Project Update: 20.10.2026
Hello Friends and Welcome Back!
With renovations progressing well, I'm excited to finally be sleeping in my bedroom again!
Over the weekend, we installed most of the trim in the bedrooms and sewing studio, so have started moving furniture back into their proper rooms. I still need to do a thorough cleaning of the floors in the studio before I'll be able to use it, but I'm thrilled at the progress made so far!
And while that's been going on, I've continued to work on sewing and crochet projects too! Each of those is moving at its own pace, but I'm enjoying every stitch along the way and can't wait to share the progress I've been making!
Let's take a look!
Crochet Afghan
I've continued to add sashing to my crochet squares, checking the size of each of them as I go and restitching any that came out too big or small so they'll all be roughly the same size!
Since the last update, I've finished sixteen more squares!
The first ten were pairs of Dahlia, Sharing, Cirque, Florence, and Killarney, half of which I've already started blocking!
More recently, I've finished my Solomon, Kruis, and Quion square pairs! All together, that makes 34 completed squares, nearly half of what I'll need for my completed afghan!
With that in mind, I've been excited to start stitching some of my squares together! But before I can start that, I need to block them!
I learned the process from my sister back in June, but this was my first time blocking without supervision, so I'm hoping they turn out well. I'm planning to leave them over two nights, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out!
My squares are based on a variety of patterns from Granny Square Flair by Shelley Husband.
Stitches in Stone Sample Quilt
A few weeks ago, I released the October instructions for the Sitches in Stone quilt along!
This month's units were two tone quarter square triangles, using a combination of accent and background fabrics!
These units included a background colour that hadn't been used in the pattern before, so at this point, there's only one fabric we haven't used yet!
Stitches in Stone is my own original design, by Valerie Anne of the Fibre Arts blog, and is currently running as a free quilt along.
The Generations Quilt Project
With all of my half Dresdens pieced, I continued basting the outer edges in preparation for applique!
In the company of my Mom and Grandma, the basting was much more enjoyable and I was able to finish all eight of them!
That done, I was able to start on the more exciting process of stitching them onto my quilt top!
Since these are stitched by hand, I've been able to take the Generations Quilt with me to some recent social events, including family birthdays and a quilt guild sewing day!
In that time, I've appliqued four of the half Dresdens and am working on the fifth!
I've still got a little more work before I'll be ready to quilt this first Generations Quilt, but I've been enjoying every stitch and can't wait to continue!
The Generations Quilt project is based on the traditional Dresden Plate and Six Pointed Star blocks, using templates drafted from extant blocks by Valerie Anne.
Lupine and Laughter Quilt
Since my last update, Mom and I have gotten together for one more sewing day to work on Lupine and Laughter together!
During that time, I was able to finish my clue one quarter square triangle units, and Mom made progress on her clue two flying geese!
Unfortunately, I was having so much fun that I forgot to take any new pictures, so I'll have to try harder to remember the next time we sew together!
My Lupine and Laughter quilt is based on a design by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville.
Friends, I've been having so much fun working on each of these projects!
Every one of them offers something a little bit different, whether that's hand work, machine stitching, interesting colours, or a new learning expirience, and that makes each of them fun and exciting in their own way!
And I hope all of you have been enjoying your own projects just as much!
Please let me know what you've been working on by leaving me a comment below, sending me an email, or sharing your progress with me on Instagram!
I'm always so inspired by the work of other creators and can't wait to hear from you!
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