April OMG Finish Post

My goal for April was to work on finishing 2 more Growing Up Odd blocks. I had 11 blocks on my design wall, when I wrote my goal setting post. I need 16 blocks to make the quilt. One was completed early in the month, I finished one last week and the third one just in the nick of time for this finish post. So I met my goal + one!

Two more needed for a total of 16. I'm almost there. 

This will obviously be an on going maybe never ending project! I am determined but it will not be a OMG for May. I'm getting a little (no, a lot) tired of this one. So I'll keep sewing 2" squares till the last 2 blocks are done. 

Hop on over to Patty's blog and see what goals were met for April.

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

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Finished or Not Finished Friday. 4-29-22 and Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2022. 4-30-22

I haven't had a finish in recent weeks that I could show you. I was saving it to link to Table Scraps Challenge for April at The Joyful Quilter.   And now I can show it here. 

It's a casserole mat. Two pieces of batting AND a layer of insulbrite. It is fluffy. But I like it and it will get used'

I also dug out an old UFO project and finished it!  A fabric covered clothesline bowl!  Have you ever attempted this type of project?

And, I finished two placemats for the RSC 2022 for April and February.  The aqua scrappy blocks were made in February but not assembled til last week. When I was assembling the pink placemat I decided to assemble the aqua ones. Because when you finally decide to get your quilting/walking foot attached to your machine and wrap your head around what you are going to do, you might as well do 2 mini toppers/placemats, right?

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

And I’m going to be lazy today and repost this for RSC22. There was some pink and my design walls are both full of “in progress”projects. So can’t do a recap. Thank you Angela for hosting Rainbow Scrap Challenge every year.   This link is to her blog, I'll update it to the Saturday post as soon as her post goes live.  It's a busy time of year for teachers/moms!  See you there, fellow RSC'ers!

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Table Scraps Challenge. “YUM”.

It's April and there is another Table Scraps Challenge!  This month's color is pink and the prompt from The Joyful Quilter is WORDS!  Brain spinning!!!

There were pink scraps!

These were turned into Zig Zag rows and Happy Blocks.

Then what to do. I have word fabric. 

I have this book in my library. I've been wanting to try it!

At first I thought of a mug rug that looked like a WORDLE puzzle.  I couldn’t come up with a plan. DRINK is a five letter word. But how to show the puzzle board.  Too much for my brain and the time I had allotted.  So I looked through Lori Holt's book. Looking at these examples I saw the word, “yum”! It’s not there, but all the components are! 

I started to build the letters.  They were bigger than I figured. Even this 3 letter word was going to be too big for the table next to my chair. What about another table, you say?  Nope, none were just right!  Then I had a light bulb moment. A casserole mat.  I need one for my 9x13 pyrex dish.   OK!  Go Judy!!

16 or so, YouTube videos later.....and a search through my batting scraps ( I found the piece of InsulBrite, I knew was there somewhere).  I started to layer. WOW, it’s really  thick. Friday the 8th was a sunny shiny warm day with no wind. Perfect for spray basting out on the front deck.   Done!

Sorry, no photos! I was on a roll! 

I marked  quilting lines 2" apart.  Too far?  Do it and then see if it needs more.  It's Good!  Boy, it is thick and puffy.  I wonder if the scrappy binding that is already made will work?  It did!

Done. Attached to the back and zigzagged to the front for strength, cause it's thick!!!! If I make another it will not be with 3 layers of batting. Two layers should work just fine!

And there are “words” and lots of scrappy pink!

It will be fun to use this summer. Pink is not a  color that is in my home but it's OK! 

Now, it has a label! Just a small crumb piece, written with purple Micron pen, a pinked edge, fused to the back. I don't label utilitarian pieces to keep for eternity, just for remembering. If the label comes off or washes off, I'll just redo it!

I big stitched in free form lines across. It was very thick so it was easy not to stitch to the other side. Very Sashiko-like. In light pink DMC floss and a brighter "HOT"pink.

I have this book, I had been wanting to try the technique. I need lots more practice. 

I’m linking up with  Table Scraps Challenge at The Joyful Quilter. Let’s go see what other “scrappers” created, 

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I LIKE Thursday. #93

I'm joining LeeAnna from Not Afraid of Color  to share some good things from the week. 

Someone was brave enough to make this meme!  I don't share it on my facebook page, although that is where I found it. My youngest cousin shared it.  I does concern me the banning of books that is happening now in our country. Not just Florida but right here in my hometown!

And then I saw this one.  It is all about how we react to things. I needed to see this reminder, this week. 

We've started another puzzle. 

We have the border done. Now to work on each image. Should go quickly.

I've started this new book.

And I finished an old old UFO!  The bottom is 5.5" in diameter.  That is where I started on Monday. And Here is the finish. I built it as big as the length of clothesline rope that I started with. I don't remember what that amount was. The top of the bowl is just shy of 10" in diameter. I like it a lot!  

We did get some big snow on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. A total of 19" total. It was amazing. 

It melted quickly, because it is spring. The moisture was needed here!

Out the front storm door. 

And the back patio door. Snow nearly to the top of the deck rail, and swept clean down the middle. 

There was one thing I discovered this week that I don't like. I'm having an issue commenting on some blogs when I am on my iPad. It doesn't seem to be an issue when on my Macbook Pro.  At least not yet!!

