Sock Monkey Strippie Finish

It's a finish!

Sock Monkey Strippie

36 x 45

Someone gave me some strips of Sock Monkey fabric. 

Someone else gave me some crumb blocks that just happened to have a Sock Monkey in one block. 

They were meant to be together so a Strippie was born. I had enough of the green stripe fabric to add some strips to the mix. 

I assembled the top in November 2025.

I quilted it on my sewing machine with some loops and squiggles. 

There's another green stripe on back and I had enough of that for the binding too. 

And sew on...

Finished Or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts

A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

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FYI - Yesterday's blog post was about some quilts I made with some patients of the Feb. 2026 Rotaplast mission in Chattogram, Bangladesh. 

 

Quilts I Made With Patients in Chattogram, Bangladesh

I've had a little quilting marathon going on here in March. One of the places I send quilts is Wrap-A-Smile.  

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

In February I spied three of my quilts with Rotaplast patients in Chattogram, Bangladesh. That was a February 2026 mission. I am always so thrilled to see quilts in action.! 

I have added pics of the front and back of the quilts I made as well as the patient who got the quilty hug. 

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It's A Finish! Orphan Heidi

It's a finish!

Orphan Heidi

40 x 60

Heidi is full of 8 and 8.5 inch unfinished blocks I framed in blue scraps so they all became 12.5 inch unfinished blocks. 

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I arranged the blocks in columns with a blue multicolor sashing in between columns. 

The top was finished back in November 2025.

I quilted it on my sewing machine with swirls of blue. 

The back and scrappy blue binding. 

And sew on...

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I meant to post about this quilt on Monday; however, I have spent most of the last several days sleeping. I came down with some kind of illness that caused dizziness, vomiting bile, headache, sensitivity to light and extreme exhaustion. I'm rarely ill, thank goodness. I had to make myself better yesterday afternoon so I could take hubby to get a CT scan so maybe they can figure out the cause of his jaw pain now that the antibiotic caused the swelling to go down. I hate seeing him in such pain.  I think the extreme anxiety caused by several things going on in my life right now that are a cause of constant worry as well as dehydration and pushing myself too hard might have been the cause of my bout of illness.   I need to stop worrying and go sew and sow!

 

A Couple of Small Finishes

Two Small Finishes

42 x 42

Last year someone gave me some Sixteen Patch blocks made of 4 inch squares.  I decided to make them into two small comfort quilts and just added Star centers. 

I finished the two tops back in November 2025.

I quilted both on the diagonals. 

And sew on...

Oh Scrap! at Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

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The latest Rotaplast mission has been in Cebu City, Philippines. You might like to read Reynaldo's story!

I see from the latest QBB blog post that I have a quilt going to  Comfort Cases, for children entering foster care and several quilts going to Salaam Cultural Museum, for the comfort of refugees, both in the US and abroad.

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I took a little break from my quilting marathon the last couple of days to process all the quilt back trimmings as well as some other scraps that have accumulated on my cutting mat.  I'm preparing for next month's theme in my quilting space - "strings, crumbs and fodder".  I have also been working out in the garden the last couple of days. I planted lettuce, spinach, kale, mustard greens, radishes, beets, sugar snap peas in the veg garden and noticed my rhubarb is sprouting up.  Today my granddaughter and her partner are coming for a visit and lunch. It's been awhile since I've seen them so I'm looking forward to catching up on their lives. I have a little box of odds and ends to pass on to them as well as a few quilts. 

 

Red Scraps

ZigZag Blocks

8 inch

Made with 2.5 inch width scraps

Uneven Shoofly

10 inch

Made with 4.5 inch scraps

Combining florals with shirtings, plaids, homespuns

Greek Key

9 inch

Made with 1.5 inch width red scraps and constant yellow background. The whole quilt will be just red and yellow.

Potato Chip

6 inch

Made with 1.5 inch width scraps

Also catching up with blue and green blocks I cut but didn't get sewn together.

Potato Chip blocks are a Courthouse Steps variation which is a Log Cabin variation. 

