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

TTMT #587 - nmjewells - Trippin' - May 26, 2026 Crafty Show & Tell

 

I'm back from a 3 week hiatus to talk about what I'm been working on lately, (including an apron from upcycled overalls and a block sample for the quilt shop where I work) and my recent trip to St. Louis to visit family.

Stay crafty, y'all!

Love,

nmjewells

My video unveiling my finished Mini Book Nerd Wall hanging

Book Nerd pattern by Angela Pingel

Mini Book Nerd instructions by me (requires Angela's pattern)

TTMT #586 - nmjewells - April 28, 2026 - PP Club Wall Hanging (crafty show & tell)

 

Firstly, Happy Birthday to Jennifer O (@ofenjen)! Founder of this group, enabler of craftiness, and the bestest bestie a person could have. All my love to you Jennifer!

I'm back this week with a quilt top finish that I started last year: a 37"x37" wall hanging using my patterns from the 2025 Paper Piecing Club Pattern Series. While the original plan was for a bed-sized on-point quilt, I decided I wanted this to be a wall hanging, probably for my Project Room.

I also started the bench pillow cover for my daughter using the Furruit Platter panel I got a week or so ago. It's great to be sewing again.

Love,
nmjewells

TTMT #585 - nmjewells - April 21,2026 - Sewin' and Shoppin' (Crafty Show 'n Tell)

I recorded this yesterday but never got around to editing and uploading. I really need to get back to filming a day or two early. This week I talk about taking a class to made a simple pair of pj pants (100 Acts of Sewing, Pants No. 1), and, um, buying more fabric. But it's so cute! And it has cute cats! I couldn't help myself.

Fabric I talk about in this video: Classic Movie Monsters, Furruit Platter, Kokka Fabrics

Stay Crafty Y'all,

Love,

nmjewells

TTMT #584 - nmjewells - April 7, 2026 - A Bit Patchy (crafty show & tell)

 

This week I'm back in the Project Room and I've got something finished! I patched jeans that have been in my mending pile since it got too cold to wear jeans with a giant hole, lol. I'm super excited with how they turned out and excited to finally start putting this new-to-me machine through it's paces and see what it can do. The fabric I used was from my bin of cat-themed quilt fabric (yes, I have a whole container of cat-themed fabric, lol). one of the things I really wanted to do this year was use that bin of cat fabric. I do plan to design a quilt for it, but this seemed like the perfect craft for a scrap from that bin. It was really easier than I even expected it to be.

As always, stay crafty my friends,

Love,

nmjewells

TTMT #583 - nmjewells - March 31, 2026 - All Tell, Mostly No Show

 

Hey y'all, it's been a minute since I made a video. I'm back this week just to remind you I exist, and I'm going to be working on getting back to posting every week. The tee I cut up can be seen on the AANMSH swag page on the Hip Stitch website. You can see it's a seriously boxy tee. So glad I don't feel like it's strangling me anymore, lol.

Stay crafty y'all.

Love,

nmjewells