Stitching Stuff: Week 42 of 2026

 

We finally got our autumn weather.  One day we've got heat indexes of over 100 degrees and the next our highs are in the 50's.  Talk about whiplash!  I had to dig out my warm slippers and a sweater yesterday morning before sitting down at the computer. The day before I was in shorts and a sleeveless tank while catching up on blog posts.  The forecast says we'll be back in the 80's by the end of the week. But the cooler weather this weekend is prefect for finishing up a binding and some quilting. Activities where the quilt spends a lot of time on your lap.  

It wasn't a bad week on the stitching front.  We spent one day of last weekend with family celebrating Mom's birthday, so I didn't get in a full seven days of stitching time.  

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/Oct = 16/17 days 
• 15 minute days/2026 = 283/290 days
• Success rate = 97.59%

I still have an "A" for my quilting time for 2026 even with the day off.  We'll have to see how the rest of the year goes. With the holidays coming up, I'll probably miss a few more days before we get to the end of the year. My goal was to exceed a 85% success rate, so I have room if the year gets too hectic.  

How is your stitching time working out? 

 

Stitching Stuff: Week 41 of 2026

 

This week went really fast.  How is it Sunday again?  It's been a good week on the stitching front, lots got done.  But I still didn't get to everything I had hoped to even though stitching happened every day.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Oct = 10/10 days
• 15 minute days 2026 = 277/283 days
• Success rate = 97.88%

It's been a good year on the stitching front. All that time at the machine has meant more quilts moving to finished this year then last. Not hard when I only finished one quilt last year.  I'm on track to finish 5.  Not my best year ever, but definitely a solid one.  

Earlier this week, My Girl sent me this picture of Queenie with the statement "I don't know what I did."

I'm not sure either, but it certainly looks like My Girl is in the dog house with her kitty.  My Girl has been talking about Queenie needing to go to the Vet for her annual check up.  So maybe that's it, or maybe Queenie is just practicing for Halloween?  

How's your stitchy week going?  

1. Gretchen 2. maggief 3. Julie in GA

4. Frédérique 5. Melissa G 6. Karen

7. Bonnie in Va 8. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 9. Quilting Gail

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Stitching Stuff: Week 40 of 2026

 

It was a good week on the stitching front.  I only managed 15 minutes on Monday, but I got it in before I had to make that drive home.  I've not done that much time in the sewing room, but I've made it to open sew at the quilt shop a couple of times this week. I feel more in the groove after that.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Sept = 28/30 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 270/276
• Success rate = 97.83%

September wasn't a perfect month on the stitching time front, but I'm OK with that.  I'm still in the high 90's in terms of stitching time percentage.  When you think about it, just 6 days with no stitching time is really good when you realize it is October! 

It's nice to be sewing at home, but I do miss my sewing observer. 

My daughter's cat, Queenie, decided my pressing mat was prime napping territory. Thankfully she only napped on it when I wasn't sewing. It wouldn't have been fun to ask her to move.  

Did you get your stitching time in this week? 

1. Gretchen 2. maggief 3. Melissa G 4. Julie in GA

5. Frédérique 6. Karen 7. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 8. Patricia in New Mexico

9. Bonnie in Va 10. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 11. Quilting Gail

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Stitching Stuff: Week 39 of 2026

 

It's been a fun week getting to hang out with My Girl and Queenie.  It's been harder to find time to stitch on the weekends as we've been out and about, but I managed to get in some play with needle and thread even if we were out and about. 

• 15 minutes/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minutes/Sept = 24/26 days
• 15 minutes/2026 = 263/269 days
• Success rate = 97.77%

So it was a good week on the stitching week. I haven't gotten to all the projects I brought along, but the plan for today is to stay in and just hang out.  So I'm hoping to at least pull one other project bag to work on before I leave tomorrow.  

Last weekend we shopped at the big stores, this weekend we hit a couple of quilt shops, a book store, and had lunch yesterday at a tea shop. 

The tea was wonderful and lunch was really good too. It was so nice to do something just a bit different for a change. 

How did you do at getting to your stitching stuff this week?

