To-Do Tuesday #33

 

Hello everyone!  I'm checking in at ChrisKnits with my to-do list. It's a great place to see what others are doing and to keep yourself accountable.

Last  week's to do list:  March 23-March 29th

1. Work on Easter Mini ✅

Pieced, ready to quilt!

2. Piece a backing for "Precarious"  1/2✅

I have some donated yardage. I have had my eye on this one for awhile. I pulled it out of the tote in preparation for washing it. It had a bit of a smell, and though I know where it came from, I wanted to freshen it. The large piece still had a price tag on it. $5.99 a yard. 

And it's Robert Kauffman fabric. so not the discount store. But when I pressed it after the trip through the washer there was this piece cut out of it. I wonder what Kari was constructing? 

I did not get the seam sewn, so technically the back is not pieced! 

3. Find a pattern for making envelopes. I know I saw one on Pinterest ✅

 Here is one link at Pinterest.   https://pin.it/3WB6qj3

4. Trace Crabapple Hill's SAL project!   NOT DONE

5. Hang the artwork from my sister’s home. ✅

It was hard to get a photo without a reflection. This hangs in our dining room. It is called "Listen and Learn" by Sandy Swallow, Native American artist. One of my sister’s favorite phrases was,

 “You need to listen to learn, not listen to respond!” I’m sure that is what drew her to this piece of art! 

And although this isn't hangable artwork, I have this in my living room. 

It's a Crabapple Hill design that I did for my sister in 2015.   She was a Master Gardener and an excellent cook. She taught me to love basil and how to make pesto. 

Next Week March 30th to April 6th

1. Finish the Bunny Mini before Easter.

2. Start on something Bright and Light Blue

3. Decide in an OMG for April. 

4. Make at least one international sisters block 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

March OMG Finish Link Up

 Heartland is a quilt top/ or flimsy! There was some measuring and some math, but  I got the sixth row on the bottom and the 3 places where I had to piece fabric are not too noticeable. As I look at it now, i probably could  have left off the last row off and had a quilt. 42 x 52. It would have made an ok throw for over your lap or for someone in a wheelchair.

I dug through my tote of donated larger fabric scraps and stash! I auditioned 3 possibles.

1. A large cheery garden print.

I think it’s too busy and I would have had to find another piece to go with it. It was short by about 3/4 of a yard! 

2. A combination of same line prints..but the tiny prints don’t really look good with the front! 

They are good together...in a different project!

3. This was a piece I picked up in the sale bin at our LQS. They closed in 2014! It needs to be used up and it looks good with the front of the quilt! As I was pressing it, the selvage says..Panzy Pazazz by Janet Broxon for P&B Textiles 2006. So it must have been on Bonnie’s (owner of the shop, who passed away in 2013) shelf for a while too! And I’m sure it was an end of bolt, as wrinkled and off kilter the inside fold was! Yes! Time to use it up!

This is the one and there was 3 yards in the package! Perfect! The back is seamed along the trimmed selvage edges and now I need to check with the long arm quilter!

I'm linking up with:

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - March Finish Link-up

Click the link and see what other quilters have finished this month. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

I LIKE Thursday #36

 THURSDAY:  A time to share good positive things in your life. Hop on over to Not Afraid of Color and Lee Anna will have a list of blogs to visit where others with share their good and positive things. 

Entertainment :  We finished this puzzle

and started this bad boy on Monday this week. 

I’m having a hard problem finding likes this week. The weekend was spent in my hometown, going through sone of my sisters things. I came home with a few of her things. This Jewel housewares coffee pitcher belonged to our mother. After her death in 2012, my sister took this and I got some small bowls. Now the pitcher lives here. 

I gathered some jewelry, some books for my kids and grandkids. Some things  small enough to mail or hold til they come home. 

Then Monday,  the senseless violence and deaths at a King Sooners in Boulder CO. It feels close! My daughter and granddaughters lived in Loveland, Lakewood and Fort Collins. I know people in  those places. Boulder isn’t far. Colorado has had too many of these horrific acts!

My brother did share this book with me! I will start on it soon. 

And we stayed with them while we were in SD.  My SIL made Swedish pancakes with lingonberries for breakfast!

I didn't get a picture....but they were like this.  With some added powdered sugar!  Yummy! 

Don't forget to check out the other blog post. The list is at Not Afraid of Color..Lee Anna keeps a great list. 

