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    T Tuesday: two month update

    March 16, 2026 - By 

    My goal is to do a post for T stands for Tuesday monthly… I’m moving in the right direction at least.

    I’m not going chronological this time. I’m starting with a project that I’m thrilled to have finished…and in record time as far as I’m concerned.

    I made a flannel rag quilt. It’s not the first one I’ve made but I think the quickest.

    It wasn’t without some choice words at a couple of times…like when I accidently cut well over half of the flannel squares 1/2 inch larger in two directions than I should have. Better than too small though!!

    I even remembered to add a quilt label to this one. It’s something that I want to do with all my quilts. I hate doing hand embroidery, I don’t have a fancy machine that can do it either so I decided to draw 2026 on a piece of flannel and roughly stitch the year with various stitches and colors. Not ideal but it works.

    I usually leave the Marvin photo for the end of my post but he fits here this time around. He thinks that anytime I lay out quilt blocks to audition a layout that its exclusively for him. Those are 9 inch squares. 🙂

    This is another quilt I’m working on. I’ve actually gotten the entire top joined together now. I’m waiting for the motivation to put the entire quilt sandwich together and start the quilting process. That part is always daunting to me. I actually have another quilt in at the same stage laying on the spare room bed awaiting inspiration.

    All the quilting was somewhat inspired by a cold snap we endured.

    It was so cold that the wildlife were trying to take shelter next to the house.  We had a couple of whitetail deer right off the deck. The doe was shivering…it made me sad to see. The buck stood at the sliding glass door looking longingly at the indoors. He scared Mini-me who was recovering from her knee surgery on the couch. Her surgery went well and was able to return to her place and work right on schedule.

    The cold days made for beautiful sunrises.

    As usual I worked at our districts archery tournament this year. You may notice my obligatory beverage on the table per T stands for Tuesday rules. 🙂

     Shifting back to crafting…I used some itty bitty scraps to embellish a few cards and make some clusters. I love making something out of virtually nothing.

    My last thought for the day is brought to you by some bunnies.

    Today (Monday) was an unexpected day off. We had a blizzard over the weekend but only half the snow that was expected. I was super surprised when I got the text that school was closed. The weather played a part but it was mostly a district-wide phone outage. I’m not complaining, it was a nice bonus day!

    T stands for Tuesday
    What are you doing today?
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    Keep moving forward

    September 7, 2025 - By 

     

    I decided to play along with Mia’s theme of “make your own background” over on Art Journal Journey this month.

    Truth be told I’ve been wanting to play with paint lately but most of my crafting lately has been done in my sewing room…basically because I’d made my basement craft zone unusable. I’ve been working on sorting and cleaning. Finally made enough room to paint!!

    I had intended this journal to be a writing and keepsake journal but it spoke to me to be used today. Who knows…maybe it will be a bit of everything. There are no rules with creativity.

    I did a bit of finger painting on then put down a stencil and wiped away a bit of the paint leaving some fun circles. After waiting for that to dry…ugh, I hate that part…I used a flourish stamp to add a bit more interest.

    Lastly I layered a couple bits of paper then added a chipboard floral focal point and a Tim Holtz words sticker.

    The layered paper and fabric piece at the bottom of the page was already attached as a tiny pocket before I started. I made it work with the overall design.

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    AJJ: Red florals

    July 30, 2025 - By 

    I wasn’t sure I’d get another journal page completed for my July theme of Botanicals over at Art Journal Journey.

    I wanted to use another one of my digitals that I had printed ages ago. The aged paper look along with the maroon florals set the color palette.

    I found a couple stickers and a small ephemera piece that complemented each other nicely. I’m not a huge fan of shiny stickers but these worked for me.

    I love the subtle text in the background of the digital. It’s not that noticeable until you take a closer look.

    Since I love texture and textiles so much, I layered up some vintage pieces to frame up my page a bit.

    This will be my last of the Botanical series. I’ve filled my planner journal to capacity.

    It’s been so much fun guest hosting for the 4th time! I thought it was only three but after updating my collaborations page I realized it was my 4th time guest hosting. Thanks for coming along on the journey!