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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Trimming lots and lots of little HSTs and FG while watching Tula’s paper piecing videos. #quilter #quiltsky #quilting #piecing #trimming #HST #sweetpotatoquiltclub #botm.

Lime green and white Half square triangles in various stages of being trimmed. Pink rotating cutting board, with a square ruler on top.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Title: Knitting With Company. Dogs: Melody & Olive, Yarn: Gepard Kid Seta from @madewithharmony, Pattern: Bias Loop Scarf. #knitting #knitter #knitsky #gepardyarn #madewithharmony

A small orange dog curled up on legs braced on a foot stool. A small tan dog sits next to the ferry in the stool. A ball of fluffy light blue yarn says next to knitting needles with a few knit rows on them.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

My July wrap up for reading. I finished ‘Godkiller’ at 12:04 on the first, but still counted it, and I’m wondering if there is a book group that would condemn that? #booksky #reading #julybooks #yearinreading #bookgoals

A graphic showing July reading. Six books, mostly fiction. The highest rated books were The Bewitching, All Systems Red, and Cultish.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Prioritizing quilting and finishing projects this morning at the Sandy Stitcher’s staytreat! Basted my stripe garden quilt and finished binding a quilt for Wrap the World With Quilts. Added a couple of tags to it for the eventual owner. #quilting #quiltsky #quilter

Strip pieces quilt with pastel colors of flowered fabrics laid out for basting.

A brown and white patterned binding clipped to the edge for sewing on.

Two tags sewed to the bonding. One is a pink heart, and the other says hello.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

May Reads Best: Cackle & Moon Witch Spider King Worst: The Spellshop Memorable: The Missing Morningstar Reliable: T Kingfisher Fun: Pride and Prejudice with my husband on a road trip #booksky #maybooks #moonwitchspiderking #swordheart #themissingmorningstar #thebookishlifeofninahill ##cackle

Pictures of the covers of the following books: The lost apothecary, swordheart, the clockmaker’s daughter, the spells, moon witch spider king, the bookish life of Nina hill, the missing Morningstar, QuickSilver, cackle, on tyranny, pride and prejudice

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Spent a sew day at Grace & Company with the Modern Quilt Guild working on my first Minki Kim bag. I’ll make some changes for the next one, but I think it turned out pretty well. #quiltsky #making #sewing #minkikimpattern

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Minki Kim truck show last night at Quilter’s Lodge- she has a delightful story and it was very inspiring. #quiltsky #maker #minkikim #sewer

Asian woman stands in front of a backdrop of quilts taking into a microphone. She is wearing a long flowing black skirt, a white cotton top and hoka sneakers.

A table set with different sizes of sewn bags in pretty fabrics, some small hot pads with drawings at the center and some fabric on shelves. The wall behind is decorated with a quilt showing drawn sewing tools And fabric panels hanging on either side.

A close up of the smash hit pads, fabrics, and a few bags. The fabrics are pink, mint green, florals and some darker patterned fabrics.

Asian woman stands in front of a backdrop of quilts taking into a microphone. She is wearing a long flowing black skirt, and a white cotton top.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Last night I stayed up a little late to finish my Sweet Potato Quilts May BOTM. Such a fun project with my daughter #BOTM #sweetpotatoquilts #quiltsky #quilter

Quilt block made from polka dot fabric in dark pink, light blue, and a little yellow and peach It is a small star with a larger star behind it and some radiating blocks. All the corners match!!

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Last night I stayed up a little late to finish my Sweet Potato Quilts May BOTM. Such a fun project with my daughter #BOTM #sweetpotatoquilts #quiltsky #quilter

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Came down with food poisoning yesterday and still feeling pretty awful. So I’m binding the seams off my Hovea coat while watching to The Quilters. #quiltsky #quiltedjacket #hoveapattern #sewing #sickday #thequilters

Floral pattern of pink roses and dark green leaves with a dark green binding clipped to the seams, ready to sew. The Quilters movie plays in the foreground.

Floral pattern of pink roses and dark green leaves with a dark green binding clipped to the seams, ready to sew.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We got the cute pupper, but I didn’t finish my knit, even with a 14 hour drive!! She’s a sweetie, but very underweight, which makes her ears look even bigger…. #rescuedog #fosterdog #chiweenie

Caramel colored chiweenie with large ears sticking out to the side. She is inside a small kennel.

Underweight caramel chiweenie on a gravel walkway.

Tiny caramel colored chiweenie looking up at the camera. Two small bowls, one empty and one with water are in front of her.