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Stitching Stuff: Week 38 of 2026

It was another long and hot week.  So definitely a lot of time was spent in the sewing room.  But I did bust out and spent most of Friday on the road.  Navigating both Dallas and Houston traffic in one day is absolutely no fun at all.  Needless to say, I didn't get much stitching stuff done that day.  

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/Sept = 17/19 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 256/262 days
• Success rate = 97.71 days

Not a bad week. Too bad I missed a day last weekend when I didn't feel well.  A 97% plus average is still very respectable.  I should be do well this week as I have no chores and will have my whole days to sew. Though I expect a bit of reading will be part of my agenda as well.  

How did you do with your stitching agenda last week?  

1. Julie in GA 2. Gretchen 3. Melissa G 4. maggief

5. Frédérique 6. Patricia in New Mexico 7. Karen 8. Bonnie in Va

9. Deb in Canada 10. Andree 11. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

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Stitching Stuff: Week 37 of 2026

 

My apologies for getting this linky party up a bit late this morning.  I felt pretty crappy yesterday and spend most of the day napping.  I suspect seasonal allergies was the culprit there. We finally got our cool down and some rain, which I suspect was the trigger for the out of sorts feeling.  The sewing room just wasn't on the agenda yesterday, I missed my first stitching day in a couple of months.  

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/Sept = 11/12 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 250/255 days
• Success rate = 98.04%

My stitching time goal is 75%, so I'm still on track with that. I felt much better when I got up this morning, so hopefully the crud is over for now.  

How are you doing with moving your projects along? 

 

1. Melissa G 2. Frédérique 3. Julie in GA 4. Deb in Canada

5. Gretchen 6. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 7. Karen 8. Bonnie in Va

9. Quilting Gail 10. Andrée at Quilting & Learning

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Stitching Stuff: Week 36 of 2026

 

The heat dome seems to have taken up permanent residence over Oklahoma.  The whole state is in drought, some places have very severe drought. It's so hot and dry that the leaves on many trees are turning brown and falling off.  Some trees are almost bare now.  Based on the forecast into next weekend, we will cool down into the mid to high 90's, but have triple digits forecast until next Thursday. That should mean lots of sewing time this next week too.  

I definitely took refuge in my sewing room this week, it's become the theme of my summer.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Aug = 31/31 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 244/248 days
• Success rate = 98.39%

Not a bad year so far on the stitching front.  I've gotten lots done this summer, but I suspect once the weather gets cooler, I'll be spending more time hiking and doing more things with My Guy. Now that he's retired too (at least for now) he has more time to do the fun stuff. But it's been hard to want to do much in this heat.  He has plans for when it cools down. 

How was your week in the sewing room? 

 

1. Gretchen 2. Julie in GA 3. maggief 4. Frédérique

5. Deb in Canada 6. Melissa G 7. Karen 8. Andrée at Quilting & Learning

9. Bonnie in Va 10. Quilting Gail 11. Jennifer in Indy

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Stitching Stuff: Week 35 of 2026

 

Its still hot and dry here.  At least there were no triple digit temps this week. It's amazing how much cooler 10 degrees lower feels even when the temps are still in the mid to high 90s.  I suppose it's a conditioning thing.  Even with the slightly lower temps, my sewing room is still my preferred hang out spot.  Which means it's not been hard to work in all my stitching time. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Aug = 29/29 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 237/241 days
• Success rate = 98.34%

So far August has been a good month on the stitching front.  Hard to believe it's almost September. Hopefully that month brings some cooler temps and a reason to be tempted to get out of the house and not sew for a day or two.  

With all the time in the house due to the heat, we started another decluttering project. I need to get back to cleaning out the attic, but that would be life threating in this heat. So we started in on the cabinets in the laundry room. They haven't been cleaned out since we moved in 20 years ago. The two upper cabinents have been emptied, sorted and now we have one completely empty cabinet. I started on the "junk" drawers later in the week.  

We apparently have quite the collection of lanyards and extension cords.  I found 7 cords in the drawer, two of them were still in their packaging. Thankfully, My Girl is in need of a couple of extension cords.  So those will find a new home. Haven't decided what to do with the lanyard collection just yet.  

