Hi and welcome! 🎄🎅 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! I'm thrilled that you've taken the time to drop by and read this post. Today is Christmas eve and I know that many people start their celebrations tonight. To my family in Denmark, Glaedelig Jul!
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays
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| Christmas/Winter door hanging (2015) |
Bloomers SAL
Today is the last day to share our progress on the Bloomers Sew Along. Thanks so much Denise for creating this fun event. It looks like even if we had two weeks to make each panel, it wasn't enough....I suspect that for me, it's never enough!😁
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| Seven panels of the Bloomers Sew Along |
These are the three panels that I finished last night.
The fabric for these flowers were donated by my darling DIL. I once told her that when she was finished with her blouse, to please give it to me. I thought that I would get it in a couple of years, but last year, she gave it to me. 😍Isn't she a sweetheart?
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| Made from darling DIL's blouse! |
This panel was made with batik scraps but I had heard that you can use FMQ to zigzag. I can attest that it's doable, but I would need lots of practice. The stitching is not great, but it's fine when not examined too closely. 😁
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| Not so great FMQ zigzag experiment |
I made the cute bird house panel. I'm hoping to add a bird or two in there. I embroidered it last night but I still have to stitch down the appliqué, with a regular zig zag.😉
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| Bird house panel |
Plans, goals & dreams for 2026 linking party
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, there doesn't seem to be a linking party for 2026's plans - so I'll be hosting one. The party begins December 30th and ends January 10th. Hopefully that's enough time to figure something out! 😀 Check out yesterday's post for details.
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| Linking party |
What I learned
- I enjoyed participating in the Bloomers Sew Along. I did try out a few techniques to make my flowers so I hope that it'll look cohesive enough.
- I will do one more panel and then figure out how I want to finish it. I really love the hexies so it will probably include those.
- I suspect that more time for a Sew Along doesn't make much difference - I'm not likely to finish anything within the time limit!
- So, you can use the zigzag stitch while FMQ. The only reason that it might be worth getting good at this, is that you can see so much better when you're using the darning foot. I even tried to do a regular zigzag stitch but using the darning foot. It wasn't any better. I'll have to practice and figure something out so that I can do better appliqués.
- Do you like the photo that I used for the button for the Plans, goals & dreams for 2026 linking party? I got to sit in a window seat on my way back from Copenhagen and saw the most amazing sun rise. I will eventually do some kind of art work from the photos. They are all amazing!
Related links
- Christmas/Winter door hanging (2015)
- Bloomers Sew Along
- Plans, goals & dreams for 2026 linking party, December 22, 2025
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to Denise's Bloomers Sew Along linking party as well as many others. You might want to check some of these out before linking up below! Monday Musings, Sew & Tell,
Free Motion Mavericks
Welcome to week 563 of Free Motion Mavericks! It was a VERY productive week! Thanks for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.
Preeti of Sew Preeti Quilts has another published quilt, this one in American Quilter. This lovely quilt is Trillium Trail.
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| Preeti's lively Trillium Trail |
Melva of Melva Loves Scraps had her 2025 Year in Quilts post. Here is one that I haven't featured.
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| One of Melva's finished quilts in 2025 |
Deb from A Scrappy Quilter had a lovely scrappy quilt, 8s and 10s that she gave at Christmas.
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| Deb's scrappy 8s and 10s quilt |
Gail of Quilting Gail has announced the 2026 Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR). Here is one of the quilts that she made during this challenge.
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| One of Gail's SAHRR finished quilts |
Here is the button - you'll want to add that to your blog!
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Margo of MY Quilts and Crafts had a lovely baby girl quilt as her final finish for 2025.
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| Margo's baby girl quilt |
Kate from Life in Pieces quilted two cat trivets that her daughter made. She used her walking foot.
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| Kate quilted these two cat trivets! |
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