This is a “multiple cups of coffee” kind of Monday. ☕️☕️
Happy Monday morning everyone and Happy SEPTEMBER!! Welcome to Monday Musings. Time is certainly flying on by. I was hoping September would bring us some cooler weather, but so far, not so much! Still hot and humid here. I’m ready for fall, for real! I did see my first yellow butterfly the other day and my Mama always said that was a sign of fall. Bring it!! What have you guys been up to this week? I’ll catch you up on the happenings in my studio and then please share what is going on in your world! Thanks for being here! Now, let’s move on to the good stuff!!
Here’s how my story ended for the week of 8/31/26- 9/6/26:
- Begin preparing the appliques for Bonnie, the next Highland Heifer. DONE!! I have them printed and ready to match with fabric, iron on and cut!
- Make the zippers for Stitcher’s Suitcase and start putting the components together. DONE!! I had to make a double pull 40″ zipper, two single pull 20″ ones, and one 13″ single pull. I have finished making the straps and have made one pocket. On to more components!! I really got into making these components and didn’t want to stop to do much else!
- Finish the second Christmas stocking so they will be ready to turn in at our September guild meeting. DONE!! We will turn these in a week from today at our guild meeting.
- Start working on guild newsletter for September meeting. DONE!!
- Whatever suits my fancy!! DONE!! We had a partial sew day on Wednesday. We had been there about an hour when the coordinator came over to tell us she had to close the center at noon for her doctor’s appointment. I’ll be glad when they hire some more people to help her out.
Plans for the week of 9/7- 9/13/26:
- Start stitching on Bonnie!
- Finish top for second stocking.
- Continue working on components for Stitcher’s Suitcase.
- Whatever cranks my tractor!
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!
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Electric Quilt: September 4-8: Labor Day Sale! 20% off sitewide! Promo code: SEPTEMBER. All sales exclude EQ for You Starter Box, EQ classes, and EQ Membership. Click HERE.
AccuQuilt: Check out the sales at AccuQuilt by clicking THIS link! LABOR DAY WEEKEND — Free ground shipping on orders $75+. No code required. They just introduced a new die – a double star!! You can find it HERE and it’s on sale with the free mat at the moment.
Connecting Threads:
September Promotions:
8/27/26-9/7/26: Labor Day Sale-20% off Sitewide with code 9WEEKEND26
9/8/26-9/11/26: B2G1 FREE Thread Sale with code 9THREAD26
9/12/26-9/15/26: Sitewide 50% off 50 items NO CODE NEEDED
9/16/26-9/17/26: Free Shipping Day with code 9FREESHIPPING26 (applies to standard shipping in the contiguous US)
9/18/26-9/23/26: 25% off all fabric by the yard, wide backing included! NO CODE NEEDED
9/24/26-9/30/26: 30% off Precuts & Kits LINK
Specials at Fat Quarter Shop for the month of SEPTEMBER!
– The Basic of the Month: Shades by Riley Blake Designs
– The Notion of the Month: Clover
– The Book of the Month: Annie’s Attic Book
– The Patterns of the Month: Jelly Roll Friendly
– The Cross Stitch Sale of the Month: Primrose Cottage
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…
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Aaw , I saw my first yellow butterflies last week. I have never heard of that saying but I will have to remember that. Hopefully some milder weather is on its way. It is still scorching hot here. Oh those stockings are precious, Brenda. I bet they were a lot of fun to work on. Have a lovely week . Hugs
I surely hope our weather gets milder, Melisa! I’m over all this heat and humidity, though I was reading with the El Nino winter we have coming it could be icy and even stormy. Tornado season for us starts in November and goes through May. This might be a crazy year, according to THE James Spann the weather man! LOL Time will tell. The stockings were fun but everything had to be sewn to the stockings by hand, so a little time consuming. I did create the gingerbread house and snow globe on my embroidery machine on felt, then sewed the felt to the stocking by hand. It was a learning process! I’ve seen a cute pic of one of the baby’s born in December at the hospital with her photo in the stocking. Adorable! Have a great week. Hope you are healing well.
I love those stockings and I hope your weather cools down for you soon. 🙂
Happy Labor Day! I hope you had a nice day – ours was really lovely out in California. Sounds like you had a great week last week, and I hope this week is just as productive and fun. 🙂
Thanks Brenda! Hope that your week goes well. 😊
Looking forward to seeing Bonnie! And I absolutely agree about my sewing area looking like a tornado hit it! It’s worse than normal with my Idiom Challenge efforts! Have a quilty week.
Oh, Bonnie, she’s going to be another cutie!! You’ll see that meme again next week as I woke up thinking I needed to add a Labor Day one!! Happy Labor Day! Have a great week.
Looks like you have a busy week coming up! We are still having hot weather too, but the meteorologists are all a-buzz about a cooldown and rain coming in the next couple weeks. Hope you have a wonderful week!
Some days it seems I’m more busy retired than when I was working, Linda!! I hope you get a cool down. We might by the end of the week…hopefully! Have a great week and Happy Labor Day!