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Jennifer: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States; I am a multicrafter and enjoy quilting, cross-stitch, and crochet. I am a working mom nearing an empty nest, but I manage to find time most days to do something crafty. I piece and sometimes quilt on my Janome 6600P and enjoy freehand and panto quilting on my HQ Avante 18.

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Two Tall Stitchers Crossstitch Retreat Info
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12 things in 2019
6600
accomplishments
allergies
bee
binding
blocks
BOM
books
cake wrecks

catventquiltalong
christmas
clothing
cooking
critter
crochet
cross-stitch
cross-stitch FFO
design wall monday
do you see what I see
embroidery
EQ
evan
fabric
fabric dyeing
family
favorite things
finishing
first a finish
five easy pieces
four goals
free motion quilting
Friday Night Sew-in
funny things my kids say
germany
gifts
giveaway
glasses
goals
grace
guild
halloween
holiday festivities
HQ Avante
HQ16
iPod
iron
jack
jenna
kids
knitting
letters to lois
little bear
log cabin
Michigan
mittens
mom
mug'n bun
mystery quilt
new mexico
night out
nqa
olympics
ornaments
panel
paper piecing
pay it forward
penny rug
pictures
pillow
pool
purchases
purse
quilt show
quilt top
quilting
rainbow scrap challenge
re-do
reading
retreat
richard
row by row
sara's quilt
satellite sisters
savannah
scan n'cut
scraps
sewing
sewing room move
shop hop
sisters
snowball challenge
snowbound bom
snowman quilt
sphr exam
stash report
state fair
stitchmaynia
swap
table topper
things I have done
thread
tiny tuesday
travel
tree skirt promise
trip to md
trip to the farm
ufo
vacation
wall hanging
wii
work day
workshop
year in review
year of the kits
year of the pigs

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2026 Goals

1. Focus on framing - order frames for unfinished cross-stitch pieces, goal is to frame at least 8 items this year.
2. FFO a piece for each weekend I'm home.
3. Focus on flimsies - make blocks and get them into finished tops - for UFOs and new projects.
4. Get back to reading - put down my phone and pick up a book more often. Read my first audiobook.

My Quilting and Crafting UFOs

1. BOM quilt (blocks complete, need to figure out how to assemble, etc.) - Spring 2009
2. Winter Snowmen quilt (make more blocks and all the rest) - 2010ish
3. Color Love (fix top, make back, quilt and bind) - May 2022
4. Reindeer Xing (make back, quilt and bind) started Oct 2023
5. Marble Mystery (make back, quilt, bind) started October 2024 6. Sentiments (make back, quilt and bind) started October 2025 7. Baby quilt (make back, quilt and bind) started October 2025 8. Nine Patch Pizzazz (finish borders, make back, quilt and bind) - started October 2025
Finished in 2026: