TTMT #589 - nmjewells - June 23, 2026 - BFF Retreat (Crafty Show & Tell)

 

This past week Jennifer O came to visit me here in Albuquerque and we had such a great time! She came to my Paper Piecing Club at Hip Stitch and we worked on a quilt for her impending grandbaby. We also sat in our hotel room and hand embrroidered on my Doctor Who quilt. I even had time to finish binding the quilt I designed and made for my nephew Joel.

There was, of course, plenty of thrifting, we even visited one I'd never visited before. It was fantastic to have this time together and we need to make it a priority at least once each year FOREVER.

Stay crafty!

Love,

nmjewells

Video where I talk about finishing Joel's quilt top in 2022 (that's not as far back as I thought, thank goodness!)

 

TTMT #588 – nmjewells – June 16, 2026 – Again with the Coffee Talk (Quilty Show & Tell)

 

This week I’m talking to you about my OLDEST UFO my project room. Remember when online swaps were a “thing”? Well, in 2012 I belonged to a swap group on Livejourmal called Birthday Blocks, and over the past week I pulled out the quilt top that I pieced many years ago with those swap blocks and I pieced a backing for that quilt! OMG y’all, I had no idea it had been SO VERY LONG since I pieced this quilt top. Wow. It’s officially my oldest UFO, and this past week I moved it along one step further. Now I need to get batting and quilt this thang.

Stay crafty, y’all.

Love,

nmjewells