Small caramel colored chiweenie with large ears. Her front feet are on a deck stair as if she’s thinking about climbing up.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

A quick trip to Colorado to pick up a new foster dog-to entertain murals I picked up my Ruched Shawl, designed by Bigger than Life Knits. The yarn is from Knudsen Knits. #knitsky #knudsenknits #biggerthanlifeknits #knitter #travelknitting

Bright yellow yarn with thin black stripes, partially knit into a shawl with a ball still remaining to be knit. The shawl is held in one hand and the ball of team sits in an open glove box.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I’ve been trying to finish twelve blocks for my plum garden quilt every night I’m home. Tonight they’ll all be sewn and ready for trimming. #tilda #quiltsky #plumgardenquilt #bloomsville #quilter

Chain pieced quilt blocks in a line coming from a sewing machine feed. Some fabrics face down and other show bright colors.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This weekend I’m going to make a quilted jacket! The pattern is #hoveajacket by #megannielson. I’m going to try to make it reversible, but the top pink is the main outside with the white floral one as the inside. #quiltsky #making #sewing

Five bolts of fabric in a stack. Top is pick with white outlines of flowers. The second is the same pick with small white circles shaded in. Third is white with large pink flowers and dark green leaves. Fourth is dark green textured. The last is white with the shaded in circles.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

On vacas these days, I do a lot if reading. So far I finished ‘ The House Of My Mother’, and ‘The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires’. Now onto an unstressful romance!! #booksky #reading #books #thehouseofmymother #sharifranke #gradyhendrix #thesouthernbookclubsguidetoslayingvampires

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Finished my April Sweet Potato Quilts BOTM last night. I love these polka dot fabrics gifted by a friend. #sweetpotatoquilts #BOTM #quilting #quilter #fabriclove #quiltsky #polkadot

Variation of a barn star block made with orange, red, yellow, and purple polka dot fabrics on a white background.

Same block set under a 12 1/2” square ruler to show size.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Spent part of yesterday sewing binding on quilts for #wraptheworld, an org that sends quilts to refugees. Love feeling part of that. #quilters #making

An unfinished quilt of tan and red floral fabric in a sewing machine. The binding is clipped on and being sewn.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Hand sewing the binding on my ‘Stand Up Bag.’ I never thought I could make bags, but I think I like it. Class at Quilts on the Corner in Utah, taught by Vanessa Moon. #standupbag #quiltsonthecorner #sewing

A bright purse type tote made with turquoise, yellow, pink, and orange fabrics and zippers. A band of flying geese blocks stretch across the front.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Putting together some more squares for my charm quilt. Really hoping I’m not duplicating any fabric pieces! #charmquilt #scrappyquilt #1000differentfabrics #quilting #quilter #quiltsky

2” by 3 1/2” squares of different colorful fabrics in a pile on the surface of a sewing machine.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Quick trip to Cleveland Clinic fit tests and found such a sweet bookstore! Loganberry Books. Just gorgeous and all the books were could want. I overdid it. #loganberrybooks #shoplocal #bookstore

Interior of a bookstore with eclectic shelves and displays.

Large wooden doors open to show a wood carved vine arch to enter with the words sanctuary over it. Through the arch are shelves of books.

Book shelves with gold molding, one section arched. A display of book bags with different sayings and patterns is nearby.

A large room with tables of books laid out atoms it. Shelves cover the back wall and a cozy seating area is open. Wooden floors covered with comfortable rugs.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Monthly Knitwits meeting at Barnes and Nobles cafe. I love seeing what everyone is making and keeping up with their happenings. People who love to make things are my fave. #friends #makers #knitwits #knitters #knitsky

A two small wooden tables pushed together. There are knitting projects and bags mixed with written patterns and coffee cups.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

This weekend I made a maker’s mat from lillyella’s pattern. I really like how it turned out. My friend Terrie cut the dragonfly and appliquéd it for me. #making #sewing #quilting #lilyellapattern #quiltsky

Quilted mat to sit under a sewing machine with pockets at the front to hang down and hold supplies. The pockets are decorated, some made from fabric selvages, one with an appliquéd dragonfly. The main fabric has sewing pins as the print and overall the project is in pinks and blues.

A light blue quilted fabric decorated with sewing pins being bound with pink polka-dotted fabric.

