To Do Tuesday #54

 

I'm joining friends at *  ChrisKnits * to share my To-Do list and applaud the others who accomplished or at least made progress on theirs. **after writing this post and logging on to ChrisKnits, I learned that To-Do Tuesday will now be hosted by Texas Quilt Gal. So this  is the last Linky Party at Chris's blog. Understandably, too!  She has had a "crummy" couple of weeks or maybe months. Keep her in your prayers and send good thoughts her way!**

Next week August 24th to August 30th

1. Finish and post One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts. DONE! See my post here. 

 

2. Finish and write post for Table Scraps Challenge and post at The Joyful Quilter. Done!  Here is that post!

3. Start adding sashings to Hollow Nines. Done!  (I started at least!)

*I have photos, but Blogger doesn't seem to be able to find them this morning. I'll edit at a later time. *

Next week August 31st - September 6th.

1.  Keeping working on getting the binding attached to Rainbow Geese. 

2. Check out the new block drive for Covered  in Love…Kat should post it this week!

3. Decide on what to take to Loose Threads’s Sleep at Home Fall Retreat! 

4. Check out the Banned Book Reading Challenge at the library!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Aqua Revisited! 2021

 

Aqua didn’t get much attention this month.

There are no Aqua blocks in my Hollow Nine Patch layout! I'm saving those. 

There was no Aqua in my positivity quilt….blue but not Aqua!

I did make 5 Aqua question mark blocks for Full Stop! 

There is a bit of Aqua in the cross stitched baby quilt I worked on! 

My cutting mat is Aqua! LOL!,

And my table scraps project is mostly Aqua , maybe more Teal with a splash of orange…’cause! 

And if too squint your eyes a little bit…this sunset looks pale Aqua! 

I like Aqua! It’s a good color for this “used to be redhead”. I was just working on some other projects! 

I’m linking up with Angela for  ScrappyHappy Saturday .

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy (please stay safe)

Pray for our troops and the Afghan refugees who were our allies! One of the 13 enlisted men who were lost was from Wyoming! He was 20 years old! His name was Rylee McCollum and he was a soon-to-be dad! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 

Finished or Not Finished Friday #64.

 

Good Morning Friday Finishers! I’m linking up at Finished or Not Finished Friday over at Alycia Quilts.

Most of you have seen my finish for this week. It’s my OMG. If you have,  I apologize, just go on to the next blogger!  

 If you want to know more about this little goody, check out my goal setting post and my final link up! 

I have run it through the washer and dryer and it came out perfectly soft and cuddly! I am pleased!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

August 2021. .Table Scraps Challenge ..Aqua?

 

This month’s challenge color is Aqua.  I dithered about what to make. I finally settled on a small table topper for the tables beside my chair in the living room. Something to change it up. Right now it is a mess! 

My mother, ever the diplomat, used to call it my “nest”! It’s no secret I have stuff everywhere.

I found a pattern on Pinterest that looked quick and easy! I’m on a deadline!  It’s from AlanaCraft. Quick and Easy placemat tutorial using Jelly Roll strips. I don’t have a jelly roll, but I do have 2 1/2” strips. The pattern called for WOF  to make two placemats, 17” each.  I laid out my aqua strips. They were not all the same, so I cut them to match the shortest strip. 13 inches. Arranged and sewed them together. Then cut 2 3” strips from the left side. Flipped the middle one upside down, added two contrasting strips vertically and joined all together! 

This is upside down. I really cut from the left but either way it works! 

I pieced two scraps for a backing and I joined two scraps of batting. Sorry no photos! I’m bad about taking progress photos! I get too focused on the finish. I love the stripe fabric in the middle and can you believe I found some of that fabric  in my binding leftovers jar! It was already cut on the bias! How serendipitous is that? I like the stripes on the bias….and this is the back.I just straight line quilted it. 

It’s a finish! 

And in its new home! 

I almost hate to set a coffee cup on it.

I'll be linking this up with the linky party at The Joyful Quilter when it goes live on Friday the 27th. 

I have been enjoying this monthly challenge a great deal!  I'm anxious for September's color to be announced. My OMG for September won't be so time consuming so maybe I'll have more time to make a real table runner!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

I LIKE Thursday # 58

 

Good Morning!  These last few days have had a fall feel. Cool Mornings, warmer afternoons. I'll be checking in with LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color to see what other bloggers have been"liking" these days. 

I don’t have a lot of photos today! But I do have some likes!

I was able to complete this project for my August One Monthly Goal! It gave me some challenges, but it is done. Now it will be put away again for my granddaughter. There is more about this project here and here!

