Keep calm, drink your Monday coffee, and sew on!! ☕️🧘 🧵

Here’s how my story ended for the week of 7/27/26- 8/2/26:

• Continue stitching on Heather. DONE!! She is not completed yet as I ran out of a couple of threads and am waiting on them to come. I will have her finished by next week though!
• Sew Day on Wednesday and hope to continue working on stockings. DONE!! Sew Day was fun, but I did not even start on my stockings. One of my sew buddies helped me get the Little Princess to running and I helped one of the others stitch together some baby blankets for Threads of Love that she participates in. She was purring like a sweet little kitten! I’m so happy to finally get to stitch with her.
• Hopefully my project on the longarm will begin speaking to me. If not, I’ll do an all-over design, get her bound, and call it finished!! DONE!! She finally spoke, but you will have to wait until Wednesday to see the front but here is a glimpse of part of the back showing the quilting!

• Whatever cranks my tractor! DONE!! My sew buddy and I took the Little Princess for a spa trip. I hope to get her back in tippy top condition in a couple of weeks. I spent a lot of time in prayer. My sweet Miss M has been recruited by Columbia University in NYC since 9th grade. She has also been heavily recruited by Yale. The family went on a tour of Columbia on Wednesday and Yale on Thursday. She did not like Columbia, said Yale was OK, but Auburn is still her favorite! YAY – prayers answered! I’m sure that sounds selfish but I can’t stand the thoughts of my only granddaughter being that far away from me! Of course, I wouldn’t want the boys that far away either.

Plans for the week of 8/3- 8/9/26:

• Continue working on Heather!
• Sew Day on Wednesday.
• Work on stockings.
• Maybe start my ByAnnie’s carrying bag for Little Princess. I think it will be much lighter than the case she came in. I’m using Tula Pink fabric – which I love!! Everything is finally here. I’ve been waiting on the base for the bottom and it arrived this past week, along with the companion pattern, Feathered Friends, that Annie created to go along with it!

• Connie’s blog hop begins tomorrow. My day is Wednesday so come back then. I’ll share the schedule with you later in the post so you can find some more inspiration. Plus she’s having a fabric giveaway.
• 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!

Here is the schedule:

• Monday August 3rd – Freemotion by the River
• Tuesday August 4th – Needled Mom – Mary
• Wednesday August 5th – Songbird Designs – Brenda – that’s me!!
• Thursday August 6th – Curlicue Creations – Jennifer
• Friday August 7th – Freemotion by the River

Feather & Flair is Connie’s new signature fabric collection with Island Batik, Lumin Fabrics, designed by Jerry Khiev. She will be giving away a fat quarter bundle of this collection (US only.) It’s a gorgeous collection. Check Connie’s post today for info on the giveaway.

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AccuQuilt: Check out the sales at AccuQuilt by clicking THIS link! They have a new die that I am loving and may just have to break down and buy. It is the Ugly Sweater 8″ finished Die! Check it out HERE. They have some cute free patterns to go along with it too.

Specials at Fat Quarter Shop for the month of JULY!

– The Basic of the Month: Eyelet by Moda Fabrics
– The Notion of the Month: ByAnnie
– The Book of the Month: Family Favorites Quilt Book
– The Patterns of the Month: Chelsi Stratton’s Patterns
– The Cross Stitch Sale of the Month: Digi Stitchery

SEWCIALITES 3 QAL!

Sewcialites 3 is ongoing! All the details can be found on the FQS blog. Download the guide and information packet, grab some fabric, and join the fun!

Check out ALL the sales at Fat Quarter Shop HERE! And HERE you can find the daily flash sale! FQS adds new specials daily/weekly, so be sure to check them out!

Have a wonderful quilty week. Until next time…