Have you spent all your in door time stitching or have a few not fun chores snuck in there too?  

Update: The original post was flagged by Blogger as containing malware or a virus.  Two of my Stitching Stuff posts were flagged. The one common thing I can find between the two posts is one of the linky party participants.  I've removed the linky party from those two posts to see if that fixes the problem.

   

Stitching Stuff: Week 34 of 2026

 

If the weather man has it right, this next week we'll see a cool down into the 90s for most of the week.  It's been so hot here this August many of the trees are dying. The leaves are brown and falling off like it is autumn. So I'll take the 10 degree drop in temps and a bit of rain that's in the forecast.  We definitely need both.  

Taking refuge in the sewing room seems to be my thing this summer. It's certainly paying off.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Aug = 22/22 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 230/234 days
• Success rate = 98.29%

It's easy to stay on track when it's too hot to do much of anything else.  

How are you doing with getting in your sewing time?  

1. Gretchen 2. Julie in GA 3. Frédérique 4. maggief

5. Melissa G 6. Karen 7. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 8. Bonnie in Va

9. Quilting Gail 10. Marsha's Spot 11. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

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Stitching Stuff: Week 33 of 2026

 

Summer is still in full effect.  The weather man says we'll have 100 plus days till mid week and then it cools off to the low to mid 90s.  Not a lot cooler, but I'll take any type of cool down at this point.  Hopefully this week will be the last of the 100 plus temps.  

The one advantage of the high temps is that you don't want to leave the house to do anything. It makes picking the sewing room really easy, which is perfect for getting in your stitching time. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Aug = 15/15 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 223/227 days
• Success rate = 98.24%

Another good month on the stitching front.  Even with all the stitching time, I still feel like I'm not making good progress on my projects.  My UFO list isn't going down as fast as I'd like. It would help if I'd stop starting new projects, but that doesn't work either.  So I need to just accept that and keep plugging.  

When I visited My Girl back in June, she purchased a recliner.  She's been wanting one for a long time.  There's been one problem with it. 

Queenie has decided it's prime napping space.  My Girl has to get there first. Even then, if My Girl gets up for a snack or anything else, Queenie will grab it. I hear about the recliner wars just about nightly.  But I agree with My Girl, Queenie is just too cute to kick out of the chair.   

How is your stitching time going?  

 

1. Gretchen 2. Julie in GA 3. maggief 4. Karen

5. Bonnie in Va 6. Quilting Gail 7. Patricia in New Mexico 8. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

9. Frédérique 10. Marsha's Spot

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Stitching Stuff: Week 32 of 2026

We expect warm the first week of August here in Oklahoma.  The weather definitely didn't disappoint.  The sewing room is the warmest room in the house, but it's still cooler than outside.  That made it easy to get in all my stitching time this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Aug = 8/8 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 216/220 days
• Success rate = 98.18%

It's definitely been a good year in terms of getting in my stitching time most days.  I've only missed 4 days so far. I'm hoping to keep it less than 7 for the year.  We'll see, I don't want to get too committed on that front because as we all know, life happens.  

How is your stitching life going so far this year? 

1. Gretchen 2. Julie in GA 3. Karen

4. maggief 5. Jennifer in Indy 6. Bonnie in Va

7. Quilting Gail 8. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 9. Marsha's Spot

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Stitching Stuff: Week 31 of 2026

 

It was a very calm week. Physical therapy is finished, but now starts the round of dental appointments to address a few years of not having a dentist.  But other than those appointments, not much has competed for stitching time.  So it was a good week on that front.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 31/31 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 209/213 days
• Success rate = 98.12%

July is the first month in a bit that I've managed to stich every day.  I've missed 4 days total this year, not bad considering how much traveling happened and my not so fun year with the back, knee and tooth.  All the stitching time has made for a pretty productive year.  

How are you doing at getting to your stitching time with rest of all the stuff going in your life? 