The back needed a little repair. But I like the results! 

I’m thinking of putting some pertinent info on that little patch and calling it a label!

My chair side table had a new topper! Way better than the old hand-me-down placemat that was there. Maybe it will encourage me to keep the table straightened up! ps: Now the basket needs a new liner!

During our walk last night, Mr Busy and I marveled at the sunset! Stunning! Don’t you agree?

I’m nearly finished reading The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin.

If I had to rate it today it would get 4/5 stars. 

 

We are really looking forward to the new season on television. Yellowstone, Chicago Wednesday, NCIS and all those spinoffs. We've been watching some re-runs, the game shows on Wednesday. I have always like $50,000 Pyramid! I'm still doing Sudoku and Daily Crosswords on my iPad. Did you know that the "Godfather of Sudoku, Maki Kaji passed away. He didn't really invent the game, it's ages old. But he did refine it and is responsible for its recent popularity. 

Guess that will have to do today. It's my Thursday Stitchers gathering day. I don't know how much longer they will let us gather at the library. Our schools started on Monday, our county number of virus cases are increasing. I'm looking forward to the chance for a booster come September or October. I'll be wearing a mask today. I'll be the only one I'm sure. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

 

August OMG Final Link Up

 My One Monthly Goal for August was to back, quilt (tack down) and bind this cross stitched Noah’s Ark baby quilt, a UFO sort of from 1993! 

When I looked at my flannel stash I found the perfect baby green gingham. The piece I had was the perfect size. I pressed it ( it had been folded in the drawer for quite awhile), I discovered a flaw nearly in the center! 

So an extra couple of steps were needed before I could go forward. After debating in my head about possible solutions, and getting  suggestion from friends, I settled on an appliqué. I had the perfect piece of fabric left over from a recent Wiggle Time quilt! I fused a small piece of SF101 on the back of the flannel to reinforce the torn part! Then I drew a circle big enough to surround the printed Noah’s Ark motif on the paper side of light weight wonder under. Fused it to my scrap of Noah’s Ark fabric, cut it out, centered it over the flaw and fused it down. I zigzagged a small stitch in white aurifil thread all around. Whew! 

Then I laid the quilt top face down on my table and centered the mended backing fabric. Then pinned  it with curved quilting pins in the center, on center axises and all the edges. Then I carefully flipped it right side up and hand basted across the quilt, every 3 inches. 

With white thread in top and bottom, I set my zig zag stitch at .5 width and 2.5 length as recommended by my friend’s sister that showed me this technique! I did a few practice “tacks” to see how it looked. My Bernina is slightly different in regulating stitch width and length. I did a lock stitch, six zigzags forward, six zigzags back and another lock stitch, then moved to the next random spot and repeated the zigzags. I was careful not to tack in the embroidery! 

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Because the original quilt has curved corner I cut a bias binding. No photos but tricky. I have this ruler that is supposed to help. I’ve used it before, this time it slipped a lot. Operator error I’m sure. It needs some sandpaper dots! 

When I applied the binding to the quilt I pinned a LOT! I stitched it on from the front, left the backing fabric as is, then trimmed it. This kept the edges from stretching I think.

 Then hand stitched it down, while watching TV. 

Nearly done!

And now it is done.

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And back⬇️

I know it looks wrinkly, but it is securely tacked down. I just took it out of the dryer and it looks great!

I’ll write its story and put it in an envelope to be given to my granddaughter when she starts her family. Or when they go through my stuff when I die, they will find it! 

I’m linking up with Patty at:

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

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy ( please wear a mask and get your vaccine if you haven’t already)

To-Do Tuesday #53

Good Morning To-Do Tuesday participants! I’m posting my list at ChrisKnits! Let’s see how I did! 

Last week:

1. Work on  OMG ✅ It's  almost done! About 12 inches left to bind. I’ll make the Linky Party at Elm Street Quilts. 

2. Make a decision on Aqua Table Scraps. No more thinking, get 'er done!✅

 The thinking is done, the mini table topper is in process! 

3. Maybe, add some sashing strips to Hollow 9 blocks. X Nope! Nada! Not Done!

Next week looks a lot like last week! But that’s how you do a bullet journal! If a task isn’t done you move it to the next day. Or in this case, the next week. And just keep on keeping on! 

Next week August 24th to August 31st

1. Finish and post One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.

2. Finish and write post for Table Scraps Challenge and post at The Joyful Quilter. 

3. Start adding sashings to Hollow Nines. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy