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A Halloween Finish: Quilted Bats Take Flight

October 24, 2025

From UFO to WIP to Finish – Week 2 of the 52 Quilts Challenge Some projects never really leave you — they just wait quietly in drawers until you’re ready to return. This week’s quilt finish waited patiently in a Ziploc bag with the pattern teasingly on top. That is, until the 52 Quilts Challenge gave me the perfect reason to finally finish it. Originally, I planned to finish a witch’s-brew wall hanging for Week 2, but I couldn’t find it anywhere – probably buried in my UFO galaxy somewhere in the studio. Sigh… another Halloween I suppose… Plan…

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The 52 Quilts Challenge Headquarters

October 22, 2025

Colorful quilt fabric collage representing the 52 Quilts Challenge weekly finishes.

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The 52 Quilts Challenge: Why I’m Sewing a Quilt Every Week This Year!

September 17, 2025

Join me on the 52 Quilts Challenge! Discover how I plan to create 52 quilts in just 52 weeks for fun and creativity.

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Why September is Like My New Year

September 4, 2025

September feels like a fresh start in my quilting life. Unleash your creativity with September quilting inspiration.

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A Plan is Brewing (or Burnt)!

August 16, 2025

Mapping out a Quilt Challenge Plan Two years ago—on Halloween of all days—I kicked off the wildly ambitious “52 Quilts in 52 Weeks Challenge.” And honestly? I was flying high for a few weeks… until I realized my old website just wasn’t up to the task. It couldn’t support comments, community, or the bigger vision I had for documenting this journey. So I hit pause on the quilt challenge plan. Fast forward through two years of me bumbling my way through WordPress, stalling out more times than I’d like to admit, and finally (finally!) getting things up and running—this blog…

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Go Big or Go Home

August 16, 2025

Welcome back to Hoops & Hoots! As I rebuild and relaunch this blog, I’ve been digging through the archives — and I realized I couldn’t just jump in without sharing where it all began. This post, Go Big or Go Home, was my first brave (and maybe a little reckless) step into the quilting blog world. It’s part enthusiasm, part confession, and all heart outlining my first launch of the “52 Quilts in 52 Weeks” Challenge. Before I repost it, I’ve added a little “Today’s Note” so you’ll know what’s changed (spoiler: poodles and babies!). Think of this as me…

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Welcome Back!

November 19, 2024

Welcome Back to the Hoops and Hoots Quilting Blog! Welcome Back! The Hoops & Hoots quilting blog has taken a break while I redesigned the website. Admittedly, this took a looonnnnng time since Hoops & Hoots is my passion project and not my main job! Aaaannnnddd! In the struggle to figure out my new website, I let my 52 Quilts in 52 Weeks challenge slip to the side. I actually was hanging in there really well with the pace of the challenge. Lord knows I have gobs of UFO’s (unfinished objects) / WIPs (works in progress) to more than fill up the challenge. BUT, welcome back!…

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