one at LeeAnna's blog, Not Afraid of Color. Glimmers are the little things that give me a frisson, if you will, of joy or happiness or excitement, or all three.
I like going for a walk at the marina in Leamington. This year they have put these life-like rubber statues at a few points. We aren't sure why unless it's a deterrent to the Canada geese, whose poop is, uh, rather large and prolific! Rufus was intrigued. I missed the original encounter where he went nose to nose to investigate this strange dog!
Monday, June 23, 2025
Glowing Hearts - Winners!
Wow! Seventeen quilts made this year, and what absolute beauties. I am truly grateful that each of you took time out to make this quilt. I love seeing all the various spins you put on it as well. To me, a quilt pattern can be made as is, or can be a jumping-off point for your own personal touch.
I am also truly grateful that once again, I have generous sponsors who offer some pretty sweet prizes. Let's see who won!
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Garden-Themed Totebag
Last week I mentioned that I'd had another commissioned totebag. Well, it has now been delivered to a very happy customer. She gave me a bit of an idea of what colours based on two makeup bags she'd seen on my Instagram feed, the navy one that was a gift and the black and white one in my shop. So here is where we ended up:
Quite the departure!
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Glowing Hearts QAL - The Parade!
Welcome to the ninth annual Parade of Quilts for my Quilt Along! First of all, I want to pause, as I always do, and think of you, Dad, on this day. You always thought it extra-special when your birthday happened to fall on Father's Day. I miss you still. I know you would love that my Quilt Alongs always end with a parade on your birthday.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Simple Satisfying Sewing
Maybe it's because my heart is aching so for the Palestinians, maybe it's because my throat feels utterly constricted with rage, maybe it's because this world seems so wilfully angry and ignorant, but I've been doing just what the title for this post says: sewing simple, quick, easy, satisfying little makes. You saw the collection of makeup bags in the previous post. Well, I made my orange churn dash block for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour of the month,
I'm having fun finding appropriate 5" centres in the colour of each month!
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Eight Makeup Bags!
From time to time I seem to go through spurts of making makeup bags. When I recently, as in over the past month, sold five, this was one of those spurts.
Some of these grew out of a need to make room in my 2.5” squares tray, others from a need for a gift, and still others because of sewing leader/enders, or finding a fun zipper I just had to use.
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