Happy Halloween and I Like Thursday!

 I’ve been in the dumps lately. Not sure why, maybe the onset of winter. 

So sharing some things I found on the internet late today. I did go spend some time with some stitching friends. That was good! 

We had snow! Pretty in the morning, but it snowed all day!

By dark, this tree was drooping branches. The snow is wet and heavy. Good for the drought and the fires. Not so much for the trees that still had leaves. We’ll have some clean up in the coming days. 

Though this background is dark, this message lifts me up!⤴️

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And this one just made me grin. Don’t be hard on yourself! You didn’t just do nothing, you took time to recharge!

Do you remember the bell pull I was working on? Well my friend Eileen has hers finished! Isn’t it wonderful? ⤵️

 

I’m ready for the Trick or Treaters. They’ll be here, even with the snow on the ground!

   

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

Slow Sunday Stitching. End of October.

 I’ve got no new starts and no finishes. Just working on the same stuff.

Nothing done earlier, my cleaning lady was here, we had phone calls from our daughter and our son. 

This week I’ll catch up on the Temperature Heart. I have placed no stitches for the October temps. And they have been lovely. The temperatures are recorded in my planner, so I just need to stitch them. 

I placed some stitches on the Pumpkin House. Very slow going. Stitching through several layers of wool hurts my hands after a while. 

And this is the end of the week for the Winter SAL. Backstitching was completed on Warm Mittens. Almost complete on Bright and the red and gold scarf was completed except for the fringe. 

This afternoon there is Sunday Football. I will pull out the Temperature Heart.

It’s a bit blurry but you get the idea. Better photo next week! Promise!

Linking up with Kathy’s Quilts Slow Sunday Stitching. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Table Scraps Challenge.

 

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It’s the last weekend for October! You know what that means!  Table Scraps Projects are ready to be revealed. As I have done for all of 2024, I used my scraps in the color of the month. October’s color was light neutral, or browns. I did have lots of light scraps. I used some in my split nines. 

SOME of the rest were used to make crumb blocks. I didn’t really know where they were going. But because the prompt from  The Joyful Quilter was Cats….I had a thought. I checked my pattern notebooks. Some ideas were there. I checked the internet. Cat faces were there. I tried to draw my own! Oh my, where are the kids coloring books when you need them. I finally settled on Plan A 1.2! I watched videos!  

I downloaded this free pattern, then enlarged it to 125%.

I cut out a cat face from fusible interfacing and crumb fabric 2x.

I chose kitty paw print fabric for the back and cut two. How do I know these are kitty prints? The salvage says so! 

Two CUTE CAT COASTERS!   Back and front.

I topstitched around the outside edge after I turned and pressed them. Lots of seam allowances in crumb fabric. Sometimes it makes a mess on the underside! 😕  

Coasters for my Sunday morning coffee. You can’t have too many coasters! 

Linking up with The Joyful Quilter for Table Scraps Challenge  for October. 

And also Rainbow Scrap Challenge in the last Saturday in October. 

Come see what others made. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful,

I LIKE Thursday

Some Likes to Share:

I took.few photos and borrowed some others. This happened while I was at my Thursday Stitching Group!

This tree went away!

It soon looked like this

Then finally this

It will definitely change the shade factor in our side yard. Maybe I can get some flowers to grow back there! 

Last Thursday night we watched the Broncos play the New Orleans Saints and win with a score of 33-10. I’m a fan, even through the rotten years, so that was great. Sorry, 😞 any Saints fans out there!  

Friday we had some snow.  Not much and it never accumulated on the streets and sidewalks. 

Monday was my in person book club. We discussed and reviewed Stone Cold by C.J.Box . Everyone liked it. In the event you don’t know C.J. Box , he is a Wyoming author. We all like the fact that he uses real places in addition to fictional ones.  We feel like we’ve been there. 

Next we will read Go As a River. I’ve just started listening to it on Audible. 

 Monday evening we were invited to a pumpkin carving gathering. As stated last I LIKE THURSDAY, we haven’t done that for ages.

Mr Busy scraping seeds! ⤴️

My neighbor who invited us.↗️

Some young participants, who were having a great time, pounding golf tees into the pumpkins.↖️

They turned out so cute with a little help from their Dad and Grandma. 

This is our, old school creation! ↘️

Tuesday we voted! 

No cute sticker like Diann in Colorado and  Angela in Florida. Go to Instagram and search little penguin quilts to see Diann’s Columbine sticker. And then, waytooscrappy on Instagram to see Angela’s fancy I Voted sticker. ( I tried to share the photos, but was unable to figure it out!). 

Yesterday, we got groceries and readied the back yard for Winter. Stack the deck chairs and tables, covered the air conditioner, took down the wasp traps and swept some leaves. There will be more!

This week LeeAnna asked:

 Do you enjoy going to a haunted house or to scary movies? The answer is a definite NO!. I did help at a Haunted House once. I handed out candy at the entrance, I did not participate.  I'm way to jumpy and scare to easily. Same for movies. The scariest movie I ever watched was Rosemary's Baby when I was pregnant with our daughter. That cured me !  Nevermore!!!! 

