Karrin's Crazy World

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Slow Sunday Stitching

It's been quite a while since I have blogged, the end of November last year. It was busy during the holidays, my brother Bill and wife Char stopped by on their way to their holiday in Oregon. Grandson Jaeger and girlfriend Shiri were visiting from Albuquerque. There were a lot of family activities and once I took off it was hard to get back to blogging. This has been the longest break I have taken in years.

I felt like I was not getting much done, being bogged down with being Co-Chair of Community Service for my guild. In January, we had a meeting at my house of guild members and discussed who could take over various parts of my position. My garage is now clear of most Community Service materials. I am still involved in Community Service, like taking the packaged quilts to the community center across the street from me for basting day, and sitting at the Community Service table on guild day.

Meanwhile I have taken on something else for the guild. Every year we have an opportunity quilt that we take around to other guilds and sell tickets for. I am working on the 2028 opportunity quilt. It was from this 2002 Piecemaker's Calendar.

Another member appliqued all the tree blocks, and I making the crazy quilt setting triangles. I have to have this done by February or March of 2027 so we can take pictures and make postcards to take around to other guilds and quilt shops etc. Crazy quilting is one of my favorite things to do, and I am so happy to take on this project.

So far, I have completed the January block.

I have two more blocks prepared to embellish the triangles.

The other reason I needed more spare time is that my granddaughter Kyleigh is getting married in October and I am making a double wedding ring quilt. This is what I have done so far. With the exception of the background fabric, these are all scraps. I have 5 more rows to go.

I have the best family. On Valentine's day, my daughters Kristen and Katie and I went and got pedicures, and then went to lunch afterwards.

Mine are the blue toes, in the middle.

What I also got done the beginning of January was that antique quilt I was restoring. The owner figures it was made in around 1910. She was thrilled with the finish. In fact she shared a picture of it this week on her bed. We showed it at guild last month, but unfortunately no picture was taken.

When I was getting my CQ supplies out, I discovered some idiot had just stuffed all my silk ribbons in a box, and there was a big mess. That idiot was me obviously, but I have now purchased a storage container to sort these out. Part of them are wrapped around like embroidery thread on spools.

These ones with the cards attached, I have put on a binder ring.

I need to sort out those other ones though.

What I will be doing for Slow Sunday Stitching will be working on the CQ setting triangles.

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching and https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Blog Hop, My Day

The Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Blog Hop starts today, hosted by the fabulous Carol @Just Let Me Quilt. This is one of my favorite blog hops, and can't wait to see what everyone is going to share. Thanks so much Carol for coming out of blog hop retirement and hosting this again.

With Thanksgiving last week, it has thrown me off a bit, I like to decorate right after Thanksgiving. I am not quite finished, granddaughter Kyleigh is going to come over on Thursday to help me with my tree.

I did get the nutcrackers out.

Every year I make around 10-12 different kinds of cookies, and hand out boxes to friends and family. This is my list for this year. Every year there are certain ones that can't be neglected and every year I try something new.

Papa's Sugar Cookies are just the ones from the 1974 Family Circle Cookbook. My husband John made them for years and years and years, that is why we call them Papa's Sugar Cookies. In 2018 on the Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange, I shared my Fudge and Crunchy Peanut Bark recipes here:

In 2020 I shared the recipe for Chocolate Melting Snowmen here.

In 2023 I shared Gingerbread Reindeer, German Chocolate Truffles and Andes Mint cookies here.

Last year I shared Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread here.

One of my new ones this year is Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookies. My grandson was here today when I was baking them and he said these are a winner.

Be sure and visit the other bloggers and find out what they have come up with.

Thanks for stopping by!

DECEMBER 1^st

Sunday, November 23, 2025

HQAL, Slow Sunday Stitching

It has been another couple of busy weeks. The last Wednesday in October was our 5th Wednesday at our guild. We have a sewing day. People can quilt small quilts we have prepared, or work on quilt tops, make pillowcases. We work for about 4 hours and have a potluck lunch. I worked on this flannel panel. It was shown at our guild meeting this past Wednesday.

In the green border I quilted holly, and in the white border I quilted meandering snowflakes.

I recently finished these placemats for my grandson and his girlfriend for Christmas. They live in Albuquerque. I used the Accuquilt cactus die.

On November 8th, I went went with daughter Kristen and her Sutter Hospital team for the Light the Night Walk for Blood Cancer. It was a fun walk.

I have been working on Christmas presents recently, and I had purchased 2 panels to participate in Angela Walters Season's Greetings Quilt Along. I was going to give them to both my daughters, but then Angela pointed out you could cut the panels up and make table runners and placemats.

So I cut them up so I have 2 table runners for my daughters and 8 placemats for granddaughter Kyleigh. I still have a lot of quilting to do. I am working on my domestic machine for these.

November 16th would have been my 50th anniversary. I told my family I didn't want to spend the evening alone. So granddaughter Kyleigh made tacos, and I made Mexican rice, and Katie and SIL John brought refried beans and a delicious dessert, Buttermilk cake with buttermilk icing.