1. Gretchen 2. Julie in GA 3. LeeAnna sewing every day

4. Karen 5. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 6. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

7. Patricia in New Mexico 8. Bonnie in Va 9. Quilting Gail

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Stitching Stuff: Week 30 of 2026

 

We were all looking forward to a laid back weekend after being at a family wedding last weekend. It's fun to see family, but driving in Dallas traffic and navigating all the road construction was definitely not the fun part of the trip.  I came back from the weekend not feeling my best.  I didn't get much done in the sewing room till about midweek, but it got better from there.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 25/25 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 202/206 days
• Success rate = 98.06%

With all the sewing this month, I'm back over 98%.  I'll definitely take that. It's been a bad couple of months on the health front, but hopefully I'm on the tail end of those issues and will have lots of time to stitch over the next few months. I'll definitely be in the sewing room this week, the temps are going to be triple digits for several days.  

Are you playing in the sewing room to avoid the summer heat? 

1. maggief 2. Melissa G 3. LeeAnna sewing every day 4. Karen

5. Bonnie in Va 6. Patricia in New Mexico 7. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 8. Carol @ Quilt Schmilt

9. Frédérique 10. Linda at Texas Quilt Gal 11. Marsha's Spot

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Stitching Stuff: Week 29 of 2026

 

Other than PT appointments, I think this last week has been the first one in a bit without a doctors appointment.  That won't last, I have a orthopedic appointment this next week and a dentist appointment the following. Thankfully both are in town, so no drive to Tulsa required.  I had a couple of really good afternoons of stitching time, so it wasn't hard to get my time in this week.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 18/18 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 195/199
• Success rate = 97.99%

I'm almost back to 98% success with this week's effort. I'm hoping that July is a sewing every day month.  I've not had one of those since March.  

How did you do at working in some good sewing room time last week?  

1. Frédérique 2. Julie in GA 3. maggie

4. LeeAnna sewing every day 5. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 6. Karen

7. Jennifer in Indy 8. Bonnie in Va

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Stitching Stuff: Week 28 of 2026

 

It was a fairly quiet week for a change.  I had an endodontist appointment on Monday to check if my tooth problem needed a root canal. Nope, I just have a really bad sinus infection. After round three of antibiotics, I'm hoping that issue is resolved. Other than my PT appointments, I was free to make progress in the sewing room.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 11/11 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 188/192
• Success rate = 97.92%

I managed to sew every day this week. First time I've managed that since early June.  My goal for the year was to stitch at least 80% of the time. I'm on track to beat that for sure. 

How are things going in your sewing room?  

1. Gretchen 2. maggie fellow 3. Julie in GA

4. LeeAnna 5. Karen 6. Quilting Gail

7. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 8. Bonnie in Va 9. Andrée at Quilting & Learning

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Stitching Stuff: Week 27 of 2026

 

Did you spend last evening watching fireworks?  We didn't go this year, it's just way to hot to be outside for long, even after dark.  Summer really hit this week, the sewing room has been the place to be.  

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/June = 28/30 days
• 15 minute days/ July = 4/4 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 181/185 days
• Success rate = 97.83%

It's a long drive from south Texas to northern Oklahoma, I was pretty tired when I got in last Monday.  Stitching just didn't happen.  That's OK, I at least got my time in the rest of the week.  Fingers crossed I'm back to 7 days of stitching time this week.  

My Girl and I had lots of adventures last week.  We went furniture shopping one day as I could be at the apartment when the furniture was delivered.  The big furniture box didn't go to waste.  

My Girl has been wanting a design wall. A bit of white flannel from Michaels and some white Gorilla tape and she had a simple, but functional design wall to sit on her craft table.  It's about 40" x 64".  Those are my Wild and Goosey blocks up on it.  My Girl is pretty happy with it.  I'm hoping she gets some good use out of it this summer.  

Have you been hiding from summer in your sewing room this week? 

