Ahh! Is Jennie Jennie without a sewing machine?!
Hopefully you’ll have some portable crochet projects to keep you sane.
Good luck, my friend!
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We have a friend in the town we’re moving to, who has a fully furnished little house she’s looking to rent. So we’re going to rent from her for a few months, while we search for our perfect house. We don’t want to rush to buy something we don’t love, just because this one sells. Once we find the right one, we might stay in Andrea’s place an extra month while we work on getting the new space ready too. Right now, we’re still living in our old house, but we’re packing and storing SO MUCH of our stuff. We did take the opportunity to get rid of our old couch and rug that we weren’t crazy about, and replaced them already. (Totally in love with the new ones!)
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November is already speeding by 
. With holidays coming up, it might be hard to find time to quilt. So this month’s prompt is designed to encourage you to take time for yourself and do something you love - quilt!
November Prompt
Spend time quilting:
Spend a minimum of 3 hours working on a quilt project. Whether it’s 30 minutes here and there, or an entire day of quilting, so long as it adds up to a total of 3 hours, you’ll have completed this prompt!
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Don’t forget, we also have our quarterly challenge, which this month’s prompt can contribute to!
Quarter 4 Challenge
(October 1 - December 31)
Finish your 2022 WIPs:
Remember that project you started back at the beginning of the year, but never got around to finishing? Now is it’s time to see the light of day again! What better way to end the year than with a pile of finished projects? Complete your 2022 works in progress. In order to be eligible for this challenge, your quilted project needs to be something that you either started or worked on sometime this year. It can either be a project that you are currently working on, or one that you previously set aside. Let’s make room for fun, new projects in 2023!
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I could do that (I think!). I started a honey bun hexagon crazy project months ago but I don’t think it will work out the way I wanted it to. I have a scrap project from a few prompts ago that I need to finish up. There’s a handsewn project from a quilting course that I need to finish into something (probably a pillowcase). And don’t forget the two crib quilts that I finished the top for but never got around to quilting.
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I’m finishing up my (mostly) BOM lap quilt, I need to do the hand finishing on the binding and I am done. Then the reveal. So I’ll hit both prompts this month. And then I need to finish the scrappy quilt. It will be nice to have both done. Then there’s a new year to look foward to…
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I have so many projects I need to finish. I’m impressed by all of you who manage to complete your quilts by your deadlines! I was really hoping to finish my Candy Corn Quilt Shoppe quilts by the start of October. I ended up pushing my deadline out to Halloween. Now I’m just hoping to get them finished by the end of this year (especially since I already made dated (2021-2022) labels for the backs. I’m making progress on them, but it is taking me waaaay longer than I’d have liked.
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I too have lots of projects. Most have been in my head for quite some time, but some I started cutting this year and some I actually starting piecing! (I know, right?) Maybe this will be the kick in the proverbial needed to get at least one (closer to being) done?
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Guys, I need an intervention! I have a weakness for Christmas fabrics. There are so many collections that are just so merry and cheery that simply looking at them brings me joy! Earlier today, I had two Christmas charm packs delivered. Seeing them in person has me considering turning them into a quilt. I just love them so much! But therein lies the problem. I have a Christmas quilt that is just waiting for me to label and bind it. I have fabric to make two matching Christmas quilts (one for me and one for my sister), I have at least 4 other various Christmassy charm packs, and 1 yard of fun Christmas fabric. Yet, even as I write this, I am seriously debating ordering this Cup of Cheer layer cake that’s on sale for a really good price. Oh, I forgot to mention that I already have this Cup of Cheer panel and my husband bought me the pattern for the Kimberbell Cup of Cheer wall quilt.
I clearly already have a decent amount of Christmas fabric (very little of which I have any actual plans for). We are only a family of three and don’t need 500 Christmas quilts, so why oh why do these fabrics keep calling to me?
The good news is, I’m not too far gone, but I have to admit, it’s really hard to fight the temptation!
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I too have a lot of Christmas fabrics and have made very little from them. In fact I think I gave more of my stash away to @PrincessP when she was looking for squares than I have actually used! 
And I bought another two Christmas fat quarter bundles the other day because they were cute and on clearance.
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Cute and on clearance, two very good reasons to buy!
Maybe if you share pictures here it will help motivate you to make something (or maybe I just want to see your cute Christmas fabrics 
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Last year I made a christmas table runner. I wanted to show off the prints without adding another quilt to the pile. We don’t have specific Christmas quilts but we have plenty of quits we use all year round.
When we’re finished renovating our house I’m thinking of finding a place to hang seasonal wall-hangings though, that would be a good excuse to make a Christmas quilt (and half a dozen more for the seasons and other holidays!).
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You are asking the wrong group for help! 
I have a weakness for Christmas fabrics as well, but I can’t possibly use it all up. I am planning on a small tree skirt using some patchwork but what’s that…maybe a yard total?
I don’t know how to help you…except to say that some people collect art to look at…we collect fabric to look at? We feel you pain…and joy!
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I’m a sucker for cute prints and couldn’t stop myself from ordering the cup of cheer layer cake you linked. I have no idea what I’m going to do with it but the prints were so cute!
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Now you made me go look…walking away from my computer for a bit… 
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Reusable, reversable fabric gift bags are a great thing to have on hand for the holidays. They also make a nice gift, or to wrap a gift you’re giving. I made a big pile with excess holiday themed fabric I was also collecting for no good reason. I posted a tutorial, it’s simple and surprisingly uses up more fabric than you’d think. I ended up with a lot of little bags. That’s ok though, I have so much xmas fabric left for more, lol.
I donated most of the ones I made to a fund raising holiday bazaar, it made me happy to send a practical, useful item that might divert some garbage from the landfil.
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I don’t even know how to sew properly (yet) and I have a Christmas fabric collection! I think this is a universal addiction. 
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Phwew! I just made it. I finally gave in and went to buy the Cup of Cheer layer cake I mentioned earlier, only to see that there were just 2 remaining. I couldn’t get my credit card info in fast enough, lol (I then proceeded to verify that they were not just creating a false sense of urgency and sure enough, now there’s only one left…better hurry @AIMR!).
@Magpie, it’s funny that you mention the fabric gift bags. The other day I came across just such a project in one of my quilting magazines. I was thinking of making a few. I like that your tutorial offers the ability to change up the sizes.
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Oh ya, it’s a basic formula you can cut in any size to fit whatever fabric pieces you’re working with. Tall & skinny, short & wide, big, small, tiny, boxed corners for a little or a large bottom. I would recommend fusing interfacing on the outter & even the lining fabric for a really big size. You could even use fusible felt & do simple quilted lines for a really big bag, that would add structure & help disguise the shape of whatever is inside.
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Ooh, I like this idea! I am hoping to finish a quilted gift for my mom for Christmas and was thinking of making a bag both for gifting and for storage (it’s a Halloween wall quilt, so it’d be stored away most of the year). I had been looking at the magazine pattern wondering how I’d go about upsizing the bag. But, with your tutorial and the info you just provided, I’m thinking one of your bags will be the way to go. Thank you!
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