Project on sewing machine with a row of pockets being sewn to a quilted fabric. The pockets are decorated, some made from fabric selvages, one with an appliquéd dragonfly. The main fabric has sewing pins as the print and overall the project is in pinks and blues.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

This afternoon I sewed up some of the chicken pincushions. I’m adding them to the gift box at our retreat on the 27th. I love them. #sewing #making #handmade #crafts #pincushions

Little bundles of colorful patterned fabric sewn to look like chickens and stuffed with rice waiting for the final seam to close them.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We hate holiday crowds so we have a night planned at home. K is making a soup he’s wanted to try, and I’m making some rolls. Then will just hang out together. 35th Valentine’s Day together. #happyvalentinesday #Love #happy

Blue bowl with flour inside sits on a wooden tabletop with a yeast packet next to it.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Only four more repeats on my Ruched Shawl. It’s a fun knit, buti am looking forward to a new project. #biggerthanlifeknits #ruchedshawlpattern #knitting #knudsenknitsyarn #knitter #knitsky

Yellow and black variegated yarn knit into a pattern of textures stripes, still on the knitting needles, sits on a lap covered in a quilt with bright squares of red, gold, blue and green.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Just making some tiny chicken pincushions…found the pattern in Etsy by Loganberry Handmade. #sewing #pincushions #chicken #making #loganberryhandmade

Two 2” triangle pincushions made like chickens. One fabric is red and white patterned stripes and one is floral in red, teal, greens. The sewing pins are stuck in one.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Forgive the weight room vibes, but I’ve sewn together the biggest quilt I’ll ever be a part of. It’s for the #sunflowerquiltforukraine project. It’s 18 rows of 12” squares made by quilters from everywhere. So glad to participate! #wraptheworldwithquilts #quilters

Large quilt top with blocks featuring yellow and many with sunflowers. 18 rows of six blocks.

When page showing the quilt project sunflowers for Ukraine with long quilt along a gravel road going into the distance.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

What I’m reading now: All fantasy, all the time evidently. I have one upstairs, one down, and an audiobook. #booksky #books #reading #reader #blackleopardredwolf #emilywildesmapoftheotherworlds #hollowkingdom

Book cover of ‘Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands’, light green with drawings of flowers, mushrooms, and acorns, with a map and compass bottom center.

Book cover of ‘Red Leopard, Red Wolf’ Black with mixed drawings of parts of leopard’s and wolf’s faces in red and turquoise with a purple snake intertwined.

Lime green book cover of ‘Hollow Kingdom’ with a late dark outline of a crow over the Seattle cityscape. A dark shadowed drawing of a hunting dog wanders across the bottom.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Class last night at Quilter’s Crossing for the Camden bag with my friend Terrie. The 2 1/2” fusible strips were interesting to work with. I hope to finish it at our retreat on the 27th. #quilterscrossing #class #quilting #camdenbag #sewing #fabric

A hand sewn bag made of strips of colorful fabric. Matching handles at the top and two big buttons at a front seam.

Sewing machines and sewing supplies along a long workable with six stations and people sitting at it.

Fabric strips of blues, picks, whites laid out in order. In the fabric are drawings of the Eiffel Tower, roses of various sizes and other small sketches.

Colorful strips of fabric laid out in order. At the start are shades of patterned pinks and whites, then greens and yellows, and finally shades of blues with various flowers.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Finally feeling over this cold and am so ready for a good sleep tonight. I finalized the order for my BOTW quilt. I need to finish up this charity quilt I’m working on so I can start sewing it together. So much to do! #quilter #quiltsky #quilt #BOTW

A stack of 6 1/2” quilt blocks showing no detail of any parents but hinting at colors of browns, blues, greens and golds. Seams on the edges show some blocks are simple and some more complicated.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Last fall in Portugal I found a fabric shop the last day. Also bought some tablecloths and aprons from women selling out of their homes. Hoping to make a quilt at some point. I wish I’d found more chicken pieces, but mostly sardines. #souvenir #portugal #travel #fabriclove #quilter #memories

Brightly colored fabrics, with cartoonish sardines, chickens and other drawn art, symbolic of Portuguese traditions.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

In the fall we went to New England and I saw the Dear Jane quilt at the Bennington Museum in Vermont. Feels like it was a quilters pilgrimage a little. 😆 It was a folksy craft and making museum, interesting to anyone. #dearjanequilt #benningtonmuseum #Vermont #quilter #quiltsky

Large hand stitched sampler quilt finished in 1863 with 225 different quilt blocks in tones of pink, brown, and blue with detailed border.

