Life begins after coffee, especially on Mondays ☕️🐣
Happy Monday morning!!! Welcome to Monday Musings! I hope you have all had a great week and got a lot of fun sewing projects done! I just loved watching Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence – especially Mama’s Family!! They always made me laugh and laughter is great medicine! OK friends, this is the last week of November…have you started your Christmas stitching or are you already finished?!! Inquiring minds what to know! Now let’s move on to the good stuff!!
Here’s how my story ended for the week of 11/17 – 11/23/25:
- Hopefully get the big quilt trimmed and bound. NOPE!! I was having too much fun with Big Mama Nina!
- Sew Day with my Sewing Sisters on Wednesday. NOPE!! We got a call just before I was ready to leave and had to go check out our dear Miss M. She had a terrible migraine and was unable to stay at school and couldn’t drive home, so we checked her out for our daughter and brought her back here to take care of her for the day. Bless her, she slept all day. Her dad got her an appointment with her doc and took her late afternoon. The meds helped and she was able to go to school the rest of the week!
- Learn more about Big Mama Nina. DONE!! Oh my gosh, there is SEW much to learn!
- Start cutting kits for secret sewing for the Island Batik catalog. Fabric is supposed to be here Thursday, but hopefully it will come sooner. DONE!! At least for one. I got one completely cut and most of the blocks sewn.
- Whatever cranks my tractor! DONE!! Tuesday evening we attended the boys’ theater production. B likes to be behind the scenes so he operated the spotlight. D, on the other hand, loves acting! They did a production called Annie Jr. It was so cute, and there are some very talented middle schoolers. Their vocals were amazing. D was part of a group ensemble (of course he was a head taller than the rest of the students!) and also played the part of FDR. He did great in both parts.
Plans for the week of 11/24- 12/1/25:
- Keep learning more about Big Mama Nina.
- Finish my December Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange project.
- Get secret sewing quilt #1 to a flimsy and cut out the next one.
- Whatever suits my fancy.
Here is some quilty inspiration shared last week!
Thanks to everyone who linked up! If you want to know more about any of these, click through the links in the last Monday Musings post.
Now it’s your turn to link up projects you’re working on!
Shopping…in case you need some quilty goodness this month!
Electric Quilt: November 1 – December 1: Sitewide Black Friday Sale! Customers save 25% on all products at ElectricQuilt.com with code BLACKFRIDAY.
Sulky Threads and Stabilizers Sulky begins their Black Friday sale early – Get 35% off your entire order with code BLACK35! Also, get free shipping on any order over $60. They will have a New Year’s Eve Sew Along from 12pm – 4pm ET, a live streaming event to make a new style of bag, the Lamont. Sew a sling-style bag, complete with clip-on accessories made in the hoop of your embroidery machine. All digital files needed for in-the-hoop sewing are included with the class. Sign up for the class, and get your kit separately in four colorways everything you need to complete the project – fabric, thread, hardware, and stabilizer.
AccuQuilt: There are also some great sales going on currently in the Better than Black Friday Sale. Check them out by clicking THIS link!
Specials at Fat Quarter Shop for the month of October:
– The Basic of the Month is Shades by Riley Blake.
– The Notion of the Month is Gutermann Threads.
– The Book of the Month is Primitive Gatherings Books.
– The Patterns of the Month is Primitive Gatherings Patterns.
– The Cross Stitch Sale of the Month is Fat Quarter Shop Cross Stitch Finishing Notions.
Create a stunning rose garden with the 10” Paper Roses Quilt Block Foundation Paper by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet Co. for It’s Sew Emma! This printed foundation paper makes it a breeze to sew intricate, beautifully pieced blooms every time! This gorgeous block will keep you buzzing around your sewing machine all day long. Each pad contains 42 sheets. Each sheet will yield one quilt block!
Check out ALL the sales at Fat Quarter Shop HERE! And HERE you can find the daily flash sale! FQS adds new specials each week, so be sure to check them out!
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the US. I want you all to know I am thankful for you being a part of my sewing, quilting, embroidering, blogging world! I hope you enjoy good food, family, and fellowship.
Have a wonderful quilty week. Until next time…
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Hi Brenda, it sounds like you had a fun week playing with your new toy 🙂 Take care.
It sounds like you have had a good week with your machine. I hope your granddaughter keeps well now and you all have a great thanksgiving 🙂
Migraines run in my mom’s side but I never had a migraine until I was in my 30’s. I’ve only had one since I started getting monthly massages (about 7 or 8 years ago?). Just a heads-up there if she continues to get them? Hope you have a nice week, esp Thanksgiving!
(Is it me or are the links not working? I’m getting an error on every one?)
Thanks Brenda! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week.
Happy Monday, Brenda. It sounds like you had a busy week. I am so sorry to hear that your dear granddaughter suffered a migraine. Bless her heart. I am glad to hear the medicine helped. I know you were so proud of your grandsons. There is nothing like the grandchildren is there. I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving week. We are supposed to have rain tomorrow. Will you be getting some too? Hugs.
I hope you had a great week, Melisa! Yes, we do love our grands, don’t we? Nothing like them!!
Sounds like you had a busy week. Glad you could be there for your granddaughter! Have a great week ahead!
What a busy week for you. Glad to hear your g-daughter could sleep most of the day. And, she got some relief. I laughed when you mentioned your g-sons working on Annie Jr. One of our g-daughters was in that version at her school. It sounds like both schools did a great job. Hope you keep making quilting progress this busy week.
I’m sorry to read about your granddaughter’s migraine. How old is she? I didn’t have them until my late 20s and thankfully they stopped in my early 60s. Sounds like you had a relaxing week learning about your new toy!