First Projects of 2026

Hi there all my quilty friends.  I took an unexpected long break from sewing and blogging.   It was this long absence that made it so hard to get back to my normal routines.  

Thanks to a few dear quilty friends who contacted me to see how I was doing.  I really appreciate you and was touched beyond measure.  I love this quilting community and the lovely people in it.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.   💗💓💗 

Now that they had been gifted, I can share the photo.  The first two finished quilts of this year are these 2 baby quilts.  The first one is for a dear friend who just had her first grand baby girl.  She's over the moon for the new little baby.    Another one is for a young friend who had his first baby girl in March.  I finished this quilt sometime ago because of an advance notice.  All I had to do was put a label on. 

Then I lazily moved on to work on the denim quilt I finished (the top) last year.  You can read about it here.  Regarding the name of this quilt, I boiled it down to two names; Surprise! and Masquerade.   I welcome all input, let me know which name you like better.

I started quilting the background first because I knew what I wanted to do for it; I plan to do one inch grid.  The other areas, I'll get to them as I go along.  It's kinda like make it up as I go....LOL.

Until next time.   Hope you all have a great day!!

Margo

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

Slow Sunday Stitching by Kathy's Quilts

Sew & Tell by Melva Loves Scraps

Monday Musings at Songbird Design

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty

The Last Project of The Year

 I can't believe Christmas is almost here and the year 2025 is almost over.  This year has flown by so quickly.  I heard somewhere that the way down hill is faster.  Am I going that direction?   Hahaha

I decided to put other projects on hold and made this the last project of the year.  It's a baby girl quilt for a my son's college friend.  The new parents are over the moon with their first baby girl.  

I'm really happy with the way it turned out.  I love the way all the fray edges soften up the edges of the shapes on the quilt top.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.  May God bless you all with the richest blessings of Health and Happiness, always.

Margo

John3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

Slow Sunday Stitching by Kathy's Quilts

Sew & Tell by Melva Loves Scraps

Monday Musings at Songbird Design

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty

The First Marble

In the last few days, I worked on the first inset circle.  This is the most challenging one because I have to line up two seams that are crucial to the look I want to achieve.  

One of the background fabric is sheerer than the others and while I was composting the background layout, I accidentally put it over one marble.  I liked the way the marble looked through the sheer fabric so I kept them the way they were, frayed edge and all.  This is the way the first marble on the quilt looks.

I can't tell you how many times I undid the seams where the overlap is in order to line up the vertical and horizontal seams.

This project progresses slowly but I'm getting there.  

Thanks for visiting. 

Margo

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

Slow Sunday Stitching by Kathy's Quilts

Sew & Tell by Melva Loves Scraps

Monday Musings at Songbird Design

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty