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HQAL May 2025

It has been three weeks already, since I last shared progress on this bee embroidery project.

I left off here:

Beez By Tricia Cribbs Embroidery Design

I am happy to share that I have now finished that block!

Beez By Tricia Cribbs Embroidery Design

And the next block is ready to stitch!

Beez By Tricia Cribbs Embroidery Design

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

KathyMargaretDebSharonKarrinDaisy, and Laura

Have fun and carry on!

HQAL April 2025

Spring has arrived!

I have two big distractions…sunshine and gardening!

Home Flower Garden

Flowers are growing fast now! Lots of flowers!

Home Flower Garden

I am anxiously awaiting for all of those ‘trees’ in front of the garden to suddenly perfume the air with loads of pink, purple, and white lilac blossoms! Lilacs are everywhere here!

Home Flower Garden

I don’t have a photo, but the crabapple is full of pink buds and will open soon, too!

Daffodil

Daffodil

I am slowly spreading daffodil love around here. I have several varieties, and they are all doing well.

I used to have hundreds of tulips, but the rodents have devastated those (grrrrrrrrr). They don’t bother the daffodils, so a new look is happening around here.

Hyacinth

Grape Hyacinth

The critters, big and small, leave the hyacinths alone, too. Yay!

Here is an early lily that I think is very cool, and it appears to be thriving in my garden!

Fritillaria Persica

The peas are up, as well as the carrots, radishes, spinach, onion, a couple of types of lettuce, and the strawberries look great.

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and zucchini are all planted.

I hope y’all had a wonderful Easter! I know that I did! My daughter, and her fam, visited from North Carolina and it was such fun to see them!

Lest you think I have done nothing, stitching-wise, I do have a bit to report.

A very small bit.

Here is where I was:

Beez By Tricia Cribbs Embroidery Design

And, with a bad photo, here is where I am:

Beez By Tricia Cribbs Embroidery Design

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

KathyMargaretDebSharonKarrinDaisy, and Laura

Have fun and carry on!

HQAL March 2025

Here is where I was in the previous HQAL post:

Garden Baskets

You might not notice the difference, so I will point that out for you.

Compare the right side borders of both the 1st and 2nd photos. In the first, some of those leaves are white. That means that they have freezer paper on top, and are prepped for stitching. In the 2nd photo, those leaves are stitched and the freezer paper is removed.

Garden Baskets

This means that the quilt top is finished and is now marinating until time for quilting.

I am so happy to have reached this accomplishment!

I inherited these 3 fleece blanket kits from Mom, and they were my next project.

No Sew Fleece Throw Blanket

My granddaughter wants to make the kitty blanket. Yay! That left me with only 2 of these projects to make!

I made the cute snowman blanket first, and it is already gifted!

No Sew Fleece Throw Blanket

Next, I made the paisley blanket. It isn’t gifted yet, and I might just keep it handy for myself, or a guest, to cozy up with a book, or a movie.

No Sew Fleece Throw Blanket

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

 KathyMargaretDebSharonKarrinDaisyConnie and Laura

Previous Garden Baskets posts:

Garden Baskets

Garden Baskets Update and a Gif

Garden Baskets Update

Garden Baskets Update 3

Garden Baskets Update 4

Garden Baskets and Iris Update 5

May 2022 OMG Update

Quilt on!