December OMG, Done and Done!

Well, after the snafu ( see this post) with the batting and the backing for my December OMG ( my scrappy Bow Tie quilt), I got it back from the quilter. She picked it up from me on Sunday and Thursday it was delivered back to me.  The binding was ready. I cut the strips for the binding from the leftover backing fabric. Lots of seams. I worried about a seam landing on a corner. I measured quickly and decided to add a piece of navy grunge to the end so I wouldn't be short.

The binding went on and guess what, not one seam ended up at a corner.  Some were close, like 1.5", but that worked. And I did not need the added navy piece.

The binding angels were looking over my shoulder!

This  post was written on the 17th of December. On the 19th, our grands and great grands moved in to our house. The first night at Granma and Pa's was a bit of a drama. It's was strange for the littles,  they are 6 and 3.  Different routine, different bed and they have "pink eye"!!!!

Our house guests (our granddaughter, her husband and her two littles) will be moving in sometime before Christmas, then we will have an additional guest( our daughter) for a few days at the end of the month. I hand sewed binding while watching Goliath on Amazon. It was not a binge session, but several 2 episode sessions. I can't sit in a chair longer than a couple of hours without having to get up and move!

And here is the entire quilt, not the rolled up version!

It is done as of Dec 16th. I also got our tree up. Our daughter's birthday is the 16th, so that is always my goal. From her first Christmas, 55 years ago, to now!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all!

I'll link up with Patty's OMG Finish post after the 24th 26th!

I completed every monthly goal this year!  Not so much with some of my other challenges. But it's all good. I am going to try to catch up on my challenge and goal recaps, after Christmas.

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ScrapHappy Saturday

It’s almost the last Saturday of 2019! A new decade starts in a few days! What will 2020 bring? I pray that peace, love, kindness and hope are involved!

I promised to show my one completed RSC19 project. I worked on bow tie blocks in a Rainbow colors. The backgrounds are scrappy too! I’ve named my quilt, “We Switched to Chevy”.  In late November, 2018, we bought a new car. A black Equinox. It’s a Chevrolet! I love it, it’s only the second brand new car we have owned in 55 years of marriage. No doubt it will be the last!


In early 2019 , I started seeing commercials that used the “we switched to Chevy “ tagline. The Chevy emblem on the grill is referred to as a bowtie! My quilt idea was born! This quilt will be a car quilt. To throw over my knees if the A/C is too chilly, to spread on a bench if we stop for a meal, whatever.

The backing is dark so the dirt won’t show so badly! I had to piece the backing, there was a post about that snafu a couple of weeks ago. The binding is left over scraps from the main backing fabric.

I also worked on the Tiny Tuesday blocks and some Scrappy Spouts. Neither of those are to a point of completion. Maybe my TT blocks will be one of the first UFO's I work on for the new year.



I'm linking up with Angela's ScrapHappy Saturday post.


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Finished or Not Friday 12/20/19

Last week, I showed progress on my Winter QAL.  This week I can show you that I have the rows together. I did have a couple of little issues with some points. I unpicked a few, resewed and they are better. Some are just going to have to be "not perfect".

I did not measure this quilt top. But Mr Busy is 6'1" ( he has shrunk a bit as he has gotten older) is standing on a dining room chair and holding it up!

And my Bow Tie quilt is complete, except for a label.

A pieced backing, lots of strips to make a binding and finally done. It is washed now and all wonderfully crinkly!

I'm linking up with Alycia for Finished or Not Friday!

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(it gonna be busy and I hope happy here)

Finished or Not Friday WQAL 2019

Seems I have a lot of “not Finished “!  Here is yet another one. Right hand 1/2.

Left hand 1/2. You can see my orange sticky notes marking "Hour 4" and Upper Left Hand corner. I make myself notes, a lot!

I decided to join Alycia’s winter quilt along because ...... I could! I had a blue left over from backing 2 Christmas wall hanging that were donated to the local library silent auction. I had a cream piece that was purchased a long time ago, that was looking for a place to shine and the yardage needed for the other contrast, I chose red, was a small star fabric that looked great with the rather true blue!

My steps took longer than the 1 hour , Alycia managed. But definitely not difficult and definitely fun. The way she chose to lay out the HST and the few solids in 4 rows for 10 blocks each was easy!

So Hour 3 and Hour 4 are sewn  together. Hour 5 is on the design wall. I am hoping to get that step done today. Then I just have 2 seams to get to quilt top or flimsy stage.

My design wall is just barely big enough.

There is grocery shopping and Christmas tree decorating on my agenda too. But Mr Busy has a cold, so getting the tree down out of the attic space over the garage could be postponed! Wish me luck!

I'm linking up with Alycia's Finished or Not Friday! 


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A SNAFU of the "scrappy" sort!

While I am looking forward to Christmas, my sewing mojo had taken a nosedive. I’m trying to decide what to do for RSC20. Thinking about UFOs to get on a list, etc.

My OMG for December was delivered to the quilter before Thanksgiving. She was in MN to spend the holiday with her younger son and family. The weather caused them to be delayed getting back home.

She was able to start to get my quilt on the long arm and discovered a problem . My backing was too small!!  OMG, I am so embarrassed!  Luckily she is a dear friend and lives close. So yesterday I picked up my bag if pieces and parts. I couldn’t figure out how that had happened. Then I found the note I had written to her. It said, the quilt is square, 48 x 48!  And the backing and batting are pieced to be 56 x 56. The requested 4” larger on each side, should be good , right!

Well my quilt is nor 48 x 48, as you can tell!

It's rectangular, 48 x 64! It had been a while since I finished it. And I thought the sticky note with the dimension was for the bow tie quilt! Wrong!!!!
My news year’s resolution will be to have a notebook/ journal where I keep the data on each finish!

Ok, lesson learned! (At least we will hope so!)

I did not have enough of the backing fabric but found a maroon and cream gingham that looks alright. No creative piecing either. Just git it done!  It's going to be a picnic quilt to carry in the car!

 I had to add 13 inches!

A close up, that doesn’t look so muted! I had to cut a new batting piece also. Luckily I had a twin size batt in my closet, 

It will go back to Lynn tomorrow And she will get it done. I’ll probably use the leftover original backing scraps for binding. Let’s see, 48 + 48 + 64+64+12” = 236! Add it again, write it down with details, Judy!! Go! 

I am linking this post to Scrap Happy Saturday. 

And Finished or Not Friday (cause it's definitely a NOT)

And Oh Scrap ( cause I uttered a work that rhymes with scrap when Lynn called me about my booboo)

For those of you who are tired of seeing my Bow Tie quilt, I apologize.  

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Dec OMG Goal

This is a photo of my Bow tie quilt top. It was one of the blocks I did for RSC19 at So Scrappy. It is at the quilters now. She promised to have it done for me before she left to go south to AZ for Christmas and the following 4 months. She will, I am sure.  So I will prep a binding. My goal is to have the binding on the quilt by New Year’s Eve. 

It's a small goal, but there may be a snafu in there. We will see. Our granddaughter and her husband and 2 kids will be moving in with us at the end of Dec. It’s a long story as to the why. I’ll spare you the details. It will only be for about 60 days.( we hope)  We only have 2 bedrooms, it will be cozy. But my quilting and hand sewing time will be limited. J is at school M-F and Miss B goes to pre school in the afternoons, M-TH, so there will be those times. I haven't learned yet how to sew with littles around. These 2 are so curious and so busy!

You may get to hear me rant a bit or at least vent. I'll apologize in advance.

I am linking this post with Patty's Goal Setting Link Up. 


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