I’ve been taking a break from blogging after my push to do a daily blog post for the 31 days of October, my 10th anniversary month of blogging. Additionally recently I had a wonderful visit with out of town family that of course kept me from sitting down and blogging.
Here are some updates on my current adventures in creativity.
THE DESIGN WALL
Here is a follow up to the post ScrapHappy October 2023 – Recycled Jeans and Home Decor Fabric Scraps.
I now have 66 blocks completed and 15 more to go to make 81 blocks for a 9 by 9 layout:

This is not even close to the final layout, just blocks put up on the design wall to track my progress. I have a lot of cleaning to do on my sewing machine after all that lint from sewing denim and home decor fabrics!
THE DESIGN CARPET
This is a follow up to the post What’s on the “Design Carpet”.
I’ve completed the 80 crocheted granny square blocks for the next granny square blanket I am making. I am doing a 8 by 10 layout of the blocks and will set them in dark gray yarn as the lattice.
Mike the Miniature Schnauzer couldn’t wait to lay on the laid out blocks as soon as I moved away from them!

This also is not the final layout, just a general layout to show all the blocks (and a Miniature Schnauzer, ha!).
THE WALL
This is a follow up to the posts Quiltfolk Issue #28 Colorado Released (and I am in it!), Magazine in Hand, and Magazine in Hand, Addendum…. One of the other quilters featured in Issue 28: Colorado of Quiltfolk Magazine, reached out to me and shared pages from an extra copy of the magazine she had purchased in order to take it apart and put the pages featuring her in her portfolio.
I used the pages she sent me to make a display in my studio of the article I am in using these cool 11 inch by 17 inch frames I found. John did a great job helping me hang them.
I’ll close this post with a cute meme my sister sent me the other day as we all struggle with Daylight Savings Time (setting the clocks back 1 hour in the Fall and 1 hour forward in the Spring); that is US states that agree to play along with it (Hawaii and Arizona do not participate).





That is a class shot of your doggie! Great sign too!
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Thanks for stopping by and just to clarify that is not my dog in the meme photo about daylight saving time 🙂
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Ah. I didn’t notice! Sorry about that!
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Your Quiltfolk featured-artist-article Wall is a classy addition to an already fantastic studio!
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Thanks so much I appreciate that!
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I love Mike; he just has to be where the action is, doesn’t he! The denim quilt is looking great, as the triangles give it a strong dynamic.
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He does! He was being a little annoying while I was laying out the granny squares, being impatient to lay down in them, ha!
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The denim quilt is pretty cool, and I love the color you chose for the afghan.
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Thanks so much 😀
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i really dig these patterns and your style
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Thanks so much 😀
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What a great idea using jeans, I can’t wait to see it finished. Mike is very smart to be using my favorite granny square afghan, if he wasn’t so cute I would fight him for it. What a wonderful wall of the magazine pages, you must be so proud!
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Thanks so much and Mike says he is 20 pounds now thanks to cheese that dropped on the floor while we were cooking, so he could take you in a “battle for the afghan” – ha! 😀
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Mike clearly feels that the granny square blanket was especially designed to colour-coordinate to him… Mouse used to get a small cube of cheese as ‘dessert’ after he’d finished his meal. Wouldn’t budge without it. Dogs, eh?
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Yes, he can blend better in his natural habitat of blankets and quilts 😉
Dogs so spoiled but we love them 🙂
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Very true. Higgins, however, is not going to be blending with any of his bedding, so will rely on the power of contrast and vividness!
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Wow, your carpet design is beautiful! And the color matches Mike! And Mike is so cute!!!
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Thanks so much 🙂
Mike likes that I coordinated with him 😉
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Ha! Changing the clocks does not change feeding time for me, either!!!
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I know I’ve been feeling off since the time change!
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I love all three ‘displays’. What a good idea to frame the magazine article.
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Thanks so much 🙂
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Hi Mike! You are adorable. Tierney, that’s such a nice way to memorialize your Quiltfolk magazine spread. It must have been quite the thrill to crack those pages for the first time. Your jean quilt is coming along quickly. Congrats on your 31-day blogging extravaganza.
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It was quite thrilling, thank you 🙂
I appreciate your kind words and for stopping by!
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Mike is helping you test how that layout will work as a blanket 🙂 Your What Direction Do I Go is beautiful!
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He is! He is a good tester 🙂
Thanks for your kind words!
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