There is a blue button that I am instructed to click on if I want to comment. "To sign in to Google", but it doesn't let me do anything. Excuse the rant!  

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Blogger Help Needed

In the last day or two I have noticed a difference in post a comment to various blogs. There is a new to me blue button that says “sign into Google. “. Above is a sentence that states : To leave a comment, click the button below to sign into Google.”  I click it and nothing happens. I cannot leave a comment. This happened this morning again as I tried to leave a comment at Quiltville’s Quips &Snips, Bonnie Hunter’s blog. 

Is anyone else experiencing this? 

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Judy

To Do Tuesday #88

It's time for To-Do Tuesday. Linda @ Texas Quilt Gal is our hostess. She hosts the Linky Party so we can share how we did on our lists and make some new goals for next week., 

Lets see what happened at my house!

Last week I wanted to:

Not at all!!   1. Work on the tote of dark scraps

✅  2. Finish a bagged project.  The project bag I selected had a rope bowl started and some strips of fabric in a baggie. Unfortunately I did not take a photo. But yesterday, I was nearly done. 

After my afternoon walk I put the finish on it. 

This is the first clothesline rope bowl I have ever done. I'm pretty please for a first time. If I do another one, I would put the darker colors on the bottom. But I like it a lot. 

✅  3. Continue stitching on September block for A Year in the Garden

And ✅.   4. Quilt pink scrappy sampler mini runner.  I finished the quilting on this and the aqua one. And the binding is done too!  

It is quilted in a 2 inch grid, following the nine-patch seams. There not much I like more than plaid binding!  Maybe striped binding or baby snuggles, but I do like plaid! 

Next Week:  April 26- May 2

1. Publish a post for April Table Scraps Challenge. 

2. Write an entry for OMG Finish !  

3. Make Growing Up Odd block.  #15

4. If the new RSC color is announced, sew some HST for Zig Zag rows. 

5. Continue stitching on Year in the Garden - September

What are you doing next week? 

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Slow Sunday Stitching. 4-24-22

I'm Slow Stitching with everyone at Kathy's Quilts today. As I write this post at 6am MDT, we are in the midst of a spring storm. I'd show photos of current conditions, but all windows are snow covered. Not with snow depth, but plastered  with snow that blew against the glass. Hopefully we are at the tail end of this storm. 

Today I will be sewing the binding on two scrappy placemats/mini runner/table mats. I'm not sure what to call them. I am making them smaller than the pattern states. They are 18 X 15. I am using up scraps in the color of the month as selected by Angela at SoScrappy. 

I am also slow stitching on the September block for a quilt called A Year in the Garden, from Jenny of Elefantz. 

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ScrapHappy Saturday Kinda Crappy Here!

Good Morning!  Well, we are in the midst of a Spring Blizzard.  

Take out my front window. Snow is plastered to the glass! 

Out the back deck door! Blowing and drifting against the railing, almost clear next to the house! 

So today I will sew, sew,sew. Last week I finally got some string blocks made. Four only!  Cathy at Crazy By Design did 35 as shown in her post! Gosh, she is amazing!

This little scrappy mini/placemat was spray basted yesterday!  It was nearly 70 degrees and no wind in the morning. A good day to get that done. The US Weather Service, and all local weather folks were predicting winds up to 70 mph and 12-24" of snow. So I knew , if I was going to get the spray basting done outside, I had to do it. 

I'll quilt it while stuck inside today and probably tomorrow.  So mostly finishing up PINK this week, writing a post for Table Scraps Challenge. The Challenge is Pink and Words. My challenge piece is done, but I haven't revealed it. I always wait to show it on Joy's blog and linky party first. Then I'll share with the rest. See you next weekend. "smile"

I’m linking up today with Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2022!  Join me there. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

And today , I'll add STAY SAFE and WARM if you are in the path of this storm. 

I Like Thursday # 92

Good Morning! I hope it is a good day where ever you are. Today is the day to Focus on the Positives in out lives. LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color gives us this place to share. Visit her beautiful blog and she and Milo will share links with others.




Yesterday I made an effort to finish this book. I am enjoying it and I want to return it to the library today! 
I would recommend it you like historical fiction. I’m sure that the story is based on fact. Some of the dates and places I checked are correct.

I did FaceTime with the great grands in Florida. They are anxious to be done with school! Our second grade grandson gave me a review of a research paper he wrote on Area 51. And showed me his library books and his sister’s library books. And I shared my library book too!




Mr. Busy and I finished this puzzle. A gift from a friend who is also a quilter. Lots of colors and detail. Fun!

I’m working on a couple more Bow Blocks from Melva Loves Scraps, Pieces of the Past Sew Along! I’m using some left over fabric from a long ago abandoned Thimbleberries project. Pink-ish one currently with a green one being constructed at the same time. 

They are little! The green one doesn’t look like there is enough contrast here, but in “real life” it is good! 

We traveled to see the eye doctor. My prescription changed a little. Now to order new glasses. Mr Busy has an appointed with a surgeon on Cinco de Mayo about a cataract! Hopefully that will go well. While we were in the “big city” , we ate lunch at Olive Garden. Salad, soup and breadsticks! Yum-O! 

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