To Do Tuesday #32

Hello everyone!  I'm checking in at ChrisKnits with my to-do list. It's a great place to see what others are doing and to keep yourself accountable.

 Last week. March 16th - 22nd

1. Binding off the Noah’s Ark ✅

 

The factory binding is off the cross stitched quilt. Now it will go into its protective pillowcase to await the next step of a flannel backing. 

2. Finish chicks mini.  ✅

This little UFO is maybe 8 years old. I can’t even remember why I made the block, except maybe I was just attracted to it because the group I used to belong to is called the Quilt Chicks. And I had chickens in my kitchen at the time. Anyway it needed to be finished or tossed! So now it’s a small Kitchen Quilt. 

3. Write Table Scraps post. ✅

That post is here and will be linked up this week. 

4. Make fabric greeting cards ✅

I needed to send a Thank You card to Joyful Quilter for the black and white pinnie! I use instructions from No Scrap Left Behind by Amanda Jean Nyberg. I usually only do a couple at a time. A friend gave me some card stock and recently, while clearing out a closet I found a box of Mr Busy’s mom’s paper. There was some colored card stock in it. So that will be fun! Now I need to either buy some smaller envelopes or learn to make my own! 

Last weekend we were at my sister’s house with my two brothers. Since her death, my brother,  who is her personal representative, has been dealing the paper work and the beginning of cleaning out her house. We went over to help. My,  that was hard! And there is lots of work left to do. But the reminiscing with my brothers and the finding pictures and her treasures was priceless. 

This week's to do list:  March 23-March 29th

1. Work on Easter Mini

2. Piece a backing for "Precarious"

3. Find a pattern for making envelopes. I know I saw one on Pinterest

4. Trace Crabapple Hill's SAL project!

5. Hang the artwork from my sister’s home. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

Finished or Not Finished Friday

 

I’m linking up with Alycia at Alycia Quilts.  And Finished or Not Finished Friday!

Only one small finish for this week! It’s a project bag! Stash fabrics only, including vinyl and zipper.

The backing was constructed a couple of months ago. I was trying to use up the lime green chicken print and coordinating one with black &white checks. My intent was to use it in the car to keep napkins, straws etc. We eat takeout often, and this winter in the car. In the summer we go to a park. Seems like there is always a forgotten straw or fork or ketchup packet. It’s cuter than a ziplock bag in the glove box! But recently I added 2 homemade place mats to the car bag, and now this is too small for them. So I foresee another bag like this only bigger! My zippers are long enough, I think I have a bigger piece of vinyl and I’m sure( ahem) I have scraps enough! *giggle*

That’s all this week!  Except for this  that I posted about here.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!  

I LIKE Thursday #35.

 

THURSDAY:  A time to share good positive things in your life. Hop on over to Not Afraid of Color and LeeAnna will have a list of blogs to visit where others with share their good and positive things. 

Miscellaneous 

This product was recommended by a friend who is a Color Street Nail representative. I’m hoping it helps my thin, brittle splitting nails. 

I’m still liking Bubly lime. It’s not just a summer drink in my book. I add it to cola, tea, even wine. It lightens what I drink in flavor and calories! 

Look what came in the mail this week. I like getting Mail!

When The Joyful Quilter participated in the Show Your Stripes both hop, she had a giveaway. She wanted to know what our favorite stripe was in the comments on her post. This is what I said..

grammajudybFebruary 24, 2021 at 10:08 AM

Your stripey pincushion is so cute. I like stripes a lot! Red and white, black and white, blue and orange, yellow and green. I can't decide, you pick! "grin"

She emailed me when Mr Random picked my comment and said, I had to decide on the color and did I want a pincushion or a mug rug. So I picked a black and white pincushion!  Then she sent this. I love it. The shape isn’t exactly rectangular. I’m sure it has a name, but my geometry fails me. Now it resides in the basket that sits next to my chair in the family room. Thank you Joy!  

Entertainment:  We are still watching EVERWOOD on HBOMax. Season 2  Episode 19.

  I’m still working my way through 

It’s a thought provoking read! And a difficult one.  

A friend passed on her copy of Kiss The Girls and Make Them Cry.  I’m late coming to the party of reading and enjoying Mary Higgins Clark. But the 2 I have read, I have enjoyed. 

Food:

I finally got my act together and made Lemon Luscious. 