Closer picture of some of the blocks in the Dear Jane quilt, finished in 1863. The blocks are mostly original and all hand stitched with very small pieces and careful detail.

Text next to Dear Jane quilt showing finished date of 1863 by Jane A. Stickle. The quilt features 169 5” blocks, each with a unique pattern.

Corner detail of the Dear Jane quilt - ‘War Time,1863’.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Sewing together blocks for the #sunflowerquiltforukraine project again. I’m sick and coughing so much working was not productive, so I decided to come to my warm sewing room and at least accomplish something today. Slow going… #quiltsky #quilter #quilting #quilt #making

Colorful quilt blocks,all containing yellow as a feature, in four stacks. One has a sunflower with a heart as the center and one is a barn star variation with blue and yellow. The others are partially covered.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

At Christmas I made a throw for my son’s roommate. Get favorite color is green and I had some stash. It was just half square triangles I arranged in a pattern. She said, ‘ no one ever made me a quilt before!’ It was cute. #handmade #gifts #making #quilting #quilt

Lap quilt made of triangles in different shades of green and tan, arranged so the greens are in squares from the center.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’m getting busy on the charm quilt I want to finish before the Utah QuiltFest in August I think. 1000 pieces of fabric without duplication. We’re cutting extra for each other. #Charmquilt #scrappyquilt #quilting #utahquiltfest

Quilters cutting mat, ruler and various fabric cut into 2” x 3 1/2” squares.

A stack of various fabric cut into 2” x 3 1/2” squares.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Yesterday I shoveled snow for the first time this year! It’s so oddball to not have had to yet. I don’t like snow but I really love shoveling it. Always have. I used to get up before the kids and shovel in the quiet neighborhood. Kind of meditative. #snowday #snow

Snowy front steps and walkway freshly shoveled.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Working on my Scrap Happy quilt at the sew day for the Sandy Stitchers Quilt guild. I’m exited to pick up this project again. #quilting #Sandystitchers #quilters #heartfeltutah #making

Colorful fabric laid out in a square to be sewn together, with a stack of sewn blocks behind. Across the table, other sewing machines and supplies.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Did you ever have a project that while making, you were thinking, this is just bad? My points don’t match. My colors are awful. It’s going to look terrible. Then you finish it and like it? #barnstarsampler #quilt #quilter #process

Brightly colored quilt laid out over bed, with blocks made of variations of the barn star block.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Needing to finish my sister’s mitts is a good excuse to spend the night knitting and watching the 2006 mini series Jane Eyre with Ruth Wilson. I’m using TinCan Knits app with their #worldssimplestmittens recipe. #tincanknits #knitting #knitter #knittedgifts

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Last night my knitting friends met at a cafe for our monthly meeting of the yarns. Smiling at the inspiration. We chatted about our current projects, knitting, and just life! I love how hobbies connect us so meaningfully. #connections #hobbies #friends #knitters #community #makers #inspiration

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Sewing together donated quilt blocks for Wrap the World With Quilt’s donation to #sunflowerquiltforukraine. The project is a ginormous quilt that will go for miles for Ukraine. Later it will be cut into quilts to be donated to refugees #quilter #quilting #giving #Ukraine #wraptheworldwithquilts

Photo of 12” quilt blocks of various designs, all featuring the color yellow, being sewn together to make a large quilt.

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

My sister was complaining about how cold her office gets with this 12° weather. She has arthritis so I thought I’d whip up some long fingerless mitts. I haven’t knit mittens in a long time and they are quick! Guess I haven’t lost my touch. lol. #knitting #mittens #making #knittedgifts #knitter

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Finished the January block for Sweet Potato Quilt’s 2025 BOTM. #sweetpotatoquilts #BOTM #quilting #quilter #polkadots

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I keep spare cotton yarn in the glove box for knitting dishcloths when K is driving. #knitting #knitter #travelknitting #handy #making #homemade

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Opened up a ton of blocks I made from Jessica Dayon’s block of the week during Covid. One of my first projects when I started quilting again. Now I need to decide how to put them together! #quilter #quiltsky #jessicadayon #quiltblocks #quilting

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Cutting out the January block for the #sweetpotatoquilts #2025BOTM I’m using a stash of polka dots a friend gave me after finishing a quilt. Hopefully they work!! #BOTM #quilting #quilter #quiltsky

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Janell @normy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I started reading this a few weeks ago and got to a stressful point where I just couldn’t go on. I’m kind of a wimp right now. I started again this morning, bracing myself for catastrophe. #reading #reader #books #Juliaphillips

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