And speaking of Potato Chips...

I thought I would make a small quilt that is just one big Potato Chip block. I will add rounds in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color of the month. Made with 2 x 3.5 rectangles. 

And sew on...

RSC ScrapHappy Saturday

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Spring has Sprung!

We had several inches of snow, high winds and freezing temps a few days ago. Yesterday all the snow had melted and I was greeted outside my back door with patches of crocus in the lawn. 

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A couple of weeks ago my husband's face swelled up and he was in a lot of pain. (He has osteoradionecrosis from radiation received for cancer many years ago). On Tuesday March 10 I took him to the doc and he put him on an antibiotic. Some of the side effects of the antibiotic are some of the same symptoms causing his distress. He has finished the antibiotic and is supposed to call the doc on Tuesday to find out next steps. The swelling has gone down; however, he is in a lot of pain and can barely speak. He thinks he may have a broken jaw.   His jaw broke on the other side several years ago due to the osteoradionecrosis and surgeons took his fibula and made him a new jaw bone.  I sure hope he does not have a broken jaw. The hospital is an hour away and his stay was about 10 days. The surgery was over 14 hours.  One good thing is that he has a G-tube and so at least he is still getting nutrition he needs. 

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Finished a book! The Two Wives of Cuddy Ranse by Anna Housego. Historical fiction. This is the second book I have read by Anna Housego. Both books are inspired by her ancestors and real events. This book is based on her fourth great grandfather a convict who was transported to Australia. His first wife was a free woman who followed him to Australia and the second wife was his very young convict housekeeper. I wish I could write stories like Anna Housego about my ancestors. (Dream on!)

 

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I guess Amazon Prime has a new TV series called Scarpetta based on medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in the Patricia Cornwell novels. I've read quite a few of the Patricia Cornwell books; however, I have not watched the new show. It has not received good reviews. BUT I might have to watch because I guess my brother Kerry is an extra. He's been having fun since retirement playing an extra in several movies. He sent me this clip from Season 1 Episode 4.  He's the guy with the mustache in black on the right. 

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Today is my 74th birthday.

It's A Finish!

It's a finish!

Baskets and Flying Geese and Windmills, Oh My!

40 x 52

It all started with some really cute basket blocks that were given to me. All I had to do was add a few  borders. I finished the top back in November 2025.  I quilted it on my sewing machine with swirls. 

The binding is a plain gray and you can see the backing here. 

And sew on...

Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts

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A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

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The latest Rotaplast mission has been in Cebu City, Philippines. You might like to read Reynaldo's story!

 

Raggedy Ann and Andy Finishes

Raggedy Ann and Andy Quilts

36 x 46

I made three comfort quilt tops for the Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) 2026.  

So far I've finished these two. I don't have a backing right now for the third. 

The prompts that made the quilts -

Round One with 4 inch finished Hourglass blocks.

Round Two - In round one I used Four Patches for the cornerstones.  I replaced the cornerstones with Double Four Patches. 

Round Three - I added a border to two sides of each top and added Puss in the Corner blocks to the top and bottom of those side borders. 

Round Four - I added borders with hearts to the top and bottom. 

Round Five - I added two color borders made of 2.5 inch width strips to the top and bottom of the quilts.

Round Six - I added 3 x 6 Flying Geese to top and bottom of both quilts.

I quilted both on my sewing machine with swirls. 

And sew on...

A little quilting marathon is going on here in March . Soon I will have boxes of comfort quilts to send off to two of my favorite charities that provide quilts for kids  - Wrap-A-Smile  (WAS)  and      Quilts Beyond Borders.  (QBB).

Wrap-A-Smile (WAS) partners with Rotaplast International.

 Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities.

Quilts Beyond Border (QBB) quilts go to many different initiatives both foreign and domestic...foster care, refugees, Indian reservations, orphanages, women's recovery centers...you will just have to go read the QBB blog because I can't remember them all.

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The current Rotaplast mission is in Cebu City, Philippines. You might like to read Reynaldo's story!