Now go over to Not Afraid of Color to check out links to other posts, and see what other folks like. 

 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Stay Healthy and Hopeful! 

 

A Fall Wall Hanging

 I've been reading From My Carolina Home's Fall Fortnight Posts. Although I didn't join in, it did inspire me to get out a UFO from last year. 

This kit was a gift and I started reading directions and cutting fabric. Then came the direction to use a bias tape maker for the leaf stems. I don't own one. I put out a call to see if I could borrow one. I received an answer. I did not know anything about the maker and when the owner asked me what size I needed, I couldn't say. The instructions were not specific. That sort of stalled me. I made the HST for the leaves and then got disappointed that I couldn't go forward. 

Long story short, I dug in again last week. I read and reread the directions and finally decided I would just make the strips by hand!  1 " strips were pressed in half, then opened and the edges were pressed to the middle resulting in a 1/2" strip. I seemed to work. I continued. 

Yesterday morning , it looked like this. All the parts on the design wall, some stitched together, but more to do. 

Last evening it looked like this. The pumpkins are complete, the leaf sections are complete, the center 36-patch is sewn together.  Next the sashings and then a backing and quilting and binding. I'll hang it for November. It's not really Thanksgiving, but definitely Fall. 

So , I'm back in the sewing room and feeling productive.  I'm joining the linky party at Midweek Makers, hosted by Susan at Quilt Fabrication.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Slow Sunday Stitching

 

I'm joining Kathy @ Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching. What are you slow stitching today?

All my stitching projects are slow!  As it should be, I think. It does something to my mood as I methodically add cross stitches to this Winter SAL. This week I will continue on the Winter stitch. This is the week that has the 25th in it. 

And it's also enjoyable to stitch for the season. I did get some stitches placed on the Pumpkin House.

The sunflower has fern stitches and colonial knot in each inner petal and black beads in the center. There are a few stitches in the leaves and a few more to do. The creative stitches take a bit more concentration and thoughtfulness. It's a slow steady satisfying stitch. 

I know you all are getting tired of seeing my Slow Ptojects,  but I  should see some progress this week. I keep telling myself, it’s about the journey not the destination! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

 

I’ve put my Split Nines and my Zipper blocks away in a tote. I’m sort of tired of them, and didn’t like the lights I did last month. I cleaned off my cutting table. It was a mess! Put together a small donation box to go to an organization in NC. Today a neighbor, a new quilter is coming over to enlist my help in cutting some blocks. Glad I got the cutting table presentable ! LOL

I did sew on some more light crumbs, you saw these earlier! 

And I thought more about my TSC project. Now to execute it. 

I’m starting to think about Rainbow Scrap Challenge for 2025. I think it has to be a Finish Up years. I did that in the past. Although I wasn’t totally successful, I did get some UFOS completed. I’m working now toward that goal again. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

Donation Quilts.

 I had these in my stash. This  first one was just a top. But the organization that requested the donations, said if they weren’t quilted, they would finish them . But binding would be helpful. So I cut solid orange binding strips and sent them along.  . 

The Jasmine quilt was complete and in the box to send to somewhere. I’m glad it has a forever home. 

I also had a scrappy pieced  flannel top and found a couple of other flannels to make a back, quickly quilted them together! Did I get a photo? No! Sorry. 

So they will go off to North Carolina this next week. 

Have a great Friday. Join up with Alycia and Friends at Finished or Not Friday.. 

What? It’s Friday?!

 

I don’t know where my week went! OMG I completely forgot about posting I LIKE Thursday! 

If you haven’t already, go to Not Afraid of Color and check out our hostess LeeAnna post about likeable things. Then click on links to other blogger’s posts about good things in their life. 

This morning we woke up to snow! 

It’s not sticking to the roads and sidewalks yet. It has been warm most of the week. But it’s good news for the awful fires in our Big Horn Mountains. 

 This week i finished the October Pumpkin on my Woven Wreaths project from Kathy Schmitz! 

And I ordered the Countdown to Christmas box from Missouri Star. It arrived! I’ll share what’s inside, beginning Dec 1st. Other friends tell about having to hide it in the closet so they won’t PEEK! I like surprises, and anticipation! I’ll be fine! 

This week I baked an Apple Crostata. I had 2 honey crisp apples that needed to be used before my grocery order came. This particular recipe came from Weight Watchers and used plums. Not much sugar and some seasoning and it’s awesome. I did have part of a can of commercial apple pie filling that I added to the one this week. 

Wednesday and Thursday we had a crew come and trim six of our trees. The one above was the biggest and the most invasive and stressed. The arborist recommended its removal. So now it is gone! ⤵️

The above photo isn’t the final, they took it a lot closer to the ground. It looks naked, but more sun next year for flowers and maybe some vegetables. We may have to paint our side of the neighbors fence! 

And I got a haircut this week too! Really just a trim. Trying to grow it out a little. No photo! You know I’m camera shy! 

This week LeeAnna asked about pumpkin carving. We haven’t carved pumpkins in many years. But our grandchildren carry on the tradition. And I have a young friend who is a wonderful carver of pumpkins!

These are some he’s done in the past. 

BOO! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!