My 50 year old bottle of Moet Brut champagne went down the drain. It had no bubbles and was mostly sediment, probably from not being stored properly. Kyleigh made some delicious margaritas though.

Last week was our guild meeting, and we had a lovely Quilts of Valor meeting with 5 veterans receiving quilts.

My guild friend Ann and I have challenged each other. She has a longarm she hadn't really used, and I have a Handiquilter Moxie which I do really nice meandering on, but basically nothing else. I challenged her to work on her machine, and she challenged me to do other stitches on the Moxie.

I had a piece of fabric for grandson Jaeger. He wanted something with cows on it, and I had cuddle on the back. So I put it on the Moxie, and quilted it all over with swirls.

I have been working around the house too. I recently had the sink taken out of my laundry room. The faucet was leaking and I never really use it except to put dirty towels in it till I have a full load. After the sink drain was capped off, I repainted the laundry room and molding. Then I looked all over for a cabinet to put in front of the capped off pipe. I was able locate one on Facebook Marketplace. I put my cleaning supplies in there, and came out with empty shelves in the laundry room.

I decided those empty shelves were a good place to organize my UFO containers.

After I had taken those out of my sewing room, I decided to clean up my sewing room too. It is actually my supply room. I sew in the kitchen, and my dining room table is my cutting station.

What I will be working on for Slow Sunday Stitching continues to be the vintage DWR I am restoring. I have 9 more center blocks to quilt on this section, and then I can move on to about 2 rows. I am hoping to have it finished by our next guild meeting in December so I can show it.

Hand Quilt Along Links

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another. If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Deb, Sharon, Karrin, and Daisy

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching and https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Coming Next Week

The Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Blog Hop is coming next week, hosted by the fabulous Carol @Just Let Me Quilt. This is one of my favorite blog hops, and can't wait to see what everyone is going to share.

DECEMBER 1^st

See you next week!

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Slow Sunday Stitching

It's been a crazy busy week. Sunday was the end of Day Camp retreat for my guild. Monday was the Out of the Darkness Blog Hop and I got my top done. I had had the quilt kit for several weeks, so was really happy to get the top done considering my broken elbow and episode with Covid.

Tuesday I had to get my house ready for workday at my house for Community Service for my guild. It involves putting away my quilting stuff and cleaning house, setting up tables. On workday we cut batting for the quilt tops we get in, that we have matched up backs for and we also include the binding and a label. We bag them up, and next month I will take them up to the community center a block from me for pin basting day. We were trying to get 3 months done because we won't have a workday in November or December because of the holidays. We had a few extra people this time, and got done pretty quickly.

Tuesday night I had Begonia Society meeting, and it was also propagation night. My friend Cathy and I didn't stay very long. I have done this before and was thinking about the busy day the next day with workday.

After everybody left on workday I got my stuff back out, as I had to have a lot to do before I pick my stuff back up on Sunday.

First off, I wanted to finish up my granddaughter Klara's BD present. I have been working on Angela Walters Negative Spaces Free Motion Quilting Challenge. I had bought the panel, and then got behind because of my elbow and Covid. I had 3/4 of it done, so I worked really hard for 3 days and got the rest of it quilted.

This measures about 45x56. I thought it would be a nice touch if I made a pillow case to match.

Angela Walters @Quilting is My Therapy has many free motion videos that are free. The only cost is if you purchase the panels. I have signed up for the holiday one coming up the first part of November.

I was also able this week to get my Christmas pillowcases done for my family that I put in their stockings.

I made a dirty laundry bag for my grandson Jaeger's girlfriend. I have made other members of the family these several years ago.

I was able to finish up both of the baby quilt tops I started at Day Camp.

One thing making me crazy this week or for the past month is ants. I had them in my laundry room in my extra pantry. Then they were gone for a couple of weeks, and then they were back like crazy in one of those Terro liquid ant bait stations. They were in the kitchen several months ago. Then the past 2 weeks they have been coming out of the woodwork in my bathroom.

What really made me crazy was they were running all over my side cabinet. They were in a drawer where I had beads for crazy quilting. The were in my little gnome where I keep sugar free candy. I had to throw everything out.

I had this basket on the floor next to the side table, that has some quilting I work on occasionally.

They were in this basket on the side table that I keep various things in.

I put one of those Terro ant stations on the side table, and they are still coming out, even after pest guy came out to treat again. Pest guy when he came out, there were ants running around all over the table top, and he said "oh wow".

What I will be working on for Slow Sunday Stitching continues to be the vintage quilt. I got some more pieces prepped to applique on.

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Out of the Dark Blog Hop Starts Today, My Day

The Out of the Dark Blog Hop starts today, hosted by the fabulous Joan @Moosestash Quilting. I appreciate her and Carol having two more blog hops this year.

For my project, I worked on a kit I had bought several years ago from Shabby Fabrics called Midnight Silhouette by Blackbird Designs. I got the top finished, but not quilted yet. I was at a quilting retreat this past week, and I got a couple of the ladies to hold it up for me.