 

1. Gretchen 2. maggie f 3. Julie in GA 4. Melissa G

5. Frédérique 6. LeeAnna 7. Bonnie in Va 8. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

9. Patricia in New Mexico 10. Quilting Gail 11. Andrée at Quilting & Learning

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Stitching Stuff: Week 26 of 2026

I've spent the week in Texas hanging out with My Girl and her kitty cat.  I brought the sewing machine, but with the schedule we've kept, it has been just easier to work on my embroidery project rather than drag out all the sewing machine stuff.  But one way or the other, I did get my sewing time in. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/June = 26/27 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 175/178 days
• Success rate = 98.31%

I made good progress on my embroidery project and a bit on Lupine and Laughter.  I got to spend a lot of time with my daughter, which was the point of the trip.  I hope to get a bit of sewing time in before I have to load up the car this evening. I'll head home tomorrow. 

Have you had a good week in the sewing room?  

  

1. Frédérique 2. Gretchen 3. Julie in GA 4. maggie f 5. LeeAnna

6. Karen 7. Melissa G 8. Bonnie in Va 9. Quilting Gail 10. Andrée at Quilting & Learning

11. Carol @ Quilt Schmilt 12. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 13. Marsha's Spot

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Stitching Stuff: Week 25 of 2026

 It's been a busy week, just not in the sewing room. Still I did pretty well at working in my 15 minutes most days. 

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/June = 19/20 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 168/171 days
• Success rate = 98.25%

I'm hanging out with My Girl this week.  I was supposed to visit back in March, but My Guy's change in employment nixed those plans. Then my series of unfortunate physical maladies kept getting in the way. My Girl got Friday off for Juneteenth, so this seemed like a good time to come visit since we'd have a three day weekend. I drove down on Thursday. That's the day I missed my stitching time as I was pretty tired after being on the road for 10 hours.  We've been out and about the last two days. 

After a full day of shopping on Friday, we decided coffee and breakfast pastries with a side of good books made for a reasonable girl dinner (we had a big lunch).  After two days of being out and about, the plan for today is to stay in and do our own thing.  I brought the sewing machine, so that's my plan for today. 

How did it go in your sewing room this week. 

 

1. Frédérique 2. Quilting Gail 3. Gretchen 4. Julie in GA

5. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 6. Melissa G 7. Karen 8. Bonnie in Va

9. LeeAnna 10. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 11. Marsha's Spot

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Stitching Stuff: Week 24 of 2026

 

Nothing else "broke" this week. The shoulder is back to normal. I started PT for my back and knee, so I've been a bit sore the past couple of days, but a good soreness.  The only bummer is the medication I'm on for my knee is making my stomach very unhappy. I've got 2 more months of it before we decide if it's going away or not. Getting older can be so not fun.  

But the being retired part of being old is going well.  I made good use of my retirement time to get back into the sewing room while everything is mostly feeling good. I more than met my 15 minute/day goal for the week.

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/June = 13/13 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 162/164 days
• Success rate = 98.78% 

So it's been a good week on the productivity front.  Hopefully that continues this week. 

Queenie, My Girl's kitty, has decided her person shouldn't be leaving the house for work.  

Queenie has starting sitting on My Girl's shirt during the getting ready to go morning routine.  I'm not sure how My Girl got past that "I mean business" face, but I do know she made it to work Friday. 

How are things going in your sewing room this week?  

  

1. Frédérique 2. Gretchen 3. Julie in GA 4. maggie f

5. Melissa G 6. Karen 7. Patricia in New Mexico 8. Bonnie in Va

9. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 10. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 11. Carol @ Quilt Schmilt

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Stitching Stuff: Week 23 of 2026

We've had rain and a couple of hot, humid days this week. Perfect stitching weather.  Hot and humid is even less fun than being out in the rain. Playing in the sewing room was definitely the preferred activity this week.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/May = 30/31 days
• 15 minute days/June = 6/6 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 155/157 days
• Success rate = 98.73%

June is off to a good start on the stitching front.  I'm making good progress on my to do list and on my goals for the year.  It's a nice place to be just before we hit the halfway point in the year.  

How are you doing with your stitching goals?  

1. Frédérique 2. Melissa G 3. Julie in GA

4. maggie f 5. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 6. Bonnie in Va

7. Quilting Gail 8. Dreamworthy Quilts 9. Marsha's Spot

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