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Stash Busters 2022 Challenge Update

Posted on February 13, 2022 | 14 comments

In my last Jericho Walls variation Stash Buster post, I was at a crossroads on border treatments for my quilt flimsy.

I should probably have put a little pink border, followed by a wider black border and called it good.

It would have been.

Instead I chose to make four patches and border it with those.

Stash Buster 2022 Challenge Jericho Walls Variation

It may be a bit overwhelming, but I am sticking with it anyway.

It now becomes a 48″ table topper (I have a large dining table) or wall hanging.

After I sandwich and quilt it of course.

In other news…

Betty Boop is back in the hospital.

I have nothing nice to say about her surgeon.

What kind of surgeon returns a beloved sewing machine that cannot be threaded, let alone stitch????

I didn’t take a photo of the poor girl, but her needle bar is placed so low that there was no access to thread it. I did manage…and we did sew this project together…we were gonna live with it. Until I put the free motion foot on. The needle bar is set so low that it can’t be used at all. Grrrrrrr!!!

Quilt On!

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Non-Sewing/Embroidery Goal February 2022

Posted on February 10, 2022 | 18 comments

I have done very little sewing so far this month.

Instead, I have been absorbed in genealogy (Gotta do that research before my subscription to Ancestry runs out!).

Currently, I am working on researching the Civil War ancestors. I don’t know a thing about war service, but I am learning. I have learned that it is very hard to place ancestors with their correct service record, when the parents chose similar names for their children! In other words, more than a few cousins and uncles are all named John, James and William!

I also learned that one can transfer to another regiment, or be absorbed by another regiment. So I may have William listed in several regiments and I apparently think that he has the ability to be in multiple places at once.

I don’t feel too bad about my confusion in placing everyone with their corresponding family and regiment…I have noticed, when I look at other public trees, that there is an abundance of confusion.

I can’t stress enough…check, cross-check, and do it again!

There are more to research, but I am sure of the following. All are 3rd cousins 5 times removed except for James…he is a 1st cousin 5 times removed.

James Trueblood b.1816 to d.1890 31st Regiment
James Trueblood
b.1816 to d.1890
31st Regiment
Private
Samuel C. Trueblood b.1833 to d.1913 50th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Samuel C. Trueblood
b.1833 to d.1913
50th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Sergeant
Adolphus Trueblood 15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry b.1836 to d.1832
Adolphus Trueblood
b.1836 to d.1832
15th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
2nd Lieutenant
Gilbert B Trueblood 133rd Infantry b. 1839 d.1907
Gilbert B Trueblood
b. 1839 d.1907
133rd Infantry
Surgeon Assistant

I do know where these graves are, and I have the service records of their regiments, but I won’t take up the space here. Just so you know…I have been on the internet way too much!

My other non-sewing related goal is to edit our photos from a 2016 vacation to Hawaii.

USS Missouri Hawaii 2016
USS Missouri Hawaii 2016
USS Missouri Hawaii 2016
USS Missouri Hawaii 2016

Little by little.

Keeping on.

How about you? Making progress with the non-sewing related goals?

Carry On!

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Stash Busters 2022 Challenge

Posted on February 3, 2022 | 17 comments

Border Creek Station sponsors a Stash Buster Challenge every year.

One block design is chosen and you only make one block a week for a total of 52 weeks. There is a Facebook group with plenty of participation and inspiration! There are lots of overachievers in the group!

I joined the group a couple of years ago, but have yet to take part in the challenge. This year will be different. I may not make 52 blocks, but I am making a few.

Stash Buster 2022 Challenge Jericho Walls Variation

Stash Buster 2022 Challenge Jericho Walls Variation

I cut out enough fabric to make 9 blocks. My intention was to use the black (because I have a bolt of it in my stash).

Stash Buster 2022 Challenge Jericho Walls Variation

Hmmmm…good thing I have a bolt of that dark pink to use up, too, since I’m sure not using much of the black!

I have never been a pink kind of gal, but I sure do think this block is pretty in pink!

Stash Buster 2022 Challenge Jericho Walls Variation

And it is easy to sew!

Stash Buster 2022 Challenge Jericho Walls Variation

9 blocks, sashing and a border already finished.

Stash Buster 2022 Challenge Jericho Walls Variation

At this point, the quilt top measures approximately 37″. I am leaving it on the design wall until I can decide how to finish it. It will be a wall hanging or a table topper. I can’t decide whether to bind it now, or add another border to finish it.

To be continued.

Quilt On!

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