Two pieces gone.  Mr Busy is a huge dessert fan. So this won't last as long as you think.  And don't tell, but I made it with low fat milk, sugar free pudding and light Cool Whip and reduced fat cream cheese. You can't tell by the taste and the calorie intake is better for me. Mr Busy doesn't have to worry about his weight....he's one of those who can eat anything or nothing and his weight rarely changes. I think he weighs 10 more pounds today than when I married him 57 years ago and he was 19. 

That's about all the LIKES for me this week. Except I'm glad the weather is improving and maybe Spring is really on the way!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

Table Scraps Challenge ~~Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

 

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

I’ve had this large scrap of fabric since 2012, when we cleaned out my MIL’s craft closet. She had lots of sequins and glitter kind of items, not much fabric. But I latched onto this piece and a couple of scraps of some coordinating fabric. It was most  likely from a fabric selection at K-Mart. I knew I could make a runner for my small buffet, but I just had not done it. So it languished! When Angela selected green for RSC21 and Joyful Quilter hosted the Table Scraps Challenge and suggested using the color of the month..well, I knew what I had to do.

After really looking at the fabric I decided strips in QAYG was the answer. So I pulled some other fabrics and a gifted green jelly roll and got to work. 

 

I know that the maximum length of my buffet is 36" and the width is 17".  I was able to piece 2 narrow scraps of batting and square it up to be 30" X 13.5" . I cut the piece of fabric with the printed squares for the backing. It already looks like patchwork. I cheated! After layering the backing, wrong side up I spritzed it with a quick shot of basting spray and then lay the pieced batting on top.

 

I straight line quilted it using my walking foot as a guide. It’s not quite even! But it’s fine. Do you see the little red ladybugs? A few have white spots, but most have tiny black spots! I thought I had a bit of dotted red in my stash. I had both white dot and black dot. I chose the red with black dots for a bit of color change from so much green . I hoped it didn’t take on a Christmas vibe! I thinks it’s fine. 

I bound it with some different printed-to-look-like-a-quilt fabric! I needed to use it up! 

Sometimes when hand sewing the binding down, you get a perfect corner . The diagonal from black to white in the print just happened on this corner, 

It looks pretty good on my buffet all by itself.

But I’ve dressed it with a crystal candy dish full of chocolates, some ceramic St Pat's Day bears, a tall green taper candle made by my sister in a wooden turned candle holder made by her husband. A small gold dipper votive surrounded by some old coins and tokens. And my sister and brother-in-law wedding photo.  A shrine of sorts . They are both gone now. 

This is my Table Scraps Challenge for March. I'll link it up to The Joyful Quilter's linky party the end of the month. I'm having so much fun doing this challenge. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

To Do Tuesday #31

 

Hello everyone!  I'm checking in at ChrisKnits with my to-do list. It's a great place to see what others are doing and to keep yourself accountable.

To-Do list for next week March 9 through the 16th. 

1. Work on OMG for March. "Heartland"   ✔

2. Work on 2nd border for Spool Quilt    ❌

3. Take binding off the cross stitched Noah's Ark quilt to prepare of backing  ❌

4. Find a home for these counted cross stitch Angel patterns. And continue to sort through counted cross stitch patterns and fabric.    1/2 Done

 I’ve posted it to my messenger account. If I don’t get any takers, I’ll  save it for the boutique at the NEW Quilt Show in October. 

Instead of my list:

I worked on a Dreami! I made a vinyl fronted project bag. I had a 12 x12 patchwork that I put together awhile back to try to get rid of the lime green chicken fabric. I thought I had taken a photo but I can’t find it. So here it is in use. 

The backing I made with various black squares and the infamous chicken fabric! 

This is the front with vinyl. The black floral is the inside. The bright green is the zipper facing. I bound it with some scrappy black on white. 

I used this pattern from Moda Bake Shop! I don’t usually have trouble sewing with vinyl. But I do use the paper that comes with the vinyl between the throat plate of my machine and the vinyl! 

Next week’s list

1. Take the factory binding off this quilt! 

Because it is cross stitched on a printed image on a pre-quilted top, the stitches are exposed on the back side.  I have learned how to put a backing on this kind of quilt. I will remove the white binding. Cut a piece of flannel to make a backing. Bar tack or tiny zigzag with my machine, much like you would tie a quilt, then bind it as I would a pieced quilt. This will be given to my youngest granddaughter when she starts her family. 

2. Finish my 4 Seasons Chick mini. 

3. Write Table Scraps Challenge post. 

4. Make fabric stitched greeting card(s). 

Wish me luck!  I wasn